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Tax investigations by HMRC have been increasingly on the rise and it is certainly something we have seen evidence of in the last 12 months here at Pursglove & Brown. There have been unusually higher instances of clients getting in touch this year in relation to VAT, tax and PAYE visits from HMRC.
With 1300 people employed at HMRC solely to detect counter-avoidance, it is no surprise to learn that 1 in 10 small businesses are being investigated at any one time. At a HM Treasury Sub‑Committee last April it was revealed that £28 billion was brought in through compliance yield, with £8 billion of that from large business.
David Richardson, Interim Director General, Customer Strategy and Tax Design, at HMRC advised the committee in April "Our compliance policy is the same right across the different sectors of the population, which is to try to prevent non‑compliance happening before it would otherwise happen, and then to pursue people where there is non‑compliance to get the correct amount of tax in."
Addressing the fact that 1 in 10 small businesses are under investigation at any one time, David Richardson stated "We have a tax gap in this country, on our figures, of £34 billion; 46% of that is attributable to small businesses. Most small businesses pay the correct amount of tax. Those that do not are unfairly competing with their fellow businesses, so, from a competitive point of view, it is important that we tackle the businesses that are not complying. The taxpaying population as a whole would expect us to ensure that everybody pays the right amount of tax.
If you look at small businesses, a large amount of the tax that is being lost is not through deliberate evasion or avoidance, but through failure to take reasonable care or through error. About 28% of the tax gap is attributable to a failure to take reasonable care and error, and a large amount of that is attributable to small businesses. The way to deal with that, ideally, is to stop it happening in the first place."
What should I do if I get a tax investigation letter from HMRC?
If HMRC have decided to carry out an investigation into your business, you will receive a call or a letter from them advising of a visit and the nature of the visit, whether it be VAT or PAYE related. They will detail the date, time and visiting officer who will check all your records and returns. Following on from this visit, they may want to investigate further or agree on further action points to be taken.
If you receive such a notice, you don't necessarily need to panic – HMRC carries out many random investigations so it doesn't always follow that you have done something wrong.
- If you have an accountant, contact them straightaway to advise them of the visit as you will need to agree a plan of action.
- The preparation for such a visit can take some time, as can the visit itself and any subsequent work requested by HMRC.
- The costs of your accountant carrying out this unexpected work on your behalf should not be underestimated.
- HMRC Investigations and the work carried out as a result, can be lengthy and costly which is why we offer tax investigation insurance to our clients for a small fee.
- This annual policy, based on your annual turnover, covers you for work to be carried out and time spent in relation to your HMRC visit.
- For business clients, where we are the tax return agents of the directors, partners or company secretaries (including spouses/civil partners), this insurance fee also covers their personal tax returns, where rental income is less than £50,000 per annum.
The cost of such a policy is likely to be insignificant compared to the cost of an investigation. Here at Pursglove & Brown we use Croner Taxwise who also provide HR legal advice in their tax investigation policy.
Why would a tax investigation occur for a business?
More and more, HMRC are using technology to automate the process of identifying suspect businesses and liaises with other agencies to spot inconsistencies. Considering that HMRC has powers to go back up to 20 years if it suspects tax has been deliberately evaded, the cost of ensuring annual cover for tax investigation pales in comparison.
In addition to HMRC's policy of randomly selecting businesses of all sizes to investigate, your business may also come to the attention of HMRC due to a number of factors:-
- Receiving a tip off from an ex employee or a competitor of yours
- Uncertain and changeable margins – if your profits are constantly up and down without a clear explanation, HMRC will want to understand why this is the case
- Consistently filing your returns late / inaccurately
- Your business happens to be a sector that HMRC is targeting currently
- Your tax returns are inconsistent with your sector
- Lack of profit – prolonged periods without profit will beg the question why are you still in business
Of course, the best way to avoid the costs of such an investigation is to not give HMRC any reason to suspect you in the first place:-
- Make sure you consistently file your tax returns on time
- Use an accountant to make sure you are compliant
- Pay your tax bills before they are overdue
- Avoid running your business as cash only
If you need any advice with tax planning or want to discuss any aspect of your business, then get in touch with our expert team. Call 01244 400315 or email [email protected].

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Call for more frontline Police Officers in North Yorkshire
Published by the Minster FM News Team at 1:38pm 17th May 2010.
We could be at risk, as the police have more bums-on-seats than bobbies-on-the-beat.
The Police Federation revealed the devastating way our police force has changed in the last decade - employing more people, but mainly support staff not officers.
In North Yorkshire staff numbers have increase by 158% since the millenium - compared to 12% for police officers.
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Volume 7, pp. 75-89, 1998.
Efficient expansion of subspaces in the Jacobi-Davidson method for standard and generalized eigenproblems
Gerard L. G. Sleijpen, Henk A. van der Vorst, and Ellen Meijerink
We discuss approaches for an efficient handling of the correction equation in the Jacobi-Davidson method. The correction equation is effective in a subspace orthogonal to the current eigenvector approximation. The operator in the correction equation is a dense matrix, but it is composed from three factors that allow for a sparse representation. If the given matrix eigenproblem is sparse then one often aims for the construction of a preconditioner for that matrix. We discuss how to restrict this preconditioner effectively to the subspace orthogonal to the current eigenvector. The correction equation itself is formulated in terms of approximations for an eigenpair. In order to avoid misconvergence one has to make the right selection for the approximations, and this aspect will be discussed as well.
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linear eigenproblems, generalized eigenproblems, Jacobi-Davidson, harmonic Ritz values, preconditioning.
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|Vol. 1 (1993), pp. 11-32 Gerard L. G. Sleijpen and Diederik R. Fokkema: BiCGstab($l$) for linear equations involving unsymmetric matrices with complex spectrum
|Vol. 7 (1998), pp. 202-214 Kesheng Wu, Yousef Saad, and Andreas Stathopoulos: Inexact Newton preconditioning techniques for large symmetric eigenvalue problems
ETNA articles which cite this article
|Vol. 20 (2005), pp. 235-252 Michiel E. Hochstenbach: Generalizations of harmonic and refined Rayleigh-Ritz
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I'm not even halfway thought this blog series yet, but sometimes I get ideas how to illustrate films for years I've already covered. Labyrinth was a close runner-up to Aliens in 1986 and I wanted to draw a portrait of the central character, gamely played by a teenage Jennifer Connelly, in the style of a maze from a children's puzzle book. I actually ended up using a simple single continuous line – can you discover where it starts and ends? I can't find a decent copy of the photo I used as inspiration, but it was something like this, which was apparently the basis for this alternate plot twist – after a long day entertaining my toddler, I can sometimes empathise! My drawing time coincides with TV catch-up and this picture was finished while watching The Descendants.
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We would also like to congratulate Miriam McKay who also competed in the Sub Junior 10 Years Div 2 Final and Shakahna Howarth who competed with Miriam in Sub Junior 9/10 Years Duo Div 3 Final. Miriam and Shakahna have recently transferred to our club and we are looking forward to working with them in our Junior Teams in 2016.
We are very proud of all students and coaches particularly Jada, Mollie & Millie and Jolie, who competed in there very first solo or duo competition and congratulations to the girls who placed in a very tough competition.
1st Place, Shai & Jada, Duo.
Coached by Renee Mayo.
Girls your timing was amazing, we have loved watching "Team Shaida" grow together as dancers and individuals over many years and to gain 1st place at the Calisthenics SA State Championships is an amazing result.
2nd Place, Tamika Kew, Solo.
Coached by Jenina Biddell.
Tamika we have watched you blossom into an amazing dancer over the years and we are very proud of your achievement this year. Congratulations and keep up the hard work!
2nd Place, Mollie & Mille, Duo.
Coached by Renee Mayo.
"Team M & M" we are extremely proud of you both. The dedication and team work you have shown is admirable. You worked very hard together and we loved watching your friendship blossom.
