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A critique of radicalism is building within the heart of the Muslim world.
....Intellectually and theologically, a lot of the most ambitious work is being done by a group of scholars based in Ankara, Turkey, who expect to publish new editions of the Hadith before the end of the year. They have collected all 170,000 known narrations of the Prophet's sayings."
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday the government plans to increase the natural gas prices on June 1. Industrial natural gas prices will increase by 8.3 percent, while the percentage of the increase in residential prices will be 7.4."
Turkey's Islamist Vakit daily revealed a document of phone records that showed their correspondents listened the conversation between the main opposition party CHP's second man and a governor from Onder Sav's cell phone which he left open by mistake. CHP denied the report."
The Turkish FM urged the EU to honor its word over Turkey's bid for full membership ahead of the meeting of the EU-Turkey Association Council to convene on Tuesday to assess recent developments in Turkey's accession and reform process."
The United States has imposed financial sanctions on the PKK Kurdistan Workers' Party. The move means the separatist group will no longer have access to the US financial system or be able to do business with US companies or individuals. The sanctions have been introduced under special anti-drugs legislation."
Turkey may face a “crisis” in meeting power needs because investments have failed to keep pace with increased demand, said Selahattin Hakman, head of Haci Omer Sabanci Holding AS’s energy unit."
urkey's first 'canal city' is slated for construction in İzmir's Alaçatı District.
Port Alaçatı will be constructed on artificial islands whose water canals will open toward the valley. Around 1,000 houses will be built around these canals and will have the design of seaside homes. "
As Istanbul’s municipality and governorship celebrate the 555th anniversary of the conquest of Istanbul, academics believe the significance attached to the celebrations has been increasing over the last decades due to a rise in Islamist sentiments in Turkey."
In my travels I've pounded down a fistful of live termites in Costa Rica, pierced my septum at a Maori tribal ritual in New Zealand and attempted to ride a cow in Wales. I don't recommend the latter.
But none of these, I discovered, is one of the 1,000 Things I'm Supposed to Do Before I Die. Had I been wasting my time?
On a recent trip to Istanbul, I was longing for an adrenaline rush, so I followed a Turkish friend to the Asian side of town to a promised "very exciting location - one of the '1,000 Things to Do Before You Die.' ""
NICOSIA (Xinhua) --The top UN envoy in divided Cyprus said Thursday that he is encouraged by the momentum of the revived peace process but called for patience for substantive reunification talks to begin."
ISTANBUL, Turkey (UPI) -- Lifting an anchovy fishing ban in Georgian waters caused fisherman to flock to the area, glutting the market, the Turkish government said.
Fishermen ended up throwing fish away after an excessive harvest that filled 20 fish houses to capacity and depressed prices, the Turkish Daily News reported."
While most Americans think of the Middle East as swimming in oil, not all nations there are blessed with abundant hydrocarbon resources. Among those lacking substantial petroleum reserves are Turkey and Israel, leaving both nations to scramble to meet their energy requirements by diversifying their import sources."
The French parliament's lower house has approved a measure that would require France to hold a referendum on countries joining the European Union.
The French National Assembly approved the measure, which appeared to be aimed at Turkey's candidacy for EU membership, by a 48 to 21 vote, the EU Observer reported Friday."
If you are flying to Istanbul for first time and you are looking for any sign proving what you have learnt previously about Turkey – that Turkey is a country that is about to emerge as an economic powerhouse in Europe – you can look too close. All you need is looking your surroundings at the moment you land at the airport. Chances are that you have landed at the Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (SAW). SAW is the best proof that can show Turkey’s economic progress. "
Visiting Turkey is like going to an exhibit and seeing snapshots of centuries of history all in one place. But in this case, you get to dive to the sunken cities, touch the ruins of Troy, shop in the bazaars and stand in the Grand Theater where St. Paul preached. Even if you’re not a history buff, remnants of the Ottoman, Roman and Byzantine empires are sure to impress."
ANKARA, Turkey, May 30 (UPI) -- Officials from the ruling Justice and Development Party in Turkey said Friday they are considering a diplomatic visit to Iraqi Kurdistan.
The announcement follows a visit by Kurdish delegates to Ankara last week to discuss boosting economic and political ties between Turkey and the semiautonomous region."
WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday imposed sanctions on the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, aimed at denying the rebel group access to the U.S. financial system."
AYDIN - Turkey`s first railway, constructed between the Aegean provinces of Aydin and Izmir in 1856 by Britain, is being renovated with a 20 million USD of investment."
The barber was reported to the police for cursing during an argument. Turkey's president has appealed to the Saudi monarch.
JIDDA, Saudi Arabia -- It's a profanity uttered countless times a day around the globe, but a barber in Saudi Arabia faces beheading for the crime of using God's name in vain. Sabri Bogday, a Turk who cuts hair in this Saudi port city, is awaiting appeal on his sentence."
Germany's Turkish community warned of continued racism in the country, while marking the 15th anniversary of an anti-foreigner arson attack in the western city of Solingen which killed five Turkish women and girls, the press reported Thursday."
ANKARA (AFP) — Turkey's former 1500m European champion Sureyya Ayhan has had a life ban for using banned substances reduced to four years on Friday, Anatolia news agency reported."
Turkish parliament passed a law Thursday to launch a 24-hour TV channel on State-run TRT with Kurdish-language programming along with some other dialects and languages, including Arabic and Farsi."
MOSCOW, May 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor will suspend imports of Turkish agricultural produce from June 7 after high levels of chemical fertilizers were found in the products."
Turkey's foreign minister, Ali Babacan, signed a contract in Berlin on Friday, May 30, to establish a German-language university in the Turkish city of Istanbul."
A leading Turkish gay rights group will fight a court ruling that ordered it be closed for 'violating morality'."
ISTANBUL, May 30 (Reuters) - Turkey can meet its share of investments in the EU-backed Nabucco pipeline to bring Caspian gas to Europe despite a sharp rise in expected costs, Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said on Friday."
Turkey may have changed but the sea recalls its history, writes Paul Ash.
This is the sound of a Turkish dawn: the cry of the muezzin calling the faithful to prayer, dogs barking and the thud of a mechanical digger breaking rock in a new housing development. The Sultan A, a 28m gulet of distinctly Turkish provenance, swings sweetly on anchor. "
Ankara residents have been consuming contaminated water from Kızılırmak River for the past three weeks, but are unaware of it, the capital's mayor told a press conference Wednesday"
Important note: This article was not written to label sociologist Şerif Mardin with a certain viewpoint as either Islamist or Kemalist. Mardin is an impartial scientist! The sole purpose of this article is to make contributions to his views.I would like to leave a note in history as well:The thesis introduced by Mardin has been discussed for a long time.Professor Mustafa Dilber of Boğaziçi University draws attention to the fact that Mardin's criticism over Kemalism's failure to fill the gap in “good, right and beautiful” philosophy, which is to be the backbone of this article, has been discussed in academic circles for fifty-something years. And Dilber as well made references to the same subject in his dissertation thesis in 1967."
The first time I visited Germany, I noticed that every third shop appeared to be owned and run by Turkish Germans. 'Yes,' my Canadian hosts told me, 'Turks are everywhere in Germany - and nobody talks to them, unless they need something cleaned.'"
Lobbying is quite a useful tool, if performed effectively of course. Those who want to influence international political or economic decision making, especially when certain new policy is still at its preparation stage, know very well how to successfully implement lobbying as part of their strategy. Apparently, that's the reason why there are currently around 15,000 lobbyists in Brussels, mainly consultants, lawyers, associations, corporations and NGOs who are seeking to influence the EU's legislative process. Out of these, some 2,600 special interest groups have established a permanent office in this European capital."
ISTANBUL // After the death of almost 90 workers in less than three years at shipyards in Istanbul, a public outcry has forced the government to close down one of the companies temporarily, but critics say the Dickensian working conditions at the shipyards are just one example of how far Turkey lags behind EU standards in enforcing safety rules and workers’ rights."
......The hardest case of all is Turkey. Its membership bid is currently in a form of suspended animation. Entry negotiations have been partly frozen to punish Turkey for its refusal to open its ports and airports to traffc from Cyprus. The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, remains publicly opposed to Turkish membership but has agreed to put high-level EU debate on the subject on hold until 2010, when a report on the future of the EU by a "group of the wise" (which was Mr Sarkozy’s idea) is due to be delivered. Turkey has serious problems of its own, starting with a court case that threatens to outlaw the ruling Justice and Development (AK) party for threatening the country’s secular order."
A senior U.S. official said here Thursday that the United States would always support Turkey in its fight against the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. "
At least six main highway routes were also being targeted for privatization, Unakitan said."
Turkey and Russia signed an agreement on Wednesday, to boost relations in energy, agriculture and trade, and increase investments."
Turkish officials organized a meeting to promote Turkey's winter tourism facilities in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam on Thursday. Representatives of numerous hotels located in Turkey's winter tourism centers, as well as representatives of the Dutch tourism sector attended the meeting organized by officials from the Tourism Section of the Turkish Consulate General in the Hague."
ISTANBUL - A high-level official from the Dutch Foreign Invetsment Agency said on Wednesday that the Netherlands attached great importance to the cooperation with Turkish businessmen."
Dhaka, May 29, 2008 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- -- President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed has stressed the need for boosting trade and economic relations between Bangladesh and Turkey, saying there is huge scope for increasing trade flows between the two countries for mutual benefit of the both."
kilograms, roughly one dress size, a study conducted by the Turkish Association of Hypertension and Kidney Disease has shown."
ANKARA - Turkish maestro Gurer Aykal was decorated with Finland`s state medal on Thursday."
Berlin’s charming Bergama (Pergamon) Museum hosts a design exhibition for the first time in its history. The museum, which displays the Zeus Alter that has been transported from Anatolia, is now a platform for Turkish designs"
Public support for the European Union in Turkey has been eroding due to the 'double standards' over the country's membership bid, the Turkish prime minister re-issued a warning on Thursday."
Turkish and Greek chiefs of general staff debated confidence-building measures (CBM) in their meeting in the Turkish capital of Ankara, Turkey's General Staff said on Thursday in a statement posted on its website."
Turkey is likely to face power cuts again this summer as a combination of drought, poor planning and economic populism result in electricity production failing to keep pace with demand."
Efforts regarding the construction of the Nabucco gas pipeline are underway, the energy minister saıd Tuesday, rejecting questions that have been raised about the future of the project."
.....“We need the Balkan states and Turkey to join the European Union – for both political and economic reasons. This is the only way we can secure stability and prosperity in Europe over the long term. This is particularly true of Turkey, which is not just tremendously important to Europe on economic grounds (but) especially important for reasons of security policy as it forms the bridge between Europe and Asia and the Arab states. It is an anchor of stability in a restless region."
The EU stressed judicial reforms in Turkey at a meeting Tuesday in Brussels. The case against the ruling AKP and possible chapter openings also were on the agenda."
As Turkey's foreign minister Ali Babacan returned home yesterday (28 May) from a two-day trip to Brussels, he could rest reassured of the EU's commitment to the accession talks. But Turkey should not expect an easy ride, with the EU pressing for more and faster reforms."
Once dismissed as imperialist fantasies about the Muslim world, British orientalist paintings are once again becoming popular. Their exotic visions tell us much about the social and cultural history of Victorian Britain"
Within the next couple of weeks a decision will be made by Turkey's Constitutional Court about the status of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its leaders. The AKP has been accused by a chief prosecutor of violating the Turkish Republic's founding principle: secularism - introduced by the founder of the republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, to transform Turkey into a modern European state. The irony is that the AKP has proven more modern and European in outlook and policies than its critics, and may be thrown out of power despite this. While Ataturk was the sole wielder of power during the early republic, he did set up institutions of democracy. These have been tested, even overruled, in the decades since Ataturk's death, and continue to be tested today. This most recent accusations directed against the AKP come as a response to reforms the AKP has implemented. The secular establishment, however, has argued that the AKP is pushing through reforms and promoting liberties selectively, in order to advance an Islamist agenda. The most emblematic of these reforms was a constitutional amendment abolishing the ban on headscarves in universities, which caused an uproar and led to the current challenge."
There are numerous experts in Turkey who are disputing Rehn’s analysis. They contend that the political struggle -- which is now centering on a Supreme Court case on a possible ban of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) -- is more nuanced than what appears to be the perception from Brussels. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive]."
European scepticism about Turkey's EU accession is fuelling a popular backlash among many Turks who are growing increasingly distrustful of the EU."
The top UN envoy in divided Cyprus said Thursday that he is encouraged by the momentum of the revived peace process but called for patience for substantive reunification talks to begin.
I will write about my month-long visit to Turkey later this week, probably tomorrow. I will publish photos, of course, and summarize what we did, what we saw, what happened in the country, etc.
For now, however, I’ll tell you all that I also visited Ankara, Turkey’s capital. I was invited by two Turkish friends, Fatma and Lale, to join them there (where they live). They told me that if I would come they would take me to some fascinating places, and they did what they promised; one of the things I visited was Anitkabir; the place where the founder of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is buried."
NEW YORK - Turkish State Minister Mustafa Said Yazicioglu said Friday the most important problem of Turks living out of Turkey had to do with inability to vote in Turkish elections."
A strange debate about cows has occured in the European Parliament yesterday.
Several Turkish MPs and their European Parliament counterparts were discussing the problems about Customs Union between Ankara and Brussels."
Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs, the Diyanet, has sparked a controversy in a declaration on how women should behave in public life. The Diyanet, which controls the Muslim faith in Turkey, has, as Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul, been sharply criticized by women's groups and supporters of the secular state."
Fazil Say’s international reputation continues to grow, and he has successfully made the step from child prodigy to highly successful international star. As the French newspaper Le Figaro put it: “He is more than just a brilliant pianist - he is set to become one of the greatest artists of the 21st century.“"
Turkey, which imports 90 percent of its energy needs, is positioning itself to become a major regional energy transit hub. Azeri and Iraqi oil already flow through pipelines crossing Turkey, but Ankara is seeking a bigger share of transporting rising Caspian energy exports."
The chairperson of a United States parliamentary delegation said on Thursday the U.S. would always support Turkey in its fight against the terrorist organization PKK."
France, due to take over of the rotating EU presidency on June 1, should revise its stance regarding the planned joint military exercise with the Greek Cypriot administration, Turkish Cypriot FM Turgay Avci told the Anatolian Agency on Wednesday."
The BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) network examines the riches and risks in the Turkish economy with an exclusive half hour-long special report, 'Turkey in Transition,' airing Friday, May 30th and repeating throughout the weekend.
'Last year's drought caused global food prices and energy to rise. So, inflation has been a global phenomenon across the board,' Turkey's Economy Minister Mehmet Simsek tells Bloomberg during the special program. 'Inflation in Turkey is at a forty year low, while in many other countries it is at a two decade high.'"
BRATISLAVA - Turkey`s Foreign Minister and Chief Negotiator for EU talks Ali Babacan held a press conference with his Slovakian counterpart Jan Kubis following a tete-a-tete meeting and meeting between Turkish and Slovakian delegations on Wednesday."
BRUSSELS - Turkish and EU officials discussed the importance of intercultural dialogue, as well as the current status of Turkey`s relations with EU at a joint parliamentary commission meeting held in the Belgian capital, Brussels on Wednesday."
ISTANBUL - A Luxembourg-based property investment company considers Turkey a suitable country for investments with respect to its macroeconomic figures and remarkable initiatives in its EU accession process, a company executive said on Friday."
ISTANBUL, May 27 (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said a prosecutor's court bid to close the ruling AK Party was on a knife edge and the uncertainty was putting the brakes on foreign investment, newspapers reported on Tuesday."
ISTANBUL - A Louvre collection exhibition drew more than 50,000 visitors to an Istanbul museum, the museum authorities said on Tuesday."
CEYHAN - Turkish Energy & Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler said on Saturday that Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan Crude Oil Pipeline earned Turkey 2 billion USD."
ANKARA - Following are the highlights from today's Turkish daily SABAH. The Anadolu Agency is not responsible of opinions expressed or the context of the editorials and does not vouch for their accuracy."
Turkey's main opposition party CHP and the nationalist MHP raised their concerns over a tapping incident that local newspapers termed 'Turkish Watergate'. The opposition parties concerns were voiced after an Islamist newspaper published Tuesday, word-for-word, a conversation between CHP's number two person and a governor. The opposition leaders harshly criticized the government for 'hurting democratic values'. The CHP leader slammed the government and said the security forces tapped party offices, as the government vowed to investigate the claims. AKP Deputy Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat accused the CHP of casting aspersions over the ruling AKP, calling attention to the timing of the tapping claim as dark cloud over the AKP’s achievements, at a news conference in Ankara late on Wednesday. The prosecutor's office launched an investigation regarding the claims."
A list of controversial “dos and don’ts” regading sexual relations for Turkish women has been published by the Directorate of Religious Affairs. According to the much debated list(it is not law in Turkey) people should avoid having illegal etra-marital affairs and engaging in such behaviors as flirting and dating that might lead to adultery. Turkey is a nation in which some women are blatantly western in their normal behavior while others adhere more closely to traditional ways of behavior.The web site of the Directorate said “women have to be more careful since they have sexual stimulants.” It cited women who wear perfume outside fthe home as displaying immoral behavior because “Our Prophet Mohammed did not approve of women who wear perfume and fragrances outside their homes and he descried this action as immoral.”"
Turkey and Russia signed on Wednesday an agreement in the Russian capital of Moscow to enhance relations in energy, agriculture and trade, and increase investments."
ISTANBUL, May 28 (Reuters) - Turkey's lira firmed 2 percent on the day on Wednesday to its firmest since mid-May, as high interest rates lured investors."
On May 27, 2008 the History Channel aired “Noah’s Great Flood” in its Mega-Disasters series. The show hypothesizes that the Black Sea, between Russia, Ukraine, Romania on one side and Turkey on the other, was once a fresh water lake, apparently about 300 feet below sea level, and that the earliest urban civilizations began to develop along the lake, particularly on the southern (Turkish) side. (Note, the endorheic Caspian Sea to the east is actually 92 feet below sea level). Then, one day about 8000 years ago, the Mediterranean Sea overflowed through the Strait of Bosporus, filling up the lake and creating today’s Black Sea, which is saline but which has unusual composition and different depths."
Berlin - Ali Babacan, the Turkish foreign minister, is to sign a contract in Berlin this Friday to establish a German-language university in the Turkish city of Istanbul, the Foreign Ministry in Berlin said Wednesday. Two German ministers, Frank-Walter Steinmeier (foreign) and Annette Schavan (education), will sign for Germany."
Turkey surpasses European countries with its investments in outlet centers, in which YATIRIM manufacturers sell their products directly to the public through their own stores."
In a country known for embracing both democracy and its Muslim heritage, an attempt to dissolve the ruling Islamic party sets up a looming crisis.
ISTANBUL, TURKEY -- At the ancient, towering gates of Istanbul University, students say, there was once an easy mingling of young women who choose to cover their heads as an expression of their Muslim beliefs, and those who do not."
SAN CLEMENTE – Five decomposed bodies found over the holiday weekend in an upscale Orange County home were members of a Turkish-American family that spanned three generations, authorities said Tuesday."
In July 2003, Turkey announced its candidacy for one of the non-permanent seats allocated to the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) at the United Nations Security Council for the term 2009-2010. The voting will take place on October 16 2008 during the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. The first and last time Turkey served at the Security Council was almost 50 years ago when Turkey shared a two-year term with Poland in 1960. At the dawn of the 21st century, Turkey seeks greater responsibility within the global community and will compete with Iceland and Austria for one of the two seats allocated to the WEOG at the Security Council."
Turkey's prime minister has launched a $14.5bn development plan aiming to ease the poverty that feeds violent Kurdish separatism in the country's south-east."
Why do young girls kill their mothers in Turkey?
"Why do young girls kill their mothers in Turkey?
What is the most precious thing for a mother? Undoubtedly, her children. And isn’t the mother the most precious and valuable asset for her children? Isn’t the relationship between a mother and her young girl special?
So, why is Turkey currently experiencing a rash of recent killings of mothers by their daughters? Why do we hear of murders almost every week? Why is this happening?"
UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / 27 May 2008 -- On 8 May FRIDE organised a conference entitled “Turkey’s role in Europe. Looking beyond the membership question – social cohesion, shared values and parallel security interests”, as part of its “FRIDE in Casa de Galicia” series of seminars."
I was first inspired to travel to Turkey by a poster framed and hung in our Turkish-themed family room. It showed an isolated hilltop palace, which was once home to a powerful and wealthy Kurdish chieftain. Although today long abandoned, and in various stages of collapse due to neglect and disassembly by the nearest villagers, the walled, hilltop complex, with its soaring towers and minarets, clearly suggested the grandeur that was reported to have once existed there. So wonderful were the accommodations therein said to have been, that visiting dignitaries from Persia, and other eastern places, were full of its praise by the time they later reached Constantinople (today's Istanbul). It was even breathlessly reported that the palace had solid gold plumbing. The Sultan was so irritated by listening to his guests rave about Ishak Pasha's palace that he made the popular Kurdish chief persona non grata (unwelcome) in Constantinople. For years, I dreamed of taking my cameras there"
