Irish Landscape Artist, Figure Painter: Biography, Paintings.
A talented landscape artist and figurative painter, Tom Carr was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and encouraged to sketch by his watercolourist grandfather. In 1929 he attended the Slade School of Fine Art, London, where he studied drawing and painting under Henry Tonks and Wilson Steer. After two years study, Tom Carr travelled to Florence for six months, staying at the home of the artist Aubrey Waterfield (1874-1944).
Returning to London, he slowly built a reputation as a draughtsman and artist, exhibiting at several galleries. He painted watercolours as well as oil painting.
During this time he came to the attention of the history of art expert Kenneth Clark who recommended the purchase of Carr's Beach Scene at Dover Beach to Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother). In the early 1930s, despite his love for the paintings of Claude, Degas, Corot and Sickert - an influence which never left him - he flirted briefly with non-representational art and became associated with various avant-garde groups in London such as the Objective Abstractionists as well as the Euston Road Group of artists, established by Pasmore, William Coldstream and Claude Rogers. In 1933, Carr took part in the Objective Abstractions Exhibition at the Zwemmer Gallery in 1934, but soon discovered that abstraction held no interest for him. He thus returned to figure painting, focusing on people seated by the seaside, often with dogs and cats in view; or children playing, or landscapes of County Down.
Carr returned to Ulster just before the war and worked as an official war artist. However, the landscape of Northern Ireland became his principal subject, in both oils and watercolours. He taught art in a private school and later figure-drawing at the Belfast College of Art. Painting children became of his specialities. Following his wife's death in 1995, he moved to Norfolk where he focused on landscape painting of the local scenery. He was honoured with an MBE in 1974 for services to art in Ulster and became OBE in 1993. Tom Carr was a member of the Royal Society of Watercolour Painters and the Watercolour Society of Ireland. He was also a member of the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts.
1933 - Zwemmer Gallery, London: "Tom Carr, Victor Pasmore, Ceri Richards."
1989 RHA Gallery, Dublin: "Retrospective."
1997 Ulster Museum, Belfast; "The Red Sings Out."
The auction record for a work by Tom Carr was set in 2006, when his genre painting, entitled The Bank Managers Day Off, was sold at James Adams, in Dublin, for €30,000.
• For details of other painters from Northern Ireland, see: Irish Artists: Paintings and Biographies.
• For more about Antrim artists from Northern Ireland like Tom Carr, see: Irish Art Guide.
• For more about 20th century painting, see: Homepage.


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We are conducting NSE 4 certified training courses in Lebanon on a defined schedule. The NSE 4 will enable the security team to develop the knowledge to manage the day-to-day configuration, monitoring,and operation of FortiGate devices to support corporate network security policies.
In this three-day course, candidates will learn how to use basic FortiGate features, including security profiles. In interactive labs, candidates will explore firewall policies, user authentication, SSL VPN, dial-up IPsec VPN, and how to protect their network using security profiles such as IPS, antivirus, web filtering, application control, and more. These administration fundamentals will provide candidates with a solid understanding of how to implement basic network security.
In this two-day course, candidates will learn how to use advanced FortiGate networking and security features. Topics include features commonly applied in complex or larger enterprise or MSSP networks, such as advanced routing, transparent mode, redundant infrastructure, site-to-site IPsec VPN, SSO, web proxy, and diagnostics.Participants should have a thorough understanding of all the topics covered in the FortiGate Security course before attending this course.
- Knowledge of network protocols.
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- Knowledge of OSI layers.
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- Knowledge of the fundamentals of FortiGate, as presented in the FortiGate Security course.
- Deploy the appropriate operation mode for your network.
- Use the GUI and CLI for administration.
- Identify the characteristics of the Fortinet security fabric.
- Apply port forwarding, source NAT, and destination NAT.
- Authenticate users using firewall policies.
- Understand encryption functions and certificates.
- Inspect SSL/TLS-secured traffic to prevent encryption used to bypass security policies.
- Configure security profiles to neutralize threats and misuse, including viruses, torrents, and inappropriate websites.
- Apply application control techniques to monitor and control network applications that might use standard or non-standard protocols and ports.
- Fight hacking and denial of service (DoS).
- Defend against data leaks by identifying files with sensitive data, and block them from leaving your private network.
- Offer an SSL VPN for secure access to your private network.
- Implement a dialup IPsec VPN tunnel between FortiGate and FortiClient.
- Collect and interpret log entries.
- Analyze a FortiGate's route table.
- Route packets using policy-based and static routes for multi-path and load balanced deployments.
- Configure SD-WAN to load balance traffic between multiple WAN links effectively.
- Inspect traffic transparently, forwarding as a Layer 2 device.
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- Establish an IPsec VPN tunnel between two FortiGate appliances.
- Compare policy-based to route-based IPsec VPN.
- Implement a meshed or partially redundant VPN.
- Diagnose failed IKE exchanges.
- Offer Fortinet Single Sign On (FSSO) access to network services, integrated with Microsoft Active Directory.
- Deploy FortiGate devices as an HA cluster for fault tolerance and high performance.
- Deploy implicit and explicit proxy with firewall policies, authentication, and caching.
- Diagnose and correct common problems.


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Hospital helps patient with artificial eye
Paul Geelen with Bahaa Salim and Salwa Dajani. (SUPPLIED)
Published Thursday, April 15, 2010
A hospital in Dubai has successfully fitted an artificial eye on a Palestinian patient.
Bahaa Salim, who lost his eye six years ago, has been in Dubai since January 2010 for additional surgery to finalise preparations for the fitting, which was performed by the Ocularist, or artificial eye maker based at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Salim, who was brought to the emirate by the charity Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF), had already undergone substantial reconstructive surgery to his eyelid.
The Palestine Children's Relief Fund is an international NGO that has sent dozens of injured children to Dubai over the past two years for medical care that is not available to them in their homeland.
Before the operation and fitting of the artificial eye, Bahaa had no eyelids and his eye socket was closed.
Paul Geelen, the Ocularist created the orbit (eyeball shaped prosthesis), carefully shaping and sculpting the prosthesis to fit in the eye socket and he then took about one working day to paint and match the artificial eye, which fits over the new eyeball, to the remaining natural eye.
"It is a challenging process because there was a lot of trauma around the eye and surrounding muscles and the socket was not very forgiving, so we have to be very precise in our work. It is not yet a natural look but is a big improvement from three months ago and he should soon be able to wear tinted spectacles and feel more comfortable with his appearance.
"The first time I saw Bahaa, he had no eye socket at all and now an artificial eye has been fitted, we will start to see much greater and faster improvement," he said.
Dr Andrea Sciscio, Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai, said: "Bahaa has made excellent progress and the surgical procedure we performed in January has proved successful and allowed us to fit the artificial eye. We will monitor Bahaa's progress and the healing process to ensure that Bahaa has the best cosmetic result achievable."
Salwa Dajani, whose family has taken care of Salim during his stay in Dubai, said her family first made contact with the PCRF through her children's school in Dubai.
"He has become close friends with our own three children now. We are very happy for him and eager for him to have a good result from the treatment and be able to return to his homeland, with his new eye. He will need three to six months healing but we are seeing real improvement."


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Personal Thoughts: C.C. only wears this outfit in flashbacks (I think?) and at the very end of Code Geass R2, as she's wandering through the countryside somewhere. I thought it was cute, and I could use my Cheesekun plushie with it.


