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Liminatus Pharma LLC and Iris Acquisition Corp to combine to incorporate and accelerate much-needed cancer treatments
Businesses announce Definitive Business Combination Agreement and plan to operate under Liminatus Pharma
The transaction values the combined companies at a pro forma enterprise value of $334 million
The immune-modulating cancer treatments being developed by Liminatus are a GCC Vaccine, GCC CAR-T therapy and a CD47 immune checkpoint inhibitor. The GCC vaccine and CAR-T patent portfolio originated from Thomas Jefferson University (TJU). The CD47 checkpoint inhibitor originates from a South Korean biotech company InnoBation Bio Co. Ltd.
The transaction is expected to be completed in the first half of 2023
November 30, 2022 08:46 PM Eastern Standard Time
NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Liminatus Pharma LLC ("Liminatus"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, immune-modulating cancer therapies and Iris Acquisition Corp ("Iris") (Nasdaq: IRAA), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company ("SPAC") formed for the purpose of acquiring or merging with one or more businesses, today announced they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement. Upon closing of the transaction, the combined company will be renamed "Liminatus Pharma, Inc.". The combined company's common stock is expected to be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The transaction funding includes commitments for a $15 million common stock PIPE financing and a $25 million convertible note financing to further support Liminatus' business growth strategy.
As part of the agreement the new entity is expected to develop three much-needed cancer treatments which have originated from the Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) in the US and a South Korean biotech firm, Innobation Bio Ltd. ("Innobation"). The lead product candidate, the GCC Vaccine is currently in Phase II clinical trials and is designed to elicit immune responses against colorectal, pancreatic, gastric, and esophageal cancers that express Guanylyl Cyclase C ("GCC"). Further to the work in this area, Liminatus expects to use the increased capital from this agreement to progress its GCC CAR-T therapy to a first in human clinical trial, and complete IND enabling studies for its next generation CD47 immune checkpoint inhibitor.
About the Transaction
The business combination implies a pro forma enterprise value of the combined company of approximately $334 million. The combined company is expected to receive gross cash proceeds of up to $316 million, comprising the $276 million held in Iris' trust account (assuming no redemptions by public shareholders of Iris) and a concurrent, committed $15 million equity PIPE financing of common stock issued at $10.00 per share and $25 million convertible note financing with an initial conversion rate of $11.50 per share of common stock, subject to future adjustments based upon the price of Iris' publicly traded common stock. The combined company will bear deferred underwriting commissions and transaction expenses out of the gross proceeds.
The transaction, which has been approved by Liminatus's and Iris' boards of directors, is expected to close in the first half of 2023, subject to review by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and effectiveness of the registration statement on Form S-4 to be filed with the SEC, approval by Iris' shareholders, and satisfaction of the closing conditions set forth in the business combination agreement, including any applicable regulatory approvals.
"The agreement with Iris and the treatments we are now set to develop which have originated from leading global cancer scientists at the Thomas Jefferson University in the US and from Innobation in South Korea, will be a game changer for this area of the healthcare market. There is a significant unmet need for improved treatment for the cancer indications we are targeting, and with the increased capital, we are hopeful that the timelines for getting these potentially life-saving medicines to market have been accelerated", said Chris Kim, CEO Liminatus.
Sumit Metha, CEO of Iris, commented, "Immuno-therapies are much in-demand and we believe they are one of the most promising medical treatments for cancer. This deal presents a good opportunity for our company to tap into a rapidly growing global cancer immunotherapy market, expected to hit around $262 billion dollars by 2030. We are very confident that our investors will be excited for this deal because of the position of these treatments in their development cycle, the global demand and the excellent team of scientific advisors and executives at Liminatus."
About Liminatus Pharma LLC
Liminatus is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel cancer therapies that exploit the body's immune system to recognise and attack cancer cells. The development pipeline consists of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapeutics, Guanylyl Cyclase C (GCC) cancer vaccine and CD47 immune checkpoint inhibitor.
About Iris Acquisition Corp
Iris Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: IRAA) is a special purpose acquisition company listed on Nasdaq and sponsored by Iris Acquisition Holdings LLC, which is backed by Arrow Capital Multi Asset Fund. On March 9, 2021, Iris Acquisition Corp consummated the IPO of 27,600,000 units priced at $10 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $276,000,000. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with a high growth business.
About Arrow Capital
Arrow Capital is a registered investment management company with offices in Dubai (regulated by Dubai Financial Services Authority – DFSA) and Mauritius (regulated by Financial Services Commission – FSC).
Additional Information about the Business Combination and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed business combination, the new public company to be formed in connection with the business combination, Iris Parent Holding Corp ("ParentCo"), to be renamed Liminatus Pharma, Inc. at the closing, intends to file a registration statement on Form S-4 (as it may be amended from time to time, the "Form S-4") with the SEC. The Form S-4 will include a proxy statement/prospectus of Iris and a preliminary prospectus of ParentCo. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to all Iris shareholders after it is declared effective by the SEC. Additionally, both Iris and ParentCo will file other relevant materials with the SEC in connection with the proposed business combination. Copies of the Form S-4, the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant materials filed or that will be filed with the SEC may be obtained free of charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The information contained in, or that may be accessed through, the websites referenced in this press release is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this press release. Before making any voting or investment decision, investors and security holders of Iris are urged to read the Form S-4, the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant materials filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed business combination because they will contain important information about the proposed business combination and the parties to the proposed business combination.
Participants in Solicitation
Iris, ParentCo and Liminatus and their respective directors and executive officers, under SEC rules, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies of Iris' shareholders in connection with the proposed business combination. Investors and security holders may obtain more detailed information regarding the names and interests in the proposed business combination of Iris's directors and officers in Iris' filings with the SEC, including Iris's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the "Form 10-K"), Iris's initial public offering final prospectus, which was filed with the SEC on March 8, 2021, and Iris's subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. To the extent that holdings of Iris' securities by Iris' insiders have changed from the amounts reported therein, any such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Information regarding the persons who may, under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies to Iris' shareholders in connection with the business combination will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus relating to the proposed business combination when it becomes available. You may obtain free copies of these documents as described in the preceding paragraph.
No Offer or Solicitation
This communication shall not constitute a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed business combination. This communication shall also not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of Iris, ParentCo or Liminatus, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
This communication includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to the proposed business combination between Iris and Liminatus. Words such as "expect," "estimate," "project," "budget," "forecast," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "could," "should," "believe," "predict," "potential," "continue," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "would," "seem, " "seek," "outlook" and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this communication. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by an investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, Liminatus's, ParentCo's and Iris' expectations with respect to anticipated financial impacts of the proposed business combination, the satisfaction of closing conditions to the proposed business combination, and the timing of the completion of the proposed business combination. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described in the "Risk Factors" section of Iris' Form 10-K and initial public offering prospectus, and its subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. and current reports on Form 8-K In addition, there will be risks and uncertainties described in the Form S-4 and other documents filed by Iris from time to time with the SEC. These filings would identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Many of these factors are outside Liminatus's and Iris' control and are difficult to predict. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ from the forward-looking statements in this communication, including but not limited to: (1) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Iris or Liminatus following the announcement of the proposed business combination; (2) the inability to complete the proposed business combination, including due to the inability to concurrently close the business combination and related transactions, including the private placement of common stock and convertible notes or due to failure to obtain approval of the shareholders of Iris; (3) the risk that the proposed business combination may not be completed by Iris' business combination deadline and the potential failure to obtain an extension of the business combination deadline if sought by Iris; (4) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the proposed business combination, including the approval by the shareholders of Iris, and the receipt of certain governmental and regulatory approvals; (5) delays in obtaining, adverse conditions contained in, or the inability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals or complete regulatory reviews required to complete the proposed business combination; (6) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the business combination agreement; (7) volatility in the price of Iris' or the combined company's securities; (8) the risk that the proposed business combination disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the announcement and consummation of the business combination; (9) the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed business combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain key employees; (10) costs related to the proposed business combination; (11) changes in the applicable laws or regulations; (12) the possibility that the combined company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (13) the risk of downturns and a changing regulatory landscape in the highly competitive industry in which Liminatus operates; (14) the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic; (15) the potential inability of the combined company to raise additional capital needed to pursue its business objectives or to achieve efficiencies regarding other costs; (16) the enforceability of Liminatus's intellectual property, including its licenses and related patents, and the potential infringement on the intellectual property rights of others, cyber security risks or potential breaches of data security; and (17) other risks and uncertainties described in Iris' Annual Report, its initial public offering prospectus, and its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and to be described in the Form S-4 and other documents to be filed by Iris and ParentCo from time to time with the SEC. These risks and uncertainties may be amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused significant economic uncertainty. Liminatus, ParentCo and Iris caution that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive or exhaustive and not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, including projections, which speak only as of the date made. None of Liminatus, ParentCo or Iris gives any assurance that Liminatus, ParentCo or Iris will achieve its expectations. None of Liminatus, ParentCo or Iris undertakes or accepts any obligation to publicly provide revisions or updates to any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, or should circumstances change, except as otherwise required by securities and other applicable laws.
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A review of Caraval by Stephanie Garber.
"Whatever you've heard about Caraval, it doesn't compare to the reality. It's more than just a game or performance. It's the closest you'll ever find yourself magic in this world." This quote from Caraval explains the "magic" within the games to show it's different then anything you've ever seen in the real world.
Caraval is a mystery including fantasy and a small amount of romance. The main character Scarlett Dragna has always known her sister wanted to go to the traveling game/performance Caraval with her sister. Her sister Donatella or Tella Dragna has wrote to the host Master Legend for years until her marriage date was set, that's when he responds back. He gives Tella two tickets to Caraval. She wants to go with her forbidden love and Scarlett to the games. Scarlett is worried for her sister because if their father found them he would punish Scarlett with her weakness the pain of others. She tries to stop Tella worried for her life but she doesn't listen. Little does Tella know, the game revolves around her. Will Scarlett find her first or will she lose her sister forever.
I love Caraval because it kept me on the edge I never wanted to stop reading I just wanted to know what happened next. I would rate this book a 5 star because it is definitely my favorite book at the moment. I would rate this book for middle school students because there is some romance involved and it may not be good for elementary students.


