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U.S. Soccer officials said they have taken action in order to prevent any labor actions by the players which might disrupt events scheduled this year.
U.S. Soccer filed suit in federal court against the United States women’s national team players association on Wednesday in an attempt to clarify the collective bargaining status between the two parties.
The action follows recent talks between U.S. Soccer and the WNTPA about the state of affairs. The most recent collective bargaining agreement expired in 2012. U.S. Soccer maintains the 2013 agreement constitutes a new collective bargaining agreement, while executive director Richard Nichols and the WNTPA disagree with that contention and consider it a memorandum of understanding.
Nichols filed notice to allow the WNTPA to walk away from the agreement on Feb. 24 and told U.S. Soccer officials this week that the organization will not rule out a strike, according to the New York Times. U.S. Soccer responded by filing suit in the Northern District of Illinois to enforce the pact as a CBA.
The complaint signals a sudden escalation just as the U.S. women are scheduled to play in the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament Feb. 10-21 in Texas. The team also is set to host the four-team #SheBelieves Cup March 3-9 in Tampa, Nashville and Boca Raton. This new event will feature four of the top five teams in the world: England, France, Germany and the Americans.
In a statement released on Wednesday, U.S. Soccer officials said they have taken action in order to prevent any labor actions by the players that might disrupt events scheduled this year, including the Rio Olympics and the start of the National Women’s Soccer League’s fourth season. U.S. Soccer is seeking through legal action "to confirm the existence of the current collective bargaining agreement that has been in place since 2013."
"The world champion women of the National Soccer team are negotiating in good faith to reach agreement on a new CBA that will bring fairness and equity to the sport," Jeffrey Kessler, a labor lawyer representing the players union, said Wednesday night in a statement. "The unfortunate lawsuit by the USSF is a regrettable distraction that will not weaken the resolve of the players or deter them from the bargaining table, where this dispute belongs."
Goalkeeper Hope Solo tweeted: "We players stand together, united in our fight for what is right and fair. #Equality."
However, in previous interviews, Nichols has said he informed U.S. Soccer that he does not believe the current agreement to be valid. The lawsuit by U.S. Soccer also arrives less than two months after the U.S. women refused to play a Victory Tour match in Honolulu over poor field conditions.
The anger level over the use of artificial turf fields at the Women’s World Cup and other international friendlies was high, but it is only one issue that the women want addressed in a new agreement with U.S. Soccer.
The labor strife also comes as the NWSL is about the enter its fourth season — unprecedented in women’s soccer history in the U.S. The status of national team players in the NWSL is another sticking point in the negotiations.
Each player has the right to refuse to play in the league, according to Nichols, while U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati contends all players must play in NWSL as part of their contracts with the federation.
U.S. Soccer is in fact suing to assert the existence of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA). The most recent CBA expired in 2012. U.S. Soccer contends the agreement reached in 2013 is a new CBA, while the U.S. Women’s National Team Players Association believes it is a memorandum of understanding that allows them to exit the agreement with proper notice. In essence, this is a dispute over whether the two parties have a valid CBA or not.
Lots. The women are about to begin Olympic qualification for the upcoming games in Rio this summer and the new NWSL season is in the wings. The women also are arguably at their zenith, coming off a successful World Cup in Canada.
Nichols was not immediately available for comment, and the team’s players have refrained from making statements on social media. However, relations between the two parties have been frosty since the World Cup. The team did not want to play on artificial turf and went public with their demands. A “celebration” game planned around the Pearl Harbor anniversary was also suddenly abandoned after the team refused to play at what was described as substandard turf at Aloha Stadium (USSF admitted it had failed to inspect the surface and U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati subsequently apologized).


