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2B. Gypsum Board* — (As an alternate to Item 2) — 5/8 in. thick applied either horizontally or vertically. Gypsum panels fastened to framing with 1-1/4 in. long Type W coarse thread gypsum panel steel screws spaced a max 8 in. OC, with last screw 1 in. from edge of board. When used in widths of other than 48 in., gypsum boards are to be installed horizontally.
2C. Gypsum Board* — (As an alternate to Items 2, 2A, and 2B) — 5/8 in. thick gypsum panels, with square edges, applied either horizontally or vertically. Gypsum panels fastened to framing with 1-1/4 in. long Type W coarse thread gypsum panel steel screws spaced a max 8 in. OC, with last 2 screws 1 and 4 in. from edge of board or nailed as described in Item 2. When used in widths of other than 48 in., gypsum boards are to be installed horizontally.
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Profitable small businesses can rapidly go out of business if they run out of money. Similarly, unprofitable unprof small companies can be survived for a very long time if they have a good money balance. In other words, money is the life blood of American small businesses.
Naturally, when times are difficult, inability to get capital to pay daily operating expenses often becomes a source of worry, stress and anxiety and diversion for small business owners.
Sadly, the majority of huge city and town traditional lending institutions have rigid and strict criteria that their clients should fulfill.
Companies have a separate credit rating from business owner. Even if business owner has a high credit history, the business may not have a recognized credit report (specifically if recently developed). For that reason, prospective lenders have to use options with that take business owner’s individual credit into consideration which accepts candidates with less than ideal credit.
Often, physical lending institutions just service businesses doing 20k or more in month-to-month profits. This disqualifies smaller sized companies doing 10k-15k in month-to-month earnings.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


text: Information Writing teaches children the essential skills required by the National Curriculum. They will learn to write to advise, to inform, to explain and to describe. It provides a lively collection of writings, in different forms, for children to read, including formal and informal letters, reports, reviews and biographies to name a few. These will provide vital starting points to give them ideas for their own writing. More than this, the book helps young writers structure and organise their work, to use good grammar, punctuation and more interesting vocabulary. They will also learn to recognise that articles contain facts and opinions, which can be biased to a particular point of view.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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A Look into the Vienna Weltmuseum – Wie weiter mit Humboldts Erbe?
Following a three-year renovation period, the former Ethnological Museum in Hofburg/Vienna was recently reopened as the Vienna Weltmuseum (VWM). Responsible for content development and the presentation of the exhibits was the same museum exhibition design firm, Ralph Appelbaum Associates, which previously designed the Canadian National Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg and the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened by Barack Obama in Washington DC, and which is also currently preparing the Humboldt Forum in Berlin. Therefore, Vienna can be considered a test run for the major project in Berlin, which is also housed in a palace. At the Vienna Weltmuseum, we are able to paradigmatically study the state-of-the-art of ethnographic-scenographic exhibitions in the second decade of the 21st century, as well as the new role of contemporary art in historical museums, the latter of which I gave special attention to during my visit.
From my time studying in Vienna in the 1990s, I remember this as an ethnological museum that hardly fell short of the morbid mustiness of previous exhibitions in the Royal Museum of Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium, where artifacts from Belgium’s colonies could be found placed next to animal specimens whose skins had become worn off over the years in storage or snakes which had lost their colour. I recall a long series of halls and showcases that were densely populated – literally crammed – with ethnographic exhibits revealing traces of dust and decay. I remember feeling alienated. I was also convinced I had seen a ‘hall of races’ in the Vienna Ethnological Museum which compared people. However, Google informed me that the so-called ‘Hall of Races’ was part of the anthropological collection in the nearby Natural History Museum between 1978 and 1996.
Back then, there was no mentioning yet of masterpiece dramaturgy in ethnographic museums. But today, visitors are pointed toward the top objects – the must-sees of the museum – with unmistakable signposting already in the entrance hall. One of the gems that no visitor should miss is the emerald green Aztec Quetzal feather headdress, which originates from around 1515 in Mexico and is listed in the inventory of the Wunderkammer (cabinet of curiosities) of Ambras Palace in Tyrol of 1596. Writings and pictures draw attention to other key exhibits on the orientation signs: a Chinese “throne screen”, the “model of a Daimyo residence”, “figures of court dwarfs” from the Benin kingdom, the “feather bust of a god”.
In the permanent exhibition area of the new Weltmuseum with its 14 halls, darkened showrooms in which the original objects are auratically presented also with the use of digital, interactive elements, alternate with bright “discursive spaces” on questions of representation in the museum (“Who speaks?”, “What is culture?”, “Whose view?”) and topics such as colonialism, art theft and – conveyed very illuminatingly – the racism and primitivism in Viennese ethnology. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Viennese ethnologists, such as Father Wilhelm Schmidt (1868-1954), were searching in missionary areas less for racial differences than for an Adam and Eve-couple to underpin conservative Catholic social doctrine; while social democrats and psychoanalysts polemicized against the Catholic-tinted field research.
One example of a “discursive space” in the new VWM: the hall “In the Shadow of Colonialism”.
No direct connections are drawn between the main exhibits of the approximately 200,000-piece Vienna collection and the problematic aspects of collecting “exotic” objects. The visitors are also not informed about for which objects restitution requests have been put forward. However, when it comes to “Montezuma’s feather crown” – as the jewel is called in the vernacular – the Viennese inevitably have the persistent demands for restitution in mind, which Native Americans have for many years been performatively expressing with drums, dance, incense and illustrations of “El Penacho” in front of the St. Stephen’s Cathedral. At least, the task of curating the section on North America was assigned to a Native American.
On the Belle Etage, the Weltmuseum celebrates itself as an aristocratic Wunderkammer, (cabinet of curiosities) which owes its existence to the “Museomania” (Franz Ferdinand) of the Habsburg crown princes – and thus takes up an old narrative. On the other hand, in the special exhibition areas on the mezzanine floor, the VWM is tinkering with the image of a global migration museum. This reminds a little of the popular play “On the ground and first floor” by Johann Nestroy shown in Vienna theaters. It is a social farce, in which the junk dealer named Schlucker and his wife, Sepherl, who live in ruff conditions on the ground floor, are having trouble with money lenders, while on the first floor, servants of the millionaire Mr. Goldfuchs are preparing the evening ball.
In the new Weltmuseum, institutional critique is diverted to the discursive spaces and the contemporary art contributions in the special exhibition areas. Hence, the intervention of Viennese artist, Lisl Ponger, who claims to investigate “stereotypes, racisms and visual constructions at the intersection of art, art history and, above all, ethnology” was eagerly awaited. She installed a black, sarcophagus-like spatial wedge diagonally into the white marble gallery of the central hall of the pompous imperial museum building: an unmistakable architectural signal showing that she wants to shield herself from the surrounding environment and that she is not in line with the ideology of the institution.
Within the separate space of the wedge, the artist or rather the MuKul, Ponger’s fictional Museum of Foreign and Familiar Cultures, presents staged photographs from various years (“Participating Observer”, “Otaheite Olé”, “Garden Party”) alongside a newly created 480-minute video piece (“The Master Narrative and Don Durito”, 2017). With the photographic artwork titled “Wild Places”, the artist places herself in the colonial tradition. It shows a female white hand being tattooed with the words “Missionary”, “Mercenary”, “Ethnologist”, “Tourist” and “Artist” by another hand; all words except “Artist” are crossed out.
The artist is, nevertheless, aware that the museum can appropriate her critique and thereby present itself as a critical museum.
By ironizing and disclosing her own position both as an “embedded artist”, Lisl Ponger attempts to enlighten. However, the disclosure of one’s own dependencies can also be regarded as an immunization strategy against criticism by anticipating criticism. This ambivalence characterizes Ponger’s entire contribution. Through choosing her own separate space, the artist visibly secludes herself from the surroundings and demonstrates stubborn resistance, while remaining embedded within the Weltmuseum.
Through the “courtesy” declarations (Charim Gallery), the installation also has something of a private gallery showroom, realized within the public museum. It is also quite possible that the artist with her subtle humor has decide to dig her own grave in the Weltmuseum, freely adapting the avant-garde motto that museums are mausoleums; which should be understood quite literally considering the “human remains”, i.e. the remains of humans, in ethnographic museums.
As part of the opening exhibition, a special display has been dedicated to another artist besides Lisl Ponger. Rajkamal Kahlon, an Berlin-based American, was invited to a two-month residency at the Vienna Weltmuseum and found what she was looking for in the museum’s ethnographic photo collection. The result is the exhibition “Staying with Trouble”, which consists of re-paintings of ethnographic portraits. The title is a reference to the biologist, philosopher of science and ecofeminist Donna Haraway (“Staying with the Trouble: Making Children in the Chthulucene”, 2016).
“Through her visual analysis […], the artist examines these continuities and invites visitors to question their own gaze. […] a dissection of the visual legacies of empire. By redrawing and repainting the bodies of photographed native subjects, Kahlon allows for the rehabilitation of those bodies, histories, and cultures that have been erased, distorted, and maligned”.
Artists are responsible for subtle critique. Yet, the special exhibitions remain largely detached, next to the new showrooms and can easily be bypassed. The reopening of the former ethnographic museum as a Weltmuseum reveals the transformation from collection-based science museums of the 19th and 20th centuries to audience-oriented forums of world culture. Typically, we find masterpiece dramaturgy, smart wording and homogeneous corporate design, which extends throughout the entire museum to the printed materials.
The hand-over from ethnological and anthropological scholars to scenography and PR artists has already taken place – and is probably irreversible. Scenography not only determines the design of the showcases, space and lighting, but also generates, controls and choreographs the content and the overall narratives of the Weltmuseum. The result seems smart and smooth, making one almost long for the old, edgy, cranky ethnographic museum. As an involuntary monument of imperialist and colonial persuasion, it was more honest in an old-fashioned way.
The former Ethnological Museum in Hofburg/Vienna. Archive images from around 1900.
Johanna Di Blasi is a Berlin based writer, journalist and art critic. For several years she was editor of the features section of “Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung”, from 2011 to 2016 she was correspondent and editor of the Berlin branch of the publishing house Madsack Verlag. Since 2015 she has been working on a dissertation and book project on the subject of artist interventions in colonial collections through the example of the Humboldt Lab Dahlem. Since 2016 she has been attending the colloquium of the department Arts of Africa at the Freie Universität Berlin, Prof. Tobias Wendl.
 The connection to the Aztec ruler Montezuma or Moctezuma remains speculative. The exact origin of the 1.30m-high feather crown, which Mexico never officially reclaimed, as well as the circumstances of acquisition are unknown. The SPÖ and the Greens repeatedly demanded restitution. In the new VWM, the audience learns that the object, which is displayed in a case with electronic suspensions to protect it against vibrations, would “disintegrate” into dust at the slightest touch. Conservatory arguments also prevent any travel of the Nefertiti, the “top object” of the Berlin museums.
 Own transcription of audio recordings of the symposium “Historical Collection and Contemporary Art. A Discussion of Curatorial Strategies”, which took place on 2-3 July 2015 in the Dahlem Museums in Berlin. The recordings are deposited in the library of the Ethnological Museum Berlin. Translations by Ulrike Flader.
 At the Berlin conference, Ponger said that one needed to decide case-by-case whether her critique could be “acknowledged, or whether it would be appropriated by this institution with its powerful discourse. […] However, working outside the institutions is also not a viable option for me”.
 Rajkamal Kahlon’s residency was part of SWICH – Sharing a World of Inclusion, Creativity and Heritage and was co-funded by the European Union’s program Creative Europe. www.swich-project.eu.
 Donna Haraway also gave the theoretical impulse for the eco-feminist documenta13 by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev in 2012.
 Gail Anderson describes in “Reinventing the Museum. Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Paradigm Shift” (2004), a transformation from “collection-driven institutions to visitors-centered museums” and, as a result, a shift from disciplinary to multidisciplinary exhibitions; cited in Baur, Joachim (ed.) 2010. Museumsanalyse. Methoden und Konturen eines neuen Forschungsfeldes, Bielefeld: Transcript, p. 220.