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Art Show Reveals How Good Friday Leads To Renewal
By Jon Norton • Apr 18, 2019
Angel Ambrose's artwork, "Putting the Cross in Cross-Pollination."
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The 10th annual "What's So Good About Good Friday?" art show spotlights local artists' impressions about Good Friday and their Christian faith. This year more than 60 artists will exhibit works centering on the idea that Jesus's crucifixion, death, and resurrection accomplished something beautiful.
The show this weekend at Second Presbyterian Church in downtown Bloomington is organized by Art Circle of Bloomington-Normal, a faith-based group of artists and creative people.
Angel Ambrose from the Art Circle says the inspiration for the show originated from a downtown First Friday event that fell on Good Friday, a sacred holiday for her.
So she instead invited area artists to display their Good Friday-inspired art in her studio, which led to asking Second Pres to host the show the following year. Ambrose said the idea for the show theme came from a friend questioning the torturous death of Jesus being celebrated as "Good" Friday.
"And I said, for a Christ follower, that's the beginning of a new and better story, which led me to the idea for the 'What's so Good About Good Friday?' show," said Ambrose from her Monroe Street studio in downtown Bloomington.
The poetry on which Ambrose's artwork is based.
"So we invited artists to share either visually or verbally why Good Friday was a good thing for them. It's the one show a year the Art Circle is involved with that actually has a theme," said Ambrose.
That theme centers on devotion. The Art Circle isn't looking for works that challenge believers, but is open to those who are still wrestling with the death and resurrection of Christ.
"I would say the majority of (artists) are those who have a very strong faith and this is something they want to do as an act of devotion," said Ambrose.
She's excited about the number of artists participating this year and wanted to highlight the works of others during this visit, but did agree to talk first about her entry, which was displayed on a 6-foot easel in her second-floor studio.
"I created an image based off poetry by Michael Escoubas," said Ambrose. "The interesting thing is that I had asked Michael to write something about cross-pollination that as artists … kind of like iron sharpens iron … we can encourage and cause each other to grow. And it turned into a beautiful piece of writing, but he asked me what sort of imagery would go with this?"
Not knowing, she wrestled with the idea for a while before imagining a cosmic, dark universe with emerging stars and one large 4-pointed star, as in the star of Bethlehem which announced the birth of Jesus, but the cross-like nature of the 4 points also foreshadowed the cross.
"And in my mind I saw almost a rip in the fabric of the heavenly realm with a convergence of whiter hot stars ripping the fabric in the form. Then out of that there is a spilling forth of wispy things and atmosphere, and little bits of light glitter and color," said Ambrose.
She relates that image to the idea that when a person receives Christ, they get at least one spiritual gift.
"Light of Christ"
Credit Janean Baird
Another of the 65+ works on display this weekend is Janean Baird's "Light of Christ." The cut paper piece has two images: a wide metallic looking cross based on one found in Second Presbyterian Church in the upper left corner, with a wide layered white candle in the lower right, both on a gray textured background.
"(The candle) has a multicolored flame burning brightly. And she used that imagery to basically honor Second Pres for hosting this show for 10 years. All three of us leaders (Ambrose, Baird, and LizBeth Ogiela-Scheck) had a strong feeling that this year, God was speaking to us about light, and about being light. So she had the concept of this candle," said Ambrose.
She added that during Second Presbyterian's Tenebrae service, there is a single candle lit during Lent. During Good Friday service, candles are extinguished one by one and people walk out of the sanctuary with the last lit candle, leaving total darkness.
"Symbolizing that Christ's presence has left Earth and we have the empty, dark tomb for three days," said Ambrose.
"Dusk - After the Storm"
Credit LizBeth Ogiela-Scheck
LizBeth Ogiela-Scheck submitted a pair of ink and clay board "before and after" pieces. The first titled "Dusk – After the storm," the second "Dawn – Regrowth." The fallen tree in "Dusk" has a single branch to both the left and right of the trunk representing the cross. Ambrose isn't sure of Ogiela-Scheck's symbolic intentions for the jagged nature of the stump, but adds:
"Some people believe Christ's life was taken from him, but Christ himself said he laid down his life. So it was part of the plan but he was murdered, so I believe the jaggedness of the tree being broken off speaks to that violence," said Ambrose.
"Dawn – Regrowth"
The rising sun in "Dawn" has an obvious and understandable Easter morning feel compared to the coming darkness of "Dusk."
"One of the major things we can look at as Christ followers is redemption," said Ambrose. "That good things can come out of bad things. A plant dies, but the seed, like a kernel of corn, will produce another 600-700 kernels. But it has to go into the ground to create new life."
The "What's So Good About Good Friday Art Show" will be held at Second Presbyterian Church, 404 N. Prairie Street, in downtown Bloomington, Friday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
A reception with refreshments will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m., which will include artists talking informally about their work. Art will remain on display throughout Easter weekend.
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BCPA Creativity Center Capital Campaign Unveiled
By Charlie Schlenker • Apr 12, 2019
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The Friends of the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts has announced a $5 million capital campaign to finish the Creativity Center across the street from the BCPA on Locust Street.
Gamma Phi Circus Celebrates 90 Years With The Greatest Of Ease
By Laura Kennedy • Apr 10, 2019
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Gamma Phi Circus at Illinois State University celebrates a milestone anniversary this weekend with a show that looks back over the decades, even as the circus moves confidently towards a bright future.
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You can forget about that Peeps-toting bunny. The rabbit to watch this season is one you can't even see. Or can you?
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Grabie – dawniej wieś w Polsce, obecnie w granicach wsi Teodorówka w województwie mazowieckim, w powiecie grójeckim, w gminie Pniewy. Leży we wschodniej części wsi, przy drodze na Osieczek.