Ugur Kenan Ipek, Midwest consul general of Turkey, during a visit to St. Louis last week, stressed Turkey's 'strong, lasting and positive relations' with the State of Israel, the United States and with Jews in his own country, America and in all of the cities in his large jurisdiction."
The official communiqué last week announcing the resumption of peace talks between Israel and Syria stressed that it was in accordance with the principles established at the 1991 Madrid conference."
"Is Turkey's Government Starting a Muslim Reformation?
[ARAB COUNTRIES] Accounts from Turkey suggest that the government is attempting a bold re-interpretation of Islam.
Its unusually named ministry of religion, the 'Presidency of Religious Affairs and the Religious Charitable Foundation,' has undertaken a three-year 'Hadith Project' systematically to review 162,000 hadith reports and winnow them down to some 10,000, with the goal of separating original Islam from the accretions of fourteen centuries."
BRUSSELS: The European Union and Turkey blamed each other Tuesday for the slow pace of negotiations about Turkey's entry into the EU.
The Turkish foreign minister, Ali Babacan, in an oblique reference to France, said questions about whether his country should join at all dampened enthusiasm in Turkey for far-reaching changes in politics and other matters related to membership."
Adding to its much coveted resume as “Europe’s bridge to the Middle East”, Turkey has now been officially recognized as the facilitator of talks between Israel and Syria. Whether or not the Israeli media agrees with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s motivations for publicizing the existence of talks, Turkey can at least shine in the warm spotlight of international recognition for a few weeks."
German red tape and a lack of will on the part of officialdom is putting some Muslim women in a very dangerous position. Instead of protecting them from the threat of honor killings, some of the bureaucracy actually increases the risk."
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 27, 2008) - The Mosaic Institute (www.mosaicinstitute.ca) invited to Toronto, Kaan Soyak, the Co-Chair of The Turkish Armenian Business Development Council (TABDC) (www.tabdc.org) to address a group of Canadians of Turkish and Armenian origin at a dinner reception on May 22. The Mosaic Institute, a Canadian NGO, seeks to address conflict regions of the world by facilitating dialogue between their respective diaspora communities in Canada. The TABDC is the international leader in promoting improved Turkish-Armenian relations."
Celebrated Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan was awarded Best Director in Cannes on Sunday. Perhaps now Turks will finally go see his movies. Despite being heralded globally for his movie magic, Ceylan's films — slow-paced, poetic tales of individuals struggling against the bleak backdrop of modern Turkey — routinely flop back home. Distant, a previous Cannes competitor, was seen by just 20,000 people in Turkey — only one-fourth as many as saw it in France. His current Cannes winner, Three Monkeys, has yet to sell to Turkish TV, which has deemed it too arty."
Turkey remains a major transit route for heroin trafficking with a substantial proportion of the revenue being used to finance radical organizations, such as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), according to a recent report by the Department for Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime (KOM) in the Turkish Interior Ministry."
BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - European Union (EU) commissioner for enlargement Olli Rehn told the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee that he wants to see 'progression, not regression' in Turkey's reform efforts to meet EU accession principles."
´The opening of some chapters are blocked,´ Babacan told a news conference, referring to the 35 reform areas.
Turkey told the European Union on Tuesday the slow pace of its accession talks was causing public enthusiasm for membership of the bloc to wane, but the EU insisted it was up to Ankara to push harder on reforms.
Foreign Minister Ali Babacan cited one unnamed EU state in particular as holding up part of the talks started in 2005, an indirect reference to France and President Nicolas Sarkozy's oft-stated opposition to Turkey's membership aspirations."
ISTANBUL, May 27 (Reuters) - Turkish shares rose on Tuesday, led higher by a rebound in recently battered banking stocks, but the rally was expected to be short lived due to ongoing political uncertainty."
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, May 27 (Reuters) - Turkey's prime minister launched a multi-billion dollar development plan for the poor, mainly Kurdish, southeast on Tuesday which he said would help reduce the poverty which feeds violent separatism."
We see the government signaling a step back in the reform process and a return to populist political implementations that we have not seen for years, Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) said on Tuesday."
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is today set to announce the government's action plan to complete the long-suspended Southeastern Anatolia Project, known by its Turkish acronym GAP."
ANKARA, Turkey: Kurdish politicians have skipped a major speech by Turkey's prime minister to protest the government's refusal to recognize the country's Kurdish minority."
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat said Tuesday he still hopes to begin face-to-face negotiations on reunifying Cyprus with his Greek Cypriot counterpart next month and aims to get a deal by the end of the year."
The EU expressed concern at the slowing pace of reforms intended to bring Turkey into line with the accession requirements of the bloc."
SEOUL, May 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Turkey on Tuesday signed an agreement on mutual logistics support, enabling smooth exchanges of military munitions during times of peace or war, the Defense Ministry said."
MOSCOW, May 27 (Reuters) - Russia's gas export monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday it had increased gas supplies to Turkey after it asked for more gas following a stoppage of flows from Iran."
ANKARA, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's drug trafficking report for 2007 revealed that at least 31 tons of opium and 13 tons of heroin were seized in Turkey last year, local newspaper Today's Zaman reported on Tuesday."
Support from the private sector is crucial to Istanbul's preparations to become European Capital of Culture in 2010, said the chairman of Istanbul 2010's Executive Board over the weekend."
"What is happening in Turkey?
Turkish politics is on the brink of a new era as whatever the outcome of the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the Justice and Development Party (AKP), a new political landscape will emerge after the changes enforced, argues Senem Aydin Düzgit in a 22 May commentary for the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)."
The Cyprus Turkish Civil Servants Union – Memur-Sen has held another warning strike at the 'Central Bank' after the two sides failed to reach agreement.
The Union President Sener Ozburak said that problems – being faced over additional payments, working conditions and organization’s law, are still continuing."
The flow of Iranian natural gas to Turkey was halted early on Monday after an explosion hit a gas pipeline in eastern Turkey, Turkish energy officials said.
A senior military source in southeast Turkey, who declined to be named, told Reuters the blast was the work of the outlawed separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)."
It’s too late for Hrant Dink, the brave Armenian-Turkish newspaperman who was murdered in 2007, not long after being convicted of violating Turkey’s medieval Article 301 which made it a crime to “insult Turkishness,” which is pretty hard to do when so much of your history is built on bayoneting babies and your national sport is invasion."
Istanbul welcomed a new modern museum; the Museum of the History of Islam, Science, and Technology is opened in the Gülhane Park on May 24, 2008.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated the world’s first museum of Islamic science and technology museum.
The world’s first museum of Islamic science and technology, a project backed by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism in cooperation with the Greater İstanbul Municipality, will open in İstanbul’s Gülhane Park in May."
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced the tourism statistics for April. The statistics show that the number of tourists visiting Turkey in 2008 is expected to increase significantly.
The number of tourists visiting Turkey in the first four months of 2008 increased by 12.37 percent over the same period last year, reaching 4.63 million."
The Chicago Turkish Festival returns to the Daley Center this week.
Hosted by the Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey and the Turkish American community in the Chicagoland area, the festival will focus on the arts, culture and cuisine of Turkey. One of the summer's first ethnic festivals, it runs Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is free. "
When Rebetiko and Balkan music is spoken of in Turkey, the name of the virtuoso accordionist Muammer Ketencoğlu is inevitably mentioned. Every week on the radio the folk music scholar takes his listeners 'to the other side of the Danube' – with great success."
Turkey resisting U.S. demands to X-ray containers bound for U.S.
"Turkey resisting U.S. demands to X-ray containers bound for U.S.
ANKARA — Turkey and the United States are clashing over border security procedures.
Officials said Turkey has rejected a U.S. demand for equipment to screen containers destined for the United States. They said Washington has required X-ray and other equipment to certify the Turkish port of Izmir as safe for the re-export of goods to the United States."
More:World Tribune — Turkey resisting U.S. demands to X-ray containers bound for U.S.
A private Turkish company known for its successful research and development (R&D) projects has produced a unique type of tomato that grows only in water, which experts claim has no equivalent anywhere in the world. The Dizayn Group, a prominent actor in the Turkish heating and plumbing sectors, produced the special type of tomatoes that do not need soil to grow at its R&D center in the Mediterranean city of Antalya. The total amount produced in one year is 1,600 kilograms from a single tomato seed. The product will soon be available on the market under the name Miracle."
With a row between the Islamist-rooted AKP government and the secular judiciary compounding Turkey's political crisis, the European Parliament (EP) has stepped in and urged both sides to refrain from controversial moves."
The flow of Iranian natural gas to Turkey was halted early on Monday after an explosion hit a gas pipeline in eastern Turkey, Turkish energy officials said. A senior military source in southeast Turkey, who declined to be named, told Reuters the blast was the work of the outlawed separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Work to repair the pipeline, hit just after midnight, was underway and it should be operational in a few days time, said a source at state gas company Botas. "The first results of the investigation show damage to a 30 metre (98 ft) piece of the pipeline which will need to be replaced," the Botas source told Reuters. An energy ministry official, who declined to be named, said the blast, which he believed may have been sabotage, occurred around 13 kilometres (8 miles) inside Turkish territory.
ANKARA, May 26 (Xinhua) -- A Turkish technology firm stated on Monday that its boron products might narrow the ozone hole, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
'The products manufactured using boron minerals decreased the amount of exhaust gas released by motor vehicles by 15 percent, thus making the hole on the ozone layer getting smaller,' General Manager of NNT Nano Teknoloji A.S. Mehmet Can Arvas was quoted as saying."
ISTANBUL, May 26 (Reuters) - Turkish currency and stocks weakened on Monday along with global markets, while shares in banks fell more sharply than the rest of the market on concerns about plans to tighten rules on credit cards."
Greece's top commander Dimitros Grapsas praised Monday Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, and former Greek leader Eleftherios Venizelos, saying their countries are lucky to have such great leaders, at a meeting with his Turk counterpart."
Leading Turkish businessmen and industrialists are urging the government to privatize the energy production sector as soon as possible, a report revealed last week."
Turkish President Abdullah Gul steps in to resolve the conflict between the government and the high judiciary, and urged all parties to be careful to avoid such debates that harm stability and Turkey's reputation. Gul met the chairman of the Supreme Court Monday."
A German deputy of Turkish origins dining with fellow parliamentarians at a hotel in Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet Square was told she could not be served alcohol, unlike the rest of the group, because she was Turkish. "
Turkey takes a controversial turn in the process of full membership to the European Union. Yet, how this, which we are trying for almost a half century, will be concluded is unknown. Although EU officials say this is normal, if we ask this to an ordinary citizen we realize that people are getting indifferent toward relations with the EU as officials shrug their shoulder to the questions. According to European diplomats, Turkey has to do a lot for full EU membership.I will focus on a critical point in this article, rather than bilateral relations. And it is that there is too much EU interference in our internal matters; or in other words, they're getting “more involved in Turkey's internal affairs.” "
A Turkish play will travel to Broadway for the first time. ‘Kanlı Nigar’ (The Wedding night / Bloody Nigar), considered an unforgettable work of art in Turkey, will be staged by the Turkish–American Art Society of New York"
The Kültepe-Kaniş-Karum excavations that are being carried out under the leadership of Professor Fikri Kulakoğlu of Ankara University's Archaeology Department, are celebrating their 60th anniversary. The goal of the excavations is to reveal huge statues and monuments which are believed to exist along the city walls"
Uruguay came from behind twice to defeat Turkey 3-2 in an exciting international friendly match played in Bochum, Germany."
Another Eurovision Song Contest is over and the same grumblings have started to be heard again: 'Neighbors vote for each other!' 'It doesn't matter if you have a good song or not!' etc...."
It’s too late for Hrant Dink, the brave Armenian-Turkish newspaperman who was murdered in 2007, not long after being convicted of violating Turkey’s medieval Article 301 which made it a crime to “insult Turkishness,” which is pretty hard to do when so much of your history is built on bayoneting babies and your national sport is invasion. The European Union has weakly requested that Turkey scrap Article 301 as one requirement to become a member of the European Union, where it is okay to insult all nationalities, allowed in real democracies. With Dink’s murder safely behind them, and knowing the economic benefits of being in the EU are looming, Turkey has amended its law so that it’s no longer a crime to insult Turkishness. You just can’t insult the Turkish nation, which means you can only insult foreigners there apparently."
Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan won Cannes' Best Director prize on Sunday for his searing family drama "Three Monkeys".
According to a recent article in the Jerusalem Post (“Is Turkey's Government Starting a Muslim Reformation?” Daniel Pipes, May 22, 2008), a government ministry in Turkey, the so-called “Presidency of Religious Affairs and the Religious Charitable Foundation,” has undertaken a three year project to study and condense thousands of pages of material associated with Islam. The problem, they claim, is that fourteen hundred years of “Hadiths,” reports about the sayings and deeds of Muhammad, have distorted the meaning of Islam as revealed in Islam’s central text, the Koran. The goal of the project is to weed-out all that is inconsistent with the Koran."
Turkey's president approves "employment package"
Turkish President Abdullah Gul approved the Labor Law which is publicly called 'employment package' on Sunday. The Package was criticized by economists because of the amnesty to premium debts of employers to Social Security Institution it brings."
More:Turkey's president approves "employment package"
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday the Supreme Court did not have authority to issue the statement that criticized last week 'certain political circles' for attempting to influence and control the judiciary."
Turkey's ruling AKP member Zafer Uskul, a professor of law, said on Saturday he did not believe the AKP will be shut down, adding the ruling party had no alternative plans in the closure case, the Anatolian Agency reported."
Nicosia. An opinion poll conducted in Northern Cyprus says that 50.4% of the Turkish Cypriots would like to see that part of the island continue existing as “an independent state,” the Cypriot Famagusta Gazette writes, citing the Volkan, a Turkish Cypriot newspaper.
Asked how they would like for the Cypriot issue to be resolved, 4.6% of the respondents say they are in favor of a federal state, 20.1% describe the unimplemented Annan plan as the best option, and only 6.6% are in favor of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation.
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has been recognized by Turkey only."
ECOTA, Turkey's first preferential trade agreement after Customs Union, that will gradually drop the 80 percent of the products' customs taxes to 15 percent would take effect on January 1 in 2009, Turkish State Minister Kursad Tuzmen said on Sunday, Anatolian Agency reported."
Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Crude Oil Pipeline earned Turkey $2 billion and it is now Samsun-Ceyhan and Nabucco projects' turn, Turkey's Energy Minister, Hilmi Guler said on Saturday."
Carrying red and white Turkish flags and wearing red and white, thousands of Turkish-American people gathered in New York to attend the 27th Turkish Day Parade and Festival on Saturday."
ON AN icy February morning a clutch of Turks and Armenians huddled in a hotel in Kars, with Turkish intelligence officials looking on. On May 14th their secret, a giant round of cheese, was unveiled in Gyumri, over the sealed border in Armenia. Under the label of “Caucasian cheese”, the yellow slab symbolises reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia, and across the Caucasus."
Baku. Vugar Mesimoghlu-APA. Azerbaijan’s song, Day After Day by Elnur Huseynov & Samir Javadzade in the country’s first appearance in the Eurovision Song Contest, picked up 132 points from the 43 countries taking part in this year’s contest in Belgrade."
Turkey can't avoid stepping on its neighbors' toes forever, an American foreign policy expert said Friday, noting that Turkey should put it's cards on the table and realize it cannot be everything to everyone."
Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said Friday he will wait until late Monday to decide whether to attend a Turkey-European Union meeting, in response to a French initiative to remove the word �accession� from a key EU document."
"Turkey rowing to a sinking ship?
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announces Turkey’s request for full membership will be decided on in October. Turkey expects such membership to bring in extra financing in private sector investment, but the bank is deeply divided on what course to take in the future"
More important than the comments issued about the advanced Turkish mediation between Syria and Israel are those that were not issued. Particularly the comments that one could have expected from governments and organizations intent on showing 'clarity' in their stance, when it concerns open conflict with Israel and the imminent end of the Hebrew state, as that state celebrates its 60th anniversary… and the state of the Arabs remains what it is!"
(IsraelNN.com) Turkey, a vacation destination for many Israelis and the home newly launched talks with Syria, is experiencing an upsurge in Islamist programs targeting Israel for destruction."
ANKARA (AFP) — Turkish President Abdullah Gul will pay a five-day official visit to Japan in early June, the first ever by a Turkish head of state, his office said Saturday.
Gul, accompanied by several ministers and a large delegation of businessmen, will meet Emperor Akihito, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, Senate President Satsuki Eda and lower house Speaker Yohei Kono during the June 3-8 visit."
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's state-run news agency says suspected Kurdish rebels have detonated a bomb that derailed five cars of a train in southeast Turkey.
ISTANBUL, May 24 (Reuters) - Economy Minister Mehmet Simsek denied a report on Saturday that the goverment was thinking of raising electricity prices by 19 percent for households before July this year."
An opinion poll carried out in occupied northern Cyprus has suggested that 50.4% of Turkish Cypriots would like to see the northern sector continue to exist as a so-called “independent state”."
The most important thing about the Israeli-Syrian peace negotiations is not that they are happening but where they are happening. A few months ago, President Shimon Peres addressed the Turkish parliament in Hebrew."
Businesswomen in İzmir are getting together to establish an association to promote their work in local and international platforms, to strengthen their job portfolios and to prepare projects that encourage women who do not work to claim their place in the job market."
A new Turkish philanthropist enters Turkey's foundation scene with the Turkish Philanthropy Foundation spearheaded by Haldun Taşman. Having spent more than 40 years in the US, Taşman hopes to inspire more giving on both sides of the Atlantic"
A report by Human Rights Watch says gay and transgender people in Turkey are subject to 'endemic abuses', and calls on the government to act to protect them. The BBC's Sarah Rainsford met some of the victims."
The head of the city’s Turkish association is bracing for more violence after a bloody fight between rival groups at a west-end cafe.
“I’m very sad today,” said Turkish Canadian Association president Kenan Tan, who worries the Thursday’s violence will give a “bad name to the Turkish people.”"
An EU Training Program, started in 2005 with the support of Philip Morris/Sabancı, among the leading industrial establishments of İzmir since 1992, has been one of most important components of the European Union process in informing people in the Aegean region."
Areva T&D Division, one of three global players in the transmission and distribution of energy, decided to invest $105 million in Turkey."
A simple wooden chair in a kebab shop is the latest must-see sight in Bursa, Turkey, ever since the Queen used it on a recent state visit to the country."
To the Editor: When I read “Istanbul’s Beat Is International” (May 11), I said to myself, no wonder. We can justify the new Turkish sound, as you refer to it, by the type of rock club/brewery/basement music joint I visited in December 2007. I was invited for a night out by two young Istanbul locals and we wound up at Balans, the kind of place where the entrance is a back door in an alley."
ANKARA, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said Friday that his country has not yet decided to join the 'Unity for the Mediterranean,' the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported."
Today I saw that the AKP government in Turkey is still trying to impose its will on higher education, by appointing the rectors of new public universities in Turkey."
The debts of farmers are going to be postponed in the cities of Turkey's southeastern provinces affected by drought, Turkish Agriculture Minister Mehdi Eker said on Thursday."
ISTANBUL, May 23 (Reuters) - Turkish lender Garanti Bank GARAN.IS said on Friday the Capital Markets Board (SPK) and banking regulator BDDK had approved its application for a 100 percent capital hike."
An inspiring conference on Turkey-Armenia relations was held in Yerevan this past Tuesday. At the end of the event, which was organized by the Yerevan-based Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation, and supported by the Eurasia Partnership Foundation and USAID, a number of students among the audience took the microphone kindly asking that their “elders” guide them in making a difference in the relationship. Thirty young students were motivated to give me their email addresses with hopes that I could link them with Turkish counterparts upon my return to Istanbul."
Potential membership of the European Union (EU) could improve many aspects of Turkish living, which may interest those considering purchasing property in the country.
A report by Amberlamb looks at the hopeful predictions made about Turkey as an investment destination, made as it prepares for the busy tourist season with and following news that a positive economy is improving prospects.
Due to the lack of free market in the energy sector, Turkey will face supply-related problems in the summer months, warns Turkish Industrialists' And Businessmen's Association. It is crucial to speed up investments to prevent deficit"
Turkey's Intercollegiate Board (UAK) supported on Friday the Supreme Court as the board's chairman said the judiciary was criticized unfairly by both the government and from abroad."
Reuters Fri May 23, 2008 (...) The fading of hope for religious reform fits into a larger picture of the ruling party's fading interest in the democratic reforms needed if Turkey is ever to become an EU member.
"They only wanted a place in the power system. Once they got it, they stopped," said Ankara University sociologist Dogu Ergil.
Rusen Cakir, author of several books on Islam and politics in Turkey, said political power rather than religion was always key to the AK Party's confrontation with the secularist elite."
Turkey has been making positive assessments of the project of the Mediterranean Union, although it is still not clear that Turkey will join the project, Turkey's FM Ali Babacan told on Friday in a joint news conference with his Croatian counterpart."
An advertisement by the Kurdish Institute of Paris and deputies of Turkey's pro-Kurdish party, or DTP, that appeared in Le Monde calling for an international mediator to help in solving the Kurdish problem sparked angry reaction in Turkey yesterday. "