3rd Place, Emilie Goedecke, Solo.
Coached by Renee Mayo.
Emilie you we fun to watch. You we given lots of challenges in your solo this year and you worked very hard to master all your new tricks! We love watching you perform and commend you on how well you tell the story of your routine through your face.
We cannot wait to see what the next week of Calisthenics SA state Championship finals brings. Check back again next week to see more results and photos.
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Your humble narrator is in Palo Alto this week, not for a postdoc search quite yet but instead to spend a week with the woman who'll be his wife as soon as he graduates. Such trips have side benefits; I've made several scientific contacts, sat in on concerts and lectures, and even get to see how local politics works elsewhere.
I am an advocate of the separation of school and state, and have been since long before I started this 'blog. Correspondents and left-leaning colleagues have often asked why I support a total change in the way education is provided in most of the U.S. instead of Just Fixing The Public Schools.
It's less dull a question than it seems on its face. That private schools of various sorts outperform traditional government-monopoly schools has gone from a speculation in Capitalism and Freedom to empirically established fact, incontrovertible except by the sort of study that "controls for" all of the private schools' usual advantages. Where I grew up--Cook County, IL, a stone's throw from Chicago--middle-class families in many neighborhoods, and especially middle-class Catholic families sent their children to private high school almost as a matter of course, to the point where attending the legacy public school was a matter of conscious choice. This was good for all: people with alternatives have high expectations. But in most places, most children are educated in the public school, and most of my highly educated colleagues are the products of public schools. (I attended a mediocre public grade school and junior high for eight years, followed by one of the area's more prestigious prep schools, where I had some major catching up to do in my first year.) Many of the legacy public schools are doing "good enough", and since most children are in public schools, the way to improve things for most children right away, without any switchover costs and without any late-adopters being left behind, is to Just Fix The Public Schools.
The problem is that the legacy public schools are tremendously difficult and in ways impossible to fix by their institutional nature. Democracy--a ten-dollar word for "majoritarian voting"--is a fine way to run a club whose members have common interest, a fairly good way to manufacture and maintain consent and legitimacy of a government acting within certain bounds, a somewhat poor way to determine public policy, and relative to how either for-profit or non-profit schools run, a downright wacky way of determining how a service such as education is to be provided.
In both the local Palo Alto paper and one of the area's larger news websites the hot topic for some time has been the mathematics curriculum in the Palo Alto Unified School District. The question raises itself, why not just let teachers teach math, but it's not that simple. The State of California allows districts only nine choices of mathematics textbook, and each district must seemingly choose but one of these. The committee tasked with this in Palo Alto, composed of forty-one teachers, three parents, two school principals, and a few administrators has nearly settled on the University of Chicago's Everyday Mathematics series, provoking strong objection from many parents concerned about the series's use of electronic calculators and de-emphasis of standard algorithms and problem solving in favor of constructivism and possibly confusing early presentation of multiple algorithms. (Arizona schools are not quite as micro-managed but still make curricular decisions by committee. I am participating as a consulting scientist in TUSD science curricular reform; the emphasis on buzzwords and abstraction and fad makes it as pleasant as pulling teeth.) One parent from nearby Menlo Park remarked that Everyday Math is one of the reasons her family moved from its previous place of residence, and quite a few others are sharing similar negative experiences.
The excuse commonly made for Arizona's public schools, especially urban districts like TUSD, is that their problems stem from poverty, parental illiteracy, lack of positive parental engagement, and anti-intellectual family culture. Speaking as someone who's had contact with TUSD teachers as a speaker, I can say that there's some truth to that, but it isn't the whole story. The trouble is in part simply that public schools are public schools. As the people of Silicon Valley are on average considerably more affluent and educated than Arizonans--Silicon Valley is one of the most highly educated areas in the world--the usual excuses don't apply here. Parents are demanding excellence, and there is considerable popular sentiment in favor of the adoption of "Singapore Math" texts based on that small country's rather successful curriculum. The nearby Las Lomitas School District, Palo Alto's private Keys School, and many homeschoolers have successfully adopted this program.
Excellence, however, is not what public schools are about. The public schools do not have as their mission to educate to a very high standard or even to tailor education to the individual child so as to help each one achieve his potential. The governing principle of public schools is, at best, "One Size Fits All" and, at worst, if one takes the radical egalitarian rhetoric of opponents of vouchers and tax credits seriously, "Cut the Tall Trees Down." The committee was apparently hamstrung by its decision early on to require that the text adopted be suited to teaching struggling students and fast learners concurrently. Apparently selecting one text for average and excellent students and an alternative for the strugglers was out of the question, as was bringing the strugglers up to speed by intensive KIPP Academy-style intervention. As a result, unless Palo Alto's school board reverses the committee decision next month, local public school students will be taught mathematics in a way that shortchanges talented and average students and possibly the difficult ones, too.
It's worth emphasizing again, that neither poverty nor parental ignorance are at work here. Opponents of private education like to speak of private school and homeschool parents as failing in civic duty by doing better for their children and therefore not being there to complain at PTA meetings and the like, but presuming for the sake of argument that that's a just complaint, flight is certainly not at work here, either: the parents who are speaking out are highly educated and relatively affluent--engineers, computer programmers, scientists. The trouble is that public schools are public schools. The best parents can do is to complain at meetings. If they pull their kids out, the schools are guaranteed funding by law. They can try to effect change through the democratic process, but school board elections are usually more about party affiliations, loyalties, and slogans than about the issues, and by the time proponents of more sound curricular ideas have a majority, children have already had several years of substandard education and may be permanently behind their peers in prep school or college.
It is simply not just to ask parents to sacrifice their children's education to preserve a clumsy institution. The trouble with public schools--besides their being run by electoral democracy--is that there is no meaningful right of exit. Parents can't say "I'll educate my kid myself" and get their taxes back, meaning parents who want to leave must pay twice for education. The result is that, except in places like Cook County where it is the (sub)cultural norm to send children to private school, most parents, not wanting to pay twice, keep their kids in the public school unless it gets very bad. Many parents can't afford to pay twice. Not only do the kids not leave, if they do, it doesn't matter. The public schools are guaranteed funding, and both school board re-elections and administrator contract renewals are hit-or-miss. Individual teachers--the good ones, anyway--are motivated by their convictions and pride, but structurally, for administrators, school boards, committees, the teachers' union, and everyone else making decisions about how to hire and fire teachers, purchase books, and (often needlessly) constrain what the teachers do in the classroom, the incentives make no sense. On the other hand, both traditional private schools and charter schools, which receive funding from the government but operate as contractors, must succeed or shut their doors.
Do poverty, parental ignorance, and the like negatively affect the performance of the public schools? Probably. Does low funding? Under certain circumstances--we must avoid considering it underfunding every time the dollar amount is too low for the legacy public schools' somewhat ideological supporters. But care must be taken to recognize that much of the trouble with public schools comes from their being public--run by democracy, funded by the State, and not allowing meaningful exit. Some very serious troubles concerning curriculum and exit are invariant, whether one is in Tucson or Silicon Valley. Replacement of the legacy state-run school system with a market driven by parental choice--the development of which can be jumpstarted by a high-cap dollar for dollar individual use tax credit--would provide instant mitigation.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WUSA) -- Homeowners in Huntington are still recovering from flooding earlier this month. Now they're bracing themselves for the possibility of more.
On Arlington Terrace residents have been warned to move their cars to higher ground and clean out their basements for possible flooding Friday night.
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This topic explains how you run a load test from the command lin= e interface.
If you will be running tests on remote machines, Load Test Server must b= e running on those machines.
To start the Load Test Server on a Windows machine, enter a command in t= he format:
lt -loadtestserver [portnumber]
For example:
lt -loadtestserver 10095
portnumber should be replaced by the port on the local mach=
ine to which the server is listening. For your command, enter whatever port=
number is appropriate for your test setup.