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A redevelopment plan for Old Cook County Hospital was approved in May 2016 by the Cook County Board, which will allow MB Real Estate Services to invest $600 million in the historic building and reuse it for hotel, apartments and retail. The developer will pay $2 million in annual rent to the county under a 99-year lease and make use of federal historic tax credits to help finance the rehabilitation.
Landmarks Illinois first placed the historic hospital on our statewide Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois list in 2001, as well as in three additional years. Landmarks Illinois produced a reuse study in 2003 and met with every member of the Cook County Board to highlight the economic development potential and cultural importance of this landmark building. In 2006, Landmarks Illinois participated in a press conference with then Cook County Board Commissioners Mike Quigley and Forrest Claypool announcing the listing of the hospital to the National Register of Historic Places, which enabled the use of Federal Historic Tax Credits by a developer for its redevelopment.
Over multiple years, Landmarks Illinois testified before the Cook County Board and its finance and construction committees to stave off any new effort toward demolition. In 2014, Landmarks Illinois prepared another reuse plan and financial pro-forma as part of a Cook County-sponsored charrette with the pro bono help of 17 Landmarks Illinois board members. Landmarks Illinois staff met with President Preckwinkle and county consultants on several occasions to give guidance on financial incentives and to walk through the building with Illinois Historic Preservation Agency staff and engineers.
After such an extensive effort, Landmarks Illinois thanks President Preckwinkle for her support of this important landmark that will finally be resuscitated with a new life. The development agreement goes before the Cook County Board for approval next week.

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Welcome to the West Surrey Branch of the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
If you or a member of your family is living with MND, you’re very welcome to come along to have an informal chat over a cuppa and cake.
will be on Sunday 9th June.
This year marks the 30th birthday of our branch, so we’ll be having something to celebrate that achievement, as well as the 40th anniversary of the MND Association itself. Bubbly drinks may be involved!
As always, Avala Catering will be providing a tasty buffet lunch.
Speaker: someone special is being approached, but is yet to be confirmed.
Note . . we are still in the new Church House Education Centre . .
Church House Guildford, 20 Alan Turing Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7YF.
Our room is on the ground floor, is fully equipped with AV facilities, a small cafeteria next door where Nigel’s food and drink will be available from 12.30 pm, and of course, being a modern building, it’s fully wheelchair friendly. Plenty of parking space available.
MND Association West Surrey Branch Blog at WordPress.com.

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CS Ah yes, great value at Turner Freeman. They are the sponsors of our Legal Matters segment each Thursday afternoon, at around about 1.30pm and, talking employment law today, David Taylor, welcome again.
DT Hi Chris, how are you?
CS That’s a fairly flash tie for a lawyer. I thought you’re supposed to be very bland and officious.
CS It’s very very loud.
DT It’s quite red isn’t it?
CS Yes, it’s almost…a Magistrate or a Judge might even pick you up with that tie.
DT It’s certainly got pretentious – the greater things later in life.
CS That’s right, it’s not just all about the law. 131873 is the telephone number. It is a unique opportunity to get to talk to a lawyer, free of charge, at any time and you’ve got access to David Taylor right now, who’s an employment law specialist. If you’ve got any drama or upending drama that you think you might have to face in future, this is the time to jump on the telephone right now, 131873 and ask our legal team from Turner Freeman. Now, can I ask you about the election?
CS And aspects of the election which probably cross over into your area, and I’m talking about things like employment law as it relates to 457 visas. Now this is very interesting. We’ve got the union movement, very keen on trying to get local workers better access to various jobs and, yet you know, the reality is, that there are some jobs that Australians won’t do.
DT It’s a really difficult area to work out the best outcome. There’s clearly something odd when we’re importing labour to do things that there are Australians that want to do but there are jobs out there that there aren’t Australians with the skills or the desire to do and so there’s that need to get labour in to actually do that work.
CS I have people sometimes on the open line argue one way, very fiercely, very strongly. And others inside industry arguing the complete opposite.
DT And it’s hard to get a good grip on actually what’s going on. Both sides seem to say that there is a real shortage or, on the other hand, that there’s people out there who want the jobs that just can’t get the job because labour’s being imported. And I think that there’