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Zelensky touts Chernobyl as 'tourist attraction'
(MENAFN - Asia Times) The area surrounding Chernobyl — the site of the world's worst nuclear accident — is to be turned into a tourist site, Ukraine's president said.
According to a report on BBC.com, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree this week that set out plans for new walking trails and enhanced mobile phone reception.
"Chernobyl has been a negative part of Ukraine's brand," Zelensky said. "The time has come to change this."
A reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded in April 1986. It sent a radioactive plume across Europe and, according to the UN, nearly 50,000 square kilometres of land were contaminated, the report said.
At least 31 people were killed in the immediate aftermath and the effects of the explosion continue to be felt to this day.
"We will create a green corridor for tourists," Zelensky said. "Chernobyl is a unique place on the planet where nature [has been] reborn after a huge man-made disaster.
"We have to show this place to the world: to scientists, ecologists, historians [and] tourists," the president added.
Despite the radiation levels being higher than normal, thousands of tourists already take the trip to Chernobyl every year.
The new decree outlined plans for waterways and checkpoints in the area. It also revealed that restrictions on filming the site would be lifted, the report said.
The government will also crack down on corruption by introducing an electronic ticket system for visitors. "The exclusion zone is also a symbol of corruption," Zelensky said. "This includes bribes that law enforcers collect from tourists. We will stop all of this very soon."
President Zelensky, who was elected earlier this year, was speaking at an official inauguration ceremony for a new metal dome that encases the destroyed reactor.
The shield —which cost US$1.7 billion to build — was moved into place in 2016 and is designed to prevent further radioactive material leaking out over the next century. It measures 275m (900 ft) wide and 108m (354 ft) tall — high enough to cover the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.
The number of people killed by the Chernobyl disaster remains disputed, the BBC report said.
It is known that around 5,000 cases of thyroid cancer — most of which were treated and cured — were caused by the contamination.
Amid reports of other health problems — including birth defects — it still is not clear if any can be attributed to radiation.
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September 16, 2020 – Inmates to Entrepreneurs, a national nonprofit that teaches people with criminal records how to start and grow their own businesses, announced today that former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will give a commencement address at the Inmates to Entrepreneurs national course graduation, which will be held virtually, via Zoom, on Tuesday, September 22 at 6 p.m. ET.
The course, which was open to individuals with criminal backgrounds who are interested in entrepreneurship, will have approximately 60 graduates, and is provided free of charge by the nonprofit.
"Inmates to Entrepreneurs is an invaluable program to help men and women develop the necessary skills to start and run a business," said former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. "During my eight years in prison, I discovered how smart, resourceful and enterprising many of the men I served time with are – they just need some direction. Directing inmates to become entrepreneurs offers the best chance at a second chance. I believe the comeback is always stronger than the setback," former Governor Blagojevich continued.
Inmates to Entrepreneurs was founded in 1992 by entrepreneur Brian Hamilton to reduce the rate of recidivism in the United States by providing a path to financial stability and success.
"We are excited to have Governor Blagojevich with us for the event,' said Inmates to Entrepreneurs Founder Brian Hamilton. In our organization, we are all about second chances, which is an ethos upon which America was formed," Hamilton added.
"At Inmates to Entrepreneurs, we are here to serve people who were formerly incarcerated," said Lawrence Carpenter, Chairman of Inmates to Entrepreneurs. "Governor Blagojevich's experience as a public servant, including his time as governor, as well as his experience as a formerly incarcerated individual himself uniquely position him to share insights that could help greatly in bridging the gap between how ex-offenders are viewed and how they really are."
In the past three years, Inmates to Entrepreneurs taught entrepreneurship to more than 4,500 individuals in correctional facilities and through its online courses. With a course graduation rate of 77 percent, graduates have started businesses that include landscaping, event planning, catering, cleaning services and more.
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"There has been an explosion of aging population," Formal said. "We have 250,000 people turning 65 every month, and that will accelerate."
Ohio ranks sixth in the nation in the size of this age population, he said, calling the trend a silver tsunami.
"Technology can help us deal with this silver tsunami," Formal said. "It will allow our senior citizens to age in place as long as possible.
"We need to make institutional care the venue of last resort."
U.C. College of Nursing Dean Greer Glazer agreed that research can't be done exclusively in acute care settings.
"It's not where we live," she said.
"This provides not just a setting for learning, but also a setting for innovation for issues we are facing in health care," Glazer said of the Collaboratory House, adding that it will help students to graduate with the skills to think critically and innovate.
Teik Lim, dean of the U.C. College of Engineering and Applied Science, said the research and learning that developed the Collaboratory House is a model for the future.
"We will help our elderly to walk to heaven," he said of the technology that assists seniors with physical tasks. "We provide the underlying technology.
"By working with seniors, students learn how to listen to the residents, to find a solution and integrate new capabilities," he said, "to make things to bring joy to living."
Andrew Filak, senior associate dean for academic affairs at the U.C. College of Medicine, is also a doctor of family medicine.
"This collaboration is vitally important in coping with changes," Filak said, referring to virtual capabilities such as Skype and Facetime, as well as monitoring devices that provide digital information from the patient to the healthcare provider.
"The future of health care is being developed right here," he said.
Dan Humpert, director of the center for robotics research at UC's College of Engineering and Applied Science, said seniors' quality of life drove the project.
"The long term goal is to satisfy the desires of the elderly to stay in their homes improving their quality of life, keeping them safe and secure in their home, ensuring that they take their medications, removing the chaos from the environment, and increasing the documentation and standardization of daily tasks while decreasing the cost of doing this to the individual, state and federal government."
"This should be a game changer in the current in-home health care environment," he said. "This is a creative and innovative solution to a potential serious situation down the road where there are not enough medical professionals and in-home health care professionals to take care of the aging baby boom generation."
He said the technology is flexible and can be scaled to meet needs of individuals or institutional settings such as nursing homes.
The cost will fluctuate depending on the need, according to Debi Sampsel, chief officer of innovation and entrepreneurship at the U.C. College of Nursing.
"The goal of the inventions are to develop them in such a way that one can purchase them, at an affordable cost, off the shelf at stores like Target, Walmart, or Walgreens," Sampsel said, adding that more sophisticated technology would be placed in institutional settings that serve clusters of seniors.
Jerry Pietch is a 19-year resident of Maple Knoll Village. He and his wife, Elaine, have seen many changes at the campus.
"All of this focuses on improving our lifestyle," he said. And many are technology-driven.
"You are sowing seeds for these residents and future ones," he said, citing safety, health care, and communication.
"I look forward to using it.
"The use of technology is a giant step that will continue to change health care as we know it," Pietch said. "I want to thank you, as a user."
Two local legislators also attended the dedication.
State Sen. Eric Kearney, D-9th District, commended the collaboration between Maple Knoll and U.C.
"We will support you at the Statehouse level."
Sen. Bill Seitz, R-8th District, pointed to good news, and bad news.
"The good news is people are living longer," he said. "The bad news is, people are living longer.
"And meeting the challenges of good news/bad news requires collaboration," he said of the technology that helps seniors live longer, better.
He cited technology such as fall sensors, which would have helped several of his own family members.
"Is it important?" he asked. "You bet.
"It helps us so the good news outweighs the bad."


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package core.io;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import com.sun.jna.Native;
import com.sun.jna.NativeLong;
import com.sun.jna.Pointer;
import com.sun.jna.ptr.PointerByReference;