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Are you facing trouble logging in to your Gmail account?
Well, it could be due to a number of reasons namely it is possible that your browser does not support Gmail or maybe your browser extensions or plug-ins are not compatible to operate with Gmail.
Another reason could be that the browser’s cache and cookies files need to be deleted to create supportable space to run the Gmail on your browser. You may not worry about such issues as it is easy to resolve through various troubleshooting methods.
You can refer to various tips and tricks mentioned below to resolve your Gmail not loading issue by correctly following the tips.
Various browsers like Internet Explorer, Chrome, FireFox, and Safari are all compatible to operate Gmail, but it is possible that you may have an older variant of any of such browsers, so make sure to regularly update them with the latest version to ensure the proper functioning of such browsers.
It is possible that any of your extensions or plug-ins may be hampering the Gmail not to load. In such a case try disabling them alternatively to rectify which one is creating the issue.
If you are still unable to load Gmail through your browser, you should disable both of them by switching to the incognito mode and then try to load Gmail. You can always head back to the main browser window by simply closing the incognito mode.
If the above methods prove to be unsuccessful, in such a scenario you can opt to clear all your browsers cookies and cached data files and then retry loading the Gmail.
But while doing so keep in mind that as you clear your cookies and cached files from the browser, all of your browsing history and customised settings would be removed.
By going through the tips given above, you can troubleshoot the issue to load your Gmail account.
Shery Williams is an employee at a top email service provider company in the day, and a technical writer at night. She is passionate about writing troubleshooting tips, beginner’s guides, news, and other articles on varied topics. She has written majorly on Verizon, Comcast email support and Roadrunner email support.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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I’m wrapping up #ChocolateWeek with one decadent piece of art! This Chocolate Mousse topped with Crispy Peanut Butter Bits was simply sensational! Something you need to make, taste, and enjoy to truly experience—so let’s get started!
…and a pinch of salt.
Give this a good whisk for two minutes.
Using the double boiler method, transfer the bowl on top of a small sauce pan of boiling water. Continue whisking the egg mixture, moving the bowl off the heat occasionally to avoid scorching the eggs, and cook for about 10 minutes, or until the mixture reaches 150-160ºF.
Once the temperature is reached, add 1 cup of dark chocolate chips to the mixture.
Thoroughly combined until melted. Remove from heat and set aside.
In a separate mixing bowl, whip 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream to medium-stiff peaks.
Gently fold in the warm chocolate custard.
Once thoroughly combined, transfer the mousse to the refrigerator and allow it to cool for about 2 hours.
…and a splash of water.
…1/2 cup puffed rice, and a pinch of salt.
…and then transfer to a silpat to cool and set up.
…and top the whole thing off with a few pieces of the crispy peanut butter. All that’s left to do is enjoy!
Start by adding 3 egg yolks to a small metal mixing bowl, followed by a 1/2 cup sugar and a pinch of salt. Give this a good whisk for two minutes. Using the double boiler method, transfer the bowl on top of a small sauce pan of boiling water. Continue whisking the egg mixture, moving the bowl off the heat occasionally to avoid scorching the eggs, and cook for about 10 minutes, or until the mixture reaches 150-160ºF.
Once the temperature is reached, add 1 cup of dark chocolate chips to the mixture and thoroughly combined until melted. Remove from heat and set aside.
In a separate mixing bowl, whip 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream to medium-stiff peaks, and begin gently folding in the warm chocolate custard. Once thoroughly combined, transfer the mousse to the refrigerator and allow it to cool for about 2 hours.
While that cools, in a small pot add 1/2 cup sugar and a splash of water. Heat to 230ºF and the add 2 tbsp peanut butter, 1/2 cup puffed rice, and a pinch of salt. Give this a quick mix and then transfer to a silpat to cool and set up.
Once the mousse is finished setting up, add a smear of whipped cream to the walls of a bowl, pipe in a generous helping of the chocolate mousse, I added some chocolate cake crumbles (optional), and top the whole thing off with a few pieces of the crispy peanut butter. All that's left to do is enjoy!