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Be on them; who, in love and truth.
Long may the kindly impulse last!
But Thou, if they should totter, teach them to stand fast!
HOW will young men put themselves on any company, any society? At first being delighted with evil company, then with the evil of the company.
HE who must needs have Company, must needs have sometimes bad Company. Be able to be alone. Loose not the advantage of Solitude, and the Society of thy self, nor be only content, but delight to be alone and single with Omnipresency. He who is thus prepared, the Day is not uneasy nor the night black unto him. Darkness may bound his Eyes, not his Imagination.
GOD Himself, I think, is very willing to give one-and-twenty a second chance.

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Living Wild at Kielder has been made possible by National Lottery players and a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). It is a partnership project delivered by Kielder Water & Forest Park Development Trust, Northumberland Wildlife Trust, Northumbrian Water, Forestry Commission England and the Environment Agency, with support from Newcastle University and Northumberland National Park Authority.
Members, who have appointed directors/trustees to serve on the board, are Northumbrian Water, Forestry Commission, Calvert Trust Kielder, Northumberland County Council, Northumberland National Park Authority and Kielder Observatory Astronomical Society. Affiliate organisations that are not members but have a close working relationship with KWFPDT include Arts Council England, Northumberland Wildlife Trust, Environment Agency, Scout Association and local decision-making bodies such as the parish councils.