/**
 *
 * @author xiafan
 * @version 0.1 Mar 20, 2015
 */
public class LinuxSeekableDirectIO extends SeekableDirectIO {
	// native c library
	public static final int O_RDONLY = 00;
	public static final int O_WRONLY = 01;
	public static final int O_RDWR = 02;
	public static final int O_CREAT = 0100;
	public static final int O_EXCL = 0200;
	public static final int O_NOCTTY = 0400;
	public static final int O_TRUNC = 01000;
	public static final int O_APPEND = 02000;
	public static final int O_NONBLOCK = 04000;
	public static final int O_NDELAY = O_NONBLOCK;
	public static final int O_SYNC = 010000;
	public static final int O_ASYNC = 020000;
	public static final int O_DIRECT = 0x0100000;
	public static final int O_DIRECTORY = 0200000;
	public static final int O_NOFOLLOW = 0400000;
	public static final int O_NOATIME = 01000000;
	public static final int O_CLOEXEC = 02000000;

	public LinuxSeekableDirectIO(String pathname) throws IOException {
		this(pathname, LinuxSeekableDirectIO.O_RDWR | LinuxSeekableDirectIO.O_DIRECT);//
	}

	public LinuxSeekableDirectIO(String pathname, int flags) throws IOException {
		fd = open(pathname, flags, S_IRWXU);
		if (fd < 0) {
			Pointer p = strerror(Native.getLastError());
			throw new IOException(p.getString(0));
		}
		bufPRef = new PointerByReference();
		posix_memalign(bufPRef, BLOCK_SIZE, BLOCK_SIZE);
		bufPointer = bufPRef.getValue();
		memset(bufPointer, 0, new NativeLong(BLOCK_SIZE));
	}

	public static void main(String[] test) throws IOException {
		SeekableDirectIO io = new LinuxSeekableDirectIO("/data/iotest.txt",
				LinuxSeekableDirectIO.O_RDWR | LinuxSeekableDirectIO.O_DIRECT | LinuxSeekableDirectIO.O_CREAT);
		// io.seek(10);
		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
		DataOutputStream bos = new DataOutputStream(baos);
		for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
			bos.writeInt(i);
		}
		io.write(baos.toByteArray());
		io.close();
		io = new LinuxSeekableDirectIO("/data/iotest.txt",
				LinuxSeekableDirectIO.O_RDWR | LinuxSeekableDirectIO.O_DIRECT | LinuxSeekableDirectIO.O_CREAT);
		// io.seek(10);
		byte[] bytes = new byte[baos.toByteArray().length];
		io.readFully(bytes);
		DataInputStream bis = new DataInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes));
		for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
			System.out.println(bis.readInt());
		}
		io.close();
	}
}

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ORLANDO (UCFKnights.com) – The UCF softball team dropped the final game in the War On I-4 series Sunday afternoon, 3-0.
The Knights compiled seven hits with three errors in the game, while South Florida also recorded seven hits.
Alea White took the loss giving up six hits, three runs, and walking two. White moves to 20-9 on the season.
Cassady Brewer led the way for the Knights at the plate going 2-for-3 with a walk, while Denali Schappacher, Tamesha Glover, Aubrey Johnson, and Kendyl Lange each recorded a hit.
UCF drew five walks in the outing and stole a pair of bases thanks to Takiya London and Brooke Barlow.
The Knights are now 28-14 overall and 7-5 in American Athletic Conference play.
USF: 3-0 | 5th | Back-to-back home runs from the Bulls gave them the lead for the third-straight day. Then a pair of errors put a Bull on third base and a sacrifice fly score another run.
The Knights hit the road to Tulsa for a three-game series starting Thursday, April 18.
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A nanopore is a tiny hole in a thin membrane with a diameter of around a billionth of a meter, or about the width of a single DNA molecule. The potential applications of these nanopores are so diverse—from medicine to information technology (IT)—that they could have a major impact on our daily lives. Now a team of researchers at the University of Ottawa is democratizing entry into the field of nanopore research by offering up a unique tool to accelerate the development of new applications and discoveries.
The innovative T.-Cossa Lab, which studies applied single-molecule biophysics, came up with the idea to provide the research community with the protocols, hardware designs, and software required to fabricate solid-state nanopores in a fast, low cost, and completely automated fashion. This method is now available in the online journal Nature Protocols.
The move is a boon for researchers developing diagnostic and sequencing applications in health, life sciences, and IT, where being able to detect and identify single biological molecules like proteins or DNA with the exacting precision of a nanopore is needed.
"For the first time, we are making our unique nanopore fabrication tool freely available," explained Vincent Tabard-Cossa, professor in the Department of Physics and Director of the Laboratory for Applied Single-Molecule Biophysics at the University of Ottawa. "We opted to offer our patented nanopore fabrication technology to the research community for free, to help disseminate it and expand the field of nanopore research."
Solid-state nanopores are now well established as single-biomolecule sensors which hold enormous promise for fast and low-cost sensing and sequencing applications, including rapid identification of pathogens, biomarker quantification for precision medicine, metagenomics, microbiome analysis, and cancer research. However, until recently, this promise had been stifled by the expensive, labor intensive, and low-yield methods by which pores were fabricated. To address this problem, Professor Tabard-Cossa and his team pioneered a cheap and scalable solid-state nanopore fabrication method in 2012 called controlled breakdown (CBD), which has since become the method of choice by which solid-state nanopores are fabricated by research groups around the world.
"To foster accessible innovation, we set out to make an instrument and workflow that could be operated successfully by someone who had never even heard of a nanopore," said Matthew Waugh, lab manager of the T.-Cossa Lab. "We've already had some amazing successes through a local scientific outreach program where high school students have been able to independently produce nanopores and detect individual DNA molecules in a single afternoon using our tools."
CBD pore fabrication replaces expensive, manually operated electron microscopes with low cost, easy-to-use, small benchtop instruments that automatically fabricate nanopores to a given size at the click of a button. According to Dr. Tabard-Cossa, researchers can now focus their attention on developing different real-world nanopore applications in various fields.
"One such application tackles the growing need to store and archive huge amounts of digital information for very long timescales," said Kyle Briggs, postdoctoral fellow in the T.-Cossa lab. "Nature solved this problem a long time ago with DNA, and a similar approach will work for us, in which the information is stored as the sequence of a synthetic polymer, reducing server farms down to the size of a fridge and saving billions of dollars in energy costs and fried hard drives. Solid-state nanopores could enable the next major breakthrough in data storage since they can be used as the element that reads the information off the polymers," he added.
More information: Matthew Waugh et al, Solid-state nanopore fabrication by automated controlled breakdown, Nature Protocols (2019). DOI: 10.1038/s41596-019-0255-2
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Discussion in 'iMac' started by LVEB, Nov 12, 2015.
i7 , M395X + 512SSD.
So storage media and editing is my main problem due to limited storage on the main drive (512SSD).
Do you guy's edit photos or video (h.264 / 4k) through external storage drive directly ?
will this coz any issue for lagging or life span for the external drive ?
Just transfer the media to main SSD for editing , once completed then store in external storage ?
So which way is your guy's preferred ? an d why ?
There are folks that do both edit and storage on the same external drives. I would imagine that working with an external SSD makes sense but then again so does working with RAID 0 for shear size of the volume that can be created.
If I was doing this for myself, I might look at something like the Areca DAS offerings for Thunderbolt 2 where perhaps 3-4 drives would be RAID 0 (for work purposes) and the other drives set up for RAID 10 (requires 4 drives minimum) for storage or simply RAID 1 and a couple of larger drives.
This is what I use as a professional photographer. Hooks up through thunderbolt (10gbs, you can work on uncompressed 4k video no problem at that speed, it's nearly the same as working off an internal sata drive).
I have it set in RAID1, what this means is the drives mirror each other. So if a harddrive fails, I have a complete carbon copy at all times right there to still work off. I can then put in a replacement for the failed drive and it automatically fills that new drive to match the working one. Some enterprise type businesses go more crazy with 4 or more drives being backed up but honestly that's overkill for 95% of professionals (and quite expensive).
For workflow, we copy the raw files to the external drive. Then I can access those files through lightroom/photoshop/bridge, work on them, then save the jpgs to folders on my ssd. Every once in a while I move those jpgs off the ssd and onto this external drive but there's no real need, jpgs are quite small and you can fit a crap ton of them before you need to really worry about space.
International wedding photographer in business for 10 years, this is what I do for a living. So that should tell you how well this system works. Yes it's more expensive than buying some 100 dollar segate usb drive from bestbuy but if this is going to be paying your mortgage, you gotta be willing to invest.
You've received some good advice already. Just want to add to iemcj's comments that external RAID thunderbolt is a great option. I use the WD My Book Thunderbolt Duo for a RAID0 (striped) config that is near SSD fast and of course much much cheaper (I think I paid around $400 for 4TB). Because it's not mirrored I have a big fat Time Machine drive and I don't delete photos off my memory card until I know it's made it to the second location (Time Machine).
One important key to good performance is to keep your catalog and caches on your iMac's SSD. I use Lightroom and reference my photos from the external disk, but my catalog (and preview images) are on my blazing fast SSD. Same goes for Lightroom cache.
I use a raid 4tb Seagate backup fast for external storage and 4k media. Amazing price performance. You only need thunderbolt for raid ssd-- which is generally not practical. Also bus powered and small. Get two, one for redundancy.
I'm not an expert or a pro photographer but I do a lot of photography with large files (Nikon D810). What I am doing with the new IMAC ( 1 TB SSD drive) is editing the photos on the fast drive (where the catalogue is as well). Once the photos have been edited in LR, PS etc. the plan is to move them over to my external Pegasus drive set up as raid 5. I have a Lacie backup drive that backs up the Pegasus. Ideally this Lacie drive should be offsite and updated every couple of weeks.
My old way (fusion drive before) was to edit the files on the Pegasus drive. I don't know if it is because of the new, faster computer that I'm using or the method of editing the photos but the new system is super fast in every way. Zooming into the files and developing in LR is instantaneous which was not the case with the old system.
You could edit off a RAID Thunderbolt system, but that SSD should fast enough and shouldn't wear any more than a mechanical drive.
If you go external and RAID, i opt for a Pegasus, theyve been more robust then OWC and other offerings for consumers.
Curious, how do you setup your RAID1 configuration using the Seagate Backup drive? I've been thinking about getting one of these myself (after seeing how you and user joema highly recommend it), and am curious how to setup RAID1. apologies in advance as I have very little experience with this kind of thing.
The Seagate comes formatted as RAID 0 for performance, not redundancy. I don't think it can be reformatted. It would be more cost effective to get two separate slim 2TB drives -- and set one as a TimeMachine backup.


