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Kenneth Wright MacAskill (born 28 April 1958) is a Scottish politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for East Lothian since 2019. He previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Justice from 2007 to 2014 and was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from 1999 to 2016. A former member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he defected to the Alba Party in 2021 and currently serves as the party's depute leader.

Born in Edinburgh and educated at Linlithgow Academy, MacAskill studied law at the University of Edinburgh and was a senior partner in a law firm in Glasgow. He was a long-standing member of the SNP's National Executive Committee and served as treasurer and vice convener of policy, before being elected at the 1999 Scottish Parliament election. He was convener of the Scottish Parliament Subordinate Legislation Committee from 1999 to 2001.

Following the SNP's victory in 2007, MacAskill was appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Justice in the Scottish Government. In this role, he oversaw the controversial transfer of convicted terrorist Abdelbaset al-Megrahi to his native Libya. MacAskill left office in November 2014 in the Cabinet reshuffle which followed the appointment of Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister of Scotland and stood down from the Scottish Parliament at the 2016 election.

After standing down from the Scottish Parliament, MacAskill was elected to the House of Commons as MP for East Lothian at the 2019 general election, gaining the previously Labour-held seat from Martin Whitfield. In March 2021, MacAskill defected from the SNP to the Alba Party. At the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, he stood on the Alba Party's Lothian regional list but neither he nor his party succeeded in gaining a seat.

Background, early life and career
MacAskill was born in Edinburgh and was educated at Linlithgow Academy before studying law at the University of Edinburgh, gaining an LLB (Hons) degree. After completing his training at a firm in Glasgow, he set up Erskine MacAskill.

He came to prominence inside the SNP through his activities in the left wing 79 Group and became a party office bearer.  In the 1980s he led the "Can't Pay, Won't Pay" campaign in opposition to the Poll Tax. It was widely known that he often disagreed politically with Alex Salmond, leader of the SNP through the 1990s, and he was at one stage viewed as belonging to the SNP Fundamentalist camp, being perceived to be allied to figures such as Jim Sillars and Alex Neil within the party.

Member of the Scottish Parliament (1999–2016)
After MacAskill became an MSP in 1999 upon the establishment of the Scottish Parliament as a regional list member for the Lothians he moderated his political position, seeing the development of the Scottish Parliament as the most achievable route for Scotland to become an independent nation state. In this respect he was regarded as having adopted a gradualist approach to Scottish independence in place of his previous fundamentalist position. He was one of former SNP leader John Swinney's closest supporters.

In 1999 MacAskill was detained in London before the Euro 2000 second leg play-off match between Scotland and England on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly. As he was not charged with any crime the incident did not affect his position within the SNP and he won re-election at the 2003 election.

In 2004, after John Swinney stood down as SNP party leader, Kenny MacAskill backed the joint leadership ticket of Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon. He had initially intended to stand for deputy leader himself on a joint ticket with Nicola Sturgeon, who would have sought the leadership. He gave way when Salmond reconsidered his earlier decision not to seek re-election to the leadership. Upon their election as leader and deputy leader respectively, MacAskill was selected to be Deputy Leader of the SNP in the Scottish Parliament. He served in the SNP Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning from 2001 to 2003, Shadow Minister for Transport and Telecommunications from 2003 to 2004 and Shadow Minister for Justice from 2004 to 2007.

MacAskill authored a book, Building a Nation – Post Devolution Nationalism in Scotland, which was launched at the SNP's 2004 annual conference in Inverness. He has since edited another book Agenda for a New Scotland – Visions of Scotland 2020, and has co-authored Global Scots – Voices From Afar with former First Minister Henry McLeish.

Cabinet Secretary for Justice (2007–2014)
For the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, MacAskill was top of the SNP's party list for the Lothians region. He stood in the Edinburgh East and Musselburgh constituency, winning that seat from Scottish Labour with a 13.3% swing to give a majority of 1,382. This was the first time the SNP had ever won a parliamentary seat in Edinburgh. After the SNP's victory at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, MacAskill became the Cabinet Secretary for Justice.

One of MacAskill's first acts as a cabinet secretary was to lift the ban on alcohol sales at international rugby union games held at Murrayfield Stadium.

MacAskill also said that the 2007 terror attack on Glasgow Airport was not committed by 'home-grown' terrorists, in that the suspects were not "born or bred" in Scotland but had merely lived in the country for a "period of time".

MacAskill won election to a redrawn constituency of Edinburgh Eastern in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. Despite notionally facing a deficit of 550 votes, MacAskill won by over 2,000 votes.

Pan Am Flight 103

On 19 August 2009, MacAskill rejected an application by Libya to transfer to their custody Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, convicted of the Pan Am Flight 103 bomb that killed 270 people, acknowledging that "the American families and Government had an expectation or were led to believe that there would be no prisoner transfer." The following day, on 20 August, MacAskill authorised al-Megrahi's release on compassionate grounds. Megrahi had served 8½ years of a life sentence, but had developed terminal prostate cancer. The Justice Secretary has discretionary authority to order such a release, and MacAskill took sole responsibility for the decision. Megrahi died on 20 May 2012.

In the United States, where 180 of the 270 victims came from, the decision met with broad hostility. Political figures including President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke out against it, and families of the victims expressed indignation over the decision. FBI director Robert Mueller, who had been a lead investigator in the 1988 bombing, wrote a highly critical open letter to MacAskill. Former Labour First Minister Henry McLeish was critical of Mueller's attack on the decision.

In Britain, reaction was divided. Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray, former First Minister Jack McConnell, and former Scottish Office minister Brian Wilson criticised the decision, while Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, former Labour MP Tam Dalyell and former British ambassador to Libya Richard Dalton publicly supported it. Ian Galloway and Mario Conti, representatives of the Church of Scotland and the Roman Catholic Church respectively, also spoke in favour of the release.

John Mosey, a priest who lost a daughter on Pan Am Flight 103, expressed his disappointment that halting Megrahi's appeal before it went to court meant that the public would never hear "this important evidence — the six separate grounds for appeal that the SCCRC felt were important enough to put forward, that could show that there's been a miscarriage of justice." Saif al-Islam Gaddafi reiterated his belief in Megrahi's innocence commenting that the Justice Secretary had "made the right decision" and that history would prove this to be the case. A letter in support of MacAskill's decision was sent to the Scottish Government on behalf of former South African President Nelson Mandela.