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What happens if you are not at fault in a car accident, but the other party accuses you of being at fault? How do you go about disputing fault after a car accident in Florida?
Now, this can be a complex situation and the reason for that is there’s a lot of variables that go into what creates an accident and what causes someone to be, as we define in the law, at fault.
Essentially what happens in most cases when there is a car accident is law enforcement will respond to the scene, and they’ll make a determination.
Now, let me be clear about this. Just because law enforcement makes a determination that someone is or isn’t at fault doesn’t mean they’re right.
It happens regularly because most accidents are not actually observed by law enforcement.
They talk to one party, they talk to a witness, they talk to other individuals, and then they have to make a call. That is the normal course. That doesn’t mean that they’re right. And often we challenge those determinations and are successful when disputing fault.
Even if law enforcement does make a determination that you are at fault, it might not have any relevance to the actual civil lawsuit itself when disputing fault.
If you’ve been accused of being at fault even though you don’t believe you are at fault, that does not mean you don’t potentially have a claim as well against the (other) party.
What it generally requires is an attorney who truly understands litigation and has the ability to build up an actual case for you and to prove — and generally in the civil realm it is by what we call a preponderance of the evidence, so it’s a slight tipping (of) the scale — that the other party is more likely to be at fault. If we’re able to do that, if we’re able to show that, then your case is not excluded. We’re able to move forward.
Clearly, there are a lot of variables that come into play when disputing fault and that’s something that we as your attorney have to flush out as we move forward with the case as to exactly what happened, how it happened, (and) what witnesses may or may not be available.
Again, sometimes drivers who are at fault will just make the claim even though it’s not accurate, not true, and cannot be validated. It doesn’t mean that it holds any water whatsoever and sometimes it just immediately gets dismissed by either an insurance company or a law enforcement officer or whoever (else) might be involved.
So long story short, it doesn’t mean that you have any sort of liability just because somebody makes an accusation that you’re at fault.
If you know you weren’t at fault, if you believe you weren’t at fault, it’s our job as your car accident attorney to help you.
If you have any questions regarding your car accident case and disputing fault, give us a call.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel, where we will constantly be posting new updates and information in regards to personal injury, car accidents, and all areas of law that the law firm of Denmon Pearlman covers.