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Baseball in 1954
The New York Giants' four game sweep of the World Series highlighted a baseball year that also found the Baltimore Orioles back in the recognized majors after being away for over 50 years.
The Philadelphia A's moved to Kansas City in 1954. The New York Yankees fell short of their bid for seven straight championships.
The largest crowd to watch a game in 1954 was a doubleheader in Cleveland Municipal Stadium, where 86,563 watched the Indians beat the Yankees, 4-1 and 3-2, to clinch the pennant.
Unheralded 27-ear-old Dusty Rhodes hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning of Game 1 to give the Giants at 5-2 victory.
Also in that game, was Willie Mays' legendary center field, over-the-back catch that everyone has seen the replay of a million times.
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In Game 2, Rhodes struck again. He came in as a pinch hitter in the 5th inning and singled home Mays. On his next at bat, Rhodes hit a home run to help the Giants win again.
Willie Mays won the MVP award in 1954. Bobby Avila won the AL batting crown with a .341 average, but the MVP award went to Yogi Berra.
Ted Kluszewski hit 49 home runs for Cincinnati, which topped the league.


1. Establish clear policies and specific timeframes for the use of smartphones at work, and make sure people abide by the rules.
2. Consider asking people to leave their phones at their desk or workspace before a meeting starts. Alternatively, make it a standard meeting practice to remind all attendees to shut their phones off, and have them remain off, until the end of the meeting.
3. Establish clear rewards and punitive measures for those who follow or abuse such guidelines. For example, when a cellphone rings, or someone is caught checking a phone during a meeting, make that person stand at the front of the room for the rest of the meeting. One company I worked with in Michigan had fun with a good-hearted punishment: a boom box was turned on with music, and the guilty party would be required to take the stage and dance the Macarena in front of everyone in the room.
4. Emphasize to your Senior Executives that they should lead by example. Given that their visibility and presence with team members is a proven top driver of engagement, these leaders should be reminded to put their phones away during meetings and look their team members in the eye. Not only will this boost their reports' engagement, it will set a positive example.
5. While instituting new measures for cellphone use, expect a backlash. For instance, team members will argue that they need their phone for staying in touch with an important customer or a sick child. In some cases, this will be true. But it's not true all day every day. Even if the workplace bans phones in meetings altogether, team members will deftly find a "workaround," such as wearing smartwatches, which are just as distracting as smartphones. Make sure your team understands why being fully present and avoiding electronic distractions is an ongoing goal for everyone.
This entry was posted in Blog and tagged company culture, talent management on June 15, 2018 by Kevin Sheridan.


If you want to make the most out of your Australian adventure, it's important to plan your trip and visit as many places as possible. However, with more than seven million kilometres of land to explore, it's unlikely you'll hit every must-see destination in one trip.
Here at TheBeardMag, we've listed five amazing places to visit on your trip to Australia if you want to have a truly memorable experience that's filled with culture, great food, and a lot of adventure.
An Australian road trip is incomplete without a visit to Queensland. The coastal area is a feast for the eyes and a picture of the lapping waves or sandy beaches would really spice up your Instagram feed. Adventurers will be at home in Queensland as there are many monuments to see and activities to embark upon during your visit.
Queensland is home to the Great Barrier Reef, a natural wonder that attracts more than two million visitors per year. When you're out of the water and your wetsuit, put on your hiking boots and head to the Daintree Rainforest; the oldest rainforest on the planet is home to a variety of plant and animal species, including the exotic green-eyed tree frog.
In 2018, Melbourne was voted as the second most liveable city in the world, which is unsurprising considering the numerous cultural attractions that the city boasts. Independent cafes and restaurants can be found around every corner, so make sure to try some of their specialities before you go home.
Caffeine lovers will be in their element in Melbourne as baristas use only the best quality beans in their brews. The Secret Traveller believes that the city has some of the best coffee in the world and recommends that you try a signature Piccolo Latte before leaving.
Ideal for adrenaline seekers, the Gold Coast is a surfer's paradise. The crystal-clear ocean has some of the best waves on the planet, which surfers of all skill levels will delight in riding. If surfing isn't for you, grab some snorkelling gear and explore the underwater marine life, which is home to more than 50 species of fish as well as colourful coral plants.
When you've had enough fun in the water, head out to the lush Gold Coast hinterland; the green forest is filled with quaint mountain villages, which are a delight to walk among during a leisurely hike.
Shopaholics will also be in their element in the Gold Coast, as the shopping centres are filled with iconic and high-end brands that you won't find anywhere else in the world. You might need to get another suitcase if you want to bring all the amazing items back home with you.
Often mistaken for the country's capital, Sydney is the go-to Australian tourist destination, renowned for its modern facilities and cultural landmarks. You could spend your entire trip here because the list of things to do in the city is endless.
Climbing Sydney Harbour Bridge should definitely be on your travel bucket list; the stunning views when you reach the top will make the knee-knocking summit all worth it. If scaling the fourth longest bridge in the world doesn't appeal, make sure to check out Sydney's iconic art scene by visiting a local exhibition.
You have to visit rural Australia if you want to have the true Oz experience. Arnhem Land's national parks have a bit of everything for nature lovers to explore, from wetlands to tropical rainforests filled with colourful flowers; keep your eyes peeled for the exotic saltwater crocodile and nesting turtles as they are abundant in the area.
For a true adventure, bring along your camping gear and embrace the outdoors; not only will it save you money you will also be immersed in the stunning Australian landscape.
Have you visited Australia before? What were your recommended places to see? Be sure to let us know in the comments below.


