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10 Reasons to Stay at The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip
Featured image: The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip foyer. Photo credit: The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip
Due to the current Covid-19 situation, Cha Gordo is temporarily unavailable at The Manor. Please do check with the respective venues for accurate information prior to booking.
Debuting in September 1904 in New York City, The St. Regis brand has only gotten better with every passing year and that rings true to this day. A brand that's synonymous with sophistication, class, and the utmost excellence in hospitality, each St. Regis hotel is always located close to the city center and attractions, making it highly convenient for all their guests. The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip is no different with opulently decorated interiors, a shopping haven mere steps away, personalized butler service, high-end dining options, and more. Whether for a staycation, family, or business trip, here are 10 reasons to stay at The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip on your next visit to Macau!
Rooms for every type of traveler
The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip boasts 400 guest rooms which include 122 suites and amenities for any and all of their guests' needs. Rooms are furnished with state of the art flat-screen televisions, high-speed internet access for those on a working holiday, a tea and coffee maker, and a mini-bar for a mid-day pick me up. For the utmost in comfort, there is the St. Regis bed and pillow menu that guarantees a good night's sleep and also cozy bathrobes and slippers.
The 106 square-meter St. Regis, Metropolitan and Empire Suites will make you feel like you've just entered the brand's first-ever hotel in New York City. With breathtaking views and enough space to stretch out, relax, work, or have a romantic evening–all in the same room–their suites have all the comforts you'd expect from a hotel but there's also that touch of luxury making a stay that much more worth it. Then there's the "crème de la crème", their Presidential Suite, with almost 480 square meters, three bedrooms, four bathrooms, an entertainment room, and a private gym equipped with machines from the internationally renowned brand, TechnoGym. Booking a stay at The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip is not only the utmost in comfort and convenience, but it's also all about exclusivity and relaxation.
Presidential Suite – Living Area. Photo credit: The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip
Exclusive 24-hour butler service
When staying at a hotel, we'd usually head to the reception or concierge counters for any information regarding where and what to shop, directions to some places, amongst many other things. At The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip, everyone–and we mean, everyone–has a butler at their service. From shoe shining to luggage carrying, tours and shows booking or taxi reservations, this hotel has you covered. This is the only hotel in Macau providing every guest with butler service, no matter which package or room type you've booked.
As the brand affirms, "no request is too unattainable or too small to fulfill for the St. Regis Butler Service". Being so, besides unpacking your clothes, running a hot relaxing bath upon your arrival, and bringing you fresh fruit, this essential figure–available at any given time–can also organize tour itineraries or help you pick a gift for a loved one, amongst many other things.
The Wine Gallery at The Manor. Photo credit: The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip
Elevated Culinary Experiences at The Manor
Located on the hotel's first floor is The Manor–The St. Regis Macao's elegant dining venue. This beautiful and fine restaurant boasts a signature oyster bar and grill with a fantastic team that puts the guests' experience first without compromising on the quality of the dishes served. With five distinct dining areas–The Verandah, The Dining Room, The Wine Gallery, The Penthouse Kitchen, and The Library–a wide range of dishes are on offer with a focus on prime meat, the freshest seafood, Portuguese recipes, frequent exclusive dining experiences focused on local traditions and more.
An example of their traditional local dining experiences is the exclusive Chá Gordo–to which they invited local chef Neta Manhão–which aims to present to both residents and guests the Macanese tradition. Combining tradition and passion for food, Chá Gordo runs as an afternoon tea featuring both savory and sweet dishes. The Manor's Chá Gordo is the perfect place to learn more about traditional Macanese food while enjoying impeccable service in luxurious surroundings.
Papinee for the little ones
The storytelling company Papinee is dedicated to telling stories, educating, and showing the world to kids. The St. Regis Macao has been partnering up with the Hong Kong-based brand, thus making a (real) difference when it comes to children's entertainment within its walls. Papinee created Jak the Deer–full name Jak Odocoileus V–a friendly deer brought up in New York City amongst the glamorous people at his family's headquarters, The St. Regis New York.
Said to be named after John Jacob Astor IV, the wealthy New York real estate visionary who founded the original St. Regis Hotel in 1904, this little figure appears in Macau in the form of storytelling kits and more. The Stay and Play with Jak Room Package was created with families in mind. It comes with a Jak Storytelling Kit, other gifts for the little ones, and 20% off the Family Traditions activities, a must-experience at this hotel as well.
Also read: From New York to Macau: History of The St. Regis
The Manor – Maria do Leste. Photo credit: The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip
Maria do Leste: Exclusively at The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip
Did you know that the Bloody Mary, was created at The St. Regis New York? This delicious bar menu staple was created in 1934 by bartender Fernand Petiot who invented something called "Red Snapper," which was later popularized as the "Bloody Mary." Every The St. Regis outlet crafts its own version of this cocktail, and this is no different at The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip with the Maria do Leste or the "Mary of the East."
Staying mostly true to the original cocktail with a unique, balanced acidity combined with freshness and spice, the Maria do Leste has its own twist! Inspired by Macau's blend of Portuguese and Chinese cultures, on top of the usual tomato juice and vodka, there're notes of Portuguese chorizo, pink peppercorn and limes from Brazil, chili from Africa, cinnamon and paprika from India, lobster and sea salt from the seas, The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip has revealed that there are also hints of the highly popular egg tart, black vinegar and black peppercorn from China.
Sweeping views of the Cotai Strip
The Cotai Strip's glittering lights attract visitors like moths to a flame and the best place to capture this sight is at The St. Regis Macao. Situated at the start of the Cotai Strip and facing Coloane, it allows for an impressive panoramic view of the whole area. The best time is when night falls and the legendary Cotai Strip lights come on and the vibe of the area immediately changes.
Family-oriented fun
Taking pride in their locale, every The St. Regis property makes the effort to showcase local charms to their guests. Depending on the location, there would be different kinds of activities and this is no different at The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip. For those traveling as a family, their Family Traditions program will surely be the cherry on top of your stay in Macau.
There are cooking classes available for both grown-ups and kids where guests can learn how to whip up two signature dishes from the Chá Gordo menu under the guidance of the hotel's experienced chefs. Besides cooking classes, guests can also go on the Macau Photo Tour where an experienced tour guide will lead the family to must-visit sights. The standout part of this tour is that family photos are taken at each stop which is the best way of preserving your happy memories of exploring Macau! At approximately two to three hours, the tour includes transportation, an exclusive The St. Regis photo album, picnic box, and a stop for yummy egg tarts at the acclaimed Lord Stow's Bakery in Coloane Village.
Iridium Spa Treatment Room. Photo credit: The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip
Iridium Spa is the ultimate destination for any guest seeking relaxation and solace. What better place than the serene surroundings of Iridium Spa situated on the 38th floor of the hotel which makes it the highest spa in the city, presently.
Spa treatments here are highly personalized, much like the other services provided by all The St. Regis hotels. Every visit to the spa starts off with their signature tea service and foot soak then followed by a consultation in order to tailor-make a treatment plan with gemstones. Their holistic gemstone program includes the use of massage oils infused with gemstones and from the consultation with a trained therapist, the right gemstone treatment will be chosen for your wellness needs.