The Scottish Parliament was recalled from its summer break, for the third time since its creation, to receive a statement from and question MacAskill. The opposition parties in the Scottish Parliament passed amendments criticising the decision and the way it was made, but no motions of confidence in MacAskill or the Scottish Government were tabled.

After MacAskill won re-election to the Scottish Parliament in 2011, an SNP supporter said that the decision had been mentioned by very few voters during the election campaign.

Member of Parliament (since 2019)
MacAskill was chosen as the SNP candidate for East Lothian at the 2019 UK general election. He was subsequently elected, overturning a 3,083 majority and defeating Labour's Martin Whitfield.

In April 2020, MacAskill called for the office of Lord Advocate to be split – similarly to the English and Welsh system of Attorney General for England and Wales and Director of Public Prosecutions – in a response to the trial of former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond, to avoid potential conflicts of interest.

In February 2020, MacAskill authored Radical Scotland – Uncovering Scotland's radical history – from the French Revolutionary era to the 1820 Rising , published by Biteback.

Following the launch of the Alba Party in March 2021, in advance of the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, MacAskill announced that he was leaving the SNP to join Alba, making him their first sitting representative. He was reported as planning to stand for election to Holyrood in a regional list seat. The SNP called on him to resign and trigger a by-election, describing his defection as "somewhat of a relief". In the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, he stood on Alba's Lothian regional list but neither he nor his party succeeded in gaining a seat. Later that year, at the party's inaugural conference, he was elected as depute leader.

On 13 July 2022, Speaker Lindsay Hoyle ejected MacAskill and his Alba colleague Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) from the House of Commons for disrupting the start of Prime Minister's Questions. The two had been protesting about the refusal to grant consent for a second independence referendum. As both Members were named by the Speaker, by convention MacAskill and Hanvey were handed five day suspensions from the House.

Personal life
MacAskill lives in Moray, where he has a house, and he also maintains a flat in his constituency, East Lothian. He has two sons.

See also
Government of the 3rd Scottish Parliament
Government of the 4th Scottish Parliament

Notes

References

External links

Kenny MacAskill MP official site

Kenny MacAskill MSP biography at SNP website
An independent Scotland hinges on its economy Kenny MacAskill's article in The Scotsman 2 June 2005

1958 births
Living people
Members of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh constituencies
People from West Lothian
Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2003
Members of the Scottish Parliament 2003–2007
Members of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011
Members of the Scottish Parliament 2011–2016
UK MPs 2019–present
Scottish National Party MSPs
Scottish solicitors
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Justice ministers of Scotland
People educated at Linlithgow Academy
Scottish National Party MPs
Alba Party MPs

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Last week, I met with visual artist Mara B. near her new Brooklyn apartment at a coffee shop. She recently moved to the city from Portland, and I had discovered her work just as she was traveling east. It had been raining earlier, but we still sat outside in the damp backyard while we drank our tea. The coffee shop was Mara's choice, and the backyard was a perfect mess of soggy wooden benches, tables, and tree canopies--a small sanctuary often hard to come by in Brooklyn. When I entered the shop, Mara was already there chatting up the only two other people there, wearing baggy quilted black pants and kelly green Old Skool Vans. She gave off a tremendous first impression: Mara was clearly a small woman with a big personality, just like her work. Colorful, deliberate, and silly. I liked her immediately.
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The Le Sigh: Hey Mara! When I stumbled across your paintings, I became obsessed. So I'm really excited and happy to interview you, and meet you finally. How would you describe your work in one sentence/phrase?
Mara: A deliberate mess of colors representing an average existence.
TLS: When did you start painting? How has growing up in Minnesota influenced (or lacked influence) on your paintings?
Mara: I painted as a kid, along with trying every other medium that was accessible. In high school, I took a painting class that my brother was in and I started applying all the other things I had learned: like perspective and lighting from photography, form and shape from ceramics, and shading and lines from drawing day camp classes I had taken when I was like 10. I just was finally able to apply all of these little things I had been collecting.
I painted without imagining what that meant for me in the future--I had already lost the idea of being an artist. I wasn't exposed to any artists [in Minnesota] or really anyone doing something they were passionate about as an adult. This was before Instagram, and I just didn't know other people were creating and working and living. I didn't know that balance existed. I really started painting with direction and goals in 2013.
TLS: So you don't have any academic background with art or art history. Is that intentional? How does that play itself out?
Mara: I didn't have an interest in school and wasn't even aware of the value of art history. So my lack of knowledge about artists was unintentional, and now it's intentional. If an artist's life is interesting to me or I really feel connected I might research them a bit, but generally I try and just find inspiration from non-painter resources to stay as authentic as possible in my own creations. I have wished at times I could've gone to art school for the resources but ultimately I don't think I would've taken full advantage of school. And being self taught has made my art what it is today.
TLS: So how does your art break the rules of techniques, or how do you create your own techniques?
Mara: It's a funny mix: the techniques and rules I learned were minimal and were taught to me as a kid, but once I got them down and realized I was just making art that any other technically skilled artist could make, I wanted to detach completely from them. And then where I lack in technique and understanding rules, I just freestyle until I figured out a method that works for me to get the result I want. Yeah, and sometimes never knowing how to do something to begin with makes for a more interesting result, also sometimes just way more difficult.
TLS: When I went to the Picasso museum in Barcelona, I was really fascinated by how traditional his style was at first, focusing on dark landscapes, and how you can see his style evolve over time, because the museum is chronological. I see that in your work--from your more traditional portraits to your abstract, colorful pieces now. How and what has influenced your style-change over time?
Mara: I made a bunch of fauvist style portraits and had a show of them as my first "I'm an artist" moment. After that show I was like, I'm never painting a portrait like this again, this isn't me and I need to make authentic art that feels like me. I knew art could be full of emotion and passion and meaning and stories and I had none of that with those pieces.
I love the chronological gallery arrangement. I feel Picasso on that detachment from traditional work and becoming more minimal and childish and free. It's important to me to try and create with less accuracy and less focus on literal, realistic bits. I now prefer a free flow of line, odd shapes, and organic movements.
TLS: The aesthetic of your work seems to fit with your personality and your look as well. I recently saw the Georgia O'Keefe: Living Modern exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. It was an interesting exhibit because it was not only about her artwork, but also about her lifestyle and fashion, and how she incorporated notions of the Arts and Crafts movement into her lifestyle, making sure each part of her life was deliberate and curated. Do you have any thoughts on that, or how this might be relevant to your lifestyle?
Mara: I love that and I love her. It makes sense as a visual artist to have your art and life be seamless. I want to feel creative not just when I'm painting. I like things to look and feel intentional and special. I also have that feeling a lot where I like something, but think I could make it more suited to me, or there's something I'm imagining and can't find [in stores], so I end up making a lot of things. I don't identify as a craft maker but I'm definitely crafty.
TLS: You also design consumable products, like recently you posted a t-shirt that you collaborated on with Millie + Lou. What do you like or not like about designing products versus creating tactile, more authentic pieces?
Mara: Collaborating is a real special thing! I'm glad to design something that gets to be printed in different forms. It makes my art more accessible; I think a lot of our generation feels more comfortable investing in consumables and wearables rather than traditional art. Designing one print is just that, one design. [On the other hand,] I like to paint or sew or anything original because that's where I'm really creating and developing.
TLS: Can you talk a little about your most recent Instagram exercise where you had people send you photos of themselves?
Mara: Yeah! Since being in NY I've been just taking time to practice. I wanted various poses to play with, color and shape, so I just asked the people of Instagram if they'd send me a photo of them feeling good. I got a lot of responses. We love to see anything revolving ourselves, like I think people were interested in seeing how someone else perceives them or would create them in painting form. I like that it was interactive too, it's like a lot of little collaborations.
TLS: Who are some of favorite visual artists right now?
TLS: What are you listening to?
Mara: I like to listen to Bad Bad Not Good when I'm painting. I'm always listening to Devendra Banhart, tUnE-yArDs, and Sylvan Esso.
TLS: I recently started painting and I find it really therapeutic. Do you have any advice for people who are new painters? For instance, what are some of your favorite activities to build your painting or drawing skills?
Mara: [Try a] therapeutic exercise, choosing a palette and doing 10 sketches in 10 minutes, just letting your brush move as wildly as you want, intuitively using colors.
To build skills, sketch the same thing multiple times in a variety of detail and style. Sketch things you wouldn't normally--landscapes, portraits, figures, still lifes... Understanding your own style can come from applying it to a variety of themes.
You can find more of Mara's work on her website, marabarringer.com, and her Instagram, @mara_________b.
Hayley Cranberry, The Le Sigh's new Arts Editor. Hayley is a chronically ill artist and urban planner who loves crunching on veggies and playing with dachshunds.