W latach 1867–1954 w gminie Konie. 20 października 1933 w woj. warszawskim utworzono gromadę Grabie granicach gminy Konie, składającą się z wsi Grabie, kolonii Gaik i Wsi Kołacze.

Podczas II wojny światowej w Generalnym Gubernatorstwie, w dystrykcie warszawskim. W 1943 gromada Grabie liczyła 108 mieszkańców.

W związku z reorganizacją administracji wiejskiej jesienią 1954, Grabie, już jako część Teodorówki, weszły w skład nowej gromady Wilczoruda, a po jej zniesieniu w 1959 roku do gromady Pniewy.

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Main Books At the Airfields that Seemed to Be Asleep
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At the Airfields that Seemed to Be Asleep
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"At the dawn of June 22, 1941, the main forces of the Soviet AF were defeated in the airfields by a sudden knockout of German aviation". From all the myths about WW2 history, this one turned out to be the most viable. And it's not accidental. Absurd invention about "aviation, defeated by a sudden knockout" was beneficial to Soviet propagandists: first of all, such statement ideally corresponded to the key image, common for the whole Soviet mythology, of a "peacefully sleeping Soviet land", the government of which, allegedly, didn't think about. Secondly, it allowed for to avoid the need to discuss the really important issue: why the numerous Soviet AF which outnumbered many times the enemy in quantity, couldn't influence in any way the course of the combat actions during the first days and weeks of the Soviet-German war? The absurd hypothesis about "aviation, defeated on the peacefully sleeping airfields", being completely unfounded, except for endless senseless repetitions, outlived its authors and was totally accepted by Western historians and journalists as a "solid historical fact".
Mark Solonin became the first who dared to say: "But the emperor has no clothes!" The very first step, the simplest comparison of the number of airplanes, announced as being destroyed on land (800 units), with the total number of Soviet AF, deployed on the Western USSR borders (more than 8.500 units), as well as a comparison of the number of airfields being attacked (66) with the total number of airfields in the Western military districts (613), knocks over like skittles. However, the content of a 600-page long research "At the Airfields That Seemed to Be Asleep" is much deeper; questions which the author is asking, are much more complex than unmasking of obvious nonsense.
The book, written by M.Solonin is a solid historical research, written by professional aeronautical engineer (the author for years had worked in a secret aeronautical design department). Just that very circumstance defines the unique advantages of the book, since without a deep understanding of the substantive, technical side of the issue, it is impossible to reconstruct the history of aviation's combat use in an authentic way.
First of all, M.Solonin suggests to the reader to define the terms, definitions, categories of aircraft building, to understand why the airplane flies, what defines its flight characteristics, how they are interconnected, how they influence (or do not!) the results of airplane's combat use. This section (which takes up more than a quarter of the whole book) is an unprecedented example of how the most complex issues of aerodynamics or the strength theory could be explained in a simple language, available to every curious high-school graduate, without losing the scientific certainty.
Having finished the "short course on technical education", author takes the reader to Moscow of 1939, to the offices of heads of Soviet aviation industry, to the test sites, to "prison experimental design offices" (a unique invention by Stalin and his henchmen) as well as to the runways of secret airfields. The history of a brutal fight between competing groups close to Stalin, had paradoxically defined the course of Soviet aviation industry development during the prewar years. "King of rats and "King of fighters" - is the title of one of the book's parts; such a somber title easily corresponds to the history of real events which ended up not only with the death of few test pilots, but with another wave of repressions which annihilated before the beginning of Soviet-German war almost the whole highest command staff of Soviet AF in just a few days.
The third, the most solid and important part of the book is devoted to the description and analysis of the course of combat actions which took place in the air of summer of 1941. What did happen in the reality at the border airfields in the early morning of June 22, 1941? Why do the results of Luftwaffe's attack on Soviet airfields in various sectors of East Front differ so much (dozens of times!) Why the counter-attacks of the Soviet AF on Luftwaffe's airfields were so ineffective? Why, having the overwhelming majority, the Soviet AF couldn't defeat the oil field in Romania, i.e. to reach the goal it was preparing for years? And, finally, why the German aviation couldn't get the vast air superiority, despite the common wrong belief?
The author looks for persuasive answers to these (and many other) questions together with the reader. One can build a picture from hundreds of documents, combat reports, fragments of memory of those who participated in the events; the picture much more complex than the myth of "destructive first attack", but at the same time paradoxically and discouragingly simple. The author reaches the following conclusion in the last pages: "Having done a long and sometimes exhaustive journey, we arrived to a result, being so simple, that I, frankly speaking, feel a bit of confusion – did I really need to spend so many words? The reasons for Soviet AF defeat became to be completely the same, as the reasons for Red Army defeat in general. The Armed forces of the USSR were part of an indestructible as seen from outside, but a society deeply ill from inside. The tinsel of slogans and banners disappeared under the strikes of military storm; and one had found the truth about the Soviet nation and its army, being unprepared to defend such country, such regime and such "chief"…
In the Annex to the book the author presents his statistical tables (number of Soviet and German AF groups, losses of the parties, structure of such losses, losses of the airplanes and air crew, ratio of real losses and claims, etc). The book contains illustrations of many photos of aircrafts, drawings, diagrams and graphs.
PART 1. AIRCRAFTS
Chapter 1. 250.000
Statement of a question, overview and critique of well-established views of the problem. Can one say that Luftwaffe "got the vast majority in the air", if during the first three months of the war the Soviet AF were able to make 250.000 operation flights?
Chapter 2. Why do the airplanes fly
The main terms of aerodynamics and flight dynamics. Why couldn't the fighters of 1930s reach the bomber? Can the lightest fighter be the best? Were the Soviet airplanes the "dummy" ones? Comparative advantages and disadvantages of engines with air and liquid cooling. Different construction arrangements, or why did the metal substitute the wood.
Chapter 3. The most important aviation
Bomber forces – tasks, tactics and strategy of use, requirements for technical specifications of bombers.
Chapter 4. Working wars in the air
Tactical bombers of the first days of WWII – history of development and combat use, aircraft performance characteristics
Chapter 5. Ground attack planes
German dive-bomber "Junkers" Ju-87 and Soviet armed destroyer Il-2: two discriminative approaches for creating the airplane to fire support the ground troops.
Chapter 6. The best of the best
The German bomber "Junkers" Ju-88 and Soviet bomber ANT-58 (Tu-2). Why could these two airplanes be considered as the best tactic bombers of WWII?
Chapter 7. How do the fighters fight
