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Despite rising global profitability, there has been a "dramatic" fall in UK corporation tax paid by British banks, says Cambridge Judge Business School study.
There has been a "dramatic" fall in UK corporation tax paid by major UK banks despite strong growth in those banks' global corporate taxes, a discrepancy that is difficult to reconcile due to meagre disclosure requirements on big banks, according to a recent study at Cambridge Judge Business School.
The study published in the journal Fiscal Studies looked at the "widening gap" between UK corporation tax (UKCT) and global payable corporation tax by the UK's largest banks, as reported in their annual reports to shareholders. The study "Why are banks paying so little UK corporation tax?" was conducted by Geoff Meeks, Professor of Financial Accounting at Cambridge Judge, and J. Gay Meeks, a Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge.
"While profitability of major UK banks recovered to levels seen before the financial crisis, there has been a sharp fall in banking corporation tax receipts by the UK Treasury," says Geoff Meeks.
The exact reasons are difficult to pinpoint due to incomplete and patchy disclosure requirements on banks, which we believe obstruct analysis. In particular, there's a paucity of required disclosure on the distribution of large banks' profits and tax between national jurisdictions.
In current prices, total UKCT receipts from the banking sector declined from £7.0 billion in 2005-06 to £1.3 billion in 2011-12 and £2.3 billion in 2012-13 – or a fall from about 20 per cent of total UKCT receipts in 2005-06 to just four per cent by 2011-12. Using a sample of the six largest UK-incorporated banks in the unusually concentrated UK banking sector (HSBC, Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds, Standard Chartered and Nationwide), the study found that operating profit of those banks actually increased slightly between 2005-07 and 2010-12, from £139 billion to £143 billion.
In addition to UKCT, banks in Britain have since 2011-12 been subject to a "bank levy" based not on profits but on the balance sheet of equity and borrowing; so far, this new levy has generated less revenue than forecast and has filled only a modest part of the gap in UKCT receipts.
In the UK budget announced in March 2015, Chancellor George Osborne announced that the levy will rise from 0.156 per cent of banks' liabilities to 0.21 per cent. The bank levy has been criticised by Britain's largest bank, HSBC, which said earlier this month it would decide by the end of this year whether to move its headquarters from London to Hong Kong.
So what has caused this disconnect between UKCT generated from British banks and those banks' global profitability?
The study found that a rise in tax-deductible impairments due largely to bad loans contributed to the fall in UKCT receipts for banks, while a decline in the statutory UK corporate tax rate from 30 per cent in 2005-06 to 26 per cent in 2011-12 caused only a "relatively small" reduction of £0.2 billion in UKCT banking receipts.
The study examines closely the reduction, from 30 per cent to 11 per cent, in the UKCT proportion of global taxation reported in the income statements of four of the big banks (Barclays and RBS are excluded from this sample because they had "in the most recent years, not been clearly disclosing the UK component of their taxation total."). While global tax for those four banks increased slightly between 2005-07 and 2010-12, from £12.69 billion to £12.85 billion, the amount paid to the UK Exchequer declined from £3.8 billion to £1.4 billion, or from 30 per cent of global tax to just 11 per cent. (A three-year period was chosen to reduce the impact of exceptional items in individual years.)
The study asks whether this sharp decline reflects larger profits originating outside the UK, more generous UK tax exemptions, or a reclassification of some UK-originating profits to other jurisdictions – and concludes that "incomplete disclosures" resulting from current reporting requirements for banks results in "mystery" that severely hampers the forecasting ability of both the UK's Office of Budget Responsibility and the banks' shareholders. In particular, there is "often patchy or opaque" disclosure on the allocation of taxation between jurisdictions in banks' annual reports.
These incomplete disclosures "must constrain the OBR's ability to forecast the tax revenues which are needed to repay the extraordinary government borrowing used to bail out the banking system," the study concludes. "Similarly, they must hinder the shareholders of the banks in forming their expectations of future earnings – to the detriment of capital market efficiency."
Read "Why are banks paying so little UK corporation tax?", Fiscal Studies (available online via the Wiley Online Library)
Listen to an interview with Professor Geoff Meeks on BBC Radio 4's Today programme (available till 25 June 2015)
Visit Professor Geoff Meeks's faculty webpage
Visit Dr Gay Meeks's profile on the Centre of Development Studies (University of Cambridge) website
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Rudy Shepherd's latest work explores the nature of evil through the mediums of painting and sculpture. This exploration involves investigations into the lives of criminals and victims of crime. He explores the complexity of these stories and the grey areas between innocence and guilt in a series of paintings and drawings of both the criminals and the victims, making no visual distinctions between the two. By presenting the people first and the stories second a space is created for humanity to be re-instilled into the lives of people who have been reduced to mere headlines by the popular press.
Going along with these portraits is a series of sculptures called the Black Rock Negative Energy Absorbers. They are a group of sculptures meant to remove negative energy from people allowing them to respond to life with the more positive aspects of their personality. The series is on the one hand a response to living in New York City for the last twelve years and witnessing the madness that takes place in this American microcosm. At the same time, it is also an approach to political art that seeks to push the dialogue started in the late 80's/early 90's forward into 2015 by looking at the problems of society in a more comprehensive way and advancing practices culled from new age mythology and ancient religions to heal our still divided and troubled country.
Based in New York City, Rudy Shepherd received a BS in Biology and Studio Art from Wake Forest University and an MFA in Sculpture from the School of Art Institute of Chicago. He has been in group exhibitions at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NY, The Studio Museum of Harlem, NY, Bronx Museum of Art, NY, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Art in General, NY, Triple Candie, NY, Socrates Sculpture Park, NY, Cheekwood Museum of Art, TN, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, CT, Southeastern Center of Contemporary Art, NC, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL, NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Tart Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Analix Forever Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland and solo exhibitions at Mixed Greens Gallery, NY, Regina Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
He has been awarded Artist in Residence at PS1 National/International Studio Program, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY, Artist in Residence Visual + Harlem, Jacob Lawrence Institute for the Visual Arts, New York, NY, Process Space Artist in Residence Governors Island, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY and Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY, Artist in Residence, Location One, NY. He is currently represented by Mixed Greens Gallery, NY.