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• How does your boss measure you?
• When the end of the year rolls around, how do you know if you have done a good job over the previous 12 months?
• If you wanted to receive a raise double the amount that you typically receive, what do you believe you would have to do to qualify?
Only on rare occasions are employees (except for salesmen) able to answer these questions, as many owners and managers are still prone to give their people discretionary raises and, in many cases, discretionary year-end bonuses.
Experience has taught me that adults perform best when they know specifically what performance they must achieve to qualify for a specific dollar amount of year-end bonus incentive payment.
In high school and college, students earn grades depending on how well they score on quizzes during the grading period. They know that if they get all the answers right all year, the odds are excellent that they will earn an A grade.
In baseball, most players are paid a salary, but most are also paid a specific incentive payment based on how they perform against measurable objectives, such as stolen bases, homeruns, batting average and runs scored.
Of course, assigning someone a measurable goal is no guarantee that they will achieve the goal, but at least they know what they have to do to earn “x” reward.
In business, just like in life, performance rewards improve the odds that people will go the extra mile to earn the prize.
The name they give this motivation is called “winning”.
This is why they install scoreboards in sports arenas. How effective do you believe a basketball team would be if there was no scoreboard and the players couldn’t see whether they were winning or losing?
The reward doesn’t necessarily have to be monetary. It could also be recognition at an awards dinner, or a meal for two at a fine restaurant, a weekend getaway at an upscale hotel or even trip to a nice resort.
Rewards, awards and incentive payments are terrific ways to motivate employees to stretch and put more energy and effort into their work.
Yes, that’s true. But would such naysayers want to work for a company that paid them a salary and kept them in the dark as to how they are measured or how their bonus is calculated?
Discretionary bonuses would be like the tournament committee at the US Open deciding how much to pay the golfers after play had stopped and the tournament was over.
Based on what I see in the marketplace, the companies that get the most mileage out of their incentive plans are the ones that make it clear how their incentive plans are designed and what level of performance is required to achieve a specified reward.