Main tactical schemes which the fighters perform. The actual distribution of combat flights based on types of the tasks. What was more important – the quantity or the quality (performance characteristics) of the fighters?
Chapter 8. Air fight: End limits
The real performance of fighters during the WWII. Why half of the American fighter pilots couldn't knock down a single German plane?
Chapter 9. Find and destroy
Armament of fighters during the WWII: technical problems and solutions. What is better: a lot of machine guns or one powerful cannon? Quantitative evaluation indicators. Overview of armament systems of German, French, British and Soviet fighters in the beginning of 1940s.
Chapter 10. Technology and tactics
Can the tactics of air fights compensate insufficient technical advantage of a airplane? Dynamic flight modes, energy management during the air fights. Tactics of the group and single fight.
PART 2. The Day Before
Chapter 11. "Triumphal marching" with figures
May-June 1940, air fight in the Western front. Luftwaffe's "Pyrrhic victory" in France
Chapter 12. Minimum and Maximum
Air "Battle of Britain" – Hitler's first strategic failure. How and why could the British fighters counter the strike of superior Luftwaffe? British Spitfire and Soviet I-16: The history of creating and performance characteristics of the two legendary aircrafts
Chapter 13. King of rats and "King of fighters"
Aircraft designer Polykarpov and his aircrafts. The mystery of Chkalov's death.
Chapter 14. Big races
January 1939, Stalin decides to personally lead the rearrangement of Soviet AF and Soviet aviation industry. "The competition of Twelve" and defeat of Polykarpov's design department. Sylvansky's trickery. Kaganovych clan forms its own aeronautical design department
Chapter 15. Quicker than anybody else
How the brother of secretary of Central Committee unexpectedly for himself became a prominent aircraft designer (the history of creating the MiG-3 fighter). Who and why suggested to Stalin that speed is the most important advantage of bombers? Yakovlev's trickery with BB-22 aircraft. Why the winner of "Comrade Stalin's award" was the "semi-bomber" Pe-2, created in the prison experimental design offices?
Chapter 16. Farther than anybody else
Why did Stalin need a bomber with the flight range of 5000 km? The history of creating the Er-2 bomber and its sad finish. Unsuccessful tests of MiG-3 give rise to anger of "Mikoyan clan", triggering the new wave of repressions.
Chapter 17. Fatal works
The results of "Stalin rearrangement" in the aviation industry. Why did Soviet AF enter the war in June 1941 with airplanes of the 1936 line up?
Chapter 18. Kamikaze airplanes
How many Soviet pilots were killed by their own planes?
PART 3. WAR
Chapter 19. Right to life
Martyrology of reprisals victims from the highest command staff of Soviet AF
Chapter 20. At the boundary
On the eve of the showdown. The structure of Soviet and German AF groups
Chapter 21. Airplanes and people
The problems of preparing the Soviet AF flight crews – myths and reality. Why the USSR – the European leader on oil production – stayed without aviation gasoline?
Chapter 22. Airstrike on airfields – theory and practice
Airstrike on enemy's airfields: the "magic wand" or the most difficult and risky operation of air forces? Experience of combat actions in Spain. May 10, 1940 on the airfields in France, lessons of Perl Harbor, "six-days war" of 1967 on Middle East
Chapter 23. "And if a seasoned foe would approach us…"
Was the airstrike of the German air forces an unexpected one? The last orders and directives of the Soviet command, issued on the eve of June 22, 1941.
Chapter 24. The way it happened – 1
The combat actions of the first days during the Soviet-German war on the North (Polar region and Finland) and South (the Black Sea and Romania) flanks
The combat actions of the first days during the Soviet-German war in the air over Ukraine and Baltic states.
Defeat of the Soviet air forces in the Western Byelorussia – a chronology of events
Chapter 27. Devastating "relocation"
The first conclusion – the main losses of Soviet air forces took place not in the air, but on the ground. The cause for this was not the actions of enemy, but a panic "relocation" of aircraft units. Soviet air forces was swept away by retreating Red Army, flowing in disorder.
Chapter 28. Air superiority
The war continues. Why could the Soviet air forces preserve its superiority in numbers over Luftwaffe? The ratio between the real losses of the parties. Could the German air forces reach a vast majority in the air? A strange structure of losses for Soviet air forces and dynamics of its changes during the period of 1941 to 1945.
Conclusion. Results and findings in 17 theses
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Chapter 24. The way it happened-1
Chapter 27. Devastating "redeployment"
Chapter 28. Air domination
The Last Chapter
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Mark Solonin became the first who dared to say: "But the emperor has no clothes!" The very first step, the simplest comparison of the number of airplanes, announced as being destroyed on land (800 units), with the total number of Soviet AF, deployed on the Western USSR borders (more than 8.500 units), as well as a comparison of the number of airfields being attacked (66) with the total number of airfields in the Western military districts (613), knocks over like skittles. However, the content of a 600-page long research "At the Airfields That Seemed to Be Asleep" is much deeper; questions which the author is asking, are much more complex than unmasking of obvious nonsense.→
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Screwing the Brains
June 22 (The Cask and the Hoops)
June 23: M-day
Every step, every try as well as a documented, fair and unprejudiced answer to these three issues lead the researcher to a deadlock of unsolvable, at first sight, contradictions. Why Stalin's empire, after years of preparation for the Big War, having concentrated all resources of the richest country in the world, and, finally, having amassed the biggest army size in the world, suffered a crushing defeat in the summer of 1941? Why Stalin, who didn't believe his closest comrades, did believe to Ribbentrop's signature in the non-aggression pact? Why the Soviet Union – utterly militarized totalitarian empire found itself to be the only participant of the WWII, which started mobilizing its Armed Forces not before the start of combat actions (as did everybody else) and not even on the date of Hitler's invasion, but only on the second day of the war, on June 23, 1941? Why hours before the German invasion fighter regiments of Soviet AF received a day-off, while surface-to-air divisions were withdrawn to the far home front airfields? These are among the questions that will be addressed in my book.
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Don't let the name fool you — the music lineup is what makes the first edition of the Taste of Oakland Festival worth attending. You will enjoy performances by the city's own Tony! Toni! Toné! and Los Rakas, as well as San Francisco native Martin Luther, Argentinian composer Nahuel Bronzini, The String Quartet Experience, The Jamming Nachos, The JAXS, and UMC. This eclectic mix of sounds will go down at the Dunsmuir House; the historic estate will open its doors and gardens for families to enjoy Saturday afternoon. In addition to the music performances, there will be a tech garden, workshops, and food vendors. If you need more convincing, part of Taste of Oakland's ticket proceeds will benefit Youth Aid, a nonprofit organization that serves young people from overlooked communities throughout the Bay Area; and Oakland Parks Recreation and Youth Development.
Saturday, May 13, 12:00pm, $10-$25, 2960 Peralta Oaks Court, Oakland, TasteOfOaklandFest.com.