PHILADELPHIA - A new study shows white children in America are more likely to see a doctor for treatment of eczema than black children, despite the fact that the disease is likely more severe among minorities. Research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found black children with eczema were 30 percent less likely to see a doctor for their eczema than white children. The study, published today in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, also found black children who see a doctor about the condition have more visits and receive more prescriptions than white children, indicating more severe disease.
Eczema is a common inflammatory disease that causes red and itchy skin. There are several different types, and all told about 30 million Americans have some form of the disease. Data from the Centers for Disease Control shows roughly 11 percent of children experience eczema in the United States, with black children experiencing it more commonly (17.1 percent) than white children (11.2 percent) or Hispanic children (13.7 percent). In addition to the physical impact on the skin, eczema is associated with negative psychological effects.
"Previous studies have demonstrated disparities in overall healthcare utilization among racial and ethnic minorities, but few studies have examined this question specifically for eczema," said the study's senior author Junko Takeshita, MD, PhD, MSCE, an assistant professor of Dermatology and Epidemiology at Penn. "This is the first study to look at racial and ethnic differences in healthcare utilization for eczema on an individual level rather than relying on a sample of outpatient visits, making this a unique evaluation of eczema that includes those not accessing care for their disease."
The study's lead author was Alexander H. Fischer, MD, MPH, who was a medical student at Johns Hopkins University at the time of the research.
The researchers gathered data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, the most complete source of data currently available on healthcare utilization, cost, and insurance coverage in the United States. All of the information is self- or caregiver-reported over a series of interviews, and is designed to be representative of the general population. The team used information from 2001 through 2013 for Americans under the age of 18 who identified themselves as white, black, or Hispanic. Those who identified in other groups did not make up a large enough sample for evaluation.
Based on data collected from 2,043 people with eczema, researchers estimated the data on a national scale. According to these estimates, of the nearly three million children with eczema represented in this study, 66 percent are white, 18 percent are black, and 16 percent are Hispanic. Overall, roughly 60 percent of these children have seen a doctor for their condition, but the percentages vary by race. Among white children, 62.1 percent saw a doctor. A similar proportion of Hispanic children (58.1 percent) saw a doctor for their eczema. However, the number dropped to just 51.9 percent for black children which, after accounting for baseline differences in sociodemographic factors and insurance status, translates to a 30 percent lower likelihood of seeing a doctor for their eczema than whites.
In addition, minority children reporting eczema were an average of a year to a year and a half younger. They were also less likely to have any private insurance, more likely to fall into the low income category, and more likely to have asthma relative to white children.
"While the study is not without its limitations, our findings suggest there are barriers to healthcare for eczema among black children irrespective of income and insurance status, despite likely having more severe skin disease," Takeshita said. "Further research is needed to understand what these barriers are and why they exist so that we can ultimately make efforts to eliminate this disparity."
This study was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (K23-AR068433).


Early Monday morning, BART opened a Clipper-only entrance on the south side of the Downtown Berkeley station near Allston Way East after being closed for more than a decade.
The Clipper-only entrance is a part of undergoing efforts to revamp and modernize the entire station, according to a BART press release. In addition, the new platform is expected to improve traffic, safety and security at the south end of the station.
BART customer service representative Michael Moran said while customers can only use Clipper cards to enter, they can still use paper tickets to exit through the platform.
"This improves flow both into and out of the station," Moran said.
BART spokesperson Taylor Huckaby expects more traffic at the south side of the station because the rotunda entrance will close for construction as a part of the Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza and Transit Area Improvement Project after the Allston Way West entrance opens. The rotunda entrance will reopen early 2018.


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1 Who is Timothy Omundson?
5 What happened to him?
6 Love life and wife
7 Age, height, and net worth
Who is Timothy Omundson?
He's an actor with over 90 acting credits to his name, however, Timothy Omundson is probably still known best for his role as Sean Potter in the series "Judging Amy", a family drama that followed the story of three generations of women living together, which aired from 1999 to 2005; Timothy was seen in 89 episodes between 2000 and 2005. To the younger audience, he's perhaps known best as King Richard in the series "Galavant" (2015-2016).
Although he's mostly played supporting roles, this actor has made a name for himself in the entertainment industry, and if you want to learn more about his life, career, what happened to him, and where he is now, keep scrolling down.
Born Timothy Michael Omundson under the zodiac sign of Leo on 29 July 1969, in Saint Joseph, Missouri USA, he's the youngest child of parents Lois Ann and John Gregory, a teacher and railroad worker, respectively. He has two sisters, Marishka and Ana Flynn, and brother John P.
When Timothy was a toddler, the family moved to Bellevue, a town near Seattle, Washington State, where Timothy discovered his love for acting. Aged 12, he joined the Seattle Children's Theater, and during his high school days at Interlake High School, he appeared in numerous plays and musicals, both in his school and the Theater.
Upon matriculating in 1987, Timothy enrolled at the University of Southern California, from which he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts (Theatre), in 1991. In one of his interviews, he said that at college he realized that he wanted to be a 'serious' actor. He'd had enough of musicals, and wanted to do Shakespeare, more classical theatre.