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In 1979, when Yoni Rechter was 27 years old, he was already an established musician with an impressive list of credits: a member of the former popular Israeli band Kaveret; collaborating with leading Israeli artists such as Arik Einstein, Yehudit Ravitz and Gidi Gov; and one of the creators of The 16th Sheep, the landmark Israeli children’s album.
Rechter began his music studies at the age of eight and composed “Tears of Angels” that became a hit song at age 16. When he was 22 years old, he was performing extensively with Kaveret with approximately 28 scheduled performances each month. His successful musical collaborations did not distract him from focusing on his own original creation and in 1979, he released his debut album, Intentionality, which was indeed a declaration of intent marking his future path. While reflecting Rechter’s clear intention through every sound and word, Intentionality expresses a distinct point of view. This album, comprised of ten tracks – seven songs and three instrumental pieces, introduces a wide range of influences, from jazz through classical music to progressive rock. To this date, Rechter has released five solo albums, composing original scores for film, dance and theatre as well as numerous songs that have become an integral part of the soundtrack of life in Israel.
Accompanied by two singers and three musicians, Yoni Rechter’s performance at the winter Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eilat celebrates four decades since the release of Intentionality with a complete presentation of this pioneering album alongside selected pieces from his creation throughout the years as well as excerpts from his recently released album, Svivenu.

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Protection against future loss. Synonym: insurance.
A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury. Synonyms: amends, damages, indemnification, redress, restitution.

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Why Him?, co-written and directed by Meet the Parents screenwriter John Hamburg, follows a respectable family as they try to acclimate to their daughter’s new nightmare of a boyfriend, Laird, who is determined to win them over despite their reservations. As Laird begins to succeed in courting favor with his girlfriend’s mother and younger brother, her father struggles with reconciling his contempt for Laird with how happy Laird seems to make his daughter. We sat down with screenwriter Ian Helfer to discuss how the film’s script developed, James Franco‘s process of becoming the character, and what it was like to work with Bryan Cranston on his first comedic role in over a decade.
Cory Mahoney: Hi, Ian! How are you doing today?
Ian Helfer: I’m good, how are you?
CM: I’m good, thank you. So, I haven’t actually had the chance to see the film yet, but I’ve watched all of the trailers and clips for it online, and it looks hilarious, so I can’t wait to see it.
CM: So, where did the idea for this movie come from? I feel like we’ve all known someone who’s, like, dating a person that we kind of secretly hate, is that something you’ve experienced yourself?
IH: Well, you know, I have. This is not the only origin of this idea because, to be honest, you may not have known Jonah Hill has a story credit on it? And it was actually a little bit of an idea that he came up with for the script, but one of the reasons we connected to it is, many, many years ago I was an unsuccessful actor for a little while and I felt that every time some girl brought me home to her parents, that I was, like, the last thing that they wanted to see. So, uh, I felt very connected to James Franco’s character, Laird’s journey of trying to win over the parents.
CM: Hopefully not exactly like James Franco’s character?
IH: Not exactly like James Franco. I have a lot less tattoos and a lot less muscle.
CM: Oh, okay, that’s the only difference?
IH: Haha, that’s the only difference. And a lot less hair, too.
CM: Haha! Well, you also created the story with John Hamburg, right?
CM: And he’s been behind some of my favorite comedies, so what was it like working with him? Had you seen his work before and that’s what made you guys decide to work together, or how did that come about?
IH: Uh, no, John and I have known each other for… forever. We were college roommates, and we’ve actually been writing together for almost 10 years, on and off, and have been writing together really steadily for the last 5 or 6 years. This is just the first original thing that, you know, we’ve done a bunch of uncredited on scripts, but this is the first original thing that we’ve done together. But John’s the best, John’s a really funny guy and a great filmmaker and, you know, he’s a great writer, but it was really fun to write it together and then have a front row seat for his directorial process also. You’ll see when you see the movie that, you know, it’s totally in the script, but we also had an amazing cast, so there’s a bunch of improv in there, too, and he did a great job of really encouraging everybody to be a part of the process.
CM: Right, so, I actually have a few questions about the improv aspects. For instance, I just read this morning that James Franco designed his own tattoos and added his own artwork to the film?
CM: So, I guess with Laird, specifically, but also with all of the characters, how much of the character existed before casting, and how much came to fruition once you had the actors in the roles?
IH: Well, it all existed in the script. You don’t get those guys without having a really great script, and John and I worked really hard to make the script great. And then, on set, they’re really, I mean, Bryan Cranston is an amazing actor and so funny, Megan Mullally, and Franco is like a comedy legend, so there’s a bunch of improv sprinkled throughout, but it is definitely in the script. But things like the art, that was really just a happy accident. You know, Franco is a really talented artist, and I think maybe part of his process of getting connected to the guy is he pitched us that he thought we could put some of his art could be on the walls, and I’m not sure if any of that is in the trailer, but you’ll see, when you see the movie, some of — at least this art, I haven’t seen all of his art — is really funny, and so we were like, great! That’s perfect! So, as you know, making movies is a collaborative art, and everybody is bringing something to the table. But the movie is definitely the script, and then everybody just took it to another level.
CM: That’s really awesome. There’s actually a clip online of Laird’s Lair.
CM: So I did get to see some of the art.
IH: He has these crazy — he was like “okay, I want to show you guys my paintings,” and, you know, some of his paintings were, like, three reindeer having a daisy chain. And we were like, great! Perfect!
CM: Haha, yeah. With Bryan Cranston, too, this like his first comedic role in — what? — 10 years, since Malcolm in the Middle ended?
CM: So, did you write the role with him in mind, or how did you convince him to do it? He looks brilliant in this role.
IH: He is really brilliant in it. You know, we were just really fortunate. He’s obviously somebody we had spoken about from the beginning, he’d be perfect for it, and, like I said, we worked really hard to make the script great, and he read it and he was interested, and he’s becoming a big movie star now, and he was interested in doing a comedy, which he had never done, you know, a big studio comedy, and I think one of the things that appealed was that Bryan has a daughter who is about the same age as Zoey Deutch’s character in the movie, so I think he connected with it. And he’s just a really smart, great guy, so we had a bunch of meetings, and he talked to us about ways he thought the script could improve, and ideas he had and jokes he had, and we went and did some more work, and he liked what we did, and James was on board too, and it all came together. We were just so fortunate that he wanted to do his first comedy with us.
IH: So lucky. You’ll see when you see the movie, he’s great. I mean, he just brings a whole other level to it.
CM: In fairness, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Bryan Cranston do anything that didn’t blow me away, so I have complete faith.
CM: So, it sounds like everything sort of came together for this film, but what was one of the biggest challenges, if any, that you faced in the entire process?
IH: Oh, that’s a good question. Well, I think, one of the challenges, as a writer, is doing a character like James Franco’s Laird, who’s kind of a strange guy, is trying to do something that feels original, but also making it feel relatable. You know, we had seen a lot of like Mark Zuckerberg-Silicon Valley guys, these sort of Harvard guys who maybe in a different time just would have gone to Wall Street and been number crunchers, but we were interested in looking at it from a different perspective, which is, you know, there’s all these like really weird, creative people who are becoming these Silicon Valley billionaires, creating video games and all this online content, so we were interested in looking at a different side of that that we’d seen before, but we also, you know it’s a big, open movie, so we also needed to figure out how to make that relatable and how somebody like that could be strange but also someone that we were rooting for. So, I would say that was a big challenge for us.
CM: Did you feel the need to make him somewhat realistic, not completely out of touch with reality, or was that not a concern?
IH: No, I mean, we always try to… hopefully it plays as quite real. It all comes from trying to create real characters, and, you know, it’s a comedy, so obviously things sometimes can be a little bit pushed for fun, but there’s a bunch of guys who are, you know, generally like that, and as we were filming, there’s actually a bunch of real video game guys in the movie, and, as we met more and more of these guys, we were like, oh… he’s not that far off from the real thing.
CM: That’s so great. So, just in general, this looks like the sort of comedy I haven’t seen in a while where it looks like I can enjoy it so thoroughly the first time, but it also looks like the sort of movie that I’ll watch over and over again on TV.
CM: So, what movies or TV shows informed your comedic sensibility or really inspired this particular film.
IH: Oh, that’s an interesting question. Well, I think that there’s obviously these classic father-daughter comedies out there. You know? Father of the Bride, obviously Meet the Parents, which John had worked on, but I think what we were interested in doing is, you know, we talked a lot about Meet the Parents and then what seemed interesting about this was how much the world has changed since a movie like Meet the Parents came out, and now we seem to live in a universe where the children are in charge, you know? Where, like, Robert De Niro, the CIA guy, was in charge, whenever that was, 10 or 15 years ago when that started. And now, somehow, all this tech stuff has turned the world on its head, and the children are in charge, so it felt like that was a fresh way. We still wanted to do a classic father-daughter comedy in vain of those movies, also, kind of the sort of weird guy comedy, in the vain of What About Bob?, a great Bill Murray movie, but it felt like we could do a fresh spin on it because the world has changed so much with this tech stuff and the kids are in charge now.
CM: I love that. I actually had not thought of it as a subversion of Meet the Parents, but it makes total sense. So, what other projects are you working on right now and what can we expect to see from you in the future?
IH: Well, I’m currently writing a pilot for CBS, and, yeah, John and I are gonna figure out some more stuff, and just hopefully more comedies like this, with real people doing real things. You know, I think we’re a little bit of counter-programming to Star Wars and some of these big superhero movies, so hopefully there’s an audience for the kind of stuff that we do. So, more of that!
CM: I definitely think there needs to be an audience, because these are the movies I’d for sure like to see, so good luck with that, and I can’t wait to see the film!
IH: Thank you very much! I really appreciate it. I hope you enjoy it.