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BOONE—It can happen at any age – a significant fall, motor vehicle crash or sports injury that results in traumatic brain injury (TBI) from concussion, skull fracture, blood clot or bleeding in the brain.
The result can be loss of speech, memory problems, inability to concentrate for long periods of time, or mood swings.
According to the Centers for Disease Control an estimated 2.4 million children and adults in the U.S. sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year. More than 5.3 million children and adults in the U.S. live with a lifelong disability as a result of TBI. The leading causes of TBI are falls (35 percent), traffic accidents (17 percent) and striking or being struck by an object (16.5 percent).
On college campuses, disability services offices, like the one at Appalachian State University, work with students, staff and faculty members who may need short- or long-term accommodations to continue to thrive in the academic environment.
Their work takes on an added focus in March, which is Brain Injury Awareness Month. Appalachian's Office of Disability Services (ODS) develops accommodation plans, when requested by those who have had a TBI, which is often called the invisible disability because individuals often have no visible sign of injury.
The work of ODS is guided by the American With Disabilities Act of 1990, which prohibits discrimination solely on the basis of disability in employment, public services, and accommodations, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs and activities, public and private, that receive federal financial assistance.
Ellison recommends students use sport-specific helmets to reduce the seriousness of head injuries, especially when snowboarding.
Depending on how significant the brain injury, there usually is a range of short-term or long-term accommodations that can be provided to a student, but almost always those include testing accommodations, such as an extended time to take a test and in a setting that reduces distractions, and classroom accommodations," said Maranda Maxey, ODS director.
Classroom accommodations can include the use of a voice recorder or someone taking notes for the student. Other accommodations might include electronic readers that "read" a test to the student or exams provided in large print, which can aid with concentration.
For students, provisional accommodations are usually developed a semester at a time based on the progress the student is making toward recovery from their brain injury.
"Faculty won't know what a student's disability is," Maxey said, "but will see the student's accommodation plan if the student requests that it be shared with their professor." The accommodations developed with the student and ODS help level the playing field, Maxey said, but they often will also need additional services, such as tutoring or organized study groups offered through the university's Learning Assistance Program. Students often are encouraged tp take a limited course schedule before returning to a typical five-course semester load.
Typically employees who experience a traumatic brain injury might leave their job for up to 12 weeks under the Family Medical Leave Act. When they return, their accommodations are specific to their job, Maxey said. For faculty, that might be a schedule with morning classes only to help them as they recover from fatigue that can also be associated with the injury.
A staff member's accommodation might include a shorter work day as he or she returns to the work setting, or limited time spent on work that requires viewing a computer screen, for example.
Maxey said today's technology, particularly software that is standard on Apple computers, have helped remove barriers to learning or office work such as text-to-speech, speech-to-text or magnification functions.
A therapy group for individuals with acquired brain injury, which includes individuals who have had a stroke or aneurysm, was well as those with TBI, was recently formed by Dr. Louise Keegan, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Appalachian.
The group, open to the public, is led by Keegan and graduate students in the department's speech-language pathology program. As many as 10 individuals and their caregivers meet weekly at University Hall, the location of the university Communication Disorders Clinic.
"The focus is to help individuals with their skills related to communication and language skills and cognition by focusing on the situations they may encounter day-to-day," Keegan said.
For instance, the group may go to a restaurant and work on strategies to cope with background noise that can be distracting. On March 17, members of the group will be at Plemmons Student Union from 10 a.m. to noon to work on skills needed to communicate with strangers as well as to advocate for those with brain injuries. They also will be giving away green shamrocks to commemorate Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month.
On March 31, members of the group will be at the Boone Mall from 10 a.m. to noon selling green awareness ribbons, pencils, and T-shirts.
Keegan said the group members have experienced a variety of events leading to their brain injury, from vehicle accidents and falls to strokes. And while the clinic has yet to assist veterans who have incurred blast-related brain injuries, Keegan expects that will change as word of the therapy group grows.
More information about the group is online at https://mindmattersboone.wordpress.com.
Former Reich College of Education professor Stephen White knows how quickly a fall can change someone's life. A fall at his home in 2009 resulted in a fractured skull and the traumatic brain injury left him unable to continue his work in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies at Appalachian. He continues to cope with physical, cognitive, social, emotional and other problems associated with his injury. He had to leave his 14-year career at Appalachian and now focuses his efforts on raising awareness of traumatic brain injury and serving as an advocate for others with TBI.
The Brain Injury Association of America conducts an awareness campaign every March. The theme for the 2015-17 campaign is "Not Alone." The campaign provides a platform for educating the general public about the incidence of brain injury and the needs of people with brain injuries and their families. The campaign also provides outreach within the brain injury community to de-stigmatize the injury, empower those who have survived, and promote the many types of support that are available.
The Brain Injury Association of North Carolina operates five resource centers across the state. To learn more, visit http://www.bianc.net.


Happy (belated) new year, everyone!
I'm excited to kick off 2016 with a giveaway that any Cleveland bride-to-be (or bridal industry enthusiast) would love. The Boutique Bridal Bazaar is a yearly event hosted by Something White Bridal — the lovely boutique I purchased my wedding dress from. The event features tons of vendors to help you plan a unique and stylish wedding — from cakes and caterers to hair and makeup, florists, and stationery designers. It's full of inspiration, and a treat for all of your senses. There will also be a fashion show featuring some of the year's most current dress styles. I'll be walking in the show in my dress, too, so please say hello if you're there! I attended this event last year and loved it so much, and I'm happy to be able to pass along the experience to someone else.
This year's BBB takes place on Sunday, January 17th at the Hyatt Regency Arcade. What a stunning venue for this event – I'm so excited to see how they use the space! You can find a full list of vendors and a schedule of events on their website.
To enter, follow the steps below. You must "like" Something White on Facebook, but can earn extra entries for the other steps. Giveaway ends Wednesday, 1/13/16 at 11:59pm. One winner will be announced on Thursday, 1/14/16 and contacted via email. Tickets (2) will be redeemed with the use of a promo code.
If you'd like to purchase tickets, you can do so here.


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UK businesses employing more than 250 people now have little more than two months to go before they must meet new legal requirements to gather employee pay data to report on the gap between men's and women's pay in their organisation.
Acas and the Government Equalities Office have published a new guide to help them get to grips with what they need to do.
The gender pay gap is the difference between the average earnings of all male and all female employees no matter what their job is, rather than whether men and women are being paid the same for similar jobs.
It's been fifty years since the Equal Pay Act but average women's earnings are about 18% of men's. Progress has been made in closing the gap, particularly for younger full-time workers, but at the current rate women's pay in the UK will not be close to men's for another 50 years.
As a senior woman I know there are many reasons for the pay gap, including the unequal sharing of family responsibilities, the higher proportion of women in part-time employment, lack of flexibility in some better-paid roles for part-time work, organisational assumptions about women's career aspirations, and an absence of role models to encourage women to aspire to higher-paid jobs.
Information about the gender pay gap will help organisations assess their overall level of gender equality, consider patterns of male and female participation in their workforce, and identify whether more needs to be done to encourage and develop talented women. Work on the issue might also help uncover gender discrimination in particular teams or professional groups.
Business can't resolve the gender pay gap on its own, but social attitudes to sharing parental responsibilities have been changing over recent decades, which benefits children, fathers and society as a whole. This is reflected in the way the law changed in 2014 to enable sharing of parental leave, helping families to make choices that meet their needs and supporting increased female participation and progression in the workplace. I hope that with the encouragement of their employers more fathers will take advantage of this.
All of this matters if businesses are to realise the benefits of gender diversity at all levels and if the skills needs of the economy are to be met. Management consultancy McKinsey claims that we could add £150 billion to UK GDP if we close the gender pay gap by 2025. It's a tall order, but something that stands to benefit individuals, families, organisations and the economy: a prize worth reaching for.
Anne Sharp is chief executive of Acas. Acas has published new guidance on gender pay reporting, which can be seen here.