An exclusive treatment at the Iridium Spa is Curated Aromatherapy which takes guests through a heavenly scented experience in which they tailor-make their own diffuser aroma combinations and body scrubs. Iridium Spa's team of wellness experts will guide the guests through the Curated Aromatherapy program, sharing their vast knowledge on the benefits of particular aromatherapy oils and the best combination blends for the guests' personal needs and preferences. A wide selection of the highest quality pure grade essential oils is at the disposal of guests, such as ginger, sandalwood, lavender, lemongrass, orange, and many more.
In addition to these amazing spa services, there is also Thai massage, manicure and pedicure services, and also a hair and beauty salon for all your pampering needs.
The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip exterior view. Photo credit: The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip
To further add to the charm of staying at The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip, there's a shopping haven of over 600 designer boutiques and premier shopping centers within walking distance! Shoppes Cotai Central, Shoppes Four Seasons, and Shoppes Venetian with authentic gondolas and singing gondoliers will have all you need to satisfy your shopping itch. In addition to designer brands, there are also high street labels and well-known sports brands too. The best thing is, after your shopping trip and you're ready to drop, head straight to your hotel room, draw a hot bath and soak those tired toes!
Afterward, finish your day with a sumptuous dinner at The Manor and perhaps a cheeky Maria do Leste (or two) at The St. Regis Bar and remember to grab a seat where you can see the Strip with all its glimmering lights.
Taipa Houses Museum, Taipa Village. Photo credit: Leonor Sá Machado
Steps away from Taipa Village & Historic Sites
The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip is located in a convenient location when it comes to visiting other parts of the city. Walk for 10 to 15 minutes and you'll find yourself in the middle of Taipa Village, where tradition and culture meet. Besides the colonial-style Taipa-Houses Museum, there are breathtaking views across the Cotai area, but also a municipal park where you can sit, relax, and appreciate the view.
Taipa Village is also very popular for food enthusiasts with plenty of local eateries and restaurants ranging from Portuguese, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Thai to others, focusing on bringing their best to all residents and tourists. This area is teeming with interesting things to see and do as well. There are souvenir shops selling local traditional almond cookies, egg tarts from Lord Stow's, healthy and wholesome meals at The Blissful Carrot, authentic Portuguese and Macanese food, you name it!
Staying at The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip is an adventure waiting to happen with all your comforts taken care of with exquisite service and luxurious rooms.
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NFI Group Inc. (TSX:NFI) Is Undervalued and Set to Soar
Amy Legate-Wolfe | April 13, 2019 | More on: NFI
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If you're looking for an undervalued stock that is pretty much set up for a big boost in the coming years, I would look no further than NFI Group (TSX:NFI).
This stock has it all: the growth, the balance sheet, and the future in mind — and all this from basically a bus company.
Yet some writers out there, such as fellow fool writer David Jagielski, are touting this stock as the next Tesla. And like I said, there are a few reasons why.
First stop: growth
Formerly known as New Flyer, this stock has come a long way since its inception in 1930. The Toronto-based, Winnipeg-born company produces heavy-duty transit buses, medium-duty buses, low-floor cutaway buses, and motor coaches to the United States and Canada from design stage through to distribution and even training. It is now the largest bus manufacturer in North America.
Now, the company is looking to a new market: electric. Its focus on electric buses could be huge and setting this stock up for some significant growth.
The only problem is, Canadians aren't yet convinced. Cities are still pretty much focused on cars, and so that investment in new buses just hasn't proven as exciting as say a new Tesla vehicle. But despite this, cities across Canada are trying to get on board. Vancouver is aiming to have a renewable fleet by 2050, for example. And by that time, the cost to produce them should come down, as where it stands now is somewhere between two and four times the cost to create a regular diesel bus.
Now, while this is a long time to wait, this is definitely a good opportunity to get in on this stock and wait it out for this bus business to boom again.
Second stop: finances
Again, this stock is definitely undervalued considering where it could take off in the next coming years. From its all-time high in 2018, the stock has dropped almost in half to where it sits at about $33.50 per share at the time of writing this article.
This is despite some super growth in its latest earnings reports. Earnings increased by 16 times between 2012 and fiscal 2017, with a slight decline in 2018 of 11% due to a backlog. Its earnings, after all, depend heavily on new bus and motor coach demand, with 85% of revenue coming from manufacturing and the rest from the aftermarket stage.
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Judge hears undercover police claims
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Image caption Tilly Gifford says police wanted her to spy on her fellow environmental campaigners
The UK and Scottish governments have been accused of "passing the buck" over decisions not to hold a public inquiry into undercover policing in Scotland.
It came during a judicial review of the UK government's refusal to extend an inquiry into undercover policing in England and Wales to Scotland.
The Court of Session review also covers the Scottish government's decision not to set up a separate inquiry.
The case has been brought by environmental campaigner Tilly Gifford.
She says she was spied on by undercover police units who infiltrated activist groups, some forming long-term relationships with campaigners and even fathering children.
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Ms Gifford, a member of the Plane Stupid campaign group, says she was targeted in Scotland in 2009 by officers who wanted to recruit her as an informant.
She was arrested during a protest at Aberdeen Airport and says police wanted her to feed them intelligence on the protest group in exchange for cash.
Aidan O'Neill QC, representing Ms Gifford, told the court: "Everyone is passing the buck on this one".
He went on to claim the UK government was "deaf" to concerns about activities in Scotland, adding: "Cross the border, at Berwick or Gretna, and suddenly 'we're not interested, we don't care, it's nothing to do with us'.
"It's slightly odd that it should be carving out a bit of the UK when it's clear that these forces were operating throughout the UK."
He also criticised the reasons given by the Scottish government not to hold inquiry as "insufficient".
Image caption Plane Stupid campaigned against the expansion of Aberdeen Airport
Mr O'Neill said: "There are questions of concern about not only how English and Welsh police units were operating in Scotland but also how undercover operations were carried out by Scottish legacy police forces.
"There's more than a whiff of greater things going on."
The Undercover Policing Inquiry, under retired judge Sir John Mitting, is currently examining the conduct of undercover Metropolitan Police officers in England and Wales.
UK ministers have said it is "not possible" to extend it to Scotland, despite claims of officers also spying north of the border.
Image caption The inquiry into undercover policing in England and Wales has already attracted criticism from campaigners
Scottish ministers said they were "extremely disappointed" by this.
But in February, then Justice Secretary Michael Matheson rejected calls for a wider probe following a report on undercover policing in Scotland which showed "no evidence of any systemic failings".
Advocate Andrew Webster, for the UK government, urged judge Lady Carmichael to reject Ms Gifford's petition.
He said the action was effectively "time barred" because it had been raised 15 months after the terms of reference for the Mitting inquiry - then under Sir Christopher Pitchford - were set in 2015.
This was despite Ms Gifford's contact with undercover police having taken place "well before" in 2009.