At college, he won the Jack Nicholson Award for Outstanding achievements in acting, as well as the annual James and Nony Doolittle Award by the University of Southern California, School of Dramatics Arts.
Timothy made his television series debut as Ricky Ross in an episode of the popular comedy series "Seinfeld" in 1992, and was next cast to play Doctor Joshua Levin in the action-adventure series "SeaQuest 2032" in 1993.
The early '90s saw Timothy mostly in an episode or two of numerous popular series, such as "Diagnosis Murder" (1994), "Days of Our Lives" (1995), and "Dark Skies" (1997).
During 1999 and 2000, Timothy portrayed Eli in the action drama "Xena: Warrior Princess", starring Lucy Lawless and Ted Raimi, which had 34 award nominations and won nine, including a Primetime Emmy.
He followed with his role as Sean Potter in "Judging Amy", also starring Amy Brenneman, Karle Warren and Tyne Daly. The series had 47 award nominations and won 13, including a Primetime Emmy.
A photo of my greatest acting teach and I, from #judging Amy Which premiered 19 years ago today. The extraordinary#TyneDaly pic.twitter.com/I87qDoAkmP
— 🇺🇦Timothy Omundson🇺🇦 (@Omundson) September 19, 2018
Concurrently, Timothy guest-starred in an episode of series such as "NYPD Blue" (2001), "John Doe" (2003), and "Nip/Tuck" (2004). Later that year, he was cast to play Brom Garret in "Deadwood", an historic drama set in the late 1800s in a South Dakota town of deep crime and corruption, which had 85 award nominations and won 28, including eight Primetime Emmys.
After "Judging Amy", Timothy was seen in an episode of the series "CSI: Miami" (2005) and "24" (2006), and later that year, was cast to play Carlton Lassiter in "Psych".
Between 2006 and 2014, he was seen in 120 episodes of this comedy crime mystery, starring opposite Dule Hill and James Roday Rodriguez. The series followed the story of a rookie detective, who convinces the police that he has psychic abilities, and as a result, he and his best friend are hired as consultants to assist in the resolution of complicated cases.
Concurrently, Timothy made appearances in several popular series, including "Jericho" (2007-2008) and "Warehouse 13" (2012). He was seen as Cain in three episodes of "Supernatural" (2014) before he was cast to play King Richard in "Galavant" (2015-2016) – this musical comedy, also starring Vinnie Jones and Joshua Sasse, was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.
In the following years, Timothy was seen in "Angie Tribeca" (2017), "Fortune Rookie" (2018), and most recently, he guest-starred in "This Is Us" (2019-2022), portraying Gregory in this romantic comedy-drama about a unique set of triplets, which had 289 award nominations, and won 65, including four Primetime Emmys.
Timothy's first movie role came in 1996, when he was cast to play Nick Ferretti in the comedy "The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson", starring Pierce Brosnan. Later that year, Timothy had a small part as Club Manager in "Dead of Night".
The early 2000s saw Timothy in the TV movies such as "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" (2000), and "The Luck of the Irish" (2001), followed by his role as Brad in the 2005 drama "Hard Pill". The plot of the film revolved around a gay man who volunteers for a controversial pharmaceutical study, developing a drug designed to turn gay men straight. The movie won the Seattle Queer Film Festival Jury Award.
Worth mentioning is Timothy's role as IMF Agent in the 2006 action movie "Mission: Impossible III", starring Tom Cruise. Two years later, Timothy was back on the big screen as Paul Howard in "Crazy", a biographical drama about legendary guitarist Hank Garland.
Next, he was seen in his first lead role as Thomas Caldwell, in the 2011 sports drama "25 Hill", starring opposite Nathan Gamble and Maureen Flannigan. Despite receiving only one nomination, the audience adored this story about a boy who loses his father in Afghanistan, and a man who loses his son, a firefighter, and how the two help each other find redemption.
Most recently, Timothy was seen in the 2016 adventure comedy "What Goes Around Comes Around", followed by his role in "Carter & June" in 2017. Later that year, he portrayed Carlton Lassiter in the TV movie "Psych: The Movie", which was nominated for the Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Motion Picture.
In 2020, he reprised his role as Carlton Lassiter in the movies "Psych 2: Lassie Come Home" and "Psych 3: This Is Gus" in 2021, which were both well-accepted by the audience.
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What happened to him?
In April 2017, Timothy Omundson almost died – he had a stroke that came with no warning, and he collapsed in a men's room at Tampa Airport, in Florida. Timothy had a headache the night before, but thought that he was just tired. When he collapsed, luckily he quickly got medical attention and was rushed to the hospital, where the neurosurgeon took care of him.
The stroke was so massive that most people don't survive, but Timothy did. The doctors weren't sure if he was ever going to walk again, however, the brain injury didn't affect his memory or speech. Timothy spent a few weeks in the rehab clinic and was learning to walk again, luckily recovering virtually completely, and returned to acting. In the series "This Is Us", his character is a recovered stroke survivor.
Love life and wife
Timothy hasn't been the subject of any rumors and controversies concerning his love life, and it's widely known that he is a married man; his wife is Allison Cowley, a non-celebrity, whom he married in 1997. They have two daughters together, namely Lily born in 2002, and Nora in 2004. The family of four lives in their residence in Los Angeles, California.
Age, height, and net worth
Timothy's age is 53. He has long grey hair and blue eyes; his trademark is glasses and a beard. Timothy stands at the height of 6ft 2ins (1.83m) and weighs around 180lbs (83kgs).
When it comes to his wealth, according to sources as of late 2022, Timothy's net worth has been estimated at over $3 million.
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Comprising six professional singers from five European countries, Cinquecento takes its name from the Italian term for the sixteenth century. The pan-European structure of the ensemble (its members are from Austria, Belgium, England, Germany and Switzerland ) harks back to the imperial chapel choirs of the 16th century, whose members would have been chosen for their musicianship from Europe 's most prized musical establishments.
Formed in Vienna in October 2004 the ensemble aims to bring the lesser known 16th century choral repertoire from the courts of imperial Austria to a wider public, as well as performing a varied range of Renaissance polyphony with a view to illuminating to audiences the kaleidoscopic diversity of compositional styles operating within Europe over the period.