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This is the interplay of financial companies, regulators and institutions operating on a supranational level. The global financial system can be divided into regulated entities (international banks and insurance companies), regulators, supervisors and institutions like the European Central Bank or the International Monetary Fund.
The system also includes the lightly regulated or non-regulated bodies - this is known as the “shadow banking” system. Mainly, this covers hedge funds, private equity and bank sponsored entities such as off-balance-sheet vehicles that banks use to invest in the financial markets.


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FutureU: The Experts in Online Teaching and Learning, Virtual Communities, Virtual Teams, Real-Time Online Meetings, and Event Production.
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Contact us to talk about your upcoming virtual events or live events you'd like to hold wholly or partially online.
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It's not the technology. It's what you do with it!® Meet! Talk! Get things done! Faster, better, cheaper—with the best tools for the job.
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Discover the best tools to develop online courses and the most efficent ways to deliver content and engage learners on the Web.
Design Map for a Team Website. Graphic by Claude Whitmyer.
How to showcase your team, department, program or community of practice or even just your own activities, capabilities, and creative output.
FutureU Client King Abdul Aziz University. Photo by Claude Whitmyer.
There's a whole lot more to planning and creating a technology-enriched course than just putting your content on the Internet or learning how to use course management software.
FutureU client Dominican University of California. Photo by Claude Whitmyer.
Whether tenderfoot or veteran Web surfer, students have gaps in their understanding of online learning, even if they surf, email and send text messages every day.
NASA collaboration technology. Photo by Claude Whitmyer.
Start with readiness and needs assessments, then identify sufficient resources and support. Seek professional guidance if appropriate.
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Many schools have invested heavily in a web presence. Student portals, learning management systems, and web conferencing software abound.
Why Invest in Online Learning?
Is Your Organization Ready for Online Learning?
For several years now, students have been participating in 100% online courses. But until recently, it was difficult to get faculty to do their own continuing ed that way. The tide seems to be turning though. Case in point, FutureU just completed a 12-week program for Thompson Rivers University, Open Learning Division, in which we trained 160 faculty 100% online. Participants and decision makers were thrilled (see testimonials below).
"The program that you provided our 160+ online faculty members and several staff was immediately relevant to the context of teaching and learning at Thompson Rivers University. You clearly took the time needed to understand our needs and to tailor the training program to those needs. We received many comments from our faculty attesting to the time and effort you put into this endeavour. It seemed many times that you went over and above what was expected of you in regards to the amount of time that you spent answering questions and troubleshooting problems. "
"...the quality of the training program was excellent with the vast majority of our faculty indicating increased competence in using both Elluminate Live! and Blackboard CE."
Check out the following videos. If something "clicks" for you as you watch them than we would likely be good friends and make a good team. Each video is just a few minutes long, thoughtful, and enlightening. To learn more about Gail Terry Grimes, Claude Whitmyer and FutureU's mission, Contact us directly.
This video was published in 2007 and encapsulates the challenges we are facing in the brave new world of technology-mediated education. It helps give you an idea of the context for FutureU's mission in the world.
This statistics-rich video was out of date the day it was published (also in 2007). But I like it best of all the existing versions. See list to the left for version with updated numbers (2009).
"Shift Happens, from the student point of view. This short clip was produced by a group of 200 students who also appear in the clip. Eye opening look at how today's student see the technology revolution.
Yelp! With apologies to Alan Ginzberg's Howl."
Continuing Ed Directors: Here's Why Your JOb Is So Important.
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Latvian State Police has submitted to the prosecutor’s office materials of the criminal case regarding the state aid that was provided to KVV Liepājas metalurgs. As part of this criminal process, former Prime Minister and Finance Minister Einars Repše may have been made a suspect in this case. After all, he was the one who signed the state aid provision documents, as reported by Latvijas Avīze.
The criminal process was commenced in accordance with the rarely used Section 319 of the Criminal Law, specifically its third part, which covers officials’ failure to perform their duties if serious consequences caused by negligence.
State Police has not released any more details on this matter, saying that all questions will soon have to be asked to the prosecutor’s office. However, in spite of the fact that the case had been submitted to the prosecutor’s office three months ago, the Prosecutor General’s Office has yet to issue any comments.
A couple of years ago, State Police Economic Crimes Enforcement Department commenced a criminal process in relation to large scale fraud with possible theft of finances from Liepājas metalurgs.
As previously explained by SP press-secretary Dairis Anučins, while investigating the criminal process commenced in 2012 in relation to possible illegal activities by officials of Liepājas metalurgs, and although no proof was found that officials had embezzled money or abused their station, police did uncover other details that pointed towards money fraud at the company. An offshore company had been used to process payments for non-existent services.
In 2015, based on facts uncovered during the investigation, the decision was made to divide the existing criminal process to continue inspection of this information and commence a separate criminal process.
In this separated criminal process on large scale fraud has no suspects, but the Economic Crimes Enforcement Department continues its investigation to determine the conditions under which transactions between Liepājas metalurgs and the Cyprus-based company had taken place. The investigation is also meant to determine the participating parties.
After experiencing financial difficulties, Liepājas metalurgs ceased all production in spring in 2013. The company was later declared insolvent and later sold to Ukrainian investors in 2014, who renamed the company to KVV Liepājas metalurgs. The company restored production the following year.
On 16 September 2016, Liepaja court declared KVV Liepājas metalurgs insolvent.


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If you have a love for camping and photography this is the group for you.
As an amateur photographer, my main summer passion is loading up my camera and camping gear and setting out on multiday trips to destinations that offer grand vistas and require a little work to get there. Past trips have included Mount Assiniboine, Mount Robson, Tonquin Valley, Lake O’hara, Limestone Lakes.
Members who enjoy this group do NOT have to be in prime fitness condition but will be willing to challenge themselves. Single day travel distance will depend on the outing.
Backcountry Photographers fosters an environment of community of safety.


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Tell me if this is a good idea for making my next app.
Hi guys,I just got registered as a dev 2 days ago and I published my first app yesterday.Now I want to make my next app for which I require your views.
Tell me if this is a good idea for making my new app?
How about an app which lists ALL the WP Xbox games achievements?
1-Xbox games freaks like me who want to check the achievements of games to see whether they are difficult to accomplish or not.
>>It will show the gamer score of each achievement.
>>It will be updated by me if and when new xbox games are hopefully released for WP.
Hey Usama. The TrueAchiever app technically can list all Windows Phone game Achievements and a lot more, but that doesn't mean people wouldn't enjoy a smaller app focused on just listing the WP Achievements. I guess you could also link to Achievement guides at Xbox360Achievements or something, just to make the app more useful. Good luck, and let me know when it's published!
I'll download it and see if there are any essential things it's missing.
1-it always requires an internet connection to work, at least that's what it said when I opened it without an internet connection.
I think I should go for an app which lists all the achievements offline and look to add guides in future updates, what do you guys say?
Windows Phone Store is crazy?
Any good weather app with pollen forecast?

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English-born California resident Chris Standring kicks off the New Year in Chichester’s Roots Around the World series at the city’s Chichester Inn on Wednesday, January 14 (tickets 01243 783185).
This year he brings with him his new album Don’t talk Dance which reached number one in the US music charts.
The States have been home to Chris for a long time now.
“My move to LA was by no means accidental,” he explains. “I made a trip here in 1980 after leaving school. I was fed up with education and felt like I needed a year off to have a little fun.
“After hitching across America from Miami, I settled in LA as I simply wanted to take in the jazz scene. I would go and see amazing musicians perform at tiny jazz clubs, and the California seed was planted. After nine months I went back to London and enrolled at the London College of Music for three years. Then the next ten years saw me ensconced in the London session scene, and of course I put a band together there too.
“Once in a while I would make little trips back to LA, just stay for around three weeks at a time. Little did I know they ended up being reconnaissance trips.
“That night I didn’t sleep too well, but the following morning I decided to sell everything I owned and make the big move. Once I had decided, the force was with me and nothing I could do would stop it. That was 23 years ago, and yes, I am now an American citizen and it has definitely become home.
“It goes without saying the weather is fabulous, you know, if you like the sun. I was never a fan of British weather but I honestly don’t think this is the main reason I left. Every one of those trips I made out here when I was living in London was, for the most part, extremely inspirational.
“There was always a youthful optimism and an ambition and drive everywhere that appealed to me. I liked that there were so many creative people here, all with their own hopes and dreams.
“When I lived in England, I didn’t feel spurred on to go after my dreams, even though of course there were plenty of creative people that had made it work there. But at the time there was a fledgling contemporary jazz recording scene in LA, and a good deal of record labels that were releasing jazz albums, and that was particularly appealing because that was the avenue that spoke to me more than any other facet of the music business, even though I was perfectly happy playing for other people too.
“Deep down I had this desire to make records, and I wanted to be in the entertainment capital of the world to do it. The quality of living is high here. It’s an easier life. Of course when I lived in London I was poverty stricken, so my standard of living could have been a great deal higher I’m sure.