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Image caption An English officer was alleged to have infiltrated environmental groups ahead of the G8 summit at Gleneagles in 2005
Solicitor Advocate Christine O'Neill, who was representing the Scottish government, said it had not been demonstrated a public inquiry was necessary in this case.
The hearing will conclude on Friday, with a ruling delivered by judge Lady Carmichael later in the year.
Speaking ahead of the hearing, Ms Gifford told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: "There is no recourse to truth and justice in Scotland. There is no inquiry here and this is why we have to bring this case to court.
"I was targeted in Scotland. I will never find out who these men were that followed me, why I was targeted or who commissioned this to happen.
"But I am just one example.
"Behind me there are miners who were on strike in 1984/85, trade unionists, peace campaigners in Scotland. And all the women who were in long-term relationships with these officers in Scotland.
"These people need answers to what happened in Scotland and who commissioned these things to happen."
'Serious abuses'
The Undercover Policing Inquiry in England and Wales relates to units set up to use undercover police officers to infiltrate activist groups.
Mostly instigated by the Metropolitan Police, the officers worked in long-term operations within political groups on the far left and right, and animal rights groups.
Often, they formed intimate relationships with female members, in some cases fathering children - a practice that has been widely condemned.
Ms Gifford said: "These are really serious abuses of human rights. These officers stole the identities of dead children, deceived women into long-term intimate relationships, some of them fathered children and disappeared out of these women's lives when they got a promotion to go and train more police officers to do the same thing.
"It's revolting the level of institutional sexism and human rights abuses - how can we move forward and have any proper safeguards in place and protect ourselves and the general public if we don't understand what happened?"
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Some companies may prefer not to focus all their reporting about a salient human rights issue on specific geographies, but to draw examples from multiple settings. The principle guiding which examples to select should be the same: examples should be drawn from settings where there are real challenges in preference to those where the issue is a limited problem or easy to address. It is in the challenging contexts that the company can best demonstrate that its efforts to ensure respect for the human right are meaningful and effective. If a company uses an example from a less challenging setting it should highlight the reason for the selection, for example, if it demonstrates an important innovation or an approach that the company will be rolling out to other geographies.
The reasons for the selection of those geographies, with due attention to the significance of risks to human rights.
Any role of senior management and the Board in identifying and/or agreeing on the specific geographies.
These references are intended to help users identify which provisions from other initiatives would be relevant as part of the answer to this question. They are not a substitute for the guidance above.
See the cross-references to other initiatives page for a key to the initiatives referenced.
Assurance provided at the higher tiers should include indicators from lower tiers.
These indicators are supported by further notes in the Microsoft Excel version of the indicators. For all support materials on assurance of human rights performance and reporting, please see our website section on assurance.
If the company focuses its efforts to address human rights risks on a limited number of geographies, these are geographies where those risks are particularly significant.
Where focal geographies are not those where the issue(s) being reported are particularly significant, this is made clear and there is a credible alternative explanation for their selection.
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For many years, SharePoint was always the center of attention. Ever since its release in 2007, the growth and popularity was spectacular. SharePoint had its own yearly event, free community driven Saturday events, local user groups and more conferences popping up every year, worldwide. Although these facts speak for themselves, there was something wrong. The brand name seemed to get less attention and love from Microsoft per year. I blame Office 365. Don't get me wrong, I love Office 365, but SharePoint became only a small part of a bigger picture.
Figure 2: SharePoint is back!
Most definitely not! Welcome back old friend.
We can all see that it's an exciting time for the SharePoint platform. It's great to see new services (PowerApps & Flow & Groups) coming together with SharePoint. My favorite development is the focus on basic features such as file creation and sharing, the launch of a native SharePoint App. And last but not least, the integration of team sites with Groups.
The announcements during the Future of SharePoint proved to me that Microsoft is going back to basics with SharePoint and really focussing on the strengths of the platform: collaboration between teams & individuals. In my eyes, there hasn't been much happening in the SharePoint space over the last couple of years. Microsoft had a huge focus on Office 365 and pushing it towards new and existing customers. Yes, SharePoint Online received new features, but nothing major. SharePoint 2013 contained nothing new compared to its online bigger brother. You have seen new services appearing, clearly inspired by SharePoint, such as Delve, Groups and the Video Portal. I totally understood this move because Microsoft wants to keep up with the competition and make Office 365 the platform for innovation and productivity. SharePoint always lagged behind. For example, transferring documents between sites, or Groups and OneDrive, has been a very painful process. Microsoft is now dedicated to really solving these types of issues and making the platform more powerful than before.
You start working in OneDrive on your presentation for the upcoming team meeting. The presentation is aimed at a review of the Future of SharePoint. Wait a minute! Your colleague Dave also watched the event and you want his input. You share the file with one click and work together on the presentation. Now it's time to share the presentation with your team. You have been working with Groups for a while now. Do you have to download and upload the document in the Group? No, with a couple clicks you easily move the file to the Group. You aren't using a Group? No problem, just move the file to your team site. Sounds like a basic feature right? Let's not forget this was an absolute pain in the behind for many, many years. Microsoft is dedicated to make your and your business users lives easier.
We are all part of the mobile device revolution. We have an iPhone (believe me, you should get one), Android or perhaps a Windows Phone (believe me, you shouldn't get one). I am almost certain you have a tablet as well. This isn't only the case for techies but for most business users it's a reality. We all want to use our mobile device to visit our corporate Intranet portal and work with our, and colleagues, content. What's the to-go platform? SharePoint of course. No more need for expensive 3rd party mobile Apps. The SharePoint App, created by Microsoft, is finally here. The App is going to be a game changer. The App is free, fast, integrated with the Office Graph and really focused on the new improvements for sites, libraries and lists. I have talked to the product team and they are working extremely hard to release a great App for SharePoint users all over the world. By using Jeff Tepers words: "Your Intranet in your pocket".
The majority of the projects I work on, are aimed at SharePoint Online. Over the last few years, we have seen a huge interest and increase in customers moving towards Office 365. That being said, there are still customers, for example law firms, who aren't ready yet for the Cloud revolution. They want to keep using SharePoint on-premises. This is mainly due to concerns about security from the business and IT departments wanting to keep control over their hardware & software. Of course, I don't entirely agree with this point of view but that's the reality and world we live in. These companies, of course, have every right to an innovating, business empowering and reliable SharePoint platform. That's where SharePoint 2016 steps in. Microsoft built SharePoint Server 2016 from the Cloud up with all of the experiences and lessons learned from hosting SharePoint itself. The latest on-premises release is more powerful than before. Microsoft really shows its commitment by release feature packs, from 2017 onwards, to provide its customers with new features and innovations from SharePoint Online. This announcement is unbelievably exciting news and important. You can clearly see that Microsoft is creating a bridge between SharePoint Online and on-premises and living up to the hybrid promise.