Honeywell International announced it will lay off 6,500 employees, or 5 percent of its global work force. The Morristown, N.J.-based company makes aerospace, automotive, power, and transportation products, performance materials used in semiconductors, polymers for electronics, and carpet fibers. The layoffs will not affect Honeywell's acquisition by General Electric. That $41 billion deal would create one of the world's largest industrial companies.
With "no signs of a short-term turnaround" in view, the Swedish mobile-phone giant Ericsson announced 12,000 more layoffs, its third such move this year. The company also said it would make "a substantial reduction" in outside consultants under contract - currently about 15,000.


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Geelani, Mirwaiz, Malik offer voluntary arrest at NIA headquarters
By Guest on 1:24 am September 7, 2017 No Comment
Following the arrests and raids by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) here, the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Wednesday decided to stage a 'Dharna' in New Delhi and court arrest at the headquarters of the investigation agency on September 09 (Saturday).
The senior pro-freedom leaders including Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik while addressing a presser here at the historic Jamia Masjid said, "We have decided to fly to New Delhi on Sep 9 (Saturday). We will hold a demonstration there. We will court arrest at the NIA headquarters because we are their main targets."
Mirwaiz and Malik were present on the occasion while Geelani addressed the media persons telephonically.
Malik announcing the decision called NIA as 'Gabbar Singh', saying that the central probe agency has 'terrorized' the whole Kashmiri nation.
The leadership said that the Government of India (GoI) is following a policy of coercion defamation and intimidation in Kashmir as it does not want to address the actual issue.
"It wants to change the whole narrative so diversionary tactics and propaganda is being used it's a multi pronged approach to defame and malign the leadership, through personal attack on their integrity by spreading viscous lies about them and distorting and manipulating facts in order to create disillusionment among the masses regarding them and hence demoralize the Kashmiri masses from their just political struggle recognized by the world," the JRL said.
The JRL said that a viscous and consistent propaganda through media especially electronic and social, is being carried out each day. Media trials are conducted on prime time television and Kashmiri movement is ridiculed and the leadership abused and Kashmiris humiliated.
"People of India are being fed with lies and propaganda. Intimidation and harassment of our family members associate friends acquaintances party cadres organizations associated with us or any and everyone they can lay their hands on is done through sending of so called notices of NIA," JRL said, adding that using fear as a tool of intimidation against these people and psychologically tormenting them to put pressure on us.
"Even social and educational and legal institutions be it Anjuman Nust-ul-Islam, Auqaf Jama Masjid or Bar Association associated with leadership or the movement are being targeted and those working there harassed by sending them notices," they said.
They said that the members of business community and now press and media fraternity and youth are also being targeted, harassed and jailed while writer's intellectual's artists respected members of civil society or anyone who raises a voice against oppression and for resolution of Kashmir dispute is intimidated by sending of the notices.
"The narrative of the Kashmir dispute and our struggle for self determination is being deliberately distorted and it is projected as a sponsored movement from across the border where money is the motivation and the end," JRL said.
The leadership said that 700,000 armed forces that are stationed here making Kashmir the world's most militarized zone is not explained.
"Did the more than one lakh people who were killed mercilessly by forces in the past 27 years die for money? Were the thousands of Kashmiris enforced into disappearances at the hands of forces for money? Are the thousands of people pelleted, blinded and maimed and handicapped for life, doing it for money," the leadership asked.
They said that while killings, oppression and harassment continues the judicial route is now also being used to launch another offensive against the people of JK through ways to abrogate article 35-A and 370.
"The move aimed at settling outsiders in J&K in order to change the demography of the state is being pursued to render Kashmiris powerless and irrelevant and hence dilute the disputed nature of Kashmir. This move has a direct bearing on our Right to self determination guaranteed by the Indian state at the UN and ratified by the world body itself," they said.
Pro-freedom leadership said that first leadership was labeled as anti national then separatist and now terrorists, for demanding the honoring of the commitments made to us by GOI at the UN and resolution of the dispute.
Leadership said that "it is extremely sad that our family members and relatives are being harassed and vilified by virtue of their relationship to us and those associated with us based on principles of political ideology, our activists aides workers and others are being targeted for their association with us. If the whole drama is being enacted to get to us we are ready to go to jail anytime but there is no question that we can be pressurized to move away from the path of seeking justice and resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the people's aspirations and wishes."
In this regard JRL including Syed Ali shah Geelani, Yasin Malik and myself will go to Delhi and present ourselves for arrest at the NIA headquarters," said Mirwaiz Omar Farooq.
"Our political movement regarding our permanent future dispensation is a globally acknowledged and endorsed issue ratified by the world community at UN through various resolutions regarding it. Both India and Pakistan are a party to the dispute but the primary party is the people of J&K unless the dispute is resolved in accordance with the wishes and aspirations of the people of J&K our just struggle will continue," the leaders said.
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WhatsApp helps Anglican Primates walk closer together
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The Lambeth Conference planners are organising what they call "The Big Hello" for the 1000 or so bishops from the Anglican Communion who are expected in the summer. Bishops will be greeted on arrival, and paired with dioceses and parishes in the UK
The Lambeth Conference planners are organising what they call "The Big Hello" for the 1000 or so bishops from the Anglican Communion who are expected ...
THE Archbishop of Canterbury has telephoned all 40 Anglican Primates in advance of the Primates' Meeting next month.
The calls and messages through a WhatsApp group were cited as an example of the new "relational, collaborative" approach to leadership under Archbishop Welby at a briefing by the Anglican Communion Office (ACO) last week.
The Primates will meet in Jordan, in a hotel complex beside what is believed to be Christ's baptismal site, from 12 to 15 January. The Primates' Meeting is one of the four "instruments" that hold the Anglican Communion together. The others are the Lambeth Conference, the ten-yearly gathering of all the bishops worldwide; the Anglican Consultative Council; and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The first day in Jordan, a Sunday, will be devoted to newly elected Primates who are attending their first meeting. There will follow three "intense" days of debate, most of which will be looking forward to the next Lambeth Conference, for all the Anglican bishops worldwide, which begins in Canterbury in late July. A communiqué is expected at the end of Wednesday. On the Thursday, the Primates will split up into pilgrimage groups to explore the region, at the invitation of the host Primate, Archbishop Suheil Dawani.
Although Archbishop Welby has been in touch with all the Primates, three will not be attending the January meeting on principle, in recognition of the differences that persist in the Communion over sexuality. In 2016 the Primates resolved to "walk together", if at some distance apart. The three Provinces not to be represented in Jordan are Nigeria, Uganda, and Rwanda.
A forth, South India, will also be unrepresented: the Primates' Meeting coincides with a provincial synod at which a new Moderator will be elected.
The Primates do not have a veto on the Lambeth Conference agenda, an ACO official said last week, "but the Archbishop [of Canterbury] is committed to consulting and hearing their views, and receiving their input. . .
"What the Archbishop has discovered over the years working closely with the Primates, is that, while they don't have vetoes, they do appreciate being respected, and having the courtesy of learning about things before they're out there."
Thanks to the phone calls, all the Primates were much more aware of the mood among them. "There is a lot of relational activity going on," the official said.
There had been a "generational shift", he suggested, "between the Primates who fought the early stages of the 'war' [over sexuality] and those who are now trying to make the early stages of the peace, and the spirit is very different. Everybody is very conscious of the damage that the 'war' did to our life together in the Communion.
"Whatever the way forward may be, and how we live with that difference around human sexuality, I think that there is an absolute commitment across the Primates that how we handle it is done in a very different spirit, with a very different model of ecclesiology, and honest conversation that isn't into bartering and Westminster models of decision-making."
This was not to dismiss the continuing divisions in the Communion. Relationally, the official said, "there is an honesty to live with the pain of what it feels like when they differ deeply." But the commitment to "walk together" was the narrative that he had heard more than talk of schism, which came from those outside the core Anglican leadership.
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About the author: Connor is a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Delaware. He received his Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Mathematics at the University of Buffalo in 2016. Connor has interned with both Franco Consulting Engineers and East Coast Orthotics and Prosthetics. He has been a part of Killian Lab since 2016 and has focused his research on how various FGFs influence the development of muscle.
"What is graduate school?" What appears to be a simple question was left unanswered for me for quite some time. I've read books on the subject, interviewed students, and interviewed professors, all of whom described graduate school as a formless profession that has different qualities at different times.
I kept trying to understand what it is, but the real question is: "How do I approach graduate school?" In truth, graduate school is hardly school; yes, there are classes that are required, but most time is spent working. The first few months are stressful because you are surrounded by so much uncertainly. The thing is, you are not expected to know anything. Your undergraduate education was to acquaint you with the basic facts of the many fields out there. All that you know are the well-treaded knowns. This is the first time in your education where your goal is to find the unknowns. That is where your academic advisor comes in. For the first couple of years of graduate school, your academic advisor will be the one with the answers. This advisor should be someone you are not afraid to ask questions, is doing research you are interested in, and can be an inspiration for not only your career direction, but character direction. They are not there to do the work for you, but to show the missing pieces in which you will find yourself.
The work of graduate school can pile up quickly as you balance multiple projects, and you may eventually find yourself swamped. The only way to do things on time is to do them ahead of time. For the best success, approach graduate school as a 9 to 5 job that varies. Expect your work week to be anywhere within 35 to 70 hours of work. For the normal week, set a time that you will arrive at your lab or office and a time that you will leave 8 to 10 hours later. Do not think of every week at a 35 hour week, plan for a 60 hour week. Prepare by getting a good planner or get acquainted with Google Calendar. In research, things hardly ever go as planned. A botched experiment could require a complete redo. Plan as much as you can, but understand that things could change at a moment's notice.
Lastly, there is the most important part of graduate school: your well-being. The long hours and uncertainties can be very stressful. That is why a proper balance of success, mental health, and physical health should always be a goal. You will begin your education with a group of people, so try and build bonds with them. Plan outdoor activities, work out regularly, and eat well. Remember, you are not expected to know much so never be afraid to ask for help.