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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A French émigré, a false mistress, a desperate chase, and of course, an evil duke – the thrilling conclusion to the Fairchild trilogy.
Actress Laura Edwards has always concealed her past, but when a London rake tumbles on her secret she finds herself in a new kind of trouble ... A French émigré fallen on hard times, Laura took to the stage to support her struggling family, but now they want her to turn respectable. To keep her hard-won independence, Laura will have to appease her brother, outsmart a vengeful duke ... and guard her heart from the care-for-nothing aristocrat who's her only ally.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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Prof. Ilya Somin of George Mason University School of Law has recently posted a series of arguments against any sort of national mandatory service program. By a "mandatory national service program," Somin means the broad proposition of mandating that young people at some point after high school participate in a civilian work service program for a year or two, perhaps working in national parks, teaching, or some other national service (think combining the draft with Americorps). I am not certain that there is a specific proposal, only vague ideas along the lines of those European nations that offer civilian service as an alternative to mandatory military service.
Somin clearly does not like this idea. In a tone and approach that I think can reasonably be labeled as a bit histrionic, he comes close to comparing the proposal to slavery, suggests that it might someday be used as some sort of private forced labor pool, and states his belief that the proposal targets the young because they are politically weak.
Of course, reasonable people can disagree on whether there should be a mandatory national service program. But by misrepresenting the aims of a hypothetical national service program, suggesting absurd comparisons to slavery, refusing to acknowledge the arguments in favor of a program and generally fighting the shadows of the proposal rather than the proposal itself, Somin reduces his anti-national service argument to just another libertarian rant far out of the mainstream of American legal and political thought.
Full disclosure: in a broad, non-particularized sense, I have favored this idea in the past, and continue to support it. I believe that a consequence, perhaps unintended, of mandatory military service was a boost to our sense of civic duty. I believe that a shared experience of duty by young men from various parts of the country and ethnic, educational and socioeconomic backgrounds may have contributed to any number of public goods: an improved understanding of America by its citizens, a more developed ideal of service to one's community, and an opportunity for young people to break from the rigidity of their local upbringing and experience a broader range of the American experience. Thus, I wonder if a mandatory program of civic service, whether as an alternative to a military draft or not (which I also vaguely support), might have similar effects.
I think many other proponents of such a system feel similarly that the main benefit would be the contribution to the national civic psyche. Which is why I was astounded when I saw no mention of this point in Somin's extensive writing on the topic. What confused me even further was when he proposed that the national service proposals target the young instead of the old because young people are politically weak and therefore susceptible to being lured into this scheme for forced labor. Inherent in this suggestion is the idea that the proponents of the system somehow aim to benefit from the labor itself in such a way as to justify the system.
Now, I realize that Somin may think many policymakers are pretty dumb, but I do not know of a single person who thinks that a mandated national service program including living wages and possibly housing options for all Americans of a particular age would be a more efficient means of obtaining labor than simply contracting for it on the open market. The costs will be incredible... a point which Somin makes elsewhere. The purpose is the hypothetical effects that such a program will have on the young people, not the benefit of the labor (which presumably will cost more than labor that is simply contracted for). Thus, it's clear why the program targets the young: they are the group the state would want to impart the lessons of the service to.
So why does Somin twist this into a straw man? Even the WSJ opinion page picked up on this, and turned the piece into an op-ed with the threatening title "Uncle Sam Wants You, Gramps." Are the proponents of a national service program really threatening to target Grandpa? Where is the support for that, except in the paranoid delusions of the WSJ editorial board and Prof. Somin?
While Somin is careful enough to not explicitly compare a national service program to slavery, he does certainly leave the door wide open for others to do so. A mandatory service program (or, if you and/or Somin like, "forced labor) is obviously not slavery; slavery is absolute control over the individual, more akin to a property interest than to the state's police powers to order certain behaviors. While forced labor and involuntary servitude might be elements of slavery, slavery is a far more pernicious and morally repugnant state. The two really are not even comparable.
The distinction is particularly clear when one considers the times when the state does compel labor. Compulsory education, military service and punishment are all areas where the state explicitly forces labor. Other areas, such as child support and taxes, are areas where the government implicitly compels labor. Further, there are areas like jury duty, where the state compels labor for the resolution of a civic duty. Are these all akin to slavery? Most Americans would disagree, as does all branches of our democratic government.
Somin tries, then, to suggest that a national service program would violate the 13th amendment prohibition against involuntary servitude. As a basic proposition, I think this argument has some merit. But again, Somin refuses to acknowledge the viewpoints contrary to his own, instead positing that there are no exceptions to the prohibition (except for the listed exception of punitive forced labor for convicts).
However, there are two arguments for why that proposition is wrong. One, there are clearly the examples above where a government interest allows for compulsory labor (and which courts have upheld, even under 13th amendment challenges... see here and here). Second, if we were to interpret the 13th amendment, including its prohibition on involuntary servitude, as being without unlisted exceptions, it would be the only amendment that we found does not contain some exception for a valid governmental interest.
It would be great to hear from a law prof on how they think an interesting question like this might be resolved. Unfortunately, Somin is incapable of that analysis, since he is obviously either not willing or not able to analyze the merits of competing viewpoints, blinded as he is by his own libertarian knee jerk reaction.
The draft in the fifty's caused a broad range of resentment and even hatred between those drafted and those somehow exempt. The feeling was much more of slavery than of shared experience of duty.
I understand that there might be quite a bit of opposition to mandatory military or civil service. I also unerstand that people might feel it is an infringement on their personal liberty.
But suggesting that compulsory service is slavery or analogous to it is plainly incorrect. Slavery is absolute dominion over an individual, including the ability to direct not only labor but also free time, possessions, education, reproduction... frankly, it involves the subsumation of all human activity to the will of the slave owner. It is the placement of a human in the position of property. It is qualitatively different than the state requiring a limited term of labor service (while still recognizing other liberties) of the population as a whole. You can agree or disagree with whether or not the state can or should be able to compel labor, but it is simply incorrect to label such service as slavery.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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Leyton Orient forward Matt Harrold looks to fire the ball towards the Gateshead penalty area (pic: Simon O'Connor).
Leyton Orient will be without Matt Harrold for today’s clash with Barrow and the big forward is set to miss the rest of the season through injury.
The ex-Crawley Town striker suffered a hamstring problem during the 3-0 win at home to Woking on March 24 and the initial diagnosis means the 33-year-old is not likely to play again during the current campaign.
O’s boss Justin Edinburgh has plenty of other options to choose from in attack and will need to make a decision over who partners Macauley Bonne up front.
Dan Holman impressed in Orient’s last home game – the victory over Woking – but David Mooney netted in the 3-1 success at Guiseley on Good Friday.
Given the encouraging signs in the Bonne and Holman partnership, the Cheltenham Town loanee can expect to retain his place in the starting XI this afternoon.
Orient did receive some good news on the injury front this week after the club confirmed first-team captain Charlie Lee had returned to full training.
Although the former Stevenage midfielder is edging closer to a first-team return, it is understood the club may decide not to use him in the final few games of the campaign and instead get him to focus on coming back raring to go for pre-season.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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As Vice President of Transportation for Robinson Fresh, Mark Petersen oversees all surface transportation regions for Robinson Fresh. In this role, Mark manages the design, development and performance of global transportation initiatives, as well as enterprise solution design in collaboration with North American Surface Transportation. During his tenure with C.H. Robinson, Mark has demonstrated the ability to effectively develop and grow new business relationships, and design unique solutions which allow him to focus and lead resources towards achieving long-term growth initiatives.
Consumers probably aren’t thinking about the 2018 holiday season yet. But when the time comes, their list of holiday to-dos will include planning out their holiday meals. And that means they’ll expect all of their favorite and requisite fresh ingredients to be readily available at the store.
That’s why you likely are already thinking about the holidays. It’s up to us—the fresh produce industry, from growers to suppliers to retailers—to make sure produce arrives fresh and on time at stores. It takes proactive planning, swift and seamless execution, and expertise in temperature controlled shipping to make a bountiful holiday season happen.
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Holiday meals involve a cornucopia of fresh ingredients. In our industry, that translates to surges in demand for seasonal produce. Produce must move efficiently from field to shelf, but the increase in demand for produce leading up to the holidays adds extra pressure to fresh supply chains. What’s more, coinciding seasonal events, like transitions in several major growing regions or winter weather issues, can also cause delays and outages.
No one wants to run out of key items during the holidays—especially because consumers want very specific items for their holiday meals (think oranges, asparagus, sweet potatoes, cranberries, and green beans). So how do you properly plan for all of the added risks and pressures the holidays can put on a fresh supply chain?
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It’s always best to be as proactive as possible when it comes to supply chains. Here’s one way to think about planning inventory for the holiday surge.
A quality analysis of your holiday supply chain can go a long way to making the next year work better. Take the time to analyze what worked well last year—and what didn’t work at all—and take action to make changes as necessary.
Be sure to review those findings as you create this year’s plan, and include a secondary option. The likelihood of something going wrong with your fresh supply chain during the holidays is much higher than other times of the year. But since you can’t know what will go wrong, you need to have backup relationships and solutions across the board. Creating agile contingency plans is a crucial step in the execution of any plan, as they allow you to build flexibility into your supply chain to overcome unanticipated challenges.
Planning for fresh produce is almost as cyclical as growing fresh produce—it never stops. Knowing what consumers want months in advance helps everyone—growers, carriers, and retailers alike—plan accordingly. Simply maintaining an ongoing cycle of “plan, review, and plan again” is a huge step in the right direction. After all, continual improvement creates consistency in both supply and execution.
In the weeks leading up to a holiday, many produce distribution centers run at maximum capacity to meet increased demands. Retailers need to know they won’t be faced with overstocks of one item or out of stocks for another. Proactive planning can help eliminate some of this uncertainty. For example, in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving and Christmas, plan for increased demand in holiday-specific produce.
Communication within your own organization is critical. Educate your company about how weather affects capacity to avoid service failures and unmet expectations. Explain your plan for capacity this year. Will you ship early to avoid the rush? Leave inventory in strategic locations, balancing inventory carrying costs against (potentially) higher transportation rates?
After planning, reviewing, and planning again, your holiday supply chain should be ready to roll. If an outside challenge does put a wrinkle in your plan, the multi-pronged supply chain solution you created in advance can help avoid out of stock situations.
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The market has been quite volatile this year, and the holiday surge will only escalate it. As you start your holiday planning, keep in mind that it might not be in your best interest to lock in a price now. Rather, get an estimate now and then revisit the matter as the season progresses—you’re more likely to receive a more accurate price and higher level of service based on a more real-time marketplace.
Make sure you’re prepared for the holiday surge. Connect with our produce and logistics experts to learn more about planning proactively, understanding consumer demand and trends, supporting an agile supply chain, identifying and solving capacity shortages, and creating consistency in both supply and execution.