Funnily enough, my last article for the DIWUG e-magazine was about Groups. I discussed my five favorite features and hoped to inspire people looking into Groups. The evolution of Groups has been growing steadily since its release. One of the major pain points was the lack of integration with team sites. This caused a lot of confusion in the SharePoint & Office 365 community but mostly with our customers. What are you supposed to use and when? Microsoft did announce an integration at the Australian Ignite Conference last year but then it stayed quiet for a while. The missing piece, from a functional and business perspective, has always been connecting the two with each other. By realizing this connection, Microsoft will create a collaboration "tour de force" that is going to be unstoppable. The time is finally here! Are you creating a team site? You automatically receive a Group. Are you creating a Group? You automatically receive a Team Site. You are now able to leverage the power of team sites and Groups. The quick launch of a team site is extendible with quick links to, for example, conversations or Planner. Life has become a lot easier, believe me.
SharePoint is back, stronger than ever and here to stay. I haven't seen such commitment since the announcement of the "Cloud first" strategy during the 2012 SharePoint Conference. Is there any critique though? Yes, I am Dutch for a reason. My major concern is branding. The majority of our customers have a custom branding in their SharePoint Portals. How is this going to work with the new team site, document library and list experience and look & feel? The new responsive pages are incredible, but what about page lay-outs and pushing corporate fonts? I haven't heard any statements or information about these concerns. This is something that has to be addressed in the near future. I am definitely not going to close this article with critique but with overall praise. The roadmap, vision, innovation areas and overall proudness by Microsoft promises a very bright future for SharePoint. Online and on-premises.


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Opinion #733 (10/05/2000)
Topic: Sharing legal fees with non-lawyer employees
Digest: Non-lawyers may be compensated based on a profit sharing arrangement but may not be paid a percentage of profits or fees attributable to particular client matters referred by the employee.
Code: DR 2?103(B); DR 3?102(A)(3); EC 3?8
Does the 1999 amendment to DR 3-102(A)(3) of the New York Lawyer's Code of Professional Responsibility, which permits non-lawyer employees to be compensated based on a "profit?sharing" arrangement, allow a lawyer to pay a non?lawyer employee a percentage of fees attributable to matters referred by the employee?
DR 3-102(A)(3) addresses the topic of lawyers dividing legal fees with non?lawyer employees. The rule recently was amended to expand the circumstances in which a non-lawyer employee may be compensated based on a profit?sharing arrangement:
A lawyer or law firm may compensate a non?lawyer employee, or include a non?lawyer employee in a retirement plan, based in whole or in part on a profit?sharing arrangement.
The New York State Bar Association Special Committee to Review the Code of Professional Responsibility, which prepared the amendment to DR 3-102(A)(3), offered the following explanation of the change:
Incorporates the substance of Model Rule 5.4(a)(3) in allowing non?lawyer employees of a lawyer or law firm to participate in a profit?sharing plan with respect to their salaries and bonuses and otherwise to be compensated, in whole or in part, based on the profitability of the lawyer or law firm. Under the current rule, non?lawyer employees may participate in profit?sharing only as part of a retirement plan.
Whereas the Disciplinary Rule previously limited profit-sharing arrangements with non-legal employees to retirement plans, the rule now expressly permits non-lawyer compensation to be "based in whole or in part on a profit-sharing arrangement." See alsoEC 3-8 ("profit?sharing compensation or retirement plans of a lawyer or law firm which include non-lawyer office employees are not improper"); cf.Utah State Bar, Ethics Advisory Op. Comm., Op. 139 (1994) (non-lawyer office administrator may be compensated based on a percentage of the net or gross income of the firm so long as compensation is not tied to receipt of particular fees).
The Committee has been asked whether DR 3-102 as amended to permit "profit-sharing compensation" would now allow payment to a non-lawyer employee of a percentage of fees attributable to matters referred by the employee as compensation for the referral. Although the Disciplinary Rule as amended provides greater latitude with respect to compensation arrangements for non-lawyer employees that have profit sharing as a component, the particular compensation arrangement suggested continues to be unethical.1
DR 3-102 generally prohibits the sharing of legal fees with non-lawyers. It has long been believed that "fee-splitting between lawyer and layman … poses the possibility of control by the lay person, interested in his own profit, rather than the client's fate." Emmons v. State Bar, 86 Cal. Rptr. 367, 372 (Ct. App. 1970). The Code's approbation of lay compensation based on "profit sharing" does not represent a departure from the general prohibition against fee sharing. Rather, it specifies a particular situation where the dangers of lay interference with the exercise of independent professional judgment that are inherent in most fee sharing arrangements are not present. SeeEC 3-8. The limited circumstance contemplated by the 1999 amendment – compensation based on a lawyer or law firm's business performance – is just that; it is not an endorsement of or a departure from the general prohibition against sharing of legal fees.
Indeed, that general prohibition survives not only in DR 3-102; a particular application of the prohibition is reflected in DR 2-103(B), which provides that "a lawyer shall not compensate or give anything of value to a person or organization to recommend or obtain employment by a client or as a reward for having made a recommendation resulting in employment by a client." Cf.N.Y. State 731 (2000) (lawyer may not compensate employees for making a referral to a title company owned by the lawyer). This specific prohibition is not in conflict with the authority to compensate non?lawyers based on a profit sharing arrangement. While non?lawyers may be paid based on a lawyer or law firm's profitability or business performance, a non?lawyer may not be paid a percentage of fees attributable to matters referred by the employee. Indeed, a contrary construction of the new amendment to DR 3-102 would conflict directly with Section 491 of the Judiciary Law, which provides:
§ 491. Sharing of compensation by attorneys prohibited
1. It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, corporation, or association to divide with or receive from, or to agree to divide with or receive from, any attorney-at-law or group of attorneys-at-law, whether practicing in this state or elsewhere, either before or after action brought, any portion of any fee or compensation, charged or received by such attorney-at-law or any valuable consideration or reward, as an inducement for placing, or in consideration of having placed, in the hands of such attorney-at-law, or in the hands of another person, a claim or demand of any kind for the purpose of collecting such claim, or bringing an action thereon, or of representing claimant in the pursuit of any civil remedy for the recovery thereof. But this section does not apply to an agreement between attorneys and counsellors-at-law to divide between themselves the compensation to be received.
Thus, DR 3-102's allowance of profit?sharing arrangements between lawyers and non?lawyers may not be used to circumvent the specific prohibition on fee sharing reflected in Judiciary Law §491 and DR 2-103(B). DR 3-102 does not countenance a compensation arrangement whereby a lawyer pays a non-lawyer employee a percentage of fees attributable to matters referred by the employee. Other compensation arrangements that have profit sharing as a component would be permitted under the amendment to DR 3-102, provided the arrangement is not designed to reward a lay person for having made the referral or recommendation resulting in employment.
Under DR 3-102(A)(3) as amended, a lawyer may compensate non-lawyer employees based on profit sharing but may not tie remuneration to the success of specific efforts by employees to solicit business for lawyers or law firms.(18-00)
1 Whether and under what circumstances a lawyer may now compensate a non-lawyer employee based on the profitability of a particular client's matter where the payment is not compensation for a referral is beyond the scope of this opinion.