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Hurricane devastates some vet clinics but spares others
TV star Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists suffers a big loss.
Written by Ken Niedziela in August 2017
Houston veterinary hospitals relied on Facebook to update clients.
Veterinarians across the Houston area are assessing damage to their hospitals — or counting themselves lucky — in the days after Hurricane Harvey carved a deadly path through southern Texas.
Amy Garrou, DVM, DABVP, who practices at Memorial-610 Hospital for Animals in Houston's Memorial Close neighborhood, reported minimal damage to the property.
"I know there are many that are not as fortunate," Dr. Garrou said. "There are several referral hospitals in the area that are completely shut down and have infrastructure with severe damage."
Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists, which is featured on the reality-TV show "Animal ER," used its website and Facebook page to announce bad news.
"We have sustained significant damage to our 1111 West Loop South location due to Harvey," the postings stated. "As you can imagine, we are still evaluating the extent of the damage and are preparing for the additional water expected to come our way.
"We are committed to keeping you updated and will use our Facebook page for general updates."
Crossroads Veterinary Clinic, southwest of Houston in the city of Victoria, reopened Aug. 30, but direct phone service remained out.
"We … have our main line forwarded to a cell phone," a Facebook post stated. "So please be patient with us. If you get a busy signal or voicemail recording, call back."
Champions Forest Animal Clinic used Facebook to report "minor water damage due to roof leaks."
"Thankful nonetheless!" the hospital added. "We want all our clients to know we will be in the office tomorrow, Wed 8/30, with limited staff."
Undermanned Hospitals
Staffing was a problem at other hospitals.
West Alabama Animal Clinic, near midtown Houston, reopened Aug. 29 "with limited staff, but we can help you if you need it. Please call with any questions."
The hospital was serving people, too, after volunteering to be a drop-off spot for donations such as pillows, baby food and toiletries.
West Houston Veterinary Medical Associates remained closed Aug. 30.
"With many of the roads still under water, we are still unable to get medical staff here safely to open for business," according to the hospital's Facebook page. "WHVMA will be closed until further notice."
West Houston assured clients that "all boarding pets are safe, comfortable and are being well cared for. We have kennel staff here that are making sure the animals are safe."
Heroic Efforts
Cypress Falls Animal Hospital, northwest of Houston, applauded its employees and clients.
"Thank you to Cristina, who has been working endless hours coordinating communications between our clinic and the community," a Facebook post stated Aug. 30. "Thank you to Tanya, Pat, Hayley, Tessa and Dr. Edwards for volunteering to come in today even though you have your own set of circumstances. Thank you to Carol, Cathy and Dr. Watts for making every effort to be here when you are surrounded by water, and can't. And thank you to the best clients in the world for pouring in our front door with donations this morning so that we can reach back out to our community."
Amid horrible weather conditions Aug. 28, Village Veterinary Clinic in Hedwig Village, west of Houston, announced that it would be closed until further notice. Clients were advised on Facebook that hospital co-owner Seth Landry, DVM, was "going to the clinic twice daily to care for our boarders."
Personal Losses
Tens of thousands of homes were reportedly damaged or destroyed by hurricane winds and floodwaters. Memorial-610's chief of staff, Stephen Pittenger, DVM, DABVP, said that while the hospital was "dry and functional other than no phones and internet," his personal situation wasn't so good.
"I am a bit overwhelmed at the moment, dealing with flooding issues at my house," he said in an email.
Emily Gaugh, DVM, MPH, president of the Harris County Veterinary Medical Association, was dealing with floodwaters at her house, too.
"Being directly in the county hit, I have been isolated in my home due to flooding until today and am just getting more active," Dr. Gaugh said.
Reopening Day
A sampling of hospital Facebook pages showed that many clinics planned to reopen Aug. 31 or Sept. 1.
"Our goal is to open for your fur baby's care Thursday [Aug. 31] bright and early," My Family Vet reported.
Memorial Cat Hospital predicted a Sept. 1 opening.
"We are going to try to reopen Friday," its Facebook page stated. "The clinic is dry and functional, but some/most of our employees are still trapped in their neighborhoods and at least one is in a shelter."
North Durham Animal Hospital was looking on the bright side when it posted: "Isn't the sun beautiful?! We officially reopen tomorrow (08/31)."
The Lucky Few
Some hospitals emerged unscathed from Hurricane Harvey.
Sunset Boulevard Animal Clinic reported: "Hello, Houston. Just a quick check-in to let everyone know that the clinic is under no threat of flooding. All of the pets here are doing great, dry and safe. We are open to see emergencies, as we are working with only very few staff."
Brittmoore Animal Hospital reported that it was "doing good so far."
"As of this morning [Aug. 28], we had a report that Brittmoore … was not underwater, nor did it appear that it had been under water," according to a Facebook post. However, getting patients in the door was a problem "due to the flooding in our area," so Brittmoore was closed "until further notice."
Garza Veterinary Clinic was open Aug. 30 and invited clients to bring in any "sick or injured pet that needs immediate care."
"Our phone lines are down," the Facebook post added. "Comcast is working on it. Hope to have phone lines up and running soon!"
VCA Ashford Animal Hospital expected to reopen Aug. 31 but advised clients to "please call before coming into our facility as we may have abbreviated hours."
Helping the Less Fortunate
Kleinbrook Animal Hospital, on Houston's northern side, took a charitable tone in its Facebook announcement.
"This past weekend has brought immense heartache to our community, yet a sense of togetherness," Kleinbrook stated. "We want to help in any way we can.
"For those who had to evacuate your homes due to the flood, we want to offer a free exam to make sure your pet is OK after their frightening experience. If you need us to board your pet for an extended period while you try to rebuild, we are also offering 50% off boarding.
"We will also be accepting any pet donations to take to our community shelters. … Please keep us updated about your pet. We love and worry about them, too."


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Ridolini al varietà (The Show) è un cortometraggio muto del 1922 diretto, prodotto e interpretato da Larry Semon (in italiano, Ridolini). Nella comica, Ridolini recita due personaggi: quella di un direttore teatrale e la parte di un clown pasticcione.

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In una serata di gala al varietà, il direttore (Semon) organizza tutto in grande e spedisce sul palco le sue attrici, mentre tutti il pubblico si appresta a sedersi sugli scranni e i sedili. Il primo numero è quello di un illusionista che fa sparire delle uova e degli animali, tuttavia nel teatro incominciano ad accadere i primi guai per colpa di una famiglia di grassoni che, mangiando frittelle e pizzette unte d'olio, fanno precipitare ogni tanto qualcosa in testa agli spettatori. Mentre il lavoratore Ridolini è impegnato a mettere in ordine dietro le quinte, il mago continua ad imperversare coi suoi numero, facendo fare ad un gallo delle pernacchie in faccia ad uno spettatore. Di seguito l'illusionista perde il controllo del pennuto che scappa dietro il palcoscenico. Non resta che a Ridolini agguantarlo, ma il gallo mangia dei semi di nitroglicerina e sputa fuoco e fiamme su tutto quello che incontra, persino il sedere del povero inserviente. Successivamente Ridolini cerca di imitare le magie dell'illusionista con un uovo che nasconde nella tasca posteriore dei pantaloni, ma l'arrivo del burbero responsabile del servizio pulizie Ollio (Hardy) rovina tutto perché egli molla a Ridolini un calcio nel sedere fracassandogli nei pantaloni l'uovo. Per non far guai, Ridolini viene mandato da Ollio a spostare un carro delle pulizie, ma nel tragitto il clown urta un barile di fuliggine che cadendo davanti ad un grande ventilatore trasporta tutta la polvere in mezzo al pubblico. Ollio è ormai disperato e non sa più come comportarsi con quel pasticcione di Ridolini, ma non ha tempo di curarsene perché in teatro è appena giunto un ladro che sta cercando di recare violenza ad un'attrice. Eroicamente Ridolini accorre in suo aiuto, ma viene inseguito fuori dall'edificio dal bandito e dai suoi scagnozzi in una disastrosa e irriverente fuga che terminerà con un'esplosione. Messi K.O. i banditi, Ridolini, saltato in aria su un tetto per il botto, viene curato dalla ragazza e dalle sue inservienti, leggermente acciaccato, ma felice e trionfante.

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Herein is the story of a boy Rusty whose heartstrings are stretched taut with happiness, fright, sorrow, shame and physical pain while budding to adulthood. Rusty's often self inflicted predicaments are conveyed in hindsight with hilarious jocularity while the urgency of their real occurrence in time are confessed with honest clarity so profuse it's impossible not to become entangled in Rusty's wheeling emotions. The joy and innocence of Rusty's spirited childhood is slowly eroded by deceit, misunderstandings, mistakes and heartbreak, yet Rusty rushes energetically forward while stumbling into brief rations of excitement and love for fuel. It arduously teaches Rusty to try to look at life with a little bit of levity and be convinced that another good time is bound to come sooner or later. The book shows the things we often work for the hardest sometimes become what we wanted least, and during such work we discover the things we just happen to get are of what sweet dreams are made.