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A mere book-keeping entry cannot be income, unless income has actually resulted: Supreme Court
Hon'ble Supreme court in CIT Vs. Shoorji Vallabhdas & co has laid down following principle of law which is relevant in various cases before assessing and appellate authorities. The same is summarized as under:
1. Income-tax is a levy on income.
2. No doubt, the IT Act takes into account two points of time at which the liability to tax is attracted, viz., the accrual of the income or its receipt; but the substance of the matter is the income.
3. If income does not result at all, there cannot be a tax, even though in book- keeping, an entry is made about a "hypothetical income", which does not materialise.
4. Where income has, in fact, been received and is subsequently given up in such circumstances that it remains the income of the recipient, even though given up, the tax may be payable.
5. Where the income can be said not to have resulted at all, there is obviously neither accrual nor receipt of income, even though an entry to that effect might, in certain circumstances, have been made in the books of account.
6. A mere book-keeping entry cannot be income, unless income has actually resulted
COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX vs. SHOORJI VALLABHDAS & CO.
M. Hidayatullah & J.C. Shah, JJ.
Civil Appeal No. 419 of 1961
(1962) 30 CCH 0138 ISCC
(1962) 46 ITR 0144
Legislation Referred to
Sections 4, 5, 28(i)
Case pertains to
Asst. Year 1948-49
Decision in favour of:
Assessee
Counsel appeared:
N.D. Karkhanis & D. Gupta, for the Appellant : A.V. Viswanatha Sastri with B. Parthasarathi, J.B. Dadachanji, O.C. Mathur & Ravinder Narain, for the Respondent
M. HIDAYATULLAH, J.
This is an appeal on a certificate of fitness under s. 66A(2) of the Indian IT Act by the High Court of Bombay, against its judgment dt. 1st Oct., 1958. The appellant is the CIT, Bombay, and the respondent, M/s Shoorji Vallabhdas and Co. (referred to hereinafter as the assessee firm).
2. We are concerned with the asst. yr. 1948-49, corresponding to the previous year ending 31st March, 1948. The assessee-firm consisted of three partners, Shoorji Vallabhdas and his two sons, Pratapsinh and Vikramsinh. The assessee-firm was the managing agents of several shipping companies including the Malabar Steamship Co. Ltd., and the New Dholera Steamships Ltd. With the Malabar Steamship Co. Ltd. the assessee-firm had entered into an agreement on 16th Sept., 1938 (modified on 7th Dec., 1943), and with the New Dholera Steamships Ltd. on 8th June, 1946. Under these agreements, the assessee-firm was entitled to receive as its commission, 10 per cent of the freight charged. Between 1st April, 1947, and 31st Dec., 1947, the amount of commission at the rate of 10 per cent of the freight was Rs. 1,71,885 from the Malabar Steamship Co. Ltd. and Rs. 2,56,815 from the New Dholera Steamships Ltd. These amounts were credited in the books of account of the assessee-firm to itself with a corresponding debit to the shipping companies.
3. In 1947, the assessee-firm floated two private limited companies, called Shoorji Vallabhdas Ltd. and Pratapsinh Ltd. The assessee-firm desired to substitute these two companies as the managing agents of the shipping companies, one for each, and on 20th Nov., 1947, expressed its desire to resign from the managing agency and to have the private limited companies appointed on the same terms. Two shareholders of the Malabar Steamship Co. Ltd. objected to the rate of commission, and wrote a letter on 27th Nov., 1947, in protest. They suggested that the commission should be either 10 per cent of the profits of the managed company or 2 1/2 per cent. of the freight received. This letter was considered by the board of directors of the Malabar Steamship Co. Ltd., and they invited the assessee-firm to make an offer to reduce the managing agency commission to 2 1/2 per cent. of freight for the current year as also for the future years. As a result, the assessee-firm made an offer as follows :
"That whilst we will continue to insist on our right to receive the full managing commission, however, in order to put the company on a firm financial basis, and because we are interested both as shareholders and managing agents in the prosperity of the company, we shall voluntarily agree to a reduction in the managing agency commission both in respect of the current year as also in future years as may be mutually agreed between the board and ourselves or between the company and ourselves to the extent of 2 1/2 per cent. of the total freight."
4. A similar procedure was followed in the case of the New Dholera Steamships Ltd., though all the documents are not in the record.
5. On 30th Dec., 1947, extraordinary general meetings of the two managed companies were held, and the two private limited companies were appointed as the managing agents from 1st Jan., 1948. It appears, therefore, that the offer contained in the letter of the assessee-firm was accepted. Later, at the annual general meetings of the two managed companies held in December, 1948, the commission was reduced from 10 per cent of the freight to 2 1/2 per cent as already agreed. As a result, the assessee- firm gave up 75 per cent of its earnings during the relevant years of account, which amounted to Rs. 1,36,903 (Malabar Steamships Co. Ltd.) and Rs. 2,00,625 (New Dholera Steamships Ltd.).
6. In the assessment which followed, the ITO and the AAC came to the conclusion that the amount of larger commission had already accrued during the previous year ending 31st March, 1948, and was thus assessable. The amount given up was also claimed by the assessee-firm as an expenditure under s. 10(2)(xv) of the Indian IT Act, but was disallowed. On appeal to the Tribunal, the Accountant Member was of the opinion that the appeal should be rejected. The Judicial Member, however, took the opposite view. The case was then laid before the President, who agreed with the Judicial Member. According to the President, even though the actual reduction took place after the year of account was over, there was, in fact, an agreement to reduce the commission even during the currency of the account year, and the larger income neither accrued nor was received by the assessee-firm. In accordance with the opinion of the President, the assessment was reduced by deleting the extra commission from the computation. Two questions were, however, referred at the instance of the CIT to the High Court, and they were :
"(1) Whether the two sums of Rs. 1,36,903 and Rs. 2,00,625 are income of the 'previous year' ended 31st March, 1948 ?
(2) If the answer to the first question is in the affirmative, whether they represent an item of expenditure permissible under the provisions of s. 10(2)(xv) of the Indian IT Act, 1922, in computing the assessee's income of that 'previous year' from its managing agency business?"
7. The High Court agreed with the view of the President, and answered the first question in the negative, and declined to answer the second. The case was, however, certified as fit under s. 66A(2), and the present appeal has been filed.
8. The contentions before us (as also in the High Court) were that the income had already accrued to the assessee-firm in the year of account, and was thus assessable, that the arrangement amounted to a voluntary gift by the assessee-firm to the shipping companies, and that the books being kept on a mercantile basis showed the commission as each amount of freight was entered. It was also contended that the managed companies dealt with the accounts only in December., 1948, long after the previous year was over, and that what had happened in the subsequent year did not alter the position in the relevant previous year.
9. The Bombay High Court relied upon an earlier decision of the same Court reported as CIT vs. Chamanlal Mangaldas & Co. (1956) 29 ITR 987 (Bom) : TC39R.749 and held that the events during the account year were themselves sufficient to show that the income neither accrued to the assessee-firm nor was received by it so as to become assessable. The decision of the Bombay High Court was approved by this Court in CIT vs. Chamanlal Mangaldas & Co. (1960) 39 ITR 8 (SC) : TC39R.745.
10. In CIT vs. Chamanlal Mangaldas & Co. (supra), the assessee was also the managing agent of a company, and under the agreement was entitled to receive commission at a certain rate. By another agreement, the commission earned by the managing agent for the calendar year 1950 was reduced by Rs. 1 lakh. That agreement took place during the previous year, and the resolution of the board of directors of the managed company was also in the previous year. It was, however, made final on 8th April, 1951, at a meeting of the board of directors, but that was beyond the previous year. The High Court of Bombay held that by reason of the resolution during the currency of the previous year, the right of the assessee to commission ceased to be under the original agreement and depended upon and arose only after the decision of the board of directors to reduce the commission. The assessee was, therefore, not held liable on the larger sum which, it was held, was only a hypothetical income, which it might have earned if the old agreement had continued to subsist. The facts of the present case are almost identical, and the principle applied by the Bombay High Court governs this case. The reason is plain. Income-tax is a levy on income. No doubt, the IT Act takes into account two points of time at which the liability to tax is attracted, viz., the accrual of the income or its receipt; but the substance of the matter is the income. If income does not result at all, there cannot be a tax, even though in book- keeping, an entry is made about a "hypothetical income", which does not materialise. Where income has, in fact, been received and is subsequently given up in such circumstances that it remains the income of the recipient, even though given up, the tax may be payable. Where, however, the income can be said not to have resulted at all, there is obviously neither accrual nor receipt of income, even though an entry to that effect might, in certain circumstances, have been made in the books of account. This is exactly what has happened in this case, as it happened in the Bombay which was approved by this Court. Here too, the agreements within the previous year replaced the earlier agreements, and altered the rate in such a way as to make the income different from what had been entered in the books of account. A mere book-keeping entry cannot be income, unless income has actually resulted, and in the present case, by the change of the terms the income which accrued and was received consisted of the lesser amounts and not the larger. This was not a gift by the assessee-firm to the managed companies. The reduction was a part of the agreement entered into by the assessee- firm to secure a long-term managing agency arrangement for the two companies which it had floated.
11. In our opinion, the High Court was right in coming to the conclusion that on the facts of this case the larger income neither accrued nor was received by the assessee-firm.
12. In the result, the appeal fails, and is dismissed with costs.
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A Day in the Life...: Christmas Recap...pics later!
Today's Christmas and I am NOT as good as the crazed luny Mary who already has 3000 pictures of her kids opening presents from this morning nor am I as good as Cassie who made cookies with her son for Santa...Santa got leftover cookie swap cookies!
But today the kids loved the presents; AJ more than PAF who liked playing w the wires of AJ's toy more than he liked opening presents. AJ had a pouty face when there was no more presents. he said his favorite present was the race track for his Cars. we got him also the Smart Cycle but I think he doesnt know how to use it enough yet; thought he would love it. PAF liked his sit and spin!
Korey surprised me today with a laptop that is wireless so as he says 'I can play on the computer while watching the kids!' Korey liked his calendar that i made him (with pics of the kids) and also the great 3 pic frame I got him w the kids pics from picture people.
I will post some pics tomorrow AFTER I shop till I drop....or run out of money...which will come first?
Sounds like everyone had a great Christmas! Now you can blog all day with your new laptop.
good gift korey, i can't believe you are going shopping tomorrow! you are the looney one!
And I thought you were already on top of replying to emails. YIKES! Looking forward to many more now with your new laptop. Looks like you all had a wonderful Christmas. We will have to get together in the new year.