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Dwarf planet discovered in distant Solar System
PARIS: A rare "dwarf planet" 18 times smaller than Earth, has been discovered in the distant Solar System on an eccentric orbit far beyond Neptune, astronomers said Tuesday.
Dubbed RR245, the icy world is currently about 9.7 billion kilometres (six billion miles) from the Sun — 65 times further than Earth, said astronomer Jean-Marc Petit of France's CNRS research institute.
"But its orbit is very elliptical, and it will be 19 billion km at its furthest point" from our star," he told AFP.
At the closest approach on its 700-year orbit, the planet will pass the Sun at a distance of some five billion km.
Dwarf planets fall into a six-year-old category of celestial bodies.
They are smaller than ordinary planets and orbit the Sun at a much greater distance, travelling in a zone littered with other objects like asteroids.
There are thought to be dozens of them in our Solar System, but only a handful have been identified so far.
They include Eris and Ceres, as well as Pluto — which was downgraded from a full planet to a dwarf planet in a 2006 decision that remains contested to this day.
Most dwarf planets are small and dark, said team member Michele Bannister of the University of Victoria in Canada.
"It is really exciting to find one which is big and bright enough for us to study," she said in a statement issued by the CNRS.
RR245 was first spotted in February this year, in images taken in September 2015 by Outer Solar System Origin Survey (OSSOS), an international project to scope out distant worlds.
Its diameter has been estimated at about 700 km, compared to Earth's more than 12,700 km.
The discoverers of RR245 have the right to propose a name for their find.
New planetary monickers have to be approved by nomenclature panel in the International Astronomical Union (IAU). –AFP
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2018 In Review: 'Mutware', the Pride of Rwanda Wildlife Bows Out
byDan Ngabonziza December 24, 2018 at 3:08 pm 0
Mutware. Photo by Cyril Ndegeya
The presence of the Big Five has been felt for several decades now in Akagera National Park in Eastern Rwanda, including more than a hundred elephants.
Of all them however, only one had a nickname, and this will explain why his passing in September caused grief among Akagera Park visitors.
Grief engulfed wildlife lovers all over the world, especially those who visited Rwanda in the past. On September 27, 2018. Mutware – or "the chief" – the oldest elephant in Rwanda's Akagera national park, breathed his last.
The 48-year-old Mutware had become an icon of the park – that is now generating over $1.6 million in net revenues as of last year, from 37, 284 visitors.
Mutware died of natural causes according to Akagera National Park officials said.
The oldest elephant which was mourned by hundreds of friends including Justice Minister Johnston Busingye, was one of the original 26 young elephants, who were all under the age of eight years, brought to Akagera from Bugesera in 1975.
History has it that during the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, Mutware sensed the threat innocent Rwandans were facing and became furious and rebellious.
From Volcano Park Expansion to 'Obasanjo's Baby Gorilla'
In January this year Rwanda was given extra 27.8-hectares of by African Wildlife Fund to expand the Volcanoes National Park.
This property adds to the 16,000 hectares that had formerly comprised the national park.
Home of the critically endangered Mountain Gorilla, the Volcanoes National Park has decreased by 54% since its establishment in 1925.
Olusegun Obasanjo(Right) at the gorilla naming ceremony
Rwanda continued to have partners that are willing to safeguard the endangered gorillas.
In May Ellen DeGeneres – American TV personality offered to set up gorilla fund and campus in Rwanda.
Speaking to KT Press then, Tara Stinski – President and Chief Executive Officer at the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund said: "The cost of the campus is $10 million so far and it will be completed in May 2020."
President Paul Kagame hailed Ellen DeGeneres for her new initiative to promote gorilla conservation.
The President, who tweeted his picture with daughter Ange Kagame, and another with Ellen DeGeneres and partner Portia de Rossi, said he was impressed the gorilla population has significantly grown in the last eight years.
"Encouraging seeing the mountain gorilla population in the Virunga has grown by 25% in the last eight years.
Conservation efforts must continue. Thank you @TheEllenShow & Portia for coming to Rwanda & getting involved," Kagame tweeted.
Meanwhile, a baby Gorilla was, in September this year, made a star beyond its home, when former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, named the baby Gorilla his middle name.
At the ceremony which took place on September 7th in Kinigi, Musanze district in Northern Rwanda, Obasanjo, whose full names are Chief Olusegun Mathew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo, named a baby gorilla his middle name; 'Aremu'.
"In my language, Aremu means every baby is useful in a family," Obasanjo said after naming one of the 23 baby gorillas at a colorful event attended by other high profile delegates.
However, tourism in 2018 was not all about wildlife.
Paramotoring Comes to Rwanda
In June this year, RDB in collaboration with Rwanda Flying Sports Club introduced paramotoring in demonstrations by two paramotor professionals which took place at Huye Airstrip.
Paramotoring or Powered paragliding is a form of paragliding where the pilot wears a motor on his or her back (a paramotor) which provides enough thrust to take off using an adapted paraglider or paramotor wing.
It can be launched in still air, and on level ground, by the pilot alone without assistance.
According to RDB, the new tourism package was introduced to bring in an additional excitement that will attract repeat visit to the destination hence more revenue.
Visitors can enjoy paramotoring via the Rwanda Flying Sports Club at a cost ranging from $50 to $100.
It also serves to note, that 2018 was a year of great tourism deals.
Visit Rwanda: Arsenal FC – Rwanda Deal and the controversy it ignited
In May, Rwanda Development Board shocked the world, when it announced a three-year deal with Arsenal FC – one of the giant British Football Clubs to promote the country's tourism.
This was probably RDB's biggest surprise to Rwandans and the world. In fact, the news not only shocked the world, but sparked so many criticisms from western media as well as politicians.
For instance, De Telegraaf – the biggest Dutch newspaper published a story quoting Dutch members of Parliament and politicians calling for their country to revisit its aid to Rwanda as a punishment for the country that signed a deal with Arsenal.
The Dutch newspaper quoted members of the Christian Union – a Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands, criticizing Rwanda as 'poor' to be able to sign the deal with Arsenal.
MP Joël Voordewind was quoted as saying he is outraged "that a country where we provide solid financial assistance has now spent as much as 34 million euro shirt sponsorship." Synonym
The criticism, however, has since gone silent. On August 20, Emmanuel Hategeka – Chief Operations Officer at RDB, cleared the air on the deal.
Speaking to KT Radio in August this year, that"…By the way they approached us because they love Rwanda. They said 'by the way can we do something together. And if so what could that be? How could we promote you? How can we work together?…."
Alibaba's travel deal
In October this year, Rwandan tour guides and entrepreneurs in the sector were left with smiles.
Jack Ma, Chinese business magnate founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group, a family of successful Internet-based businesses
Alibaba's travel services platform, Fliggy, and RDB signed a deal to promote Rwanda as a tourist destination through a Rwanda Tourism Store for booking flights, hotels and travel experiences and a Destination Pavilion.
In the deal, Chinese consumers can learn about visiting the country, including its beautiful natural parks, through engaging video content.
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Psalm 105:39 He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
The LORD spread a cloud above them as a covering and gave them a great fire to light the darkness.