To start the Load Test Server on a Linux/Mac machine, enter a command in= the format:
loadtest -loadtestserver [portnumber]
For example:
loadtest -loadtestserver 10095
portnumber should be replaced by the port on the local machine=
to which the server is listening. For your command, enter whatever port nu=
mber is appropriate for your test setup.
A Load Test controller machine (the one that runs in GUI mode and from w= hich you control the load test) can communicate with a Load Test server mac= hine located on a different network if the network equipment that bridg= es these networks allows communication on the port that the Load Test serve= r machine is listening on.
For example, if you run your Load Test controller on network A and your = Load Test server is started on port 10095 by a =E2=80=9Clt -loadtestserver = 10095=E2=80=9D command on network ,B you need to make sure that the communi= cation on port 10095 between networks A and B is not restricted by your net= work equipment. Allow any TCP traffic exchange for that port. Talk to your = system or network administrator about the network configuration issues.
To perform the test, you create a script that specifies what
code> file to open and how to run the test, then you invoke that script whe=
never you want to run the test.
To create the script, create a text file (we=E2=80=99ll refer to this as=
your_command_file) that contains a command in the following f=
open Fi= lePath loadtest [-version]=20 [-localSettings path_to_local_settings_file] [-env environment_name]=20 [-minutes number]=20 [-vus number | -hps number]=20 [-teamServer path_inside_team_server]=20 [-report path_to_report_file]=20 [-html html_directory]=20 ScenarioName=20
The loadtest command runs a test suite load test using the specified sce= nario. See the Load Test Command Reference table below for the list and des= cription of the loadtest command options.
You can declare and use variables in the script. A variable can be decla= red in the following way:
var Var= iableName1 =3D VariableValue var VariableName2 =3D "Variable Value with Spaces"=20
An already-declared variable can be assigned a new name in the following= way:
var Var= iableName1 =3D NewVariableValue=20
Here is a sample script (comments in the script are preceded with a "#" = sign):
# # Using script commands # var report-home =3D C:\CONTINUOUS_LOAD_TEST\ENTERPRISE_LOAD_TEST=20 var minutes =3D 1 var scenario =3D "Steady Load" var base =3D tests/loadtester/accuracytest/tests=20 var category =3D Accuracy var test-name =3D 1-Profile-HPS open ${base}/${test-name}.lt loadtest -minutes ${minutes} -allReports ${report-home}/%d/${category}/${te= st-name} ${scenario}=20
To invoke that script while starting a Load Test Server:
lt.exe -cmd -run your_command_file
loadtest -cmd -run your_command_file
Note that the
-cmd argument starts Load Test in command lin=
e mode, while the
-run argument executes the specified Load Te=
st script. Both arguments are required to run a script from the command lin=
The following commands allow you to start the Load Test Server and run l= oad tests:
Use these commands in either the Windows Command Prompt or a Linux shell= .
Starts the Load Test Server on the specified = port number. To start the Load Test Server on port 8999, you would specify = the port number in the command line argument such as:
|Option & option arguments
Declares a variable name and assigns it a value. Use ${v= ariable_name} syntax to get the variable value.
Opens the specified project in Load Test. After a project= is loaded, use the loadtest command.
Runs a test suite load test using the specified scenario and options. Se= e the rows below for details.
path_to_local_settings_fi= le
|Specifies the path to the local settings file, w= hich contains configuration and preferences parameters (see Local Settings Files)= .
|-env environment_name
|Sets the active environment. Environments are a = part of the SOAtest project that are used by the Load Test.
|-minutes number
|Specifies the test duration in minutes. If you s= pecify a test duration in this command, it will override the test duration = specified in the scenario.
|-vus number
|Sets the number of virtual users for each machin= e in the load test configuration to the given Number. The execution mode is= switched to "Weighted Profiles" mode and each machine in the load test con= figuration is configured to run a steady load with the specified number of = virtual users.
|-hps number
|Sets the number of hits per second for each mach= ine in the load test configuration to the given Number. The execution mode = is switched to "Weighted Profiles" mode and each machine in the load test c= onfiguration is configured to run a steady load with the specified number o= f hits per second.
|Sends the necessary reports to the Team Server u=
nder the specified path. Uses the Team Server that is speci-fied in the loc=
al settings file. If no local settings are specified, uses the Team Server =
specified in the Load Test preferences. See Load Test Continuum for more details and exa=
-tcm path_inside_team_server is deprecated but supporte=
|-report path_to_report_file
|Specifies that you want to create a binary repor= t with the given name
|-html html_directory
|Specifies that you want to create an HTML report= with the given name in the specified directory.
|-allReports reportsPath
|Specifies that you want to create a binary, XML = and HTML report under the given directory path.
|-trimReportSeconds headSeconds tailSeconds= em>
|Specifies the duration (in seconds) to be trimme= d from the beginning and the end of the report*. The seconds values must be= non-negative integers. If the sum of the headSeconds and tailSeconds value= s is greater than the duration of the report, the trim operation will not b= e applied.
|-trimReportPercentage headPercentage tailPer= centage
|Specifies the duration (in a percentage relative= to the duration of the report) to be trimmed from the beginning and the en= d of the report*. The percentages must be non-negative integers. If the sum= of the headPercentage and tailPercentage is equal to or greater than 100, = the trim operation will not be applied.
*Load Test report data is collected and saved in approximately 3 second = intervals. The trimReport=E2=80=A6
commands will discard all report collection points that fall into the sp= ecified trim intervals. Because the times of the report collection points a= nd the specified trim values may not match, the actual duration trimmed fro= m the beginning and end of the report may (and in most cases will) exceed t= he duration specified in the command line. The excess value trimmed from th= e head and the tail of the report will not exceed the duration of the data = collection interval. For more details on how report fragments are saved, se= e Understandin= g Report Interval Selection.
Local settings files can control various Load Test options. You can crea=
te different local settings files for different projects, then use the =
-localSettings script option to indicate which file should be=
used for the current command line test.
If a parameter is specified in this file, it will override the related p= arameter specified in the Load Test preferences. If a parameter is not spec= ified in this file, Load Test will use the parameter specified in the prefe= rences. If there is no relevant parameter in the Load Test preferences, a d= efault value setting will be used.
If you want to use a default setting, remove or comment out the setting = from the file. The file contains name/value pairs and uses the following fo= rmat:
Each name/value pair must be on a separate line. Use the hash =E2=80=9C#= =E2=80=9D symbol to comment the name/value entries.
A sample local settings file may contain:
# This = is a commment=20 echo=3Dfalse team.server.host=3Dlocalhost=20 team.server.port=3D18888=20 team.server.user=3D team.server.password=3D=20
|If =E2=80=9Ctrue=E2=80=9D Load Test will echo th= e settings to the console. Default state is true. If this setting is used, = it must be the first entry in the local settings file.
|Turns on console logging in command line mode. S= ee Console Log= ging section below. Default is disabled.
|Team Server host name. If this setting is not sp= ecified, the Load Test Preferences Team Server setting will be used.
|Team Server port number. If this setting is not = specified, the Load Test Preferences Team Server setting will be used.
Team Server user name. Leave this setting emp= ty to specify empty user name. If this setting is not specified, the Load T= est Preferences Team Server setting will be used.
This Team Server pa= rameter is optional; it is not required with most configurations.
Team Server password. Leave this setting empt= y to specify empty password. If this setting is not specified, the Load Tes= t Preferences Team Server setting will be used.
This Team Server para= meter is optional; it is not required with most configurations.
Console logging provides load test status information in command line mo=
de as the tests are running. When console logging is enabled (see the
.log=3Denable local setting), the application prints the main lo=
ad test run time parameters in the console. Load test status is printed in =
one line every 30 seconds. It contains the following information:
2011.04= .21 17:54:56 MDT | 53% complete | 32/60 seconds | passed 245/failed 0 | avg= . VUs 4 |avg. HPS 8=20


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Kingston Smith acts on landmark case for fairer CPO compensation
In a recent decision by the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) in the matter of SME (Hammersmith) Ltd and Transport for London, SME won a landmark victory, assisted by the expert evidence of Kingston Smith LLP consultant, David Epstein.