I am part way through visiting perspective primary schools for my daughter. The choice of schools for our children is a very personal and individual process, the perfect school for one child would be the completely wrong one for another. For my daughter I believe that she would be best suited to a very nurturing school with play based learning in the younger years. As well as the ethos I have also been look at the teaching and learning at each school. I have sought out advice from secondary and primary colleagues on what I should be looking for in variety of subjects and areas, so I thought I would share my advice when looking at a primary school's maths provision.
Manipulatives are objects that children can use to help them develop a deeper understanding of a mathematical concept. Common manipulatives used in schools included: Numicon, link cubes, Dienes, Cuisenaire Rods, counters and any group of objects.
I am looking for a variety of manipulatives to be used, and for the teachers to have purposely chosen the manipulatives that will lead to the greatest understanding of the topic. Through the teacher's questioning and the learning activities the children should use the manipulatives to develop a sound understanding of the topic so that they can move on to solving problems without using objects.
Manipulatives are fabulous for teaching so many areas of maths, including: fractions, division, algebra, so I would expect to see them in use throughout the school.
The whole point of learning maths is to be able to solve problems. As adults we may not need to use Pythagoras' Theorem, but we are required to solve problems. To become successful problem solvers children need to be frequently given opportunities to tackle unfamiliar problems and they also need to be explicitly taught problem solving strategies. Some schools have fabulous displays highlighting the different strategies pupils can use when they are finding a question or task challenging.
I want to hear that all members of staff believe that all children can be successful in maths and develop a strong number sense and problem solving skills. I want the children's work to be displayed and celebrated. I love it when I see schools that have planned some STEM events for the children, to really fire up their passion for the Sciences and maths.
I haven't mentioned Key Stage 2 results, of course these are important, however, schools can turn round quickly. A new head is appointed and within a couple of years the whole ethos and identity of the school have been transformed. If the Key Stage 2 results of a school are concerning to you, but you love what you see in the classroom, I would ask the school how they plan to improve. A big red flag for me would be if they became defensive, if they have a plan to improve and it resonates with your beliefs then I would be very encouraged.
Good luck finding the perfect school for your child.