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Colston's School celebrates excellent GCSE results
Colston's School has announced outstanding GCSE results, with 34% of students achieving grade 7 or better (equivalent to a grade A or above). 51% of grades awarded were 9 to 7 (equivalent to A* to A) and 97% of students achieved five or more grades 9 to 4, including maths and English.
Whilst students with a clutch of 7s, 8s and 9s were thrilled with their results, so too were those with fewer 'top' grades, who recognised that their hard work had resulted in the best grades they could have achieved, in many cases even better than expected.
Headmaster, Mr. Jeremy McCullough, said: "Exam results are really important and we are delighted with these impressive figures. However, at Colston's our students learn that there is a great deal more to life than exam results. We are just as proud of their achievements in the arts and sport, or the fact that they do good deeds in their community, as we are with these impressive academic results. We look forward to welcoming the students back in September to begin their Sixth Form studies with us. Well done to all."
Merchants' Academy announces strong GCSE results
Katherine House receives CQC rating
HRH The Princess Royal opens The Kingfisher School in St Anne's Park
SMV Appoints New Master
Bristol's newest investment fund secures over £10 million to address citywide inequality
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Veteran Iain Murray and youngster James Morrison comes into the squad in place of Stewart Grant and Ally "Spod" MacLeod. With a number of players missing, Gilleasbuig MacDonald answered the call to join the squad for the first time this season. Danny Morrison, Jordan Murchison and Ally MacDonald remain out.


And so yet another camp must come to an end. For some it is good timing as they are ready for home comforts and their parents. For others, their batteries have not quite yet run out.
The Rainbirds had fun studying scale today. The had to measure their friend and draw a scaled down drawing of them. Who would have thought measuring could be so much fun!
We hope that you all enjoyed our presentation of the prairie dog.
Our Grade 5 children were supposedly approached by the SABC to create and present a nature documentary for television on their soil creatures. They used this opportunity to present the information on their soil creature posters to the rest of the class in an interesting and creative way. Everyone remained fully engaged in what was being said throughout all of the presentations. They really loved hearing about all the different animals and had so much fun watching their friends pretend to be TV presenters.
These two crazy scientists were most entertaining!
The Sisters in Science taught us all about the hedgehog – apparently they have about 500 fleas each.
It is important to plan where everything goes on your poster.
After researching a soil creature of their choice, the children had to transcribe the information into their own words and then transfer it onto a poster. They worked in pairs and had to agree on their course of action for the task. The children learnt all about their creature's appearance, habitat and diet. They also researched some interesting facts about their creature.
Working together – we are a phenomenal team!
We chose to learn all about Meerkats.


This is the shared table dining room. It's often used for parties, but on nights when it's not reserved, seats are given out by twos, so you sit next to and meet new people as you dine. There is a separate dining room for individual tables.


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Each car will have a different servicing schedule, which is set by the manufacturer, and can be found in your car's manual pack. The service schedule lays out which areas of your vehicle require attention at specific service intervals.
If your car is still under a manufacturer's warranty, it is absolutely essential that you follow the guidance in the servicing schedule; failure to do so could invalidate your warranty. MyCarNeedsA.com can tailor all work towards your vehicle's requirements especially if it is still under warranty. Legally, you can take your car to be serviced at any garage, you do not have to use a main dealer.
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Between £50-£150, depending on your location, the type of oil required and the cost of the filter.
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The exhaust and checking for any leaks.
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Servicing costs are 100% dependant on the type of car you drive and it's servicing schedule; higher spec vehicles require specialist skills and parts, which in turn incur higher costs. This said, a typical deal will see costs begin at around £150.Always be sure to ask what is included in a service and make sure you are getting the best deal for your needs.
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Rock Bottom (KISS Tribute) - Dance Floor Open!
How long has it been since you wanted to rock 'n' roll all night? Well, with Rock Bottom, the Mid-Atlantic's premiere KISS tribute band from Ocean City, you'll be.
I Charlie Age: 27. I love to entertain gentlemen of all ages visiting you at your hotel or home.
Description:Road manager Jeff Binnix of Bethany Beach is essentially the band's fifth member. Roger Hillis is a freelance writer. Dixxon begged Joines -- a friend he'd known from another band they were in -- to learn guitar and join him in a reincarnated Rock Bottom, named for the fifth track on the album "Dressed to Kill. Without officially ending the band, I just never called another rehearsal. Dixxon begged Joines -- a friend he'd known from another band they were in -- to learn guitar and join him in a reincarnated Rock Bottom, named for the fifth track on the album "Dressed to Kill. He and the rest of the roadies assemble the risers, ramps, confetti cannons, and giant flashing KISS logo for their elaborate stage show.