SME was a franchisee, through about twenty companies, of over 100 fast food franchisees in the UK. In June 2009, one of these, operating as Kentucky Fried Chicken in Farringdon, was compulsorily acquired by TfL as part of the Crossrail development.
Unfortunately, the Claimant was unable to relocate due to the density of the area and the reluctance of other residents to permit them as an occupier. TfL therefore agreed that the business should be treated as extinguished.
SME had engaged the services of Kingston Smith in mid-2009, initially to advise and negotiate on the case and, subsequently, to provide Expert Witness services.
A number of issues existed between the parties. Besides the measure of loss of profits and the multiplier to be used to establish the loss the owner suffered, the lease of the premises expired six months before possession. Despite protection under Sections 24 to 28 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, no new rent or lease had been agreed.
After a number of years' discussion, it was agreed with TfL that, in the absence of Crossrail, a new lease would have been granted for 15 years without a break, and the rent that would have been payable was agreed. It was therefore possible to measure the loss of profit the business would have suffered on an annual basis.
This was initially disputed between the two expert accountants, but eventually was agreed at £107,000 per annum, as a profit before tax figure.
This left only the multiplier to be decided but, due to the differences in the expert views, no resolution could be found and the matter proceeded to Tribunal.
David Epstein for SME contended, based on his experience and one comparable case 18 months prior to possession, that the multiplier should be 17 times the annual profit. TfL's expert contended that the multiplier should only be seven times the profit and relied on a comparable case three months after possession, and the fact that in Upper Tribunal proceedings there had never been an award of more than 7.5 times annual profit.
After a three day hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice, SME was successful, with its evidence being preferred. An award was made of 14 times the agreed annual profit.
While most claimants will not have the benefit of operating under an international brand such as KFC, with an award of almost double anything awarded by the Tribunal before this case opens the door for Claimants to ask for, and hopefully achieve, fairer compensation in future.


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The Eastern Gorilla has moved from 'Endangered' to 'Critically Endangered' category with its total population now …
DTE Impact: Goa to regulate boat tours affecting corals, dolphins
Unregulated tourism activities have led to degradation of Goa's coral reef and harmed the humpback dolphin
66th Standing Committee meeting of CITES underway in Geneva
National Ivory Action Plans, domestic legislation and additional measures to protect endangered species being discussed
Wildlife markets in Laos host dangerous pathogens, finds study
There is a high risk of transmission of these pathogens to humans posing a potential threat to gloabl health
Agasthyamala included in UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserve
The Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve comprises of tropical forests and is home to 2,254 species of higher plants including about 400 that are …
Will IUCN ban on domestic ivory trade spark a global battle on conservation?
Two blocs of countries seem headed for a confrontation over the issue of ban on ivory trade
Mystery deaths
With understaffed forest departments and the lack of qualified wildlife veterinarians, the cause for 55 per cent of tiger deaths remains unknown
Should ivory trade be legalised?
International ban on ivory trade has neither reduced elephant poaching nor the volume of the illegal trade. Is it time the trade is legalised? …


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It's time to go back to school, which sometimes means fumbling between unsigned permission slips and trying to remember which kid likes peanut butter and jelly for lunch. Though this isn't always the case, most parents don't have the time or energy to create perfectly square sandwiches and volunteer for every classroom activity.
For those who need a little extra push (or some confidence that their methods are still working) this school year, IKO Community Management presents a humorous guide for the "lazy" parent:
- Clean out the closet to get rid of clothes that don't fit to make getting ready easier.
- Check the dress code before you go shopping for new clothes. It'll save you another trip to the outlets.
- Pick out their outfit and pack lunches in advance to speed up the morning.
- Meal prep for dinner or stock up on bento boxes – not Lunchables.
- Create lunch money envelopes in case of emergency (or laziness).
- Make ready-made breakfasts, and put it in Ziploc bags within your kid's reach.
- Put an organization caddy in the car to safely store fast healthy food to make the after-school dinner rush seem more... justifiable.
- Reuse functioning craft and school supplies from previous years to save some time and money.
- Purchase new school supplies online to prevent stressing over the latest and greatest lunchbox.
- Use a shoe rack to perfectly store pens, pencils, crayons, and other tiny school supplies at home in case of emergency science fair project situations.
- Create a master family calendar, or go digital to keep everyone on one wavelength.
- Go to Pinterest to find 1-day organizational projects, if you have a little time for creativity and less time for hassle. You can check out our page here.
- Have your kids use an accordion folder labeled "Permission Slips," "Classroom/School Announcements," and "Homework Help," to simplify emptying their backpack.
- Sign up online for automatic grade notifications, and ask your child's teacher to routinely email to skip the parent-teacher meetings.
- Don't call the teacher or guidance counselor unless you absolutely have to. By working it out at home, you can teach them to not sweat the small stuff because it usually works out on its own.
- Create a homework station instead of wandering around the house to find your kid doing math problems.
- Commit to one volunteer opportunity, and go all out. When you put all of your effort into one bake sale or field trip, the PTA won't think twice when you're too swamped to do another.
- Enlist a friend for carpool duty, after-school babysitting, or tutoring, so you don't have to rush home from work.
- Network with parents. This could lead to some after-school play dates or more carpool opportunities. (Hooray!)
- Schedule an annual physical in early August. Most parents forget about these, so here's a reminder to get your kids' wellness check-up.
- Download Here Comes The Bus to keep track of the school bus schedule, so you can stop obsessively checking the clock.
- Place after-school equipment by the door, or pack everything in the car the night prior.
- Tuck your kids into bed early because everybody needs a good night's sleep.
So, no parent is really lazy. It's a light-hearted term for those hands-on parents who simply need a few new ways to reduce stress from the hustle and bustle of going back to school – and we hope our best tricks help!
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Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall Starring in Thriller 'When the Bough Breaks'
A surrogate mom for a couple becomes dangerously obsessed with the soon-to-be father.
*** Father & Daughter needed for When the Bough Breaks working in New Orleans on Tuesday, February 3rd ***
3-4 year old Girl and her Father to work together in a scene (Any Ethnicity). Well-behaved child that can take direction and stick her tongue out at the main actor. Father will be holding the child in the scene. Must be available to work in New Orleans on Tuesday 2/3.
Please submit a picture of Father & Daughter, ages and contact info to email@example.com. Put "Father/Daughter" in subject line.
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The college research is divided into six main cultivation directions, including:
Mechanical Bionics Theory and Technology,
Agricultural Engineering Bionics and Terrain Mechanical System,
Agricultural Mechanical Intelligence and Machine Tools Innovation,
Agrobilogical Environment Control and Energy Saving Technology,
Agricultural Products Transformation and Value-added and Agricultural Informatization Engineering
Agricultural Engineering System Analysis and Management Engineering.
The research directions are oriented by national demands and scientific technology frontier of the fields. Moreover, multidisciplinary research is the most important feature of the disciplines, which is also a significant way to break traditional technical difficulties and tackles the significant problems. With holding the concepts of modern national target, our aim is to reach the international leading level and to benefit enterprises, society and future.
1. Mechanical Bionics Theory and Technology
The discipline carries out the research of mechanical bionic theory and technology through studying the functions and characteristics of biological forms in nature. The research and applications involve a number of fields from agricultural machine extend to geology, resource, military, metallurgy and light industry. The discipline mainly researches: the fundamental research of bionic biology; mechanical bionic theory and technology; surface principle and technology of bionic functions; bionic material and mechanical behavior and technology; molecular bionic engineering.