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Jednalo se o pumu s kumulativním účinkem, která dokázala probít 60-70 mm homogenního ocelového pancíře, což v té době postačilo prakticky na každý tank, pokud přihlédneme k faktu, že tyto pumy na tank dopadaly shora, kde je pancíř slabší. Při její výrobě bylo současně pomýšleno na to aby byla snadno vyrobitelná a mohla se nasadit ve velkém množství. Každý Šturmovik byl schopen nést pod křídly 4 kontejnery a každý z nich obsahoval 48 těchto pumiček (v jiných zdrojích 72), nebo jich mohl nést v jednom prostoru 280. Minimální výška shozu, tak aby se puma stabilizovala a dopadla na cíl víceméně kolmo shora se uvádí 70 m. Pokud byl obsah kontejneru vypuštěn z výšky 70-100 m, což byla běžná operační výška pro tento typ zbraně, pumy zasáhly prakticky každé vozidlo v pásu 15×70 m, což umožňovalo i v té době asi 50% úspěšnost zničení cíle. Kontejner bylo možno v případě nouze odhodit celý. Při jednom útoku bylo možno vypustit 1-2 kontejnery.

Pumy byly vytvořeny v utajení a jejich první nasazení bylo 5. 6. 1943 v bitvě u Kurska a brzy si zajistily u posádek oblibu, takže do konce války jich sovětský průmysl vyprodukoval 14 615 916 kusů. Puma byla velmi spolehlivá a měla jednoduchý válcovitý tvar, kdy zadní cca 1/2 délky tvořily stabilizátory a přední část byla dutá (kumulativní nálož). Od roku 1943 byly považovány za hlavní protitankovou zbraň. Obsahovala 1,5 kg výbušné směsi TGA (směs tritolu, hexogenu a hliníkového prachu).

Konstruktérem této zbraně byl inženýr Larion, kterému byl v lednu 1944 udělen Leninův Řád a v roce 1946 Státní cena SSSR.