After much valiant effort, I've finally beaten Chapter Ten into submission. It had ballooned into my largest chapter yet, so I split it. Then the pieces expanded again, until this first part, entitled "The Free City", became the new largest chapter. The tale grew in the telling, so to speak. Part two of Copper and Keel's visit to Thasia will be out next week.
How did it hulk-out in such a gamma-irradiated fashion? The events were set, and the core parts of the chapter written. But what I'm finding is that, in the polishing and editing process, unexpected things come up. Sometimes a passage that merely summarizes events begins to feel inadequate, as though I'm giving it short shrift. It sits up and demands to be narrated. Sometimes that narration generates fun, interesting, valuable details that would be sad to miss, and are hard to cut.
I'm feeling good about the text. I like the chapter illustration, too. Let me know what you think!
Find it on The Novel page, or here is a direct link.


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Redundancy: Ensure that the statutory trial period has actually started
If you haven't already watched Simon Horsfield's webinar: "Cutting HR Costs Without Cutting Jobs", you can do so by clicking here.
If you still need to make redundancies having explored the other options in Simon's webinar, remember that a redundancy dismissal may be unfair if the employer fails to make a reasonable search for suitable alternative employment (SAE). Although there is no statutory obligation to search for SAE, sections 138 and 141 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996) prescribe the effect on an employee's contract of employment and their entitlement to a statutory redundancy payment if their employer makes an offer of suitable alternative employment and the employee accepts or rejects this offer.
In light of the EAT case of East London NHS Foundation Trust v O'Connor, consider carefully how you handle any trial periods. For a trial period to count as the statutory four weeks trial period, you must have already given your employees their dismissal notices, and not just put them "at risk".
In East London NHS Foundation Trust v O'Connor, the Trust had informed Mr O'Connor, a Psycho-Social Intervention Worker, in March 2017 that, as a result of a reorganisation, his role was being "deleted" with effect from 3 July 2017, and he was at risk of redundancy. He began a trial for a different role of Care Coordinator on 3 July 2017. Mr O'Connor did not agree that this was SAE and he declined to accept an offer to move to this role. Therefore, he was dismissed on 12 December 2017. The Trust claimed that this was an unreasonable refusal of SAE, and that he was not entitled to a redundancy payment.
The EAT upheld the Tribunal's decision that Mr O'Connor had not been dismissed before the trial period started. The reference to "deletion" of his role did not inevitably amount to notice of dismissal. The case has been remitted to the Tribunal to determine whether the dismissal in December was by reason of redundancy and whether a redundancy payment was due.
If you wish to offer SAE, the statutory scheme deals with the timing of any offer, the form in which the offer is made and the terms on which it is made. One error that employers sometimes make, like the Trust, is that they do not actually end the old contract and make an offer. Instead, they give the employee a chance to try out the new role hoping that their existing contract will simply be varied. However, if the employee is not happy with the SAE, the employer cannot seek to argue unreasonable refusal under the statutory scheme. Similarly, inviting employees to re-apply for available jobs will not be enough to deprive an employee of their redundancy payment, unless a job offer is made. If you wish to argue that an employee had forfeited their redundancy payment, you will need to repeat the offer of what you believe is SAE when dismissal is confirmed.
Whether or not a refusal of SAE is unreasonable will depend on:
The suitability of the job; and
The reasonableness of the employee's refusal
These two issues often overlap but it is important to consider them separately. The employer has the burden of showing both that the alternative employment offered was suitable and that the employee's refusal was unreasonable. The fact that an employee is willing to undertake a trial period in the alternative employment is not evidence that they consider it to be suitable.
Suitability is only relevant when the terms of the alternative employment offered by the employer differ from the employee's existing terms of employment. It requires an objective assessment, having regard to the nature of the job offered (the whole of the job: status, content and terms, especially wages, hours and location) and the employee in question. It is not an entirely objective test, as the question is whether the alternative employment is suitable for that particular employee.
Whether an employee's refusal of a suitable job was reasonable depends on the subjective reasons the particular employee has for rejecting it (and not whether a hypothetical "reasonable employee" would have accepted it). This will cover factors relating to the employee's personal circumstances such as their health as well as their personal and family commitments. In practice, the more suitable the offer, the easier it will be for the employer to show that the refusal was unreasonable.
On a different but related matter, if you have vacancies as a result of any restructure, any employees at risk of redundancy who are on maternity leave, adoption leave or shared parental leave have special protection, in that they have an automatic right to be offered any suitable vacancies. The government announced in July 2019 that this protection will be extended from the time an employee notifies her employer of her pregnancy until six months after the end of maternity leave. Similar extensions will apply to the end of adoption leave and (in an amended form) to the end of shared parental leave.
If you need any specific advice on the statutory trial period scheme or a redundancy situation generally, please contact your usual gunnercooke contact or rebecca.ireland@gunnercooke.com.
Rebecca Ireland
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This, my friends, is a textbook bit of flirting in the fruit and veg aisle.
Allow me to introduce our players, meet Martin and Michelle.
Two healthy and comfortably wealthy middle-class American folk, from what I can gather.
Michelle is a single mum and part time teaching assistant and Martin is an engineer and a part time Jamie Oliver, by the sound of it.
I'm not being nosey, I haven't got much choice in the matter; you see, I'm the one in the middle. Yes, that's right, the cauliflower.
Most people just call me cauliflower, but that's actually my surname. You can call me Terry.
"So, there's always the old faithful – Cauliflower cheese?" Martin suggests, pointing lazily, I guess, in the vague direction of some cheese.
God, he really does think he's Jamie Oliver.
With this saucy interjection, she has got not only his attention but that of the the entire grocery.
Also, she realises, the playful smile and come-to-bed eyes, they too were unnecessary.
God, this guy's good. If he wasn't talking fifty ways about my imminent demise, I'd date him.
He's making this look easy; impressively improvising on the world's least interesting edible plant (I'm over it) and all the time, there's no way he can't be negotiating the elephant in the room.
Namely, that of all the vegetables on display to use as a flirting prop, she picks me.
Little ol' Terry. A cauliflower.
For chrissakes, woman, there's a whole freaking tray of zucchini right there! And melons are in season, I'm just saying.
"Oh, you're sooo clever!" she coos, reaching over to rub his forearm, "I could never cook anything like that, I could burn a boiled egg!" More shirt-rubbing, eyelash fluttering, a splash of coy sauce.
She's picked up her game a bit, to be fair.
"Well, maybe I …could come over and cook for you sometime?" he asks, hopefully.
"Yes…I'd love that, thank you." she purrs.
Swept up in the romance, I forget my manners and shout "Get in, my son!" and "Boooom!, but I'm unceremoniously dropped into the basket and wind up sandwiched between a bechamel sauce mix and a block of Canadian cheddar. Hang about! She has made it before! Good girl!


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Tooltip – graficzny element interfejsu użytkownika, wyświetlany po najechaniu kursorem myszy na element nim opatrzony. Tooltip to przeważnie mała "chmurka" lub "dymek", który zawiera komentarz albo poszerzenie opisywanego zagadnienia.