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A tomato based scorpion pepper sauce that has a sting that will last long after the taste is gone.
Ingredients: vinegar, tomato paste, habanero peppers, lemon juice, garlic, scorpion peppers, onion, salt, black pepper, honey.
It has a great a heat to it and a very enjoyable tomato flavour that would go well with any foods. The flavour is as enjoyable as the heat!

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - February 7, 2019 (Investorideas.com Newswire) State lawmakers in both chambers filed legislation Wednesday that would end cannabis prohibition in Maryland.
"A strong and steadily growing majority of Marylanders think it is time to end cannabis prohibition," said Olivia Naugle, legislative coordinator for the Marijuana Policy Project. "One way or another, cannabis is going to become legal for adults in Maryland.
"These bills propose a sensible system in which cannabis is regulated, taxed, and treated similarly to alcohol," Naugle said. "They would bring cannabis production and sales above ground so that they can be conducted by licensed, taxpaying businesses rather than criminal enterprises. Most importantly, this legislation would improve public health and safety, but it would also have the bonus of generating significant new tax revenue for the state."
"States around the country are rolling back prohibition and finding that regulating cannabis works," Naugle said. "Maryland has the opportunity to learn from other states, determine what has worked and what can be improved, and develop a system that can serve as an example for the rest of the country."