2. Agricultural Engineering Bionics and Terrain Mechanical System
The discipline takes bionic technology as the basis, and combines biology information, material functions and terrain dynamics together. On this basis, the research of the discipline applies bionic theory into the research fields of mechanical components optimization and intelligent walking mechanism design. The main research tasks include: geometric structure technology of agricultural machines* drag reduction and wear-resisting; the key technology of crop parting tool*s research and development platform; vehicle-terramechanics research under complex environment; bionic walking mechanism research with high success rate.
3. Agricultural Mechanical Intelligence and Machine Tools Innovation
The discipline is based on agricultural matched equipment of total mechanization. As the discipline synthesize the application of basic design method, intelligentized design method and bionic design concepts, it forms many multi-crossed disciplines, such as agricultural mechanical intelligentization and digital design, conservative tillage technology and matched equipmentㄛand the application of bionic engineering technology. There are two main research directions for this disciplineㄛ including conservative farming technology and bionic intelligent working machine, and intelligent and digital theory and method of agricultural mechanical research and design.
4. Agrobilogical Environment Control and Energy Saving Technology
The discipline aims to apply its research into the fields of automation, digitization, robot and bionic engineering technology through combining the biology and information technology. There are two main research directions, one is agricultural facilities environment control and energy saving technology, and the other is agricultural biology resource conservation and application.
5. Agricultural Products Transformation and Value-added and Agricultural Informatization Engineering
The discipline mainly researches how to use physical, chemical and biological methods to store, transfer and intensively process the agricultural products. The research applies the advanced manufacture, informatization, and auto control*s theory and technology comprehensively. And then it can provide the technical support for agricultural products transformation and add-valued, agricultural processing informatization, technological design, process control, and systematic management. The main research is on the ecology technic of grain storage and transformation; intelligent control technology and equipment in agricultural production process; agricultural products transformation and value-added engineering; agricultural information and variable task system.
6. Agricultural Engineering System Analysis and Management Engineering
Recent years, the research focuses on agricultural modern development and new rural construction of major grain producing areas in northeast China. The discipline involves a numbers of research fields, such as total agricultural mechanization process strategy and plan, food quality and safety, agricultural machinery cooperative organization, and agricultural commodity futures. The discipline has obtained a lot of research achievements on the fields of economic evaluation of agricultural engineering project technology, agricultural engineering system analysis, prediction and decision-making, and agricultural mechanization strategic plan and management.
Instrument development and application for in situ test of material micromechanical properties (supported by the National Key Scientific Instrument and Equipment Development Project), Chief Principle Investigator: Ren Luquan
Potential oil and gas resources in China (The development and utilization of kerogen shale exploration) (Cooperation-Innovation Program of the Production, Study, Research and Application supported by the Ministry of Education, China) , Chief Principle Investigator: Ren Luquan
Ground soil experiment of Jade Rabbit moon rover (Key Defense Project of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation), Chief Principle Investigator: Li Jianqiao
Key technologies, equipment development and demonstration of corn planting machine (National "Twelfth Five-Year" Plan for Science & Technology Support), Chief Principle Investigator: Jia Honglei.


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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
The love birds are tying the knot....
Here are the first photos of the wedding dress.
From here there will be fabric choices and some additional hours of sewing.
This is the beginning of the wedding dress project.
It's not like anyone expected me to wear something predictable or something that I didn't have a hand in altering to my liking.
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Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia have selected the health insurance plan in their state that will serve as the "essential health benefit" (EHB) package sold by all insurers participating in the new health insurance exchange in the individual and small-group markets beginning January 2014, according to a recent Commonwealth Fund study. The study revealed that 19 of the states that selected plans chose existing small-group plans—typically employer-based plans for businesses with fewer than 50 employees. The remaining five states selected HMO or state employee benefit plans. For states that did not select a benchmark plan, the federal government will designate the largest small-group plan in the state as the benchmark, meaning that the majority of states will have the most widely purchased small-group plan in the state as the basis of their essential health benefit. According to the report, selecting existing small-group market plans, which are similar to what many consumers already have, will likely mean a smoother transition into the new marketplaces and an easier adjustment to the new rules.
The report, Implementing the Affordable Care Act: Choosing an Essential Health Benefits Benchmark Plan, reviewed states' progress in selecting these benchmark plans between Jan. 1, 2012, and Oct. 15, 2012. Designed to improve the adequacy of health coverage, EHB covers ten broad service categories, including ambulatory patient care, hospitalization, maternity and newborn care, and prescription drugs (see Report 541.-1). States can choose benchmark plans to help meet the requirement under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that the EHB reflect a typical employer health insurance plan.
"Many consumers who purchased health plans on their own do not have insurance that covers all their health needs," said Sara Collins, vice president of the Commonwealth Fund. "The new essential health benefit is designed to ensure people have comprehensive plans. But the federal government allowed states considerable flexibility in adopting this new standard to fit their local insurance markets."
"State officials are now turning to implementation of the essential health benefits requirements," said Sabrina Corlette, lead author of the report. "Several officials noted that they would likely need to enact state legislation to ensure their departments of insurance will have the authority to enforce these new benefit standards for consumers."
Moving forward. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will evaluate the benchmark selection process and may choose to revisit it in 2016. If that is the case, the report recommended that the federal government establish minimum standards that states must use when selecting their benchmark plans. Noting that state officials have unanswered questions about implementation of the essential health benefit, the report noted that the HHS should be responsive to and flexible in accommodating states' needs as the transition progresses.
"We are in the process of a significant shift in how health insurance is packaged and sold across the country, and the essential health benefit is a remarkable change," said David Blumenthal, president of the Commonwealth Fund. "For the first time, consumers will be guaranteed comprehensive insurance coverage that will enable them to get the health care they need."
For more information, visit http://www.commonwealthfund.org.
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Brendan Sarpong Wiredu's late goal was not enough as Charlton suffered their first defeat of the preseason against Ebbsfleet United at the Kuflink Stadium.
The defender slotted the ball home superbly after Ayo Obileye's converted penalty gave the hosts the lead, before a Fleet trialist put them two up in the second half.
Charlton would burst into life in the late stages of the game but, despite seeing lots of the ball, they struggled to find a way to contain an Ebbsfleet side causing them problems all evening.
Charlton, who recorded a comfortable 2-0 win against Welling United at the weekend, have now won one and lost one so far during this preseason.
Former Manchester United shot stopper Ben Amos started in goal just 24 hours removed from returning on a one-year deal and ex-Addicks youngster Callum Harriott, who is training with the club following his departure from Reading, was on the bench.
The hosts forced Amos into action early on before Lyle Taylor had one of the best chances of the half.
The striker thought he had potentially opened the scoring when he rounded goalkeeper Nathan Ashmore and fired towards goal, only to be denied by a vital block.
But Charlton seriously struggled with Ebbsfleet's aggressive pressing game. Anfernee Dijksteel was forced to snuff out the danger when Sean Shields nearly took advantage of a lobbed effort over Amos.
And the defender was almost punished for his horrific pass back towards goal, only for a Fleet trialist to be denied by a crucial intervention.
The hosts were rewarded for their efforts when Purrington brought the same trialist down int eh box, with Obileye converting the resulting spot-kick on 43 minutes.
Bowyer kept the same starting 11 for the first 15 minutes of the second half, with Charlton going into the restart on the back foot.
But the Addicks fell even further behind when the unnamed Fleet trialist, number 19, latched onto a well-delivered Shields cross on 56 minutes.
Within minutes of each other, John Goddard's teasing cross was agonisingly close to being capitalised on by Shields before Gozie Ugwu's effort at close range just looped over the bar and out.
It wasn't until the final 15 minutes of the friendly that Charlton played their best football of the game.
Substitute Abraham Odoh's impact on the pitch was keenly felt when his superb pass found Sarpong Wiredu on the right side, with the fellow teenager finishing well on 88 minutes.
Had it not been for a last-ditch scramble to get the ball away from Odoh then Charlton could have grabbed an injury time equaliser, with Macauley Bonne almost nipping the ball off the goalkeeper's feet.