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Romance is not the only applicable element when it comes to chemistry, but true camaraderie is also an important factor. This is quite accurate with Olympic gymnast, Laurie Hernandez, and her partner, Valentin "Val" Chmerkovskiy.
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4/10 Shangela & Gleb Savchenko (Season 31)
Drag queen Shangela is always fabulous, but she brought her ferocity to a whole other level in season 31. Dancing alongside Gleb Savchenko, the duo are the third same-sex pairing in the franchise's history.
Shangela and Savchenko became fast friends, which was evident in their fun chemistry on the dance floor. For the finals, the couple went out with a bang, complete with Gleb in drag as the pair pulled off one of Dancing With The Stars' best numbers in season 31 with a freestyle routine set to a mashup of Destiny's Child and RuPaul.
3/10 Robert Herjvec & Kym Herjvec (Season 20)
Quite a few pairings on the show have dated off the stage, but perhaps the most romantic story is that of Robert and Kym Herjvec, formerly Kym Johnson. The Shark Tank panelist and the Australian dancer were paired for season 20.
From the start, the pairing had a sincere and delightful chemistry, which was beautifully highlighted by their Viennese waltz to Engelbert Humperdinck's "The Last Waltz." While only lasting until Week 8, Robert and Kym married in 2016, welcoming twins Haven and Hudson two years later in 2018.
2/10 Nikki Bella & Artem Chigvintsev (Season 25)
Nikki Bella knows her way around a wrestling ring, and thanks to the help of her professional partner Artem Chigvintsev, she smoothly navigated the dance floor in season 25. While the pair only lasted seven episodes, they are among the most memorable franchise couples.
Nikki and Artem's chemistry was purely magnificent, shining with every number they performed. Their bond also translated off of the dance floor, with the couple welcoming their first child, a son named Matteo Artemovich, in 2020 and tying the knot in 2022.
1/10 Meryl Davis & Maks Chmerkovskiy (Season 18)
While Olympic gold medalist Charlie White's elimination is still a DWTS shocker, his ice dancing partner Meryl Davis won the season with the help of partner Maksim "Maks" Chmerkovskiy.
This pairing was also an instance where the celebrity contestant had a profound effect on their professional dance partner. Davis' gentle demeanor perfectly balanced out Chmerkovskiy's intensity, which was especially evident in their natural and electric chemistry on the dance floor. Thirteen seasons later, Meryl and Maks continue to be one of the franchise's most popular pairings.
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ICTC is committed to providing safe, reliable and accessible transportation services for person in the Imperial Valley. To ensure equality and fairness, Imperial Valley Transit (IVT), IVT Access and IVT RIDE are committed to making reasonable modifications to its policies, practices and procedures to avoid discrimination and ensure programs and services are accessible to persons with disabilities.
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You may make an advance request in person, by fax or email at the administration offices of ICTC. Please contact the ADA Certification Coordinator at:
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Cycling challenge in memory of young dad killed by brain tumour
A cycling event will take place in the Emerald Isle to raise money and awareness for the Brain Tumour Research charity.
Ride4Simon, in memory of Simon Oldacres, who died of brain cancer in December 2016, aged just 37, will cover nearly 250 kilometres of County Cork countryside in early August.
Simon grew up in Solihull and lived in Chippenham with his wife Sophie and young children Joseph and Esther, but with an Irish mother, spent many happy holidays in and around Cork in his formative years. Ride4Simon Ireland which will take place over the weekend of 4th and 5th August, has been planned to take in many of those places.
The eight-strong peloton, which includes Sophie (as well as three other Chippenham residents: Ian Durnell, Paul Darby, and Liz Marchant, three people from Bristol: Fraser Reid, Brian Walker and Fiona Lambert and Simon's brother David who lives in Rippon, Yorkshire) hopes to emulate the success of Ride4Simon UK held last September, which raised over £16,000 for the Brain Tumour Research charity. They will be cheered on by Simon's Irish and UK family.
In 2013, Simon was diagnosed with a glioblastoma (GBM) – a most aggressive and incurable type of brain tumour. A dedicated family man and talented engineer, he died in December 2016.
Brain tumours are indiscriminate; they can affect anyone at any age. What's more they kill more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer… yet just 1% of the national spend on cancer research has been allocated to this devastating disease.
Sophie, a key organiser for this event and who has set up a Fundraising Group under the umbrella of the Brain Tumour Research charity, also known as Ride4Simon, explained: "Simon was a keen cyclist, and, post-diagnosis in 2013, a good cycle was his equivalent to counselling. He rode a significant distance to many of his hospital appointments, which was always recorded in the oncologist's notes because it was so unusual.
"Through high profile examples, this year brain tumours have been in the news, but still not enough is being done through research to make a breakthrough for others facing similar diagnoses to Simon.
"As friends and family of Simon we know how shattering a diagnosis of a brain tumour still is, and we hope this ride has the potential to make a real difference so that there might one day be real hope for others given the news they have brain cancer.
"Building on what we achieved last September with the first Ride4Simon, this year we wanted to head to County Cork, a place that was so special to Simon throughout his life and a fitting venue for this challenge."
Tim Green, Community Fundraising Manager for the Brain Tumour Research charity said: "We are really grateful to Sophie and the Ride4Simon team for their support and awareness- raising and wish them the best of luck in completing their challenge. The money raised will help us in our mission to build a network of experts in sustainable research. We are funding dedicated UK Centres of Excellence where scientists are focused on improving outcomes for patients and, ultimately, finding a cure.
"For too long, brain tumours have been a neglected cancer and we cannot allow this desperate situation to continue. Sadly, less than 20% of those diagnosed with a brain tumour survive beyond five years compared with an average of 50% across all cancers."
Read more about Sophie's remarkable challenge, get behind her efforts and help power the team around County Cork at www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Ride4Simon2018
For more information about the Brain Tumour Research charity go to www.braintumourresearch.org
Liz Fussey at the Brain Tumour Research charity on 07811 068357 or liz@braintumourresearch.org
Brain Tumour Research is the only national charity in the UK dedicated to raising funds for continuous and sustainable scientific research into brain tumours, and we are a leading voice calling for greater support and action for research into what scientists are calling the last battleground against cancer.
We are building a network of experts in sustainable research at dedicated Centres of Excellence whilst influencing the Government and larger cancer charities to invest more nationally.
We welcome recent funding announcements for research into brain tumours from the UK Government and Cancer Research UK – £65 million pledged over the next five years. However, this potential funding of £13 million a year comes with a catch – money will only be granted to quality research proposals and, due to the historic lack of investment, there may not be enough of these applications that qualify for grants from this pot.
We want research funding parity with breast cancer and leukaemia. We are calling for a £30-35 million investment every year for research into brain tumours in order to fund the basic research groundwork needed to accelerate the translation from laboratory discoveries into clinical trials and fast-track new therapies for this devastating disease.
The Brain Tumour Research charity is a powerful campaigning organisation and represents the voice of the brain tumour community across the UK. We helped establish and provide the ongoing Secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group for Brain Tumours (APPGBT). We are supporting the crucial APPGBT 2018 Inquiry into the economic and social impacts of brain tumours and will publish their report in the autumn. We are also a key influencer in the development strategy for the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission.
Just 1% of the national spend on cancer research has been allocated to brain tumours
In the UK, 16,000 people each year are diagnosed with a brain tumour
Brain tumours kill more children than leukaemia
Brain tumours kill more men under 45 than prostate cancer
Brain tumours kill more women under 35 than breast cancer
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TurSEFF III - Garanti Leasing II (EBRD-52543)
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Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project's environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked 'U' for "Undisclosed."
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Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Garanti BBVA Leasing A.S
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The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
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$ 25.00 million
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Original disclosure @ EBRD website
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Disclosed by Bank Sep 21, 2021
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Garanti Finansal Kiralama A.S. (Financial Intermediary)
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A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.
Garanti BBVA Finansal Kiralama A.S. ("GL", "Garanti BBVA Leasing") is a leasing company incorporated in Turkey. Garanti BBVA Leasing was established in 1990 as a fully-owned subsidiary of GarantiBBVA ("GB"), which in turn is 49.85% owned by Spanish banking group Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. ("BBVA"). The Company is the 5th largest leasing company (out of 22) in Turkey with 9% market share by net lease receivables at YE20 and rated B+ (stable) by Fitch, in line with its parent's rating. It has a subsidiary, Garanti Fleet, which carries out vehicle fleet leasing under operational lease arrangements.
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Damla Binici
DBinici@garantileasing.com.tr
https://www.garantibbvaleasing.com.tr/
Çamçesme Mahallesi,Tersane Caddesi No:15, Pendik, 34899, Istanbul
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Mouse has baked a special treat for Little Bird's birthday! But delivering it to his friend isn't easy — not when everyone he meets along the way offers to trade something for a piece.
Two bears awaken from hibernation and go to town—literally. During their visit, they eat at a diner, dress up at a department store, and stop a couple of bank robbers, all the while mistaking the townspeople's terror for friendliness.
This is the story of four puppies: Fi-Fi, Foo-Foo, Ooh-La-La, and Gaston. Gaston works the hardest at his lessons on how to be a proper pooch. He sips — never slobbers! He yips — never yaps! And he walks with grace — never races! Gaston fits right in with his poodle sisters.
But a chance encounter with a bulldog family in the park — Rocky, Ricky, Bruno, and Antoinette — reveals there's been a mix-up, and so Gaston and Antoinette switch places. The new families look right, but they don't feel right. Can these puppies follow their noses — and their hearts — to find where they belong?
A homage to classic comic strips from the author of The Quiet Book and The Loud Book, this Easter treat has a bit of bite, a sweet center, and a satisfying finish—sure to inspire second helpings.
Many dogs have human owners. Not this dog. He fetches his own slippers, curls up at his own feet, and gives himself a good scratch. But there is one spot, in the middle of his back, that he just can't reach. So one day, he lets a human scratch it. And the poor little fella follows him home. What can the dog do but get a leash to lead the guy around with? Dog lovers of all ages will revel in the humorous role-reversal as this dog teaches his human all the skills he needs to be a faithful companion.
Five carpenter ants at home in their tree stump hear a noise. What is it? One ant thinks it is a hungry aardvark lurking outside the stump, just waiting to eat them. One ant makes a hole in the stump to see. Orange light floods the stump—it's not an aardvark, proclaims the ant chorus. It's orange! So what is lurking outside the stump? This very funny picture book features die-cut holes on almost every page, suspenseful page turns, a wonderful surprise ending, and an introduction to a rainbow of colors.
Full of energy, surprise, and strong visual storytelling, this practically wordless picture book will entice even the most reluctant reader. The Monkey Goes Bananas is fast-paced, delicious fun that's sure to leave young readers hungry for another read.