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The Flower Hill Cooperative makes Bammies from Cassava. The group has been in existence for more than 30 years which started as the Flower Hill Cottage Industry in 1984. However in recent years they have bcome formalized. They employ 20 women and are working very hard to plant 90 hectars of cassava as raw material. The Jamaica Social Investment Fund has upgraded their factory therby increasing their capacity. Isome 215 farmers from across western Jamaica who plant cassava to support and maintain the factory.
“The factory, which was recently expanded with assistance from the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) at a cost of US$58,000. The process some 7,000 pounds of cassava each week, depending on the availability of the raw material from approximately 250 farmers.
The bammies are sold all over Jamaica to individuals and supermarkets. There are four types of bammies – regular, the roll, the mini or the cocktail, and the stick.


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If you've read my blog for a while, you'll know I love sharing independent musicians' work. I was fairly excited when Post Punk Podge, reached out to me about collaborating on an interview. The music was eclectic, fast-paced, but it surely makes you think. Art is supposed to take you out of your comfort zone, I certainly was taken from my comfort zone when preparing for this interview, but I'm glad I did.
For those who don’t know you, talk me through how the title ‘Post Punk Podge’ came about?
I became friends with Naïve Ted from going to his shows and following the rap scene in Limerick. He sampled some of a Violin piece I recorded under the name Paddy Courage. I then wrote a song called 'Post-Punk Election Party' and he agreed to record the song. Naive Ted just blurted the name out all in one go as a joke and it just sounded so fully formed and funny that it just stuck. Naïve Ted wears a wrestling mask when he performs live so I had to come with a mask to do some shows with him. I was just sitting at home one day and the idea of the envelope came to me. The brown envelope is a symbol of deception and corruption in this country I am trying to flip that and speak out against that behaviour but in a humorous but also serious manner.
‘Post Punk Podge & The Technohippies’ have a very distinctive sound, how as that sound developed over the years?
Post Punk Election Party and the Kick against the pricks ep were heavily influenced by Krautrock which is experimental music from Germany. I wanted to fuse that with punk, hip hop, classical and electronic music. I would go into the studio and record layers of instruments over sampled beats. I just love experimenting with mixing different sounds. Sometimes the words come first sometimes the music. Sometimes it might come from a bassline or chord progression other times from something I hummed into my phone whilst walking down the street or from a melody I wrote on the Violin. Our sound will continue to change its fun to try new things I consciously try and do something different with every song.
Your songs seem to have a message behind them, what influences to write your songs?
Subjects like the Anglo-Irish banking scandal, the bailout and it’s repercussions, the tragic fire in Carrickmines, the Catholic church’s scandals and corruption by politicians. I chose to address these subjects in my songs because anger turned in on one’s self is a form of oppression on the mind, body, and soul. That’s what the first EP and set of Technohippies songs dealt with. I wrote about mental health from a very personal point of view all the events in the songs on the ‘Stark Raving’ EP are based on real events. I wrote about my feelings around all this as a form of therapy for myself. By helping myself I taught I can do something with the lyrics and maybe help other people. The message overall is to stay positive and do your best to be a good person and be good to those around you and goodness will find you.
You released an EP in December of last year, describe the process behind the making of this?
I wrote all the songs on guitar which is weird because it's not my main instrument. I would make a basic demo at home and then write all the other music to that demo. I record myself with a zoom recorder playing each part along to the demo. It’s kind of like making a jigsaw in a way as I am piecing all the parts together. Once I have all the parts written and have practiced them and the vocals for a few weeks I would go into the studio and record the song over two days with Chris Quigley of the band Cruiser. All the beats were sampled but we add electronic drums to them and modular synth.
Last month, a music video for ‘Mass Deception’ was went live, it was very interesting to watch, was it important for you to shoot a music video in Limerick?
I am glad you enjoyed it. I am very proud of Limerick and its people and wanted to show how beautiful the city is but also show the parts which have been affected by austerity. For example, the dormant Parkway valley shopping centre on the Dublin road is an example of the effects of the banking crisis on Limerick. We create art from the world around us and the song focuses on corruption and deception by the Anglo bankers and those in power that is why I chose that location. It is supposed to be a humorous jibe at the madness of the actions bankers and politicians have got away with.
Why did you get involved with DIY LK?
DIY LK is all about creating a community of like-minded people with a similar interest in alternative music. Limerick badly needed a place for young bands to develop and play live. I became friends with Cruiser from going to shows and it’s such a satisfying feeling to put on a show with three often very different acts for a fiver in and see the appreciation both band and audience have for itWe are trying to build up a network of bands and artists throughout the country who can help each other putting on shows. The musical talent in Ireland is astounding and needs to be nurtured for it to grow and it can’t grow if bands have nowhere to play. The opening of Pharmacia was critical in all this and they have been very accommodating and supportive by letting us run these shows there. Long may it last.
What does the festival season look like for ‘Post Punk Podge & The Technohippies’ ?
We will be playing at Body and Soul, Townlands, Knockanstockan and Arcadian Field. We are hoping to cause a proper ruckus at all of them and will have surprises in store. “Mondays don’t matter anymore” is our general theme for the festivals, we will be trying to help people cleanse themselves of their worries and have an ould dance.
Have you plans to release new music soon? Can you give us a bit of information on what you’re working on at the moment?
There will be two one-off singles over the next two months one in May called, ‘Revolution! Yeah!’ which is kind of a noise rock/Jungle tune which is influenced by The Chemical Brothers. The single in June is a psychedelic hip-hop/soul kinda song about the homelessness crisis in Ireland called ‘Home is where the heart bleeds’. All the proceeds from the sales of that song will go to the Novas charity in Limerick to help the homeless. We will have videos for both of them and then in July, we are releasing an EP called 'Post Millennium Tension' which is a lot more dance-oriented.
It was so interesting to read about the creative process behind 'Post Punk Podge & The Technohippies', the music brought me out of my comfort zone and also got me thinking about issues that I hadn't really ever done so in depth. Big thanks to Post Punk Podge for agreeing to take photos with me on a rainy Sunday evening in Limerick city!
Thanks so much for reading and do listen to Post Punk Podge and the Technohippies' work.