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A Tale of 3 Little Fish
We are a trading company dealing in reproductive and health products for fish and shrimp. 3LF envisions being a leader in providing complete solutions for the aquaculture industry as a whole.
3LF has come a long way from being a local company trading in proprietary products to a skilled team of sales and technical support that provide solutions to concerns voiced by shrimp or fish farmers. We not only provide strong technical support for the products we sell but we are also eager to share and disseminate whatever knowledge we have gathered in our endeavor to help better the customer's farming practices.
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We are looking for "Authorised Resellers" in any of the following countries: Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Philippines, India, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka. Please do get in touch with us via our Contact Form.
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Besides Syndel products, we also supply Aquaculture chemicals, biologicals, nutraceuticals, and test kits, as we keep in line with our policy to only provide products of high quality and compliant to local regulations.
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We target speciality devices and kits that will pioneer solutions for the aquaculture industry and the aquatic industry in general.
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: 2018 The State of The World Fisheries and Aquaculture
April 13, 2019
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018 presents FAO's official world fishery and aquaculture statistics.Global fish production* peaked at about 171 million tonnes in 2016, with aquaculture representing 47 percent of the total and 53 percent, if non-food uses (including reduction to fishmeal and fish oil) are excluded. With capture fishery production relatively static since the late 1980s, aquaculture has been responsible for the continuing impressive growth in the supply of fish for human consumption. [...]
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April 13, 2019
Every year, aquaculture increases its contribution to global seafood production. The sector generated 110.2 million tonnes in 2016, valued at US $243.5 billion and constituting 53 per cent of world seafood supply. According to FAO data, 90 per cent of production volume was produced in Asia. To maximise investment growth while minimising ecological impacts, it pays to identify and analyse upcoming opportunities. [...]


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October 13 the day the heavens above decided to let the heavy rain fall in Manila. Unfortunately I got stranded and was not able to go home. Drenched by the sudden rainfall I stayed over my grandmothers house without a spare of clothing with me. October 14 I filmed my way back home. TBH, I enjoyed filming this.
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For the past few weeks the romantic relationship of Lany's frontman Paul Jason Klein and Dua Lipa made our hearts flutter in every single way. The two actually met earlier this year during the British Summertime in London Hyde Park and they were reportedly dating since. They also have almost the same tour dates in Asia so they might have been crossing paths then.
As an enthusiast of their music slash relationship, I can't help but to notice how affectionate they both are on each other's Instagram accounts.
Here are the '5 times Dua Lipa and Paul Jason Klein made our hearts flutter on Instagram:
- When Paul posted this photo of Dua before performing in Madison Square Garden.
- Dua posting videos of Paul kissing he cheek.
- Paul's comments on Dua's Instagram post… UUHHHHH!!
- When they both posted a photo captioning it with them calling each other 'baby'
- And lastly, Paul's comment on Dua's Instagram post. Marry me?!
Well we know that these two won't get married right away since they are both busy with their careers but, imagine them getting married and having cute babies with Dua's doll eyes and Paul's curly hair. Oh my!
Aren't these two the cutest? Paul is definitely #BoyfriendGoals right? Can I please have one! Their ship is sailing and I am glad many are on board. Oh my heart hurts so good!!!
What do you think about their relationship? Comment it down!
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It's finally time to let go of A's hidden mysteries in Pretty Little Liars, Jane's baby daddy in Jane the Virgin, the death of Hannah Baker in Thirteen Reasons Why, and the epic season cliffhanger of Sense Eight.
Friends, I introduce to you, The Last Ship.
Image source: TV Guide
Here's a brief description about it.
The Last ship premiered on 2014. It tells a story of a global pandemic that killed 80% of the world's population. The crew of an unaffected United States Navy plus a well-qualified virologist must try to find a cure to save humanity.
"Naval Destroyer Nathan James is sent on what they're told is a research mission in the Arctic. Accompanying them is scientist, Rachel Scott. After a few months in the Arctic while Scott is on the ice doing research, some men attack them. They get back to the ship and the Commander, Tom Chandler asks the doctor what's going on. She says that a deadly disease broke out a few months ago. At first, they thought it was contained but they had no cure. They felt that the cure was in the Arctic which why she's here. But she has since received word that it has now spread to most of the globe. Chandler tries to call the President but learns the President and Vice President are dead and the US government might not have long to survive. The current President tells him that the Nathan James was not in the hot zone so he and his crew are OK. But now it's up to them to safeguard Scott because she holds the key to the planet's survival. But there are those who want the cure too and they will do whatever they have to, to get it. So they keep going and trying to find supplies and what they need so Scott can make the cure." –IMDb
5 Reasons Why You Should Binge Watch The Last Ship
1. Remember Eric Dane A.K.A McSteamy from Grey's Anatomy? Yup, he's the Captain. You will definitely love how outstanding he is in this series.
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2. It's not another apocalyptic kind of show; the plot itself leaves you guessing with what's going to happen next, it has great camera works and being filmed on a Naval Destroyer is kind of unique.
3. There's a lot of ass kicking. I am head over heels as to how they portrayed women on this show.
4. There are some tense moment in each episode that leaves you sort of on the edges of your seat.
5. Every episode will keep you wanting more.
Plus, the characters are totally the real #squadgoals.
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It's the best kind of emotional roller coaster so I suggest you start watching it now!


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Saksun, Faroe Islands
Explore Serene Saksun on the Faroe Islands
Originally added by Adrien Patané
Verdant green, grassy slopes with an unbelievably scenic village clinging to a steep mountainside, overlooking a stunning fjord, Saksun is a picture-perfect destination in the Faroe Islands.
Complete with a picturesque church and dating back to the 1700's with just 14 inhabitants this tranquil village on the island of Streymoy is a must see for any visit to the Faroe Islands.
Accessed via the mainly single-lane Hvalvíksvegur, you'll climb through a gorgeous green valley (in summer) flanked by countless waterfalls and an infinite number of sheep to a car park where you can then venture on foot to explore this magical destination.
You'll first encounter a cluster of particularly photogenic grass-roofed structures which sit at the base of a number of pretty waterfalls falling from a steep mountainside. From here you can explore the main cluster of huts and Dúvugarður farm further North. A path begins here that - if followed - will climb steeply, taking you over a rugged ridge to the unbelievably scenic village of Tjørnuvík. This is considered to be one of the best hikes in the Faroe Islands. However much like many of these attractions they are highly weather dependent and fog - more often than not - may crash your party.
Heading west of the Saksunar Kirkja (Church), which warrants a visit to its flowery flanked hillsides, you can then wander down to the base of the fjord and explore this pretty lagoon admiring the existentially cute houses built overlooking this epic location.
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Nearby Adventures
Hike to Fossa Waterfall
1.5 miles 250 ft gain
Hike to the Trøllkonufingur in the Faroe Islands
6.2 miles 465.9 ft gain
Hike along Lake Leitisvatn
3.1 miles
Hike to Kallur Lighthouse
3 miles 500 ft gain


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After our fun and successful jaunt to Cheryl Weber Good's Art Studio a few weeks ago a group of us took a similar excursion to Ruth and Ron Moir's Piano Studio for lessons in breathing and voice from Singer-actor-composer-dancer-writer Seana-Lee Wood
Cheryl joined us again for this one, Author Yvonne Hertzberger was able to make it this time, and we added another writer, Yolanda Grimaldi, who used to sing and even teach music and voice in Mexico.
There is a lot more to singing than opening your mouth and letting noise come out. We practiced breathing, singing patterns using breath control, relaxation, and singing several parts as if we were a choir.
We try blending our voices (Video if you are willing to risk it. Less than two minutes I think.)
We are not ready to quit our day jobs but we had a lot of fun, followed by a trip to Balzac's for coffee and conversation.
Ruth and Ron have decades of experience and have taught many students who became concert quality pianists under their expert care.