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Město Andžu ( – Andžu si) leží v severokorejské provincii Jižní Pchjongan. K roku 2008 mělo přibližně 240 tisíc obyvatel. Leží v blízkosti velkých zásob antracitu.

Poloha a doprava
Andžu leží na řece Čchŏngčchŏn tekoucí z pohoří Nangnim do Žlutého moře. V rámci provincie Jižní Pchjongan leží u jejího severního okraje, u hranice s provincií Severní Pchjongan.

Na území města je několik stanic na železničních tratích Pchjongjang – Sinuidžu a Andžu – Kečchon.

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2018 30 Under 35 Profile: Tom Klein, Jr.
By Joe Nowlan - March 1, 2019 February 28, 2019
Tom Klein, Jr.
Co-President, Klein Tools
Klein Tools is a family-founded, family-managed business dating back to 1857. So you might say that Tom Klein, Jr. had his first introduction to the electrical industry while riding in the family car as a kid or sitting at the household dinner table.
"I started working summers in the business when I was 14 years old. I started off in customer service and then rotated between various departments until I was able to join Klein full time after I graduated college," Tom explained.
In 2010, Tom graduated from Babson University in Wellesley, Mass., outside of Boston, and then began working full time at Klein. After his first two years, he also began working towards earning his MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management (2014).
When he started working full time, Tom obviously had more initial knowledge of the industry than most new college grads. There were no shock and awe moments upon realizing just how big the industry was—something for which he is grateful.
"There wasn't any surprise. It was just kind of real life," he said of those first weeks. "I felt like I understood a lot of the business. I mean there's still a ton of things that I learned and am still learning now. I think for a lot of folks, graduating college and going into the real world is kind of a downer. But for me, it was the opposite. I had all this pent up kind of energy going into and starting my full-time role at Klein."
As co-president of Klein Tools, Tom wears many hats. Working with customers, and customer focus groups, may well be his favorite, he said.
"I still go to our focus groups, not all of them but as many as I can. For the ones that I don't go to, I watch the videos that we take of them so I can keep in touch," he explained. "Whenever I can, I also get out into the field."
Tom describes Klein's main customer base as professional tradesmen.
"So our core customers are those that work with wire and cable," he explained. "These would be folks like electricians, linesmen, HVAC professionals, ironworkers. Those types of people are our typical end-user base."
As if he isn't busy enough, Tom and his wife, Kerry, welcomed their first child, a daughter (Olivia) this past January. Very early January.
"She was actually the second child born in the Chicagoland Area for 2019," he laughed.
With a busy company to help run, as well as a newborn at home, hobbies have been placed on the back burner for the foreseeable future.
"There's not a lot of time for much else," Tom said. "But because it's a family business and what we love, and what we do—my career here at Klein is kind of my hobby. It's also my personal passion at the same time. Pretty much every day I enjoy coming to work. But I would say travel is a hobby, time permitting. But you only get to do that occasionally."
Q. What advice do you have for other young professionals in the electrical industry?
A. I would say one thing is to do something that you're passionate about from a career standpoint. I think that in order to really be successful in your career and in your job, you're going to have to work long, hard and smart. And if that's something you're not passionate about, you won't be happy. That would probably be my biggest thing.
And the other thing is to never stop learning and keep in direct contact with your customers, especially end users. Don't let yourself get separated from your customers.
Based on my own personal experience, having that direct channel of connection and communication with not just our distributors but also with our end-user customer base is one of the things that really has distinguished our ability to succeed in the marketplace.
Q. If a young millennial were to ask you about the electrical industry, what would be your answer? How would you respond?
A. I don't know what the stereotypical millennial perception is. But there are some important things that would be worth noting. One is the industry's criticality in the economy and society. One of the things that we like to say is that basically, America runs on electricity. And it's electricians that build out the infrastructure that allows that to happen.
So, it is something that is very critical to society and the economy. It's something that I feel very fulfilled personally in playing the role that we do in the industry.
The other thing is that there's probably a lot more innovation happening in the electrical industry than people realize. For example, look at how things have upgraded in lighting. It was incandescent then fluorescent now it's LEDs. There are a lot of things happening out there that are very progressive, and I think on the surface people don't realize they are happening. So I find it very exciting.
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Joe Nowlan is a Boston-based freelance writer/editor and author. He can be reached at jcnowlan@msn.com.