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At 18, Cati Gerwitz from Rochester, New York, just published her first novel. Home With You is a story about the friendship of two girls, their experiences, and the lessons they learn together.
Homeschoolers are moving into the publishing world one step at a time. Cati is one of those, but she is not alone. Homeschool mother Melanie M. Jeschke has published a series called The Oxford Chronicles, a fiction series set at Oxford University in the 1960s, complete with references to C.S. Lewis and appearances from Professor J.R.R. Tolkien.
Many beginning writers start out self-publishing their work, using that as a stepping stone to catching a publisher’s eye. That’s how homeschooled Christopher Paolini started at 15 with his now famous Eragon, the first of his Inheritance cycle. His book was picked up by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, and Christopher is now writing his fourth in the series.
Cati used to write stories for friends when she was little. Home with You began the same way. When her best friend, Chelsea, moved 1,000 miles away to Missouri, Cati decided to write her a story as a Christmas present.
Cati began the story in September 2006 and finished it as a Christmas gift for Chelsea.
It was Cati’s mother, however, who suggested that she submit her manuscript to a publisher. They found Tate Publishing, who agreed to a contract, and Home with You was released September 2, 2008.
On top of writing, Cati keeps busy with nannying, teaching piano, serving on her church’s worship team, leading in the youth group, and figure skating and coaching.
Now added to this list is the new adventure of book signings. “Before I would have said I would never do [something like a book signing] because I was so terrified. But lo and behold, I survived the first signing!” she said.

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Want to make whole wheat bread yourself? Just follow my step by step instructions to get a fresh loaf of homemade whole wheat bread from your own oven!
4 Tbs. Butter, room temp.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, dissolve the yeast and sugar in the warm water. Also to stand for 5 minutes.
Add the honey, salt, butter, and 1 1/2 cups of wheat flour. Mix at a low speed.
Add 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour while the mixer is running. Mix until well combined.
You may or may not need to add more flour at this point. You want the dough to come together in a sticky ball that mostly cleans the sides of the bowl, but still sticks to the bottom. Add more flour a little at a time if you need to. Lean more towards a stickier dough than a stiff dough.
Knead in your mixer for 3 minutes. Then cover and let rise until doubled. This should take about an hour.
Dump risen dough out onto a lightly floured surface.
Shape it into a loaf sealing the seams well.
Place the loaf in a bread pan that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
Cover and let rise until doubled (about a half hour to 45 minutes).
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Bake risen bread for 45-50 minutes. About half way through baking you will need to tent the wheat bread with foil to avoid over browning.
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Scrapping with Liz: 3 Template Packs - 50% TODAY ONLY!
Today I some oldies that are 50% off for the Something Old, Something New sale. There is a bit of variety here, so I hope everyone can find something they like at a great deal. Enjoy the 50% SOSN discount on these products today only, February 8, 2017.
12 Month Templates contains two double page spreads for scrapping a yearly review. I could also see these used for scrapping school photos, or for a photography project, or even for a day-in-the-life type page, with a photo for every hour.
That's My Plan Templates has some fun options for daily or weekly schedules.
And Frame Template Starters are templates with layered page border frames. You can scrap a large photo in the center, or use as a background to build upon.
I used That's My Plan Templates to document some our adoption timelines.
Katya scrapped photos her daughter each month with 12 Month Templates.
Christine scrapped some fun word art with Frame Templates Starters.


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Delicious blueberries. They're cheap around this time of year, so you'd might as well enjoy 'em.
It’s blueberry season, in case you haven’t noticed. The grocery store flyers are starting to arrive on Edmonton doorsteps, announcing spectacular deals on massive quantities of blueberries. They look so tempting, and they’re so stupidly cheap – how could you possibly say no?
But you’ve done this before, haven’t you? You bought a five-pound case of blueberries with the best of intentions, then found yourself out of ideas with half the case left. You felt terrible when you threw them out.
So before springing money on a large quantity of blueberries this year, why not make a plan before you make the trek to the market? Here’s a helpful list that I compiled as much for my own use as for the use of the rest of the internet.
There are an infinite number of blueberry muffin recipes online, but my personal favourite comes from the now out of print Company’s Coming Muffins and More cookbook, which I’ve since modified into a recipe for lemon blueberry muffins. If you want to jazz up your own blueberry muffin recipe, try adding the zest from half a lemon, and maybe a couple tablespoons of lemon juice. The amount will depend on the size of your batch and how lemony you want your muffins to be. If you add lemon juice, make sure there’s enough sugar to balance out the sourness.
A batch of my lemon blueberry muffins, fresh from the oven. They look good, but they taste even better.
There’s no better breakfast on a sunny Saturday morning, preferably topped with butter and real maple syrup. And what’s this? NEAROF!’s favourite blueberry pancake recipe? You’re welcome.
This is a bit more involved, but you’re rewarded with a warm, freshly baked blueberry pie. I’ve never actually made a homemade blueberry pie, but I keep telling myself I will. Links to your favourite recipes would be appreciated.
Here’s a stupidly easy recipe for blueberry sauce that looks perfect for pouring over various desserts. Ice cream, cheesecake, shortcake, etc.
Sure, you can buy a blueberry smoothie in a bottle, but why not make one from scratch while the berries are cheap, fresh and plentiful? Here’s a recipe from the B.C. Blueberry Council.
Remember Starbucks’ blueberry oat squares? Try making something similar at home. There’s a recipe over at Canadian Living that looks good.
Blueberries coated in icing sugar, just before they were added to a batch of blueberry pancakes.
It’s basic, but it doesn’t get any simpler. Add a handful to a bowl of yogurt or breakfast cereal, and enjoy the flavour boost.
I was given a Cuisinart ice cream maker a year or two ago, but my old apartment’s freezer had neither the room nor the freezing power to be able to deal with the freezing cylinder. But now that I’ve got a decent freezer, I’m eager to give ice cream making a try. And what could be a better first batch than blueberry ice cream? I plan to give this recipe a whirl before the end of the summer. I’m guessing you’ll want to keep this stuff away from kids wherever carpets or stain-prone clothing can be found.
At some point, you may have to admit defeat and freeze the rest of your blueberries before they go bad. Here’s a guide to doing just that from Pickyourown.org. Like when freezing many other types of berries, the key is to not just dump them all into a bag and jam it in the freezer; unless you freeze them in a single layer, you’ll end up with a solid lump of berries.
Deals, deals, deals. Keep your eyes open for cheap, cheap prices on cases of blueberries.
If you’re looking for even more ideas, there’s a nice batch of recipes over at Canadian Living, and even more at the B.C. Blueberry Council website.
How about you? What are your favourite uses for fresh blueberries? Share your ideas in the comments, eh?
Kids and grandkids love blueberries just as they are. So do I , but even better in a bowl with milk over them and sprinkled with sugar. In the old days we used to put fresh cream on berries. That was even more delicious and no-one ever mentioned that it could be bad for your health! We enjoyed our food with no twinges of guilt or anxiety. And of course cornflakes or other cerial or granola go very well under blueberries.
Frozen berries are good to eat right out of the freezer if just a few, or partially thawed if more of them. Frozen pitted cherries are best after being out of the freezer 1-2 hours. Great to put out for a snack for company in the winter.