519-508-8012 Piano Lessons for all
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Luxury all-electric sports cars are steadily gaining popularity. Gone are the days of a fully-trimmed V8 engine with plenty of horses to boot roaring through the highway. These days, it's all about the electric motor and what it can do to both the environment and the car. Porsche is the latest brand to jump onto the bandwagon with the Porsche Taycan, the marque's first-ever all-electric sports car.
This comes after Mercedes-Benz introduces its EQC 400 SUV, which also features an electric motor at the helm. As for the Porsche Taycan, it is modelled after the Porsche Mission E concept car that was unveiled at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show. Porsche has kept it all under wraps until now as the Taycan will look very much similar to the Mission E concept.
It comes complete with a futuristic look while bringing the classic Porsche proportions into play. Much like Tesla, the Porsche Taycan will feature a lithium-ion battery pack at the base of the car. The battery will also come in two options with the standard 80kWh and 96kWh pack. If you're looking for more range and power, best to go with the latter.
Porsche also aims to include an 800-volt fast-charging station. This will grant you 400km on just a single 15-minute charge, which is much faster compared to what Tesla is currently offering to its range of cars.
Its performance isn't too shabby either. The Porsche Taycan offers 605hp all from its two permanent-magnet synchronous motors at each axle. It's also capable of hitting 0-100kph in 3.5 seconds and 0-200kph in under 12 seconds, which is impressive considering its all-electrical motors. Four-wheel steering as well as torque vectoring will be included into the Porsche Taycan for all your speed demon needs.
The Porsche Taycan will also follow in a similar stead to its fellow sports cars as there will be many different variants. Much like the popular Porsche 911 series, there's always more than just one. Porsche also ensures that this will be the first of many all-electric sports cars to come in the future. (All images: Porsche)


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La Lucha Es Un Arco Iris Que Ha Crecido DientesPosted: March 14, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: chican@, chicano, Don Giovanni, downtown boys, Galax Z Fair, la lucha, latin@, latino, mcallen, paul robeson, racism, records, science fiction, sexism Leave a comment
The artist must elect to fight for Freedom or for Slavery. I have made my choice. I had no alternative.
– Paul Robeson
Why do we think that we never have enough with just what's inside of us? Today, today we must scream at the top of our lungs that we are Brown, we are smart, that nothing that they do can push it away!
– Victoria Ruiz, Downtown Boys
Paul Robeson was a seasoned actor, both in Theatre and Film productions, as well as a popular singer in the early 1900s. He was so talented, he was considered the 10th most popular star in British Cinema in 1937. Robeson was also a very outspoken activist against racism, fascism, and even the United States government itself for its imperialistic practices. He went so far as to put his career aside to concentrate on advocating against the fascist side of the Spanish Civil War. He used the platform he earned as an artist to advocate for the political and social causes he believed in. This, among other things, got him blacklisted by the US government during Joseph McCarthy's Red Scare, and subsequently, denied a passport. This rendered him unable to work, and by the time his travel status was reinstated years later, he had already moved into retirement and isolation due to his dwindling health.
That was almost 100 years ago.
You would think that the world would be in a better condition by now, wouldn't you? 100 years is a long time.
After all, plenty of science fiction writers thought it would be possible, didn't they? They dreamt of an end to problems like hunger, war, and poverty. That without these kinds of issues civilization could finally move on and be perfect. That our greatest obstacles should exist no further than the constant entropy of the universe and maybe even just getting over this whole "mortality" thing in the process. This was the future they imagined and expected. Hell, it just plain made sense. Right? This was science, you guys. Not eugenics, oh no no no nooo.
Well, here's the funny thing about those writers–and I call it funny because it actually makes me laugh, haha–the sweeping majority of them, if not damn near all of them, were 1. White and 2. men. So, when it came to naming the definitive titans of dilemmas that were keeping our "great human race" from thriving on this planet in peace and harmony, racism and sexism didn't make the cut.
That's like saying "Traffic? What traffic?" when you're the asshole facing the open road blasting Nugent going 56 in a 70 one-lane-one-way with everyone else stuck behind you slamming their horns with their heads.
The fucking nerve.
Well, as time progresses, some people smash open some new lanes. A good chunk of them don't survive the jump, but have made way for other cars to get through nonetheless. Despite this, the first car keeps trying to stay in front of the others. It doesn't get why the other cars are trying to pass it. It hears their honking and thinks they're being rather rude. It then takes it upon itself to try and run them off the road. In some cases, it succeeds. And so, the Struggle continues.
But, in this day and age, the voices of struggle are louder. They reverberate from all corners of the world, and make the planet tremble with fever. Some write, some paint, some speak, and some sing.
Some even scream.
Downtown Boys are a beast of a band hailing from Providence, Rhode Island. They play a charge of punk so electrifying it'll short out your senses. The guitars sound like they're coming out of a fucking tesla coil, the drums are a sonic beating, the two saxophones in the band bring the songs to an entirely new wavelength of expression, and above all else, the vocals. Victoria Ruiz leads Downtown Boys with an unapologetic snarl that is meant to rouse even deaf eardrums.
Things that Downtown Boys actively oppose and fight against include: "the prison-industrial complex, racism, queerphobia, capitalism, fascism, boredom, and all things people use to try to close our minds, eyes and hearts".
The quote at the top of this post is taken from their new single, "Monstro", which you can stream on YouTube below. The full-length it comes from, Full Communism, is out May 4th on Don Giovanni.
Their earlier releases are also available for purchase/download/streaming at their bandcamp. They go everywhere from jazz freakouts to Kleenex/LiLiPut style insanity. They even do a great cover of one of the greatest punk songs a lot of people haven't heard of, Pekinska Patka's "Poderimo Rok". I'll be crossing my fingers for them to play that one at Galax Z Fair IV.
As a music lover, Downtown Boys' music fills me with a whole universe of emotions. But as a person of color, their music makes me glow from within. I'm filled with a radiant light of courage and purpose. I feel validated and empowered. I hope everyone reading this listens to them and goes to see them at the Fair. Especially people from my neck of the woods, the Rio Grande Valley. I really think you'd dig this.
Get your tickets here or at Melhart's Music in McAllen.
Wonder, Desire, Empowerment, and Makthaverskan.Posted: March 11, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: belonging, cosmos, desire, empowerment, Galax Z Fair, galax z fair iv, gothenburg, makthaverskan, mcallen, neil degrasse tyson, pop, Sweden, wonder Leave a comment
So lately I've been watching the new Cosmos series hosted by Neil DeGrasse Tyson. It's reminded me just how much of a fan of questions I am. I love mysteries and solving them. Something about solving a problem is very gratifying for me. I especially love questions that don't as of yet have answers. The infinite space of "what could be" is so damn intriguing and exciting, aching to be explored, in my eyes.
I'm reminded of a time in my life when I had nothing but questions. Questions about my body, about who I was, who I was "supposed" to be, and whether anyone was really "supposed" to be anything. From the ages 12-18, I was plagued with a ridiculous pressure to take my fluid and shapeless form and mold it to something that would have helped me be a more palatable person in the eyes of my peers. Being in the oldest child in my family, I didn't have an older sibling to influence me, and I don't think my parents had much more of a grasp on who I was than I did myself, which didn't help me in terms of "figuring myself out". This is a formative period in any young person's life. You're still a sponge, but a much more picky sponge. Guidance is essential in whatever shape and form. Like most kids my age, I'd find my guidance in bands I listened to. Certain songs would make sense of everything in the world no matter how convoluted it all could really be. But I have to admit. Not once in my younger years did a band hit me as hard as Makthaverskan has in my now mid-twenties.