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Boeing Scraps $4.2bln Deal To Buy Embraer Commercial Division
Boeing announced Saturday it was pulling out of a $4.2 billion deal to acquire the commercial plane division of its Brazilian rival Embraer.
The companies had planned to form a joint venture in which Boeing would take an 80 percent stake in that division. The deal had been due to be finalized no later than Friday.
But Boeing said Saturday it was exercising its right to pull out of a preliminary deal reached in July 2018. It said in a statement, "Embraer did not satisfy the necessary conditions."
"Boeing has worked diligently over more than two years to finalize its transaction with Embraer," said Marc Allen, the Boeing executive who led the joint venture plan.
He said that over the past several months the companies held extensive talks on what he terms unsatisfied conditions in the initial accord.
"We all aimed to resolve those by the initial termination date, but it didn't happen," Allen said, without explaining what the unresolved issues were.
The companies could have kept talking but decided not to.
Boeing is going through exceptionally hard times, between the grounding of its 737 MAX planes for more than a year after two crashes left 346 people dead and the coronavirus pandemic that has severely reduced air travel around the world.
The deal was meant to be a counterweight to industry leader Airbus's buyout of the commercial aviation business of Canadian planemaker Bombardier.
It was to have let Boeing compete with Airbus in the market for medium-haul planes and allow Embraer to benefit from Boeing's powerful presence in the marketplace.
The deal had cleared all regulatory hurdles but was awaiting the green light from the European Commission.
The two companies will continue to work together on a program for a military transport plane called the C-390, Boeing said.
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We will head into the park via US 34 in the Big Thompson Canyon and stop to take some photos along the way. One of those stops is at the Big Thompson Canyon Flood Memorial located at 40 25.787N 105 18.956W.
After entering the park, we will take the "Old Fall River Road" which today is a One-Way route with wonderful views all along the route. Here is just a small sample of the beautiful scenes long the initial section plus a friend we found at one stop.