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White Palace was constructed in 1898, Romain architectural style of modern, 3 storey, 19m high (basement, ground floor and the floor). Around three main walls of the building has 8 stone statues busts art style of ancient Roman Hi–Behind and the White Palace is the right price refugee woods (teak trees) many decades old, have spent way for automobiles and home service system. On the left is the original path when building a house with 146 stairs and forests ancient porcelain.
White spring flowers fragrance. Although construction undertakings White Palace stay here myself, but Paul Doumer was on the French presidential palace before White completed. During the French colonial period and later, under the Republic of Vietnam, the White Palace was used as a resting place for the lifetime of the Governor General of Indochina, President, Prime Minister and other senior generals. King Thanh Thai, a patriot king, the French were dethroned 9-1907 was under detention before being deported here to Reunion Island (Africa). Dated 4-8-1992, the White Palace of Culture and Information Ministry recognized as a historic national culture now on display antiques Bach Dinh Ba Ria–Vung Tau and thousands of artifacts recovered on the shipwreck at sea Hon Cau, Con Dao 17th century. White Palace is one of the most famous monuments and attract more tourists to visit the city of Vung Tau.

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Severn Trent has announced plans to replace its fleet with alternative-fuelled vehicles “as soon as possible”.
It aims to replace 2,200 vans, cars and tankers, with its first fully electric vans expected to hit the roads next month.
The water company has also planned to self generate the equivalent of half its energy use by 2020 – it already uses a combination of anaerobic digestion, solar power, small-scale hydro and wind turbines across its estate.

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Butkus is a very sweet little boy who would love to run and play with you and your family!
Eve has a ton of energy, and is willing to give someone all her love! Eve would do best in a home where she is the only dog.
Lady is a sweet girl who would love to follow you around all day. She does not have a ton of energy, so if you like to cuddle, she’s the dog for you!
Sierra loves to follow us around and be our little shadow!
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“Look Good” | Photo Credit: Joker Poker “Or Not” | Photo Credit: waldo483This column is written for those of you who have more than a passing familiarity with tournament poker, either through playing in or watching them on TV. For those of you who do not, read on anyway. Perhaps you will be motivated to learn this fascinating, alluring, frustrating game. If you know even a little about tournament poker, you know a few basic things.
First, it is a game of demanding skill, a complex and subtle game that requires intelligence, focus and emotional stability.
Second, it differs from regular cash game play because you cannot replenish your chip stack. If you go broke you’re done, out, finished. Hence, you have to protect your chip stack and you need to adjust your strategy based on how many chips you have at any point in the tournament.
Third, it is a game with a significant luck factor. In the long run skill trumps luck. In the short run an awful lots of fluky things can (and will) happen. You can be a 10 – 1 favorite in a hand and you can (and will) lose often enough to break your heart and, if you’re not careful, your spirit. This feature, of course, poker shares with virtually every other competitive endeavor. Even the best football team can lose to a lesser opponent – all it takes is a tipped pass.
Because of those factors, it is very difficult to make the final table of a poker tournament, let alone win one.
a) Sit for an hour and a half and only play one hand —- but make sure you win it. I know, this sounds silly. It isn’t. You can’t change the cards you’re dealt. You just try to play them the best you can. Make the right decisions and hope things break your way. My cards, in a word, “sucked” – hand after hand after hand. It gets boring to pick up 8,2; K,4; 9,6; 7,2 … for 90 minutes. I saw one decent hand, J,J. Raised, got one caller. Bet on a raggedy flop and got called. Bet the turn when more junk hit. He folded. This, actually, was enough so that after 90 minutes of “ugly” I still had nearly 75% of my starting stack.
b) Begin stealing after even the most flat-lined opponents see that you are so tight that they can hear the eagle squawk when you pick up a quarter. Most of your opponents are pretty savvy. They’re watching you – just like you’re watching them. When we got close to the two-hour mark I started opening pots with raises and raising limpers. My cards were a bit better but mainly I was exploiting my image as someone very tight who only played premium cards. In short, I was getting ‘respect.’ c) Fold decent hands. I dumped A,Q to an all-in raise with no qualms. I think I may have been best but it was early and I saw no reason to go broke. I raised with 5,5 but folded to a big re-raise. He flashed me 4,4. I didn’t care. There is no shame in folding. He made a nice play. I made the right decision. That’s all that counts.
d) Get a couple of nice hands at the right time. This is a piece of the “luck” factor. As the blinds go up the pressure increases and you have to start taking down some decent sized pots or you’re going to get “stacked.” Having that run of awful cards at the beginning wasn’t so bad. I could survive with junk because it was still cheap to play. The middle part of a tournament is where it will be useful to be able to stack some chips.
e) Come over the top twice against “grandma.” By grandma I mean any weak player. However, in this tournament it really was (someone’s, not mine) grandma. I could feel guilty but, what the heck, it’s poker! Beside, I’m probably older than her and I needed her chips. Besides, she was a classic tough broad of a grandma and wouldn’t have felt at all unhappy if she got mine. But, tough or not, she was a bit tentative. Twice she tried to limp into pots before me. Both times I raised her all-in. She folded both times. If you’re wondering what I held on those two hands you don’t understand poker.
g) Hit a deuce on the river. The flop was K,K,9; the turn a 6 and I was hoping for a minor miracle: another 6 or 9 so that we split the pot. The dealer burns and turns and the river is the true miracle: one of the three remaining deuces. We’re all in the money.
And that’s the way it goes. You play your best, make what you think are the right decisions, be aggressive, shift gears, watch the others, take advantage of situations, be sensitive to position and, yeah, get lucky. To make the final table you’re going to have to do all of these and get lucky a couple of times.
About two hours later we were down to three players and we agreed on a chop. The big chip leader got a larger share and me and grandma (yup, like I said, tough old broad) split the rest.
So, you want to make the final table? Go ahead. I just told you what to do. Piece of cake.