He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
He spread a cloud as a covering and gave a fire to light up the night.
God hid them under a cloud and guided them by fire during the night.
God put a cloud over his people and a fire at night to give them light.
He spread out a cloud for a cover, and fire for light at night.
He spread out a cloud for a cover, and provided a fire to light up the night.
He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.
He spread a cloud before them and it shaded them, and fire to give light in the night.
He spread out a cloud as a protective covering and a fire to light up the night.
He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by night.
You led them with a pillar of cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way which they should travel.
He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
(39) Cloud.--As in Isaiah 4:5. The reason assigned for the cloud in the historical books is lost sight of. Instead of a pillar marking the line of march, or as a protection against the pursuing foe, it is a canopy for protection from the sun. Sir Walter Scott expresses the same idea in Rebecca's hymn.
Verse 39. - He spread a cloud for a covering. The "pillar of the cloud" is intended. It was a "covering" to the Israelites on the night of the passage of the Red Sea (Exodus 14:19, 20), and perhaps also to some extent in the wilderness, when it may have sheltered them from the sun's rays (Hengstenberg); but its main purpose was to direct them on their way (Exodus 14:21), to tell them when to move and when to step, and how long to stop (Exodus 40:36-38). And fire to give light in the night. By night the "pillar of the cloud" became a "pillar of fire," shedding a certain radiance around, and giving the people under all circumstances sufficient light (Exodus 13:21; Exodus 40:38).


Have you ever looked out at the world, then looked at yourself and thought, What can I possibly offer?
We often doubt our impact. Or rather, God's potential for impact through us. We compare ourselves to people with different lives and a different set of gifts, or look at big situations and think, I'm too insignificant. I can't [or don't] do that!
Enter Jesus and His parables.
I'm no baker, so I had to look up what three measures of flour is. Turns out it's about 50 pounds, or 22 kilograms. That's a whole lot of flour. But just a little yeast can leaven, or raise up, the entire batch.
Jesus' point? The flour represents the entire world, and we are the leaven mixed throughout, meant to raise up the little bit of world around us for the sake of the Kingdom.
God meticulously designed each of us with a completely unique combination of gifts made for our sphere of influence, all so that others might rise up as part of God's call and Kingdom. But what happens if we look around at others outside our radius and decide we're not as good? What happens if we begin to think our pocket of influence is less important because it exists inside the walls of a home, or a school, or an office, instead of on some highly visible platform? Flat cakes and wanderings souls, that's what happens.
It's good to remember that, historically, God didn't choose the most powerful, popular, or well-known people to make the biggest impact. Take His motley crew of disciples, for example, or the incredible ways He's revealed Himself to poor, uneducated, humble Saints. God chose them intentionally and purposefully, just as God chooses me and you. He equips the willing, not the winning. He can work literal miracles through our simple "yes," if only we give Him the space and freedom.
So catch Satan in the act when he works to divert your focus to someone else's area of responsibility. Call him out when he tries to convince you that your role isn't important.
The last thing Satan wants is for us to grasp even a fraction of all that God can do through us. So that's where we meet him in battle: working to recognize our God-given gifts and more freely offering ourselves as God's instruments, in whatever capacity He needs, wherever He's currently placed us.
You may have to do some digging to discover or unpack your gifts, but they absolutely exist. If you're still uncertain, ask a trusted companion to help identify the gifts they observe in you, or check out a Called and Gifted Workshop to learn how to identify and apply your gifts to the world around you.
This is very beautiful, saving it to read again when I need the reminder. Thank you!!
Thank you Kathryn, prayers as you embrace the importance of your God-given mission!
As I was reading the readings this morning, I was scratching my head at the meaning of Jesus' parables. This is such a beautiful reflection! Thank you so much!
Praise God that the Holy Spirit could reach through these words to you! Blessings!
I can't thank you enough for your message. I know that God has placed me in a position to help someone desperately in need of encouragement and support at a crucial time in their lives. I believe your message is confirmation that the Lord wants me to do this. Please say a prayer for me that I will be doing His Will, not my own. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing, Cathy, and prayers that His voice and mission becomes clear as you step out in faith!


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High Court: Doctrine of repudiatory breach does not apply to LLPs with more than two members
LLP agreement gave fund manager "no entitlement to capital profits"
The common law doctrine of repudiatory breach does not apply to limited liability partnerships (LLPs) with more than two members, the High Court has held.
Mr Justice Henderson said the case involved a fund manager, Eoghan Flanagan, whose capital contribution to an investment firm was only £5,000, but now claimed "to be entitled to an equity share worth several million pounds".
Henderson J said it would "fly in the face of" an express exclusion in the LLP agreement of Liontrust Investment Partners, if acceptance of a repudiatory breach of contract brought the "default rules" into operation.
Under the default rules, set out in the LLP Regulations 2001, Mr Flanagan argued that, as a departing member, he was entitled to a pro rata share of the LLP's capital and profits.
However, Henderson J said it would "offensive to common sense, and contrary to the reasonable commercial expectations of the parties" if Mr Flanagan was entitled to share in the LLP's profits on the basis of "notional equality" with the other members when the agreement gave him only a fixed allocation of income profits and "no entitlement to capital profits".
The High Court heard in Flanagan v Liontrust Investment Partners LLP [2015] EWHC 2171 (Ch) that Mr Flanagan was an "experienced fund manager" and chief investment officer and head of emerging markets at Occam Asset Management.
When Liontrust bought Occam in October 2011, Mr Flanagan joined the LLP under an agreement which specified that members contributed only £5,000 each, but shared income (or revenue) profits each year.
Henderson J said it comprised a "fixed amount and a variable amount" and corresponded, in broad terms, to the salary and performance-related bonus they would have been entitled to under a contract of employment.
Following Mr Flanagan's arrival at Liontrust, the judge said the value of the hedge fund he managed with James Mellersh declined, "reaching a new low almost every month".
Henderson J said Liontrust responded by closing the fund and giving notices of compulsory retirement to the two men.
The judge agreed with Mr Flanagan that this was a repudiatory breach, but ruled that the doctrine of repudiatory breach did not apply to "multi-party" LLP agreements made under section 5 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act.
"Whether the doctrine would also be excluded in the simple case where an LLP has only two members is not a question which arises in the present case, and I therefore leave it open.
"For present purposes, the important point is that Mr Flanagan's attempt to claim the benefit of the default rules fails at this stage. In particular, I can see no proper basis in law upon which he might be entitled to claim any pro rata share in the profits of the LLP."
Guy Pendell, partner in CMS Cameron McKenna's dispute resolution group, said this was the first time the High Court had held that repudiatory breach did not apply to LLP agreements involving more than two members.
As a result, Mr Pendell said "breach of an LLP agreement does not entitle the innocent party to accept the breach as repudiating the agreement, however serious that breach may be".
He went on: "The innocent party is nevertheless entitled to claim damages for losses suffered as a result of the breach."
Mr Pendell added that the ruling eliminated "a significant risk that was believed by some to exist in the LLP regime".