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When you'll (likely) be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in Delaware
A look at the Delaware Division of Public Health's recently updated timeline.
By Holly Quinn / staff
On the eve of the inauguration, Gable Music will host a virtual celebration of Delaware
Inside Blue Blaze's award-winning digital campaign for an industry challenged by COVID-19
Community banks get first draw in this round of PPP. Here's a list of them in Delaware
A healthcare worker receives the COVID-19 vaccine.
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If you're not a frontline health worker, resident of a nursing home or a high-level elected official, you probably know that you're not yet eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine yet.
When will the general public be able to queue up? In Delaware, there will be phases, not unlike the phases established for business reopening. (We're still in Phase 2, with a stay-at-home advisory through Jan. 11).
The Delaware Division of Public Health published its COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Framework at the end of December, detailing how the state is making decisions about how to disperse the still-limited vaccine most effectively and ethically to mitigate the pandemic's deadliness.
Phase 1A, which kicked off Dec. 15, includes those healthcare professionals and residents of long-term care facilities and is expected to last at least through February.
When Phase 1B kicks off in late January, you'll be eligible for a free vaccine if you are 65 or older or a frontline essential worker, which includes these fields:
The rest of Phase 1 will offer the vaccine to those ages 16 to 64 with high-risk medical conditions, as well as those in homeless shelters, group homes and corrections facilities. It also includes workers at higher risk of catching the disease because of their profession, such as those in food service, construction and IT.
In the spring, Phase 2 will begin, vaccinating any other essential workers unable to work from home at all times and people with moderate underlying health conditions, as well as anyone 50 and up.
From there, the process will phase into the general public — and yes, even if you are not an essential worker, your vaccine will be free.
The proposed vaccine allocation graph shows the vaccination process taking approximately 32 weeks, or seven months:
An infographic showing Delaware's proposed vaccine allocation phasing as of Dec. 29, 2020. (Screenshot via Delaware Division of Public Health)
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Wybory prezydenckie w Austrii w 2016 roku – wybory prezydenckie w Austrii przeprowadzone w terminie 24 kwietnia 2016 (I tura), 22 maja i 4 grudnia 2016 (II tura) (wcześniej miałyby się odbyć 2 października). W trzynastych wyborach od 1951 roku wystartowało sześciu kandydatów Norbert Hofer (FPÖ), Alexander Van der Bellen (niezależny, popierany przez Zielonych), Irmgard Griss (niezależna), Rudolf Hundstorfer (SPÖ), Andreas Khol (ÖVP) i Richard Lugner (niezależny). Wyniki drugiej tury zostały jednak unieważnione decyzją Trybunału Konstytucyjnego.

Wyniki I tury wyborów
I turę z wynikiem 35,1% wygrał Norbert Hofer reprezentujący Wolnościową Partię Austrii przed niezależnym kandydatem Alexandrem Van der Bellenem (21,3%). Frekwencja wyborcza wyniosła 68,5%.

Wyniki II tury wyborów
Nieznacznie drugą turę wyborów prezydenckich wygrał Alexander Van der Bellen (50,3% głosów) przed Norbertem Hoferem (FPÖ) (49,7% głosów). Frekwencja wyborcza wyniosła 72,70%

Unieważnienie II tury wyborów
8 czerwca 2016 do austriackiego Trybunału Konstytucyjnego wpłynął wniosek zaskarżający wyniki drugiej tury wyborów prezydenckich. Dokument został przesłany przez przewodniczącego Wolnościowej Partii Austrii Heinza-Christiana Strache. Zdaniem przewodniczącego FPÖ do nieprawidłowości miało dojść w ponad 90 okręgach (na 117), z czego w 82 wstępne sortowanie kart odbywało się przed pojawieniem się komisji w lokalach wyborczych. Ponadto wskazano m.in. na rozsyłanie w niektórych okręgach kopert na głosy w niewłaściwych kolorach czy też głosowanie osób poniżej 16. roku lub bez austriackiego obywatelstwa. Wcześniej Strache informował, że do nieścisłości doszło w trakcie liczenia głosów korespondencyjnych (po przeliczeniu głosów oddanych bezpośrednio w lokalach wyborczych prowadził Norbert Hofer).

1 lipca 2016 Trybunał Konstytucyjny rozstrzygnięciem W I 6/2016 unieważnił drugą turę wyborów prezydenckich. Zgodnie z konstytucją do czasu przeprowadzenia nowych wyborów władzę prezydencką będzie pełniło trzech przewodniczących Rady Narodowej.

Zdaniem Trybunału Konstytucyjnego wybory odbyły się bez oszustw oraz manipulacji, niemniej skala potwierdzonych nieprawidłowości (np. otwieranie kopert z kartami wyborczymi przed przybyciem komisji do lokalu wyborczego czy też zliczanie głosów przez osoby nieupoważnione) mogła mieć wpływ na wynik głosowania.

Powtórzona druga tura wyborów prezydenckich miała się odbyć 2 października 2016, ale przesunięto ją na 4 grudnia 2016.

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In response to the question of the users about the fate of the GCETurk project, the lawyer of the GCETurk project announced that the GCE project has spent 180000 euros since its inception and if the VinDAX exchange corrects the GCE resources. If he doesn't, the claim for damages will be submitted to the Turkish court after the legal deadline.
Pointing out that according to the law, Ariaking Company has a deadline of 15 days to announce the final result of negotiations with VinDAX Exchange, he said: If no compromise is made according to Ariaking's contract with VinDAX Exchange, it is expected that VinDAX Exchange will be accused of paying compensation. 800,000 euros to Turkey. This amount includes receiving project damages, government rights and crimes, and taxes related to it.
The lawyer of the GCE project announced that the police report confirmed the contamination of the links sent and according to the mechanism of the exchange and the existence of related documents, the violation of the exchange in this case is obvious.
He added, however, documents have been provided by Ariaking. These documents have been reviewed and approved by official experts and currently, Ariaking Company has been given a deadline until 10.09.2022 to submit its compromise report with the Windex exchange, and if no compromise is reached, the case will officially proceed in the court. .