Odmiany tooltipa
W niektórych programach (przeważnie starszych) tooltipy zastępowane są informacją wyświetlaną na pasku statusu, nie nazywa się ich tooltipami. Na systemach Macintosh zaimplementowane jest podobne narzędzie, jednak w działaniu zupełnie odmienne, nazwane "balloon help". Inną nazwą używaną zamiennie przez Microsoft jest "ScreenTip".

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BLACK ROCK CITY, Nevada – A year after a man killed himself by running past safety wardens and into a fire at Burning Man, organizers have beefed up the number of volunteers guarding the pyrotechnic events and "burns" giving the event its name.
Burning Man officials last year erected a temporary safety fence around their final burn of the event, 24 hours after Aaron Joel Mitchell, 41, ran into the burning Man effigy. They also ringed that final burn, of the Temple building, with hundreds of additional volunteer safety wardens.
This year, no fences will surround either the Man or the Temple burns, which instead will be ringed by a heavy cadre of volunteers. All major burns are traditionally ringed by volunteer wardens, but this years' burns are getting far more safety wardens.
Federal officials last year initially wanted to cancel the final burn following Mitchell's death, but Burning Man organizers persuaded them to let it proceed using the temporary fences and extra safety wardens.
Friday night, tens of thousands of attendees watched as two wooden trains collided amidst a series of explosions. No fence separated spectators from the explosions, although at least two concentric circles of wardens waited to intercept anyone who tried to get close.
First-time Burning Man attendees are often surprised by the lack of direct oversight for participants, who find themselves climbing dozens of feet into the air on scaffolding, operating propane-powered flamethrowers and participating in gladiator-style combat.
Earlier this week, an attendee fell from an art installation of seven junked cars and a trailer spiked onto the desert with a tower about 50 feet fall, topped with flamethrowers. The structure, called "Night at the Climb In," was cordoned off afterward. The condition of the person who fell was not released.
Federal officials declined to comment on any specific safety changes they required of Burning Man following last year's death.
"Public health and safety is the BLM's top priority during the Burning Man event and the agency will not release details from the security plan that could negatively impact their effectiveness," BLM spokesman Kyle Hendrix said earlier this summer. "Sensitive information from the security plan could be abused if released and has the potential to create additional public health and safety concerns."
The elaborate Man structure is set to burn Saturday night after dark, with the Temple burn set for Sunday evening. A series of smaller burns of wooden artwork are also planned through the weekend. Firefighters are on hand for the event's duration.


MUMBAI, 10 March 2016 – Morningstar Investment Adviser India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, has announced the winning funds and fund houses for its 2016 India Fund Awards.
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The concept of an organization investing in a creative physical space for employees or for a solopreneur to want to work in a creative place seems like simple common sense. There are multitudes of research such as Steelcase's Employee Engagement Survey and Gensler's workplace research that definitely demonstrate the importance of a work environment to employee engagement. However, it's not as simple as adding a few cool-looking couches, maybe a ping pong table or board game room and fitting out an X-box lounge.
Many employers think they know what their employees want. Here is a wild concept – just ask them!
Find out what the priorities are – is it more important to have ample parking or access to public transportation? A larger break or lounge area or a bigger conference room? Open space or more enclosed, focused work spaces such as cubicles or offices? I also recommend being as transparent as possible on your budget. Obviously, you can't make everyone happy, but by including as many people as possible in the decisions and most important – explaining the why behind your decisions, you'll get more buy-in.
It may be more costly to sign a 1 year or 3 year or even month-to-month agreement, but locking yourself into a 7 year lease can be fatal. Your business – and the marketplace – can change rapidly and even if you are the best strategic planner on the planet, you can't possibly predict what may happen in the area you are in in 7-10 years. While it may cause you to have slightly higher rent payments, the flexibility payoff is far greater.
Don't be something you're not or as Shakespeare said, "To thine own self be true".
The space in which you work needs to be a reflection of your culture and not an aspiration of what you think your organization is.
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If you're considering taking Spanish classes in Salt Lake City consider some of the top benefits of learning the language. We've discussed some of these benefits before, but there are several reasons why Spanish might be the right language for you. Spanish is a great language to learn for several reasons, and you'll find that there are many benefits to learning the language for your career, for travel, and for more. You can pick Spanish up fairly easily with a bit of practice, and there are some great options for Spanish classes in Salt Lake City if you are planning on taking Spanish and want to know what your best options are in the area.
Spanish is a majority language in over 21 states and it is spoken by over 400 million people in the world. It is the a primary language in several South American countries and in Mexico. If you plan on traveling to a Spanish speaking country it will definitely help to learn the language, and you'll be able to navigate the country, speak with locals, and communicate much better when you have a basic fluency in Spanish. You'll be much more comfortable when you travel to a Spanish speaking country and have a basic fluency in the language, and you'll find that your trip will most likely go a lot more smoothly.
Taking Spanish classes in Salt Lake City is a fun and easy way to learn the language. You'll find that you will pick it up very quickly, and you'll save plenty of time when you take a professionally organized class that has everything that you need to learn the language. Learning Spanish is truly fun and exciting, and although there are several ways that you can learn on your own, you will very likely find that you pick the language up much faster when you take Spanish classes in Salt Lake City. When you're learning Spanish be sure to get advice from experienced instructors on the best way to learn that will work for you, and consider taking local classes.
One of the top reasons for learning Spanish is the fact that it will open up dozens of career opportunities for you. It's very likely that there are several jobs in your field that specifically ask for fluency in Spanish, especially if you live in a Spanish speaking area of the country. When you are fluent in Spanish you will be able to access wider career options, and you may even be able to get a promotion or other potential opportunity to earn more money in your chosen field. Do some research on your career and find out whether or not Spanish will help you get more opportunities. If you plan on traveling to a Spanish speaking country or if you need it for your career, contact Inlingua Utah today at 1-888-558-3775.


Small Things Dance Collective is a charitable incorporated organization (CIO) exploring a multi-disciplinary approach to participatory practice and performance.
This process nurtures a collaborative approach to dance-making, creating innovative audience relationships and developing inclusive participatory practice. The heightened sensory experience of the intimate encounter with people and place informs our work, which is process oriented and supported by our experience in improvisational, somatic and environmental dance practices.
Since 2008 we have been researching and developing this approach at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool. This unique collaboration has lead to thousands of bedside one-to one sessions with children and young people, two peer reviewed research articles, films about our work and the inaugural dance performances at the new hospital in 2016.


That is the only part about Saturday Night Live that I think is hilarious. However, don't get your hopes up. Today's blog will not be that funny. Or even funny at all. Sorry, but I'm not one dimensional. You might not like the other sides to my personality, but since you're already here, you might as well read my post anyway.
So I told her that was my dream job: to teach reading and writing. Then, when she was giving me change, I noticed the book at her feet: she is reading the same book I am! I realized I was staring into the face of Future Me. We even looked a bit a like. And Amber chimed in that we were wearing nearly identical clothes. Future Me has style: black sweat pants – I like where I'm going. We drove off and I waved goodbye to her (rather enthusiastically). Yet she was too engrossed in her book to notice. That only confirmed my suspicion: I have met my future.