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Miracle Mountain Ranch
School of Discipleship Staff
Matt and Jenni Cox
Matt and Jenni Cox came on staff in 1992. Matt has served as Farmer, Program Director, Director of Equine Ministries and now as the Executive Director. Matt teaches multiple classes for the School of Discipleship. Jenni serves as his secretary and has homeschooled all of their five children, three of which are out of the house now. Their eldest is married and living in TX with their first granddaughter. Jenni also assists with the "Marriage Dynamics" class. Both Matt and Jenni are School of Discipleship alumni.
Chip and Sandy Hungerford
Chip and Sandy Hungerford came on staff in 1988. Chip serves as the Business Manager and Guest Service Director overseeing Finances, Guest Registration, and Housing. Sandy is the Buckboard Store Manager and assists in the horse program. They have six children and have served at Miracle Mountain Ranch since 1988. Sandy is a graduate of School of Discipleship (1986).
Mark and Jen Brenner
Mark is the Chief Financial Officer and teaches classes for the School of Discipleship. Mark and Jen are both graduates of the School of Discipleship.
Mark and Shari Carpenter
Mark and Shari Carpenter came on staff in 2001. Mark is the Director of Operations. He heads up all construction and maintenance, in addition to teaching the School Of Discipleship class on Servant Leadership. Mark and Shari have six children. Shari homeschools and assists in the Buckboard store.
Donnie and Tonya Rosie
Donnie attended the School of Discipleship program from 2000 to 2002, and works as the Marketing Director for the Ranch. In 2010 he graduated with Bachelors of Science in Business at Edinboro University of PA. Tonya teaches homeschool for their four children, George, Cole, Grant, and Karis.
Daniel and Kara Stanley
Daniel and Kara are both graduates of the School of Discipleship. Daniel serves as the Director of the School. He teaches several classes and oversees the day-to-day life of the students. Kara is at home with their son Gavin, and occasionally teaches riding lessons for the students.
Tyler and Harmony Chundrlek
Tyler Chundrlek, is a graduate of the School of Discipleship. In 2010, Tyler came on staff and is currently serving as the Camp Director and is responsible for summer camp, retreats, as well as several aspects involving the School of Discipleship. Tyler earned a Master's degree in Christian Leadership Studies in 2013 from Liberty University. Harmony is a Miracle Mountain Ranch summer staff alumni. They have three children; Frank, Grace, and Gideon.
Teddy and Noelle Purdie
Noelle is a 2010 graduate and Teddy a 2011 graduate of the School of Discipleship. They were married in April 2018. Teddy has been on staff since September of 2014 and works in the Program Department as the Activities Director. His job includes maintaining current programming activities, handling the Boys Wilderness Camps, paintball, assisting with retreats and events, leading student work crews, and researching and implementing new ideas. Noelle has been on staff since September of 2011 and is our Guest Services Manager, Receptionist and Registrar. Her responsibilities include answering phones, e-mails, summer camp and retreat questions as well as overseeing the cleaning and upkeep of the facilities.
Adam and Chelsea Marshall
Adam came on staff in January of 2014. He went through the School of Discipleship in 2004 after being a Rancher and on summer staff for about six years. He graduated from the program in 2005 and went into the work field where he held multiple jobs throughout the years.From his work, he was able to obtain different skills that he now applies in the Operations Department where he now serves. He married Chelsea (McCormick) Marshall in the fall of 2018. Chelsea currently works at an assisted living home and volunteers at the Ranch when she can.
Benjamin and Stephanie Freeman
Benjamin grew up in Brazil and Stephanie comes from Oklahoma. Having met at the Ranch while Benjamin was a student (class of 03-05) and Stephanie (class of 99/01) was serving as the receptionist, they were married in 2005. A passion for ministry and discipleship led them back to the Ranch after 10 years of ministry as missionaries in Brazil. They have been a part of the staff team since 2015. Benjamin currently serves in the Equine Department and Stephanie is found helping out here and there, but mostly at home with their 4 daughters. Rebekah, 15, Rachael, 13, Esther, 12 and Janessa, 4.
Nathan and Kelsey Snyder
Nathan and Kelsey are both graduates from the School of Discipleship. Nathan's primary role is working in Operations, he also assists in blacksmithing, vaulting, and promotion. Kelsey stays home, raising their three children: Judah, Hadassah, and Jane.
Joshua and Alyssa Bridges
Josh first came to MMR as a rancher in 2009. He went on to attend the School of Discipleship in 2013 and 2016, then joined the ranks of staff in the fall of 2017. Alyssa was a student from 2016-2018 and they married in October 2018. Josh serves as the Program Director; his job primarily entails scheduling retreats and overseeing summer camp. Josh and Alyssa both have a passion for discipling young men and women and enjoy the opportunities the Ranch avails them.
Daniel and Cherish Benedict
Daniel and Cherish both graduated from the School of Discipleship and then joined our staff team in 2019. Daniel is the Assistant to the Director of the School of Discipleship. He is involved in teaching Bible classes, helping with school admissions, and assisting the students on a daily basis. Cherish serves in the office as our full time Receptionist and Registrar. Her job entails answering phones and emails, registering people for retreats and summer camps, and assisting in finances as needed. Daniel and Cherish both have a passion for discipleship.
Darci Hatley
Darci Hatley grew up in Conneaut Lake, PA and has been coming to the ranch since she was eight years old. She came as an apprentice in 1996-1997 and returned for a second year in 1998-1999. After graduating, she moved to TX to complete her degree in Equine Science. Since then she has lived in many different areas of the country, training horses,working in the food service industry, coaching wrestling, and serving in various ministries along the way. Darci and her son, Christopher, moved to the ranch in the spring of 2016 when she served as the director of Livery for the summer. After the summer camp season was over, she moved into the kitchen where she now serves as the Kitchen Manager.
Matthew & Marisa Hungerford
Matthew Hungerford grew up at the Ranch, where he spent many of his summers working as a Wrangler and as a counselor. After graduating high school, Matthew attended Ethnos Bible Institute (New Tribes Bible Institute), where he received his associates in Biblical Studies. He came on staff in 2019 and serves in our Barn assisting our Equine Director with everyday work projects, horse training, and student education. Marisa graduated from the School of Discipleship in 2019 and there went on to graduate with her BSN in Nursing in 2022. She helps with retreats and will be working in town as a nurse this winter.
Chad and Miriam
Chad and Miriam both graduated from the School of Discipleship in the summer of 2020. Miriam stayed on in housekeeping throughout that winter. After their wedding in October 2021, both Chad and Miriam came on as resident staff. Miriam currently does landscaping, taking care of the flowers and rock gardens around the property. Chad works primarily in the School of Discipleship overseeing student worktimes as well as teaching some classes. He also assists with maintenance projects as needed.
Megan Cox
Megan Cox joined on staff spring of 2019. She has previously served as summer staff in the camp season for multiple years, as well as volunteering during some of the retreats. As resident staff Megan is now serving in the Programming department. Her responsibilities are focused primarily with our summer camp program year round. She works directly with the summer staff, helps host our events and retreats, develops new summer camp resources, and implements changes to the Summer camp program.
Katy Harlan
Katy joined our staff in January of 2021. She has previously served as summer staff and volunteer during our summer camp season for multiple years. As resident staff Katy will be serving in the Guest Services department in the area of Hospitality. Her principle focus will be preparing our facilities for guest along with minor facility upkeep, she will also assist in hosting our guest as well as having direct one on one ministry with our students and summer volunteers.
Rachel Rothey
Rachel Rothey grew up coming to the Ranch for Summer Camps and Retreats. She graduated from the School of Discipleship in August 2021. Rachel joined us on staff in the Operations Department in the fall of 2021. She will be doing landscape as well as light construction work and operations paperwork.
Hannah Snyder
Hannah Snyder grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She began attending camp as a rancher, and then continued on to be an in-training and summer staff. She then came as a student to the School of Discipleship in 2014 and stayed through 2016. From there in the fall of 2016, Hannah began working as staff as the head cook in the kitchen.
Caitrin Allen
Caitrin graduated from the School of Discipleship in August 2022 as a 1st year student. She then came on staff in the Guest Services department in the main office where she helps register guests for events and summer camp throughout the year as well as doing other office work. She will also be in an advisor position mentoring students in the School of Discipleship program.
Josiah Gross
Josiah Gross is joining our Programming Staff! He graduated as a second year student with the Class of 2022. He will be planning and facilitating retreats and events and working with the programming area of focus students. Josiah is excited to see how God uses him at the ranch!
Hunter Uplinger
Hunter grew up in Warren, PA and has been coming to Miracle Mountain Ranch since she was ten years old. She came as a first-year student in our School of Discipleship program and graduated in August of 2021. After graduating, Hunter went back home where she had the opportunity to manage and run her own lesson and training barn. In her year away from Miracle Mountain Ranch, she has been a volunteer in our barn and has assisted in the student's horsemanship lessons. Hunter joined our resident staff in August of 2022, and her responsibilities will be to assist in the equine department and to instruct and facilitate the student's horsemanship lessons.
Melissa Beckman
Melissa graduated from the School of Discipleship in August 2022 as a 1st year student. She then came on staff in the Guest Service department in housekeeping where she helps clean the facilities along with preparing for retreats and events that come in. She will also be mentoring and leading students in chores throughout the year and working with volunteers during the summer.
Kyle Hilton
Kyle Graduated from his 2nd year in the School of Discipleship in August 2022. He was a student in the barn his 1st year, and then switched his major to media his 2nd year. Kyle then came on staff as the Marketing Manager in the media department, where he will be creating content to promote retreats, events, School of Discipleship, and Summer Camp. He will also be teaching the 1st and 2nd year students in media.
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package voldemort.store.memory;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;

import voldemort.VoldemortException;
import voldemort.routing.RoutingStrategy;
import voldemort.server.VoldemortConfig;
import voldemort.store.StorageConfiguration;
import voldemort.store.StorageEngine;
import voldemort.store.StoreDefinition;
import voldemort.utils.ByteArray;
import voldemort.versioning.Versioned;

import com.google.common.collect.MapMaker;