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Minuteman Muster April 28, 2017
Volume I, Issue 8 The Newsletter of Minuteman Indivisible Lexington April 28, 2017
Welcome to Minuteman Muster, the e-newsletter of Minuteman Indivisible Lexington. Here you will find actions you can do that take as little as a few minutes, upcoming events, links to articles of interest and more...
TrumpCare Scare is Back
Republicans have been meeting behind closed doors to negotiate the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, replacing it with an even more draconian version of TrumpCare, one that satisfies the members of the right wing Freedom Caucus. The "final" MacArthur Amendment was released yesterday (April 27) and, as feared, many of the essential provisions of the Affordable Care Act have been stripped away.
Among the provisions in the final amendments are ones that allow states to weaken or waive ACA requirements to provide coverage for
This is not acceptable legislation. This is not our legislators upholding their oath of office to serve the interests of their constituents and their country. This is not even the Republicans upholding their own pledge to provide a replacement as good or better than the ACA. It's about giving enormous tax cuts to the wealthiest by increasing the suffering of the poor and middle class. While this morning it appeared that the Speaker of the House is backing off because of a lack of votes for the amendment, there is serious arm-twisting going on in the House now that will probably continue into next week.
Please call your MoC and express your opinion about this revised AHCA bill. After calling your MoC, don't stop there. Reach out to your friends who are represented by one of the Undecided US Congressional Reps listed in this Hill article. Encourage them to speak up. Offer to help connect them with a local Indivisible Group that is fighting for a fair healthcare law for America. Contact us at info@minutemanindivisible.org if you need help matching one of your out-of-state friends with their Congressional district or local Indivisible Group.
MI Marches for Science (last week) and Climate (tomorrow!)
Members of Minuteman Indivisible joined thousands of others in Boston Common for the March for Science last Saturday. The green was packed and there was a full roster of speakers who spoke about threats not just to science, but to a culture of reason, and of thoughtful discussion based upon established facts. "It's not just science that is threatened right now," Harvard History of Science Professor Naomi Oreskes told the crowd. "It's knowledge. It's inquiry. It is the gist of what we do as scholars, as academics or as any citizen who cares about the country that they live in."
This Saturday, April 29th, the Climate March will round out April's series of protests and rallies. There are buses are going to the DC march leaving tonight and thousands are expected, once again, to flood Boston Common tomorrow afternoon to protest the assault on our environmental protections by the current administration.
Are you going to the Climate march tomorrow? If so, please send us, tweet us or post your pictures to the Minuteman Indivisible Facebook Page.
Gerrymandering Update: "A Pivotal Moment"
The issue of gerrymandering based on political party is heading to the Supreme Court. A bipartisan group of voting rights advocates says the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature, the State Assembly, was gerrymandered by its Republican majority before the 2012 election. In November, a panel of federal judges agreed. Now the Wisconsin case is headed to a Supreme Court that has repeatedly said that extreme partisan gerrymanders are unconstitutional, but has never found a way to decide which ones cross the line. The Wisconsin plaintiffs' attempt to break through this problem is a new standard, the efficiency gap. It is a numerical rating of a parties' "wasted" votes. If the Wisconsin statistical standards do not persuade the justices, other proposals are waiting in the wings but some worry that the debate may be close to hitting the brick wall it avoided in 2004. As Richard H. Pildes, a constitutional law professor at NYC School of Law, has said "I do think this is a pivotal moment — a big, big moment." For further reading see this New York Times article.
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Tell Your MoC's to Leave Trumpcare in the Garbage where it Belongs!
Breaking news reports indicate that members of the right-wing Freedom Caucus may have reached an agreement with the Republican moderate Tuesday Group to revise and re-ignite Trumpcare. Details are still scarce, but undoubtedly this new proposal will be an even further stripping of the ACA. Please put down your coffee and dial up your MoCs now. Tell them that any reduction to the ACA is unacceptable. We need to fix it, not strip it. Even better, call your friends and relatives in red districts and ask them to do the same. Your MoC contact details are here.
Demand the Deputy Attorney General appoint a Special Prosecutor
Russiagate has not gone away, and Flynn's apparent violations of the law are only indicative that we need more independent coverage of this topic. AG Jeff Sessions has recused himself on this topic, and Rod J. Rosenstein was just confirmed by the senate as the new deputy attorney general who, in his confirmation hearings committed to appointing a special prosecutor "if one was required". Call the attorney general's office to express the need for a special prosecutor. 5Calls has the contact information and a script.
No Tax Legislation without Tax Transparency!
The Trump administration released its vision for "tax reform": providing massive tax cuts in the corporate rate and the estate tax while effectively increasing the tax burden for tax payers in blue states by eliminating the deduction for state and local taxes. All these proposed changes will no doubt benefit the net worth of #45, but we have no idea by how much, as he has not released his taxes. Democrats in congress are doing what we've asked – they have pledged to obstruct any and all tax "reform" efforts until Trump releases his tax returns. And Republicans in congress are starting to come around. Republican representatives in IA, SC, NC, FL, NJ, and MI have said that Trump should release his taxes. If you have any friends in these states, send them an email asking them to call the representatives listed below to thank them and urge them to push harder.
The following Republican representatives have said that Trump should release his tax returns:
IA: Sen. Joni Ernst, Rep. David Young
FL: Rep. Matt Gaetz, Rep. Ted Yoho
NC: Rep. Walter B. Jones
NJ: Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen
MI: Rep. Justin Amash
SC: Rep. Mark Sanford
MASS ACTION: Urge Mass House Reps to Fund Environmental Protections
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is currently considering amendments to the 2018 proposed budget. State agencies need adequate funding to prevent and address pollution, ensure clean water and make the Commonwealth more resilient to climate change. Please urge your State Representative to co-sponsor the Green Budget amendments today! The Amendments are #1196, 839, 898, 1073, 830. The House takes up the budget next week, so please call and/or email asap. For those of you in Jay Kaufman's district his contact details are here. Otherwise, you can find your rep. here.
People's Climate March
Boston Climate March
Boston Common, 24 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02133
Climate Marches will take place across the country, including here on the Boston Common.
Click here for more information about the Boston march.
A DAY WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS
May 1, 2017 10AM - 4PM
200 Common Street, Lawrence, MA 01840
This May 1st, if you are an immigrant and/or believe in immigrants' rights join the national boycott: do not go to work, school or buy anything on this day. Instead, join Cosecha Lawrence and several other local organizations at our Day Without Immigrants march in Lawrence. Join the festivities in the Lawrence Common at 10am for a multi-cultural celebration of this Immigrant City. Lawrence has always been a city of immigrants. In 1912 Lawrence immigrants who demanded better wages and better work conditions made history leading the successful strike "Bread and Roses" that lasted 9 weeks. Let's show the public how much the economy of this country depends on immigrants.
For more information or to register for the event click here.
JAY KAUFMAN FOUR PART WORKSHOP "DEMOCRACY DEMANDS ENGAGEMENT"
5/4, 5/18, 5/25, 6/15
Temple Isaiah, 55 Lincoln St., Lexington.
State Rep Jay Kaufman is hosting a four part public workshop as part of his Open House series of public policy forums.
The 1st session, "Challenging Times/Building Community," will invite the public to identify what moves/concerns them and how to unite around these concerns. The second session on May 18, "Identifying and Overcoming Divisions," will allow attendees to look behind today's challenges to identify the systemic roots of divisions and those who exploit them for political gain. On May 25, the forum will reflect on what it means to take "Values-Based/Moral Action." In the final session on June 15, members of the community will look ahead to "What Now? Stand Up, Stand Tall, Stand Together." Join Jay and other members of our community as we engage in these very important discussions.
WORTH WATCHING: Protecting our planet series
In honor of Earth Day and the Climate march this week we recommend the following videos...
"Before the Flood"
(You can now stream it here free of charge!) Join Leonardo DiCaprio as he explores the topic of climate change, and discovers what must be done today to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.
How to Talk to a Conservative about Climate Change and Renewable Energy
Tea Party founder and, yes, environmental activist Deborah Dooley offers this fascinating perspective about the change in language needed to build consensus around environmental protections. It will change the way you talk about this issue with your conservative uncle who has dismissed the idea of global warming.
Health and Cost Impact of Proposed Carbon Pricing Legislation
Learn more about the potential health benefits and the corresponding medical cost savings projected from the reduction in carbon emissions from the proposed Massachusetts carbon pricing legislation.
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SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. — "Are you ready to get on the Purim party bus?" Rabbi Saadya Notik screamed Tuesday to a group of women, many in costume, standing on a sidewalk at Mount Holyoke College.
The party bus experience also included readings from Hebrew scripture.
The women rushed to the charter bus, a virtual nightclub on wheels, where neon lights pulsed, smoke billowed from underneath the seats and music blared.
"Party people, can I get some noise?" Rabbi Notik, 25, shouted as the women whooped and threw their hands in the air. "This party's got wheels."
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Welcome aboard the Purim party bus, a mobile festival conceived by rabbis of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement as a way for students at the Five Colleges — Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith and the University of Massachusetts in Amherst — to celebrate Purim. It is a holiday observed with fanciful costumes, plenty of food and copious drink (although the party bus served only iced tea and water, because many students are under 21).
Purim celebrates a story in the biblical Book of Esther, also known as the Megillah, in which Queen Esther saves the Jewish people from a plot to destroy them hatched by Haman, an adviser to the king.
Tuvia Helfen, a bus organizer, explained to students: "We were supposed to be annihilated. Instead we came out on top, and we celebrate with a party bus." Mr. Helfen was dressed as Gene Simmons, the bassist from the band Kiss, complete with high-heeled black boots.
"It's awesome. It's so much more fun than I expected," said Kira Disen, 20, a student from Smith who danced on the bus.
Rabbi Shmuel Kravitsky of Chabad of the Four Colleges, an affiliate of the Orthodox Jewish Chabad-Lubavitch movement at all of the colleges but UMass, said the bus was a way to spread the story of Purim, as well as fun and good cheer on the campuses.
"The point is we're trying to inspire people," Rabbi Kravitsky said. "If we inspire one person today, it was worth it."
Rabbi Kravitsky was dressed in a white suit, black wig and gold chains. "I'm a cross between Tony Montana and John Travolta," he said, referring to the lead character in the gangster movie "Scarface" and the actor from "Saturday Night Fever."
The men passed out small gift bags of food, a Purim custom, to anyone who came within walking distance of the bus. The back of the bus was filled with chips, hummus and guacamole.
"Go out, meet, greet, say, 'Happy Purim,' " Rabbi Kravitsky said to the Chabad-Lubavitch men who helped run the bus. "If they're black, white, Jewish, Muslim, whoever is out there, say 'Happy Purim.' "
The bus spent about an hour at each of the five colleges, with about 10 minutes dedicated to the reading of the Book of Esther in Hebrew. Many students were happy they could hear the reading without having to venture off campus or miss class.
"It's wonderful that Purim is coming to us," said Sarah Shapiro, 20, a Mount Holyoke student.
The rest of the time was spent recruiting students on the bus, where revelers ate and danced, mostly to Matisyahu, an Orthodox Jewish reggae and hip-hop musician, as lights pulsed.
"Where is the smoke coming from? This is so funny," said Clara Kahn, 19, a Mount Holyoke student who wore a yellow goatee and dressed as Mugatu, a character from the movie "Zoolander."
One student at the University of Massachusetts said he was not Jewish and tried to walk away from the bus. "There's free food," Rabbi Kravitsky said. The student hopped aboard.
And as often happens with epic parties, the police showed up. Officer Juan Ramos of the Mount Holyoke Department of Public Safety approached the bus in a cruiser, lights flashing. He ended up taking photos with Rabbi Kravitsky and leaving with food.
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