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Location: Kemsley, Kent, England, UK.
Stephanie had dementia and was living in a care home. When her husband came to get her from the care home, staff became alarmed and called police. But they were too late; Stephanie’s husband had already cut her throat. He attempted suicide himself, but survived.
Stephanie’s husband claims that it had been a suicide pact, but no evidence for this has emerged.
Perpetrator: Michael Packman (Husband), pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility, given a 2-year suspended sentence.
Location: Gatley, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK.
Patricia’s husband beat her to death with a metal bar so that he wouldn’t have to put her in a care home. He had previously turned down offers of support from social services.
Perpetrator: Lawrence Franks (Husband), pleaded guilty to manslaughter due to diminished responsibility, given a two-year suspended sentence.
Disability: Blind in one eye.
Denise was beaten to death by her boyfriend.
Location: Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, Lancashire, England, UK.
Disability: Mobility impaired due to fall; frail elder.
Bernadette’s son severely neglected her before killing her by smothering her.
Perpetrator: Stephen Green (Son), convicted of murder, sentenced to 14 years to life.
Betty was strangled by her husband, who then hanged himself.
Location: Buckhurst Hill, Essex, England, UK.
Ruby’s grandson went to the care home where she and her husband lived; he stabbed her in the neck, killing her.
She was a great-great-grandmother who had just celebrated her 70th wedding anniversary with her husband. Her family remembers her “creativity and love for crocheting, dressmaking and bingo” and says she “always had a song to sing for every occasion”. She had lived in a nursing home for seven months and enjoyed visits from family.
Perpetrator: Antony Jennings (Grandson), convicted of murder, sentenced to 22 years to life.
Jane’s husband took her out of the nursing home where she lived and poisoned her with prescription medication; then he killed himself.
Margaret was strangled by her daughter.
Perpetrator: Keeley Barnard (Daughter), convicted of murder, sentenced to 18 years to life.
Cause of death: Multiple murder.
Disability: Unspecified physical and mental disability; walked with a cane.
Leah Cohen and her daughter Hannah were stabbed to death by her son. Apparently, he was upset that he had been left out of his father’s will.
Leah and her family own Beigel Bake, their family business, a London bakery famous for its salt-beef bagels. Hannah and her sister ran a cake shop, which closed when Hannah was killed; Leah’s other two sons now run the bagel shop.
Perpetrator: Joshua Cohen (Son), charged with murder.
Location: Herne Bay, England, UK.
Disability: Anxiety disorder, mental illness.
Olivia’s father strangled her to death; then he went after Olivia’s mother, who escaped and ran to a neighbor’s to call the police. The killer claimed that he was so stressed by Olivia’s mental illness that he had “snapped” and “couldn’t let her suffer any more”.
Perpetrator: Richard Kray (Father; employed as caregiver to autistic children in a special school), pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility and attempted murder, sentenced to 10 years, to be partially served in a psychiatric unit.


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RRB NTPC Important Notice regarding Result Date: The Railway Recruitment Board has released an official notice for candidates who appeared in 2nd stage CBT, Typing Skill Test and/or Aptitude Test for various NTPC (Graduate) posts against CEN-03/2015.
Click on the below-mentioned link to view the official notice regarding the RRB NTPC Result.
It is clear from the above notice that the list of shortlisted candidates for verification of documents and genuineness of candidature along with scheduled dates is likely to be ready by 1st week of August 2017.
Needless to say, we will keep you posted on further updates. Till then, stay connected for more information regarding RRB NTPC Recruitment 2016. To excel in Railways Exams, download the Best RRB Exam Preparation App for free.
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Inesol's consultants have nearly 10 years experience building shopping applications on the internet, our first on-line shopping application being a Lotus Notes based clothing site in the mid 90's. Since then we have used a wide range of solutions, tried out a large number of banks and payment gateways and perfected our own off the shelf eshop "In-Store" which ships for £5,000.
We are business partners of Protx who we recommend for customers on a tighter budget, and SecPay who we recommend for larger customers who wish to keep more functionality internally.
We use SOAP, XML, Curl & Network Encryption to connect to the payment gateways.


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Making clandestine deals on cars generally saves money for the client and makes added for the seller.
Trading cars a may aftereffect in a bigger accord for both parties back generally a clandestine abettor will bulk a abettor lower than a banker would for the aforementioned car, alike admitting that bulk is added than the abettor would get as a trade-in from a dealer. Knowing the rules and regulations of clandestine car sales can advice abridge the transaction and advice both parties feel annoyed with the deal. How to go about the barter depends on area both the client and abettor live.
When trading cars privately, it is important that both the client and abettor analysis with the administration of motor cartage in the accompaniment of residence. Should the client and abettor alive in altered states, regulations from both jurisdictions charge to be advised back laws alter from accompaniment to state.
When affairs a car privately, the abettor needs to apperceive whether the accompaniment administration of motor cartage requires actual notification that the abettor has afflicted ownership. For example, in the accompaniment of Wisconsin no notification from the abettor is all-important and there are no adapted state-required forms to complete. However, the client charge anon administer for a appellation certificate. Conversely, in California, the abettor charge acquaint the accompaniment DMV aural bristles canicule of the sale. It is adapted that to assure the accountability of the seller, a Notice of Alteration and Release of Accountability anatomy be completed. The California DMV again updates buying annal and the client has 10 canicule from the date of auction to address the transfer. Altered states acquire varied, yet specific requirements for both buyers and sellers.
Most states crave drivers to advance car allowance or some anatomy of banking responsibility. In the majority of jurisdictions car allowance is the requirement. Some states additionally crave allowance to be apprenticed in the accompaniment area the car is transferred. For example, Michigan will not acquire an out-of-state action as affidavit of insurance. However, with beyond allowance companies that conduct business beyond assorted states, abstracted licenses to advertise allowance behavior are maintained in anniversary jurisdiction.
Regardless of area a car is bought or sold, back a barter takes abode amid two clandestine individuals, if the two go calm to the adapted agency, such as the DMV or bounded annex of the secretary of state’s appointment and conduct the buying alteration accordingly, it reduces the adventitious of approaching problems with the transaction. For example, in the accompaniment of Kentucky cartage are transferred locally at the canton clerk’s office. Affidavit of allowance is adapted afore the abettor will alteration the title. Afore applying for transfer, the client charge allege with an allowance abettor and access advantage on the car. The client and abettor can again booty affidavit of the buyer’s allowance forth with the seller’s aboriginal appellation of buying to the clerk’s appointment and assurance and alteration buying in the attendance of the clerk. A new affidavit of allotment assuming the buyer’s buying is anon issued afterwards adapted fees and taxes are paid. The abettor is anon appear from accountability for the abettor and the transaction is completed.
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Main Title Estuarine pollution control and assessment : proceedings of a conference.
Subjects Estuarine pollution--United States--Congresses. ; Estuaries--United States--Congresses. ; Estuarine biology--United States--Congresses.
This report is designed to provide information that could be used to establish a national program for the prevention, reduction, and elimination of pollution in estuaries. The individual papers comprising the report address important estuarine problems by presenting state-of-the-art knowledge and experience in the field. Volumes I and II contain the conference papers and Volume III is a microfiche index of Federally funded estuarine research projects.


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The Public Meeting of the FMERA Board is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 7:00p.m.
Public notice of the April 23, 2019 Board Meeting will be provided and a copy of the agenda will be posted 48 hours prior to the meeting on the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority website.
*Please note that all meeting dates, times and locations are subject to change.

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It took three overtimes, but No. 16-ranked St. Thomas held off a hot-shooting host Augsburg team Saturday in conference men's basketball play in Minneapolis. The Toms rode freshman guard Anders Nelson's heroics to win 112-105.
Nelson scored 35 of his career-best 37-points after halftime, and added seven rebounds, seven assists and four steals. He sank 10 of 10 at the line in the final two overtimes, and made all 12 tries on the game. He twice made shots to tie the game and extend it into the next overtime.
The Tommies (12-1 overall, 8-0 MIAC) ran their win streak to 12 and stayed in a share of the MIAC lead with St. John's. They also helped amend an 0-3 record last season against Augsburg. Senior Connor Bair finished with 28 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks.
Coach John Tauer's Tommies trailed by eight points in the first half, nine in the second half, and two in the first OT. They later trailed 88-83 with 49 seconds left in the second overtime before storming back to force a third OT. They even trailed 93-91 in the third OT before Connor Bair's three-point play put them ahead to stay at 94-93.
St. Thomas was outscored 54-27 in 3-point scoring. The biggest trey came with :02 left in regulation and the Toms ahead 63-60 when the Auggies' Matt Carik sank a tying shot from deep in the corner.
The Tommies' comeback was aided by sinking 29-of-33 free throws and committing just 11 turnovers in the 55-minute game.
They also survived another huge game by Auggie junior Booker Coplin, the MIAC's leading scorer at 25.6 ppg. Coplin had 34 points, 15 rebounds, eight assists and four blocks while playing all 55 minutes.
Nelson drove the length of the floor and hit a pull-up 14-footer at the end of the first OT to tie the game. He made four free throws in the final :05 of the second OT to help erase deficits of three and two points and force a third extra session. He sank two 3-pointers and scored 12 points in the third overtime.
St. Thomas plays at Bethel on Wednesday night.

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