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December 15th: Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers hosts a sale
- by Thomas C. McKinney
Though they may be known primarily as specialists in Irish material, Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers' December 15th sale of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Literature & Maps contains more than just that. With over 700 lots, and low estimates to boot, this is a sale worth investing time and money into. Let's take a look at some of this sale's special lots.
Virtually anyone who has used a computer and done a search is familiar with the term Boolean Logic. But I would guess fewer people are familiar with where this name comes from (I personally had no idea). Lot 276 enlightened me with the facts, being a first issue first edition of George Boole's An Investigation into the Laws of Thought, published in 1854 London. This rare publication eventually made possible the development of the digital computer by establishing the first practical system of logic in algebraic form. Furthermore, this specific copy is inscribed by the author. The landmark scientific book is estimated 5,000 – 7,000 EUR.
Better known than George Boole is Bond, James Bond. And for an estimated 3,500 – 5,000 EUR, a complete set of Ian Fleming's first editions of Bond are for sale as lot 235. The novels included are Casino Royale, L. 1953; Live and Let Die, L. 1954; Moonraker, L. 1955; Diamonds are Forever, L. 1956; From Russia with Love, L. 1957; Dr. No, L. 1958; Goldfinger, L. 1959; For Your Eyes Only, L. 1960; Thunderball, L. 1961; The Spy who Loved Me, L. 1962; On her Majesty's Secret Service, L. 1963; You Only Live Twice, L. 1964; The Man with the Golden Gun, L. 1965; Octopussy and The Living Daylights, L. 1966.
It wouldn't be write to cover a Fonsie Mealy auction without highlighting some Irish material. Lot 565, known as the First Cuala Broadsides, is a complete set of 84 monthly broadside issues with illustrations by Irish artists Jack Butler Yeats. Yeats is a respected painter, with one of his works commanding nearly £350,000 at auction in 2010. Two hundred of his illustrations are present in this lot and the set is estimated 6,000 – 7,000 EUR.
Another strength of the sale is first editions of famous literature. Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book as well as The Second Jungle Book, are available for an estimated 800 – 1,400 EUR as lot 237. Bram Stoker's Dracula is listed under lot 621, and is a first edition as well. It is estimated 3,500 – 5,000 EUR.
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers' sale of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Literature & Maps takes place December 15th, 2015, at 10:15 AM GMT in the center of of Castlecomer town at the Old Cinema, Chatsworth Street, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. Bidding will also be available through the phone as well as online through The Saleroom. Please register online if you plan to bid. The entire sale's catalog may be viewed here.


Dropping the Subject– The Financial and Grade Repercussions of dropping a class. When my daughter was a junior, she decided to take a very heavy school load which included beginning Chinese. We discussed whether she should take this class which had nothing to do with her major in conjunction with her other classes; however, my daughter believed it would be challenging. Four weeks into the class, she called me feeling extremely stressed and anxious. It was heartbreaking as she is an overachiever and, as much as she wanted to succeed, it was taking its toll on her. The ultimate decision was hers; however, I believe she wanted my support and blessing on this decision. As her mom, her mental health was more important.
There are financial repercussions as well when your student drops a class. Your student will still be fee liable for dropped courses, and it is YOUR responsibility to know the requirements for any scholarships you have, including Bright Futures. Most course drops require repayment to Bright Futures and may require repayment to other programs. Read here for further details.
Please check with Financial Aid if you have concerns. Your academic advisor may be able to assist you with some financial issues, but Financial Aid is generally between you and Student Financial Affairs.


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Henrik Pontoppidan (n. 24 iulie 1857 – d. 21 august 1943) a fost un scriitor danez, laureat al Premiului Nobel pentru Literatură în 1917, "pentru modul autentic în care descrie viața din Danemarca".

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Strămoșii lui Henrik, care se numeau Broby, bro însemnând "pod", și by "oraș", și-au latinizat numele în secolul al XVII-lea, transformându-l, prin calc lingvistic, în Pontoppidan, format din pons și oppidanus.
Henrik s-a născut, în 1857 în orașul Fredericia din Iutland, partea continentală a Danemarciei, într-o familie de păstori, care se mută ulterior către nord, în Randers, unde viitorul scriitor urmează studiile primare și secundare. Deși destinat de familie carierei ecleziastice, preferă să se înscrie la institutul politehnic din Copenhaga, decizie ce denotă spiritul realist-pozitivist ce domnea în rândurile tineretului studios la acea vreme. Curând însă abandonează aceste  preocupări inginerești îndreptându-și interesele spre literatură. În acest timp, călătorind în Elveția, se stabilește la țară ca învățător și se căsătorește cu o țărancă. Începe acum să publice nuvele și romane în care frumuseților naturii le contrapune aspecte din viața grea a țărănimii sărace, cu grave probleme sociale, înăsprite încă și mai mult de influența nefastă a bisericii și școlii sătești. Amărăciunea, pesimismul - generate de destrămarea iluziilor într-o viață câmpenească idilică, dar și de eșecul pe planul vieții personale - îl determină, în 1892, să divorțeze și să se reîntoarcă la Copenhaga. Odată recăsătorit, se dedică exclusiv  literaturii, abordând marea sa trilogie Pământul făgăduinței, o veritabilă frescă socială în care, printre evidente influențe autobiografice, se distanțează atât de creștinism, cât și de orice idealizare a țăranului, de tip rousseau-ist și tolstoian.

Bibliografie

 Trilogia Det forjættede land (Pământul făgăduinței) (1891 - 1895), alcătuită din:
 Muld (Pământul natal) (1891)
 Det forjættede land  Pământul făgăduinței) (1892)
 Dommens dag (Ziua judecății) (1895)
 Lykke Per (Per cel norocos) (1898 - 1904)
 De dødes rige (Împărăția  morților) (1912 - 1916)

Traduceri
 Dragoste de primăvară, traducere Anna-Maria Bottez, Editura H.Steinberg, București, s.d.;
 Per cel norocos, traducere Iulia Soare și Al. Budișteanu, Editura pentru literatura universală, București, 1965.

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Nașteri în 1857
Decese în 1943
Pontoppidan, Henrik
Laureați danezi ai Premiului Nobel
Nuveliști danezi
Scriitori danezi


I eyed and eyed the Named Wenona shirt and shirt dress before buying the pattern. I don't know why it took me so long, but I think it was Nikki's version that finally made me click that 'buy' button. That and the fact that my sister requested a floaty, white, summer shirt for Christmas.
Of course, I had to test the pattern before making my sister's shirt. And then I had to test it again because I wanted another one! This was my second version. The first was the shirtdress, that I have yet to photograph. For this shirt, I used a very lightweight cotton that I had bought at an eveningwear designer sale. It was beige with silver writing. Once I had finished the shirt, I decided it needed some more oomph, so I dyed it with Royal Blue Rit dye. I had wanted a darker blue but Spotlight had a very sorry selection of dye colours, so royal blue it was.
I much prefer the blue and it makes the silver writing pattern stand out more on the fabric.
To add extra bling to my shimmery shirt, I chose sparkly diamante buttons from Textile Traders.