/**
 * Identical to the InMemoryStorageConfiguration except that it creates google
 * collections ReferenceMap with Soft references on both keys and values. This
 * behaves like a cache, discarding values when under memory pressure.
 *
 *
 */
public class CacheStorageConfiguration implements StorageConfiguration {

    public static final String TYPE_NAME = "cache";

    public CacheStorageConfiguration() {}

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    public CacheStorageConfiguration(VoldemortConfig config) {}

    public void close() {}

    public StorageEngine<ByteArray, byte[], byte[]> getStore(StoreDefinition storeDef,
                                                             RoutingStrategy strategy) {
        ConcurrentMap<ByteArray, List<Versioned<byte[]>>> backingMap = new MapMaker().softValues()
                                                                                .makeMap();
        return new InMemoryStorageEngine<ByteArray, byte[], byte[]>(storeDef.getName(), backingMap);
    }

    public String getType() {
        return TYPE_NAME;
    }

    public void update(StoreDefinition storeDef) {
        throw new VoldemortException("Storage config updates not permitted for " + this.getType()
                                     + " storage engine");
    }

    // Nothing to do here: we're not tracking the created storage engine.
    @Override
    public void removeStorageEngine(StorageEngine<ByteArray, byte[], byte[]> engine) {}
}


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Q: How to Place Two Input Fields Side-by-Side I've been trying to place two input fields side-by-side for sometime now and and I can't get them to actually get inline. Here's my HTML:

        FIRST NAME:*
        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" aria-describedby="emailHelp" name="muverName">

        LAST NAME:*
        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" aria-describedby="emailHelp" name="muverPhone">

I'm trying to utilize Bootstrap as well, but I can't for the life of me get them to align side-by-side. Here's the corresponding CSS:
.name1 {
    float: left;
}

.name2 {
    float: right;
}

#name {
    width: 223.67px;
    height: 40.25px;
}

.form-group {
    margin-left: 5%;
    margin-right: 5%;
}

.containerr {
    display: inline-block;
}

This is my output:

Whats the best way to place them side-by-side?

A: Bootstrap should do this for you. Looks like you're missing the
 around your columns:

            FIRST NAME:*
            <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" aria-describedby="emailHelp" name="muverName">

            LAST NAME:*
            <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" aria-describedby="emailHelp" name="muverPhone">

A: Judging by the size of your output, you might need to use different column sizes. Try to set col-sm-6 or col-xs-6 classes. col-md-6 might be to large in your case.

A:

#name {
    width: 223.67px;
    height: 40.25px;
}

.form-group {
    display: inline-block;
    width: calc(50% - 1px);
    padding: 0 !important;
}

.container {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 90%;
    margin-left: 5% !important;
    margin-right: 5% !important;
}

.form-control {
    margin: 0 !important;
}
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

        FIRST NAME:*
        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" aria-describedby="emailHelp" name="muverName">

        LAST NAME:*
        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" aria-describedby="emailHelp" name="muverPhone">

The above should work on larger resolutions.

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I constantly keep buying makeup, and one thing that makes my love legit for it, is the base makeup. I love buying foundations/concealers, as I feel that's the thing one should invest in after skin care. I stay in a hot & humid climate so I definitely need something very light on my skin on a daily basis.
I recently have moved towards using only concealers on my face , and have a distant relationship with foundations for a while. Being a working girl, I do need something with very natural finish with a decent coverage for my office days. The only two concealers I have been playing around for a while is Maybelline Age- Rewind Concealer and Nars Soft Matte Concealer, and today I am talking about Nars in this post.
It retailed for AUD 41 (INR 2000 approximately), and I decided to buy it, as its not available in India.
Packaging is very classy, and is consistent with their branding with soft matte finish on their cover. Its a pot concealer and definitely is something I hesitate to put my fingers in as I feel that's just not the most hygienic packaging for a makeup base.
Texture and Formulae is exactly what the name says- Soft Matte and glides on very easily on the skin. It definitely is a high coverage concealer, and I love the finish it gives. I do not have under-eye creasing issues, nor do I mind my dark circles. Just one layer of this sufficient to cover the acne spots, marks on my face and my dark circles. It does blends in beautifully on the skin, and works best with a beauty blender.
Longevity of the concealer is definitely on the higher side, as it lasts for about 8-9 hours. Since, I have very oily skin, it does move a bit from my T-zone (but do remember, I have supremely oily skin). I do need to set it up with a compact powder, and need to give it a touch up atleast once in 8-9 hours.
My experience; I am sticking to it for a while. I have covered almost everything above, and I do recommend you guys the concealer if you have oily skin. This is just not the concealer for under-eyes, its for your entire face. Full points for its coverage and finish. I really wish they could come along with some other alternative for the packaging, as I am not a really big fan of the pot packaging.
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An Accenture report has highlighted that India must improve its skills pool over the next few years to keep abreast of its push to promote the adoption of emerging technologies.
The 'Fueling India's skill (r)evolution' report warns that if the current skills gap can't be bridged, this could result in the loss of as much as USD 1.97 trillion in GDP growth promised by investment technology.
India currently has a waiting room full of international clients who had previously given up on conducting business in the country, who would otherwise have been first in line had they been given clearer guidelines by the government and seen a change in current punitive regulation.
The client base in India is huge and are more than willing to turn cryptocurrency into Satoshi's P2P dream. The right words from the present government and the Reserve Bank of India have the potential to kick-start a massive surge of interest in what cryptocurrency can offer across the nation's 29 states, and further invigorate an already thriving economy.
Menon added that such skills simply can't be learned in the classroom but require essentially "human skills such as creativity, empathy and ethical judgment".
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