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Following his piece on jobs in accountancy, we spoke to Marcus Williams of Morgan McKinley about what it means to be working as an accountant now, and what the industry might look like in the future.
1. What job roles are we going to see more of in accountancy?
I think the business partnering roles: people who are commercially-minded and good at producing information and articulating what this means to certain people. With lots of change happening in the industry, senior people want consistent information and advice to help them best understand and adapt to this. With certain regulatory requirements and different reporting standards there is always a need for good technical accountants; there’s always going to be a high demand for CFOs and senior people that can produce quality and robust reporting.
Typically, we’ve seen certain jobs, in banks for example, being off-shored to European countries. For example, product controller positions in the banking world. There will always be demand for accountancy roles but they won’t necessarily always be in London because they could be based elsewhere and cost less. I don’t think you’ll see any area of finance gone, it will just be moved elsewhere.
2. Do you think everyone should have a flexible attitude towards their professional future?
If I think about when I first started in recruitment, people would spend a lot longer in a company – six or seven years – but now the norm with the CVs I see is that people are spending two or three years in a role before moving on. I think the trend of staying at one organisation for a long period of time is fizzling out because people want more change.
3. What do you think this change means for young people coming into the accounting industry?
Typically, junior people want change and flexibility. If I asked a candidate seven years ago what their priorities were when looking for a job, it would usually be money, whereas now the focus is definitely flexibility and the ability to work from home.
4. Do you think that this desire for flexible working is a reaction to higher expectations and more stress in our professional lives?
I think flexibility is just about moving with the times, for example giving more to employees who are pregnant or on parental leave. Employers are focusing more on retention of staff and don’t want to let good people go. People have become aware of businesses who are giving their employees flexible working and are therefore gravitating towards working for them.
If I was working for one company who wasn’t offering flexibility, like leaving early on a Friday or working from home one day a week, but a competitor was and I could do exactly the same job but get this flexibility then naturally I would be drawn to the other company. More and more organisations are clocking on to this and adopting flexible working policies now. People like remote working, people like independence, people want to be able to sit in a coffee shop and work. People want face time with clients outside of the office too.
5. How would you recommend people approach their manager to ask for flexible working?
If you’re using a recruiter like us, I would always see it as my duty to ask the client and then inform the candidate. It’s not a good idea to turn up to your first interview and ask if you can work from home. Some people do that! But the expectation if you’re straight out of university or going into a new job is that you’re hungry and want to get stuck in. You’re happy to work twelve hours a day. I would always advise not asking this question at your first interview, but do so a bit later down the line.
6. In what ways do you think regulations such as MTD, MiFID II, and GDPR will affect the accounting industry?
I think they will create more jobs because firms and companies will want more people who understand them and keep up with related developments. People who are specialist in areas such as MiFID II or reporting standards can ask for a salary premium because there aren’t that many people who can do these roles effectively. In particular, there are lots of projects going on around GDPR, so businesses are wanting specialists who can come in and help with processes around it.
7. Do you think these regulations have therefore played a part in changing the role of an accountant to be more focused on advisory and strategic responsibilities?
In terms of advisory, I would say many accounting roles are already very much focused on this, especially at Big Four firms. Accountants working for these firms are definitely getting more and more face time with senior people at different companies. I think in the past people saw regulation as a boring arm to finance compared to the others, but I think now that more and more new regulation comes in, people have picked up on how if they specialise in this area and get lots of experience in it, they can get a higher premium. I think it’s definitely becoming more popular.
8. What about Brexit? What is it going to do to the accounting industry?
At the moment, nothing has changed. If I look at our job volume, and compare it to last year, the jobs we’ve been sent by our clients has actually increased, which is interesting. This might be because people are getting ready for changes.
In terms of the impact, the only thing I can think of is people off-shoring things to different European countries, but in terms of whether it has affected the job volume and our clients who are accountants, I would say no. I think there are niche roles out there, especially in bigger businesses, which focus specifically on what Brexit is going to do but in general it’s business as usual at the moment.
9. What skills do accountants need now?
The perfect accounting candidate is someone who understands the technical side of accountancy, such as financial reporting, financial control, and financial standards like IFRS and UK GAAP but also an individual who understands the commercial aspects of it.
So it’s someone who knows how to produce a set of accounts as well as how to articulate this to senior stakeholders, explain what it means, and give recommendations for things they can do to improve certain systems or processes. The all-round accountant is what people are looking for more. There will always be a demand for certain specialist areas, but a lot of our clients this year have wanted that all-round accountant with the combined technical and commercial ability. When as a recruiter you know you’ve got both you’re pretty confident in selling that person to your client.
10. What advice do you give to individuals who want to move into accounting but haven’t decided on specifics like company, practice area, or sector?
I would suggest sending their CVs off to the Big Four first. Also, to have the ACA qualification is really good, not just for accountancy but also to prove that you’re able to complete it. The ACA compared with the ACCA and the CIMA is the more prestigious qualification. I think if you have that, whether you stay in accountancy or move elsewhere, it will look very impressive. Also the ACA can demand a higher rate sometimes because it involves training for longer and investing more.
To get into the Big Four you need good grades so if you have trained with one of those firms, people will know you are good academically. Some firms also sponsor you to study for a qualification while working. That’s a really good way of getting industry experience while studying, and plus they pay for you to do it.
Typically, there’s an expectation for accountants to have good excel skills and be able to deal with things like macros and use VBA to streamline certain processes. Some of our clients have even inputted a stage where candidates must do an excel test, and at times the candidate will not even be considered if they do not pass it.
11. How do you get a great entry-level accounting job?
People who go into accountancy usually study subjects like finance, economics, and business, though I have seen people who study languages then decide they want to go into accountancy. The main thing is make sure you get good grades. There is so much competition for someone looking for their first job, and the problem is that for someone who has just qualified and they’re looking for their first job in industry, their CV looks the same as so many others.
They’ve been to uni, got good grades, they’ve gone to one of the Big Four, and they have passed their ACA. How does a client know on paper who is good or not? This is where candidates must think about what gives them a competitive edge. This might be internships or secondments, or if you have worked on site at certain organisations that are relevant to the job or industry you are applying for this will be helpful.
12. What advice would you give to an individual wanting to move up from their first job into a higher role?
You always need to think about your value add. You need to show how you’ve improved something or you’ve reengineered something or changed something for the better, such as saving costs or time. Have a list of things you have done in your most recent role, and this will give you something to talk about as you move into your next challenge. Sometimes moving up can be competitive, in a bank for example where so many people are trying to progress, but in a small to medium sized firm you will have a good chance of progressing.
Good companies will not let good people go: a lot of firms are switched on when it comes to staff retention by giving them good financial rewards and flexibility, but another thing companies can do is offer great progression opportunities. Corporate Social Responsibility is massive now, for example getting employees to do charity work. In my firm, we get two days off a year to do charitable work.
I did a piece recently about the gender pay gap. By 4 April, every company of a certain size must release how much they pay their staff. It has created a lot of bad vibes internally, and I think this will create a lot of change overall. There’s going to be some movers and shakers, people will not settle for being paid less for doing the same role.

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Coolly, calmly, without hesitation and with the eye of the tiger, Drew had finally satisfied the curiosity that had plagued him since toddlerhood. It was almost as if his whole shower campaign was a conspiracy to get at the old Venus and wield its dreadful power. Fortunately for Gordon, he didn’t hit the femoral artery or get into the calf region past swimsuit cover.
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Then something started occurring to me, something I should have seen happening all day but couldn’t quite put a name on because I was busy checking kids in and fraternizing with my coworkers: I was clammy. And a little hot. Feeling like a baby gorilla was doing pull-ups around my neck. Almost the moment I got into bed, it was as if 86 Lilliputians were pouring cement all around the perimeter of my body — between fingers and toes, across legs, down into my ears, soaking my hair. When Drew started saying “Mommy? Mommy?” from his room, I felt helpless and horrible and ready to fall down through the bed, down to the first story, through the foundation, past the bedrock and lava, all the way to China.
Then I was a little girl, curled up against my dad’s chest, sobbing. Breathing him in. I grasped his neck, wanting him to take me away. My daddy didn’t say anything, and I fell asleep. Or did I wake?
After about ten minutes, I knew I needed to muster Hulk-ish strength to check on Drew. I crow-bar-ed open my left eye and caught a glimpse of the time: 4:20.
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