The shirt was straightforward and enjoyable to make. The only change I made in this version was to cut two back yoke pieces for a double layer. I was concerned that a single layer of this fine fabric would be a bit flimsy across the upper back. The hardest part for me was attaching the collar stand so it looked neat. I might read up on some tutorials for tricks on getting this perfect.
I opted not to add the front pleats to keep this shirt light and cool. However, I am itching to make another version with pleats and colour blocking.
I love the back collar button detail.
The long strip that runs from the neckline, down the sleeve to the cuff makes setting in the sleeves a breeze. I would like to work out a way to add topstitching to both sides of the strip in future versions.
I also like the curved hemline. I will probably mostly wear it casually tucked in though.
I'm very happy with this pattern and will definitely be making it again. I wish I had taken photos of my sister's white, beachy version as it gives quite a different look. I will see if she can send me some pictures.
Wow, I really love the effect of dyeing the fabric. The writing becomes such a striking feature. The Wenona pattern has such interesting details too. What a great shirt!
Yes, I really like this shirt pattern and I'm so pleased I've found a good one for many future versions.
LOVE the effect after dyeing - very nice!
Thank you. I only thought of it because I was experimenting with dyeing something else and threw a bit of this fabric in for fun!
That was a stroke of genius to dye the fabric. What a revelation!
I bought this pattern recently. Now I can't wait to try it. Love your version.
I only wished I looked this good in a shirt! I like the blue way better than the original colour. That button on the back collar is a cool detail. Happy sewing for 2015!
It's darling and what a difference the dying made! I think I must buy this pattern now!
I was wondering why my blog was going crazy! Then I saw your post and it all made sense, thank you �� I love the effect of the dye over the writing, I bet you wear this one to death. Definite winner!
The fabric is lovely especially in the blue. I never used to be a shirt wearing person but I have come to love them. They have turned into real workhorses.
Love love love everything about this shirt. Beautiful details and that fabric has really come to life after dying.


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Blombockar är en samling skalbaggar i släktena Acmaeops, Anoplodera och Leptura med flera, som tillsammans med trädlöpare samtliga ingår i underfamiljen Lepturinae i familjen långhorningar (Cerambycidae). De har cylindrisk kroppsform och ofta en tydlig könsdimorfism genom att hanar och honor har olika färg på täckvingarna. Blombockarnas larver förpuppar sig inuti trädstammar. I Europa, bland annat i Sveriges i barrskogsområden utom längst i norr, är tegelbock (Anastrangalia sanguinolenta) en vanligt förekommande representant för blombockarna.

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Language Barrier 2020
By Agata Baczyk
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When traveling in foreign countries, have you ever struggled to understand (and be understood) with a pocket dictionary?
How about using a more modern translation program like Google Translate to communicate?
Technology has improved our ability to communicate, whether on a vacation or in a business meeting, with people who don't share our language. This ability has opened up new worlds and opportunities within our global community.
But anyone using these technologies has also experienced mistranslations, inaccuracies, and just poor delivery. The 2015 Skype Translator glitch that turned innocent English into Mandarin swear words comes to mind.
Will there be improvement in the future?
Companies like Google use a system of flagging incorrect translations so that improvements can be made with each successive query. The more small improvements made, the more accurate the successive translation attempts. Though, this system is dependent on human translators and is as accurate as the translations themselves, which may differ based on whether professionals are used or not.
Improvements can be already seen through Google Translate's recent addition of image translation. Just point your phone camera using the app at text written anywhere and receive a real-time translation.
This technology not only uses improved translations, but also improved hardware technologies. Though the provided translations are only as accurate as the words caught on camera, and usually miss the bigger picture (so to speak). Anyone that has used the app can attest that sometimes not all words process correctly, so the rendered translations are more reflective of individual words and may miss the whole meaning.
As far as hardware, experts predict that in about 10 years we will have earpieces that will translate simultaneously into our ears in our native tongue as someone else is speaking a different language. Who wouldn't want their own Babel fish, just like in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
This technology, even just recently, was wholly a part of science fiction. But further improvements in AI technologies may not only translate words in real time, but also bring in the ability to translate inflections and other unspoken verbal cues providing nuance missing from available technologies today.
But will this technology fully replace human translators and interpreters in the future?
It's easy to see the benefits for casual interactions, such as vacationers looking to bargain in a Moroccan market or having coffee with a new friend in Jakarta. It may also give the ability to millions of people not having access to foreign language education outside of their native languages to move freely and find employment using a non-native language.
But will the technology be able to progress to a point where delicate business negotiations among vastly different cultures or complex contracts could be flawlessly translated without human input? The answer lies in whether technology will continue to increase exponentially. Or whether there is an upper limit to how well AIs will be able to understand and re-create human communication.
Languages are living and fluid in nature. Language rules change every day as people use language to communicate. This is why style guides and dictionaries are updated yearly.
And these updates only occur after a change is used frequently, and deemed to be an "appropriate" change. Additionally, local dialects may follow "unofficial" rules and never be recognized. This constant fluidity may serve as a barrier to any language technology that needs to be programmed with specific rules and may be limited to the extent of AI technologies. There are also other limits to language technologies, such as being able to perceive and interpret what is spoken without using actual words, such as tone and volume, and non-verbal cues.
As mentioned earlier, developers of AI technologies are actively pursuing incorporating these unspoken ways of communication, both in vocal inflections and body language. But the technology is still in its infancy. Will future technologies incorporate cameras assessing body language in addition to verbal translators? Will they be able to accurately assess and translate all human communication cues? Or will we hit a ceiling in AI development? Will human translators and interpreters remain unparalleled?
We'll just have to wait another 10 years to find out…
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Bitcoin (BTC) @5086 USD has been trading sideways in the last 24 hours and so far this weekend is holding support on the (9) EMAs on the daily chart remaining bullishly above the 200 day moving average. The lower cap coins are seen gaining the most on the day especially EOS tokens.
In the top 100 market cap on coingecko.com gaining double digit percentages we have Crypto.com Chain (CRO) 16%.
Coins leading in the top 200 market cap on Coinpaprika.com: DasCoin (DASC) 42%, ediBloc (MEDX) 28%, REPO 22%, Maximine Coin (MXM) 22%, Crypto.com Chain (CRO) 19%, ProximaX (XPX) 15%, Tael (WABI) 14%, FuturoCoin (FTO) 12%, Infinity Economics (XIN) 11% and Bibox Token (BIX) 11%.
Five EOS coins on NewDex.io gain over 100%: ITB (900%), DBET (338%), FUN (326%), WRK 258%, ECTT (126%) and 16 other coins with double digit gains, some of the non-gambling coins were: NAST (77%), ENB (50%), TEA (42%), EOSDAC (39%), ERO (38%), NFT (24%), ADD (14%), PLO (14%), HORUS (13%), and LED (11%).
Congratulations to everyone holding these coins/tokens today!
Its nice to see Enjin up there but tbh they are definitely a HODL! give them a few years and i can see them being one of the biggest crypto names!
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