The wind was real. But damn, so was the gorgeous.
Earlier this summer I was invited to drop in for a couple of hours to explore Palm Springs with William and Alice! I arrived midnoon just as the sun was cresting above a nearby mountain range and casting perfectly diffused light over the Korakia Pensione. With soft light accentuating the already bold colors of this Moroccan inspired wonderland, we figured this spot was as good any other to begin our journey!
Quite the adventurers, and with Alice's hair perfectly in place, we deemed it appropriate to visit a nearby windfarm windtunnel…at full force. A bit crazy? Yes. But the towering windmill goliaths against the pale blue gradient of the day's sunset led to some strikingly minimalist portraits of the two…too good not to attempt. And a bucketlist item for this guy.
And to pay proper homage to the naming of the region, we closed out the day with a series of palm-backed shots at dusk with the moon conveniently at our six! A day most splendid…can't wait for the wedding!


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Thieves smash doors and steal jewellery in spate of burglaries across Elmbridge
Police in the borough acknowledged the recent upsurge in burglaries after 11 were reported over the weekend
Tom Smurthwaite
Elmbridge police acknowledged the recent upsurge and moved to reassure residents
Thieves smashed rear doors and windows to gain entry during a flurry of pre-Christmas burglaries across Elmbridge that has prompted calls for increased vigilance.
During last weekend there were 11 house burglaries reported, including four in West Molesey and three in Walton.
In Priory Lane, West Molesey, glass was smashed in a rear door between 5pm and 9pm on Saturday and jewellery was stolen.
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The same day, at around 10pm, the kitchen door was forced on a property in Crofton Avenue, Walton, and again thieves snatched jewellery.
Elmbridge police acknowledged the recent upsurge and moved to reassure residents.
A spokesman said: "Extra officers have been deployed, in both a marked and covert capacity.
"Lines of enquiry are also ongoing, which include tracing the drivers of a vehicle seen in suspicious circumstances last week, as well as forensic opportunities and CCTV enquiries.
"As is always the case over the festive period, we urge members of the public to be extra vigilant, and to look out for their neighbours too."
'Traditional' time for burglaries
Councillor Mary Marshall, portfolio holder for community development, backed the call.
She said: "It's not unusual to see a spate before Christmas, and there's a similar pattern in Spelthorne and Runnymede.
"Thieves are targeting Christmas gifts and high value goods, and police believe the criminals are not from Elmbridge. Officers are progressing leads and increasing patrols in the affected areas such Claygate, Walton and Molesey."
John Haberfield, chairman of Molesey, Dittons & Hinchley Wood Neighbourhood Watch, has been liaising with officers regarding the break-ins.
The Thames Ditton resident said there had been a further three burglaries in Walton on Wednesday.
"Last weekend there was a spate, there is a tradition for burglaries around this time as people tend to go on robbing sprees but there have been more this year," he said.
"It's picked up in the last two weeks, particularly in the Molesey and Walton areas."
Crime figures reveal that other areas targeted include homes in Thames Ditton, Weybridge and Cobham.
Tips to prevent burglaries
Mr Haberfield said the crimes can be grouped into three main types: burglars making the most of insecure windows; distraction-type burglaries where two offenders purport to be plain clothed police officers; and burglaries where entry has been gained by forcing or smashing doors and windows.
Tips to prevent burglaries include shutting and locking all windows and doors when leaving home, even if for a short time.
Keeping side and rear accesses locked or bolted, and installing external security lights that illuminate anyone coming near your house.
Mr Haberfield added that people should never put car keys near the letter box, and resist putting pictures of themselves on social media when they are away.
"Surrey is a low crime area but unfortunately not zero," he said. "We do still have a residual level of crime and there are actions we can take to avoid being a victim."
A spokesman from Surrey Police said burglary can affect anyone at any time and is always a "deeply upsetting experience".
"At this time of year many people have valuables in their property, these can be attractive to thieves, whether they are on show or wrapped up," the spokesman said.
"Keeping items like this locked away or in an upstairs room out of sight from passers-by can help."
More advice and information on burglary prevention can be found on the Surrey Police website at www.surrey.police.uk.
Police can be alerted via the 101 non-emergency number or by using 999 in an emergency.


It's difficult to find love in a profession like Ambroise's - even his father despises what he does . . .
And while Manelle - a home-help for the elderly in the same small French town - adores her days spent with her eccentric clients, she too often ends her evenings alone.
So when an unusual request from Manelle's favourite client - eighty-two-year-old retired chef-gourmand Samuel - brings the two of them together for an unlikely road-trip to Switzerland, along with Ambroise's cake-loving grandmother, it might just be time for the rest of their lives to begin . . .
Jean-Paul Didierlaurent lives in the Vosges region of France. His short stories have twice won the International Hemingway Award and his debut novel, The Reader on the 6.27, was a bestseller both in the UK and internationally. The Rest of Their Lives is his second novel.


Dhokla recipes have always been a hit on my blog and the Instant Microwave Dhokla is the most viewed recipe as well. I have tried many versions of instant dhokla for tea time snacks because I'm always looking for easy snacks recipes. I have tried Dhokla in idli stand, Instant khatta dhokla, Instant Methi dhokla, Instant Poha dhokla, Instant rawa dhokla and Instant Beetroot dhokla.
This is another instant dhokla recipe which is very light and quick to make. It turns out super awesome and I have tried it a lot of times and finally found the time to post it.
Eno (fruit salt): 1 tsp.
Mix rice flour, semolina, salt and sugar in a wide bowl.
Add in the yogurt and make a batter by adding enough water. Add 1 tsp. oil and mix well.
Add asafoetida and lemon juice and mix well. Leave for about 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes, mix it well again. Add little more water if the batter feels dry. It should be like idli batter: not too thick and not too flowing and watery.
Add the Eno and sprinkle little water. Bubbles would start to form. Lightly mix in the eno with the batter and pour the complete mix in a greased microwave safe mold.
Cover and microwave it at high power for 3 minutes.
Remove and let cool for about 5 minutes and then remove from the mold and transfer to the serving plate or tray. Cut in desired shape.
Heat the remaining 1 tsp. oil and crackle the mustard seeds. When they crackle, add 2 tsp. water and turn off the flame. Pour this mix over the dhokla.
Garnish with desiccated coconut and freshly chopped coriander leaves. Serve with Mint-coriander chutney and hot tea! Enjoy!
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I tried this recipe, I steamed dhokla for 12 mins and they didnt taste cooked. So, how much more should we steam it?
I tried this reciepie and came out really well.