If you are like me, you receive a daily onslaught of email and invariably you will receive such email from "so-called Search Engine Optimization services", making claims to "guarantee" you top placement in some or even all of the major SE's.
What they neglect to mention is that their guarantee is valid for some obscure term that would most likely never be used.
For example, let's say that your company creates custom jewelry. You use both precious and semi-precious stones, and you are located in Birmingham, AL.
You would hope to be found when someone does a search for "custom jewelry" or perhaps "jewelry semi-precious" or even "jewelers Birmingham". But after 3 to 6 months of paying sometimes exorbitant fees, a search using these terms sends you clicking through 20 or more pages of listings in Google, Yahoo, MSN, AOL or any other Search Engine or Directory.
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You call or email the SEO and request a refund based on their Guarantee.
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In conclusion, choose your SEO wisely. Begin by doing a search in Google, Yahoo or your favorite search engine using the search term "website optimization". Contact the firms you find in the top ten. After all, if they can't get their own firm listed in the top ten, how much hope do you think you have?
Next, see if they reference sites that they have optimized. Are the search terms something that would readily be searched or something that you doubt would be used often or at all?
Get a clear understanding of their fees and what they intend to do for you. What guarantees if any do they offer?
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Planning for the Down Side of Ballpark Development
By Kevin Reichard on August 22, 2016 in Minor-League Baseball, News
We've seen several high-profile ballpark projects launched with the goal of economic development in hand. The consistent criticism: what if the development goes bad? As we can see in Papillion, a properly structured ballpark financial plan will shield taxpayers and isolate risk even if the development fails to take off.
Papillion, Neb., is home to Werner Park, home of the Omaha Storm Chasers (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League). When the Storm Chasers were casting about for a new home after the decision was made by Omaha to move forward with a new downtown College World Series ballpark, Papillion stepped forward with a ballpark plan with an economic-development component.
By and large, the Storm Chasers have been a big success in Papillion: strong attendance, consistent success. But the expected development hasn't happened. Part of it is timing — the ballpark opened in 2011, when the economy was in the doldrums — and part of it is location, as the ballpark is just outside the main centers of development in the area. There were big plans for an entertainment district and more near the ballpark, but those plans have not panned out, although there have been some lower-level proposals for the area. The subdivision surrounding the ballpark, Sanitary and Improvement District No. 290, may need to declare bankruptcy. (Not an unusual situation, apparently. Then again, Sanitary and Improvement Districts are unique to Nebraska and play by different rules than, say, Tax Increment Finance districts. SIDs are underwritten by tax-exempt warrants and bonds sold to investors; they take on the risk, not taxpayers.)
In the past, the lack of planned development specifically near the ballpark would have been a direct pull on the city and the county. But here, risk was apportioned into different buckets. The SID risk was separated from the ballpark risk, with Papillion and Sarpy County taking on different roles. Infrastructure work to the area has long been paid for, and the Storm Chasers and Werner Park are more than pulling their weight. In fact, the ballpark itself generates enough revenue to pay down debt, and attendance is up again this year. From the Omaha World-Herald:
The good news is that the Omaha Storm Chasers, Werner Park itself and Sarpy County — which spent some $29 million to build the ballpark — have been insulated from the subdivision's financial problems.
Sarpy County went into the project expecting private development to spin off property and sales taxes that would help pay off the county's ballpark debt — something that hasn't happened yet. Even so, the county has had more than enough revenue to pay its debt through rent from the Storm Chasers, a naming rights agreement with Werner Enterprises, surcharges assessed on stadium and ticket sales as well as county lodging taxes, said Brian Hanson, the county's fiscal administrator.
For the financing of the new ballpark, the situation has gone better than expected, Hanson said.
"Our revenues are coming in even without any development at the ballpark," he said. "They're coming in and covering our debt payments."
Now, the Omaha World Herald may be taking the SID situation too seriously and implying that development in the ballpark area is slowed. That perception isn't fair: Sarpy County is the third-fastest-growing corridor in the country, and there's plenty of development and new housing in the area as well.
Still, the key here was isolating the greatest risk from taxpayers. The lesson here is that a ballpark deal can be structured to pay for the facility, create the environment for future success and still protect taxpayers if things don't work out as well as anticipated.
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Mobile web to eclipse desktop sooner than expected
Mobile phone users in downtown Toronto June 4, 2013.
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Michael Oliveira
Published September 4, 2013 Updated May 11, 2018
A few short years ago, back when spotting an iPad in public was still a novelty, some tech prognosticators were boldly predicting that it wouldn't be long before use of the mobile web surpassed Internet usage through computers.
It was a little hard to imagine.
It hasn't happened in Canada yet — it's still not even close — but it no longer seems that implausible.
Facebook recently announced that its users now connect to the social network more on phones and tablets than they do with desktop and laptop computers.
BBC News also reported this summer that for the first time ever, it saw mobile traffic exceed computer traffic for some of its news coverage, including stories on the death of Canadian actor Cory Monteith.
Experts' best guesses suggest it'll still take years before mobile is fully neck and neck with computer usage when it comes to overall Internet consumption — particularly in North America — but given how quickly tablets and smartphones have been adopted, it could happen sooner than expected.
"It seems pretty inevitable if you look out two, three, four years that the dominant way of connecting to the Internet, connecting to information, connecting to your friends, is going to be through mobile, that's very much a global trend," said Cory Ondrejka, Facebook's vice president of mobile engineering.
"I think there are products like Facebook where it's a much more natural fit to be using on mobile, so we're very much a leading edge on this transition to mobile because it's a more natural use case. Not every product in the world has that same dynamic, there are some products that may make more sense on a desktop so they're going to have a longer transition to mobile."
According to the website StatCounter, mobile represented just 0.67 per cent of global Internet traffic in January 2009 but grew to 1.5 per cent a year later, 4.3 per cent by the beginning of 2011 and nearly doubled in each of the following two years. It now stands at about 18 per cent. The numbers are higher in Africa and Asia but lower in North America, with only 11 per cent of overall Internet traffic in Canada linked to mobile devices.
The mobile trend has taken off quicker in emerging markets where computers are less commonly found in homes, said Ondrejka.
"There are billions of people over the next three or four years that their first connection to the Internet is going to be through mobile devices," he said.
"If you think about most of the people we talk to every day, they got to know the Internet through a laptop or desktop machine and then started using mobile browsers. There's a huge number of people who have never seen the Internet and their first experience with that is going to be on the phone."
Eric Morris, Google Canada's head of mobile advertising, said there are a few "pockets" of mobile usage that are catching up to or even surpassing computer usage in Canada.
"We see almost as many restaurant searches on mobile as you do on desktop ... There are actually more queries for restaurants on Valentine's Day on mobile than on desktop, people doing things last minute on the go, because they're desperate for that information," said Morris.
"Even just two years ago mobile Internet usage was seen as almost a hobby, it was something for people who could afford expensive phones and expensive data plans, it was a luxury for them — luxury in terms of cost, a luxury in terms of how often they used it.
"And now what we've seen is mobile Internet consumption has become more mainstream and for some people that's the first place they use the Internet when they wake up — they're checking Facebook, they're checking Twitter, they're checking e-mail, they're checking their feeds — and it's the last thing they look at before going to bed. That's a fundamental shift in consumer behaviour."
Even when people have access to a computer at home they're increasingly choosing to use a mobile device instead on their WiFi network, said Dave Caputo, president of the computer network company Sandvine. He noted that about 20 per cent of North American Internet traffic is linked to mobile devices on WiFi.
"I think it's amazing that people are consuming a big chunk of content on their mobile devices over their home WiFi network, a phenomenon we call home roaming," said Caputo.
But if you're counting megabytes and gigabytes — instead of time spent on each platform — desktop and laptop computer usage still comes out way ahead.
In North America, the average monthly Internet usage per customer is about 44 gigabytes on computers and only 390 megabytes on mobile, according to Sandvine's research.