The way vocalist Maja Milner sings "Fuck You, Fuck You" near the end of the first track on their latest full-length, Makthaverskan II, has so much blood and guts in it, it should have teeth. Throughout the album, the same honest and brave voice occasionally sheds its outer shell to get some fresh, vulnerable air. It's a much more confident and empowered sound than what I initially heard on their self-titled debut, which is still amazing, but somehow doesn't shake its fists at the sky quite as uninhibitedly as their second album does. Makthaverskan is exactly the kind of band I needed when I was trying to figure my shit out as a young kid, or to at least feel like I had a grip on things. Especially at that age, when the feeling of control and being empowered, even if for a second, lasts a lifetime in memory. And at a point in my life when that wasn't something I really knew, it would have been so amazing and helpful to have had it in such a pure and powerful form.
Listen to Makthaverskan II in its entirety from their bandcamp page here.
Musically, Makthaverskan takes pop structure to anthemic proportions with an approach which rivals that of every great emo/pop-punk band I could have fallen ass-over-tea-kettle for. The guitars, drums, and bass are all geniusly written; take the simple and elegant "Something More" for example. It begins on such humble notes and bursts so beautifully like a star that can no longer contain it's pressure. That kind of grace is rare in a band. Every twist and turn throughout this record is a moment of pure illumination. I honestly can't wait to see them at Galax Z Fair IV this year. I can't wait to bear witness to this beautiful band.
Not to mention, they're making one hell of a journey to get here. Poor Makthaverskan has JUST RECENTLY (like yesterday) gotten their travel visas approved. They've already missed dates on their tour. And they've posted on their Facebook page apologizing for it! I don't know about you, but that means something to me. These people just really want to come over here and play. All the way from Gothenburg, Sweden. Here's a file called "Makthaverskan is this far away.jpg" to give a little geographical perspective.
They've also started an Instagram account (@maktmaktmakt) that you can follow to join them on their journey. It's quickly become one of my new favorites, seeing as I'm on there quite frequently as well. Here's the first photo:
If you speak the language of feelings, I recommend you come feel this band at Galax Z Fair IV.
I say to you, those still searching for purpose and belonging, but whom have yet to taste their fruits with your tongue: your heroes will arrive in 5 days.
Get your tickets for GZFIV here and at Melhart's Music in McAllen (ALTHOUGH I HEAR THEY ARE RUNNING OUT FAST THIS YEAR, WOW)
Below are the rest of their tour dates w/ Self Defense Family (ALSO playing GZFIV this year!) Finally, is it really fucking cool to see McAllen on this thing or is it just me?
Off to feel up a storm.
Heavy Cream, motherfuckerPosted: January 13, 2012 Filed under: News | Tags: galax z bear, Galax Z Fair, Heavy Cream, infinity cat recordings, Jeff the Brotherhood, mc5, punk, Ramones, rock Leave a comment
I've been on such a huge garage/punk kick lately. For those of you who don't read the local newspaper, The Monitor, a few more bands have been announced for Galax Z Bear's Galax Z Fair this March!
One such band that I would like to put the spotlight on is this incredible four-piece from Nashville called Heavy Cream. They're signed to Jeff the Brotherhood's Infinity Cat Recordings and have released a few 7″s, a split with RTX, and a full-length titled Danny.
There's a lot of bands out there playing their hearts out right now, and this is definitely one of them. You've got Mimi slaying on guitar, Seth killing it on bass, Tiffany banging it out on drums, and Jessica kicking out the motherfucking jams on vocals. It's like the Ramones fucked MC5 in the back alley of the venue they recorded their first record at. Posted a couple of my favorite tracks below.
Fucking wig out to this shit!
Heavy Cream – Summer Bummer
Heavy Cream – Deadbeat
Can't wait to see these girls (and guy) tear my face off at Galax Z Fair. I don't know if the event itself has announced them yet, so consider this a 'leak' of sorts.
Infinity Cat
of Montreal to play GALAX Z FAIR!Posted: December 12, 2011 Filed under: Event, News | Tags: festivals, galax z bear, Galax Z Fair, mp3, music, music events, Of Montreal, Rio Grande Valley, Sofie's Saloon Leave a comment
Just a few hours ago, it was announced that of Montreal will be headlining Galax Z Bear's Galax Z Fair in March.
This makes me happy for several reasons. Mainly, I fucking love of Montreal, and seeing them in my own neck of the woods will be amazing, as I'm sure watching your favorite band in your home town must feel for anyone in that situation. However, this means something for the Rio Grande Valley. Allow me to elaborate.
These are the posters that I've seen around UTPA promoting Galax Z Fair. Each poster has a 'quote' on it that reads "The valley never gets kewl bands".
There was once truth to those words. I must admit I've said them myself before. However, that grim veil of obscurity has not touched down in the Rio Grande Valley for quite some time. This is because people took initiative; people who believe in this place and it's potential. These people made efforts to push away the dark cloud of doubt that made this place seem so very desolate and thanks to them, things began happening here; things we hadn't experienced yet; special things. Before we knew it, bands we've grown to know and love as fans and friends began sharing stages with their influences. The 'unthinkable' was now very much thinkable. Our world is growing ever larger. To use a Legend of Zelda reference, bit by bit, our world map is slowly being lured out from under the clouds.
Citizens of the Rio Grande Valley, we are in an age of enlightenment. At the current pinnacle of that enlightenment is the Galax Z Fair with of Montreal at the forefront. This is the beginning of something great. I can feel it in my bones. I can't wait to see how this all comes together. I can't wait to see who else is playing this event. I can't wait to get my ticket tomorrow at the early bird pre-sale. I can't miss this for the life of me.
This is of Montreal's new song from their upcoming 11th (wow) LP, Paralytic Stalks, which is out on Polyvinyl February 7th of next year.
of Montreal – Wintered Debts
LATE NIGHT POST: I AM LITERALLY (well not literally, more like figuratively [but it feels literal])Posted: December 12, 2011 Filed under: Event, News, Posts | Tags: excitement, festivals, galax z bear, Galax Z Fair, music events, music festivals, mystery, news, shows, tijuana panthers, what the fuck Leave a comment
in between two walls of final projects that are due this week. Yes, my dear readers, the dreaded
is upon us and I'm up to my neck in my third-to-last semester of college's coup de grâce. However, I have just acquired some information that is bigger than finals week, bigger than the biggest mother ever referenced in a 'yo momma' joke–hell–even bigger than the planet Earth itself.
Come March 14th of next year, 2012 (the supposed 'final' year of humanity), the Rio Grande Valley music scene is going to be hit by something the likes of which it has never seen. Something of galactic proportions, if you will.
Local ghost promoter Galax Z Bear has announced that he will be having a day-long music event that will feature an eclectic array of 'nationally-established artists', which, as cryptic as it is, is pretty exciting. Now, while all of this is really great on it's own, my favorite part of this little gem of news is this: he's calling it
I don't know about you, but I want to know absolutely everything there is to know about this event. So, here's what I've gathered from this flyer and some related Facebook posts:
-the event will take place at Sofie's Saloon in McAllen, Texas. This is one of the oldest–if not the oldest–bar in McAllen. The outside area in the back is huge and has motorcycle parts hanging from trees. I remember calling it the 'Narnia of bars' from time to time.
-there will be an 'early bird'-type pre-sale on Tuesday. Tickets will only be $20. I've a strong feeling that this will go up a bit once some names from the bill are dropped, so it would be wise to scoop these up while you can. No word of full ticket prices at this time.
This is pretty exciting. So far, Galax Z Bear has proven to bring down some pretty great bands to this neck of the woods. (The Strangeboys, Air Waves, Miniature Tigers, and most recently, NOBUNNY to name a few) I can't wait to see who he's bringing down for this event. Space bands? Do those even exist?
I'll post more information as soon as I get it. Keep your eyes peeled and make The Photon God your browser's homepage in the meantime. Also add the Facebook Group if you haven't already. Also, if you hear of anything regarding ">Galax Z Fair, send your tips to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Now, back to my leaning towers of final projects. This goes out to all of my night owls either working on final projects or studying for final exams out there. Courage, friends.
Tijuana Panthers – "Creature"