But the popularity of video streaming at home — which quickly gobbles through gigabytes of data — may be skewing the spread between computer and mobile usage.
Caputo said Sandvine is just now starting to see consumers use their mobile devices for video streaming in a significant way.
"If you think of the quality of the screens, the better battery life, the better accessibility to long-form video content, it's really becoming a reality on mobile networks," said Caputo.
The growth of mobile is part of another trend, said Morris: constant connectivity.
"I think a lot of people are focusing on, 'has mobile surpassed desktop, is it more important?' I think the way we look at it at Google is people are just spending more time online in general," Morris said.
"Whereas in the past the only time you could enjoy the Internet was when you were at your desk, in your office or a classroom, now you can enjoy the Internet wherever you are, you have it in your pocket and you're connected all the time.
"You used to have to go online, now you are online."
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Bangladesh lifts ban on a controversial movie about its garment industry
Author: Jennifer Swann, www.takepart.com
A garment worker's rescue from the rubble of a Bangladeshi factory collapse in 2013 offered a Hollywood ending to one of the world's worst industrial disasters...But when a local filmmaker decided to make a movie based on the miraculous survival story, a court banned its release in Bangladesh last month on the premise that it could negatively affect the country's labor force...a panel of four judges had a change of heart and agreed to lift the restriction...The reversal came at the insistence of the movie's producer, Shamima Akhter, who reasoned that Rana Plaza—named after the now infamous factory—had already been approved by Bangladesh's Film Censor Board.
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Related in-depth areas: Rana Plaza building collapse, April 2013
Clothing & textile
Health: General (including workplace health & safety)
Where Did You Get That Dress?: Bangladesh Two Years on From Rana Plaza
Author: Shannon K. O'Neil, Council on Foreign Relations
On April 24, 2013, the Rana Plaza factory...collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh...Rana Plaza highlights both the best and the worst of what globalization and global supply chains bring to developing countries...This trade has helped fundamentally change Bangladeshi society, in many ways for the better...Yet the industry also pays poorly and restricts union membership. Workers routinely suffer from respiratory diseases, injuries, and even death...The often blatant disregard for labor rights and safety standards comes in part from the way these supply chains function...The response to the Rana Plaza collapse also underscores the good and the bad of this global commercial connectedness...As Bangladesh struggles to improve wages and working conditions, the public and private sectors worry about losing the industry and its jobs.
Related stories: Bangladesh safety accord unveils its website - provides information on factory's infrastructure & workers Bangladesh: Four months on, families of victims of Rana Plaza building collapse still waiting for adequate compensation Bangladesh: Survivors and families of victims of Rana Plaza building collapse began receiving compensation Show moreShow less
Related in-depth areas: Rana Plaza building collapse, April 2013 The Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh - one year on
Related companies: Associated British Foods Benetton Daewoo Group Gap H&M Inditex J.C. Penney Zara (part of Inditex)
Supply chain/"Fair trade"
Labour: General
Support for initiatives promoting development/economic & social rights: General
Bangladesh: Funds for Rana Plaza victims reach $30m target
Author: Clean Clothes Campaign
The Clean Clothes Campaign...announce a major campaign victory with the confirmation that the Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund has finally met its target of $30 million, following a large anonymous donation...The CCC has been campaigning since the disaster in April 2013 to demand that brands and retailers provided compensation to its victims...Since then over one million consumers from across Europe and around the world have joined actions against many of the major high street companies whose products were being made in one of the five factories housed in the structurally compromised building.
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Who has paid and who is dragging their heels? [Bangladesh]
The following brands have yet to publicly commit to the Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund despite having had links to a factory in the building Adler Modemärkte, Kids for Fashion, Ascena Retail, Manifattura Corona, Auchan, Matalan, Benetton, NKD, Carrefour, PWT (Texman), Cato Fashions, Yes Zee, Grabalok, Gueldenpfennig, J C Penney...he following brands have made initial contributions to the Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund...Bonmarche, Loblaw, BRAC USA, including donations from The Children's Place, Walmart, Asda and the Walmart Foundation, LPP S.A., Mango, Mascot, N Brown Group, Premier Clothing, Primark, Camaieu, C&A Foundation, El Corte Ingles, Inditex, KiK.
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Related companies: ASDA (part of Walmart) Associated British Foods Auchan Benetton Bonmarché (part of Sun Capital Partners) Carrefour Cato Children's Place Corona El Corte Inglés Inditex J.C. Penney KiK Loblaw Companies Mango Matalan Primark (part of Associated British Foods) Sun Capital Partners Walmart Zee
Rana Plaza survivor begins European tour [Bangladesh]
Shila Begum…has flown from the Netherlands to Italy as part of a European speaker tour where she will be sharing her story with consumers, campaigners, trade unions and clothing brands in the hope that before April 24th…brands will pay up into the Rana Plaza Donor Trust Fund…She is making this brave trip along with Secretary General of the National Garment Workers Federation Safia Parvin and Shahidul Islam Shahid as part of the Pay Up campaign being run by Clean Clothes Campaign and our partners across the globe…With just three weeks until the annversary of the devastating collapse major brands including Benetton, Auchan and Adler Modermarkte are still to commit any funds to the Rana Plaza Donor Trust Fund.
Identities of 146 missing Rana Plaza workers listed [Bangladesh]
Author: bdnews24.com
The list compiled by 'Bangladesh Garments Sromik Shonghoti' on Saturday provided the full identities of 146 out of 183 missing workers who have been named…The army, which led the rescue operation in the wake of one of the most devastating man-made disasters, could not account for 261 people who were employed at the building's various garment factories…The organisation demanded that ill-fated day, April 24, be declared a national mourning day and Workers Safety Day…Their other demands are – to clear discrepancies in the list of the dead and missing, to provide proper compensation to all victims and the DNA testing of all the mortal remains that had been recovered from the debris…The labour leaders also wanted prompt punishment for building owner Sohel Rana…The organisation will hold a rally at Shahbagh on Apr 25 to press for its demands.
3 Retailers Give Aid to Bangladesh Workers [Bangladesh]
Author: Steven Greenhouse, The New York times
Walmart, Gap and Children's Place...became the first three United States companies to contribute toward a $40 million fund for victims of the Rana Plaza factory…Those retailers made their donations indirectly through BRAC, a Bangladeshi humanitarian relief group…contributors to the fund include El Corte Inglés, Inditex, Loblaw, Mango and Primark…Walmart said that it, along with the Walmart Foundation and Asda, a British supermarket subsidiary, had contributed $3 million to BRAC…Bill Chandler, a Gap spokesman, said…donation by...Gap Foundation was just one action of many to see lasting change occur in Bangladesh...Children's Place issued a statement...its donation to aid the victims of the Rana Plaza tragedy is incremental to the company's ongoing work and contributions to realize a safer workplace for Bangladesh garment industry workers....clean clothes campaign...said...group would campaign in France, Italy and Germany this week to press Benetton, Carrefour and other retailers to contribute to the fund. Primark...has pledged more than $7 million to help Rana Plaza victims.
Bangladesh factory disaster victims get first compensation [Bangladesh]
Author: AFP
Survivors and families of victims of Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster that killed more than 1,100 people last year began receiving compensation Friday, a senior union official said…British fashion clothing retailer Primark sent payments of $640 to survivors and victims' families, Roy Ramesh, a union leader who also belongs to a group coordinating compensation, told AFP…Other brands which had clothes being made at the factory complex are providing compensation through an ILO-backed trust fund…Primark has also paid nine months of salary to help families of the dead and those who survived the accident meet expenses while the Canadian group Loblaw has paid three months of wages, officials said…Primark…will pay $9-million to families of dead and injured workers who worked for its supplier New Wave Bottoms, one of the five factories based at the Plaza.
BRAC USA Announces Renewed Push for Bangladesh Garment Workers [Bangladesh]
Author: PRWeb, [NY]
As the one-year anniversary of the Bangladesh Rana Plaza building collapse approaches, BRAC USA, the North American affiliate of BRAC, announced today a multi-year fundraising initiative to ensure that progress continues on humanitarian aid and support for workers in Bangladesh's ready-made garment industry…BRAC USA's new Bangladesh Humanitarian Fund will be directed to three specific program areas: support for the Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund; continued support for BRAC's work to provide counseling and rehabilitation to garment workers; and a reserve that can be used to support a "social safety net" for workers impacted by other tragedies such as the Tazreen factory fire in 2012... BRAC USA's Bangladesh Humanitarian Fund has already raised more than $5 million, including support from Walmart, Asda, Walmart Foundation, The Children's Place and The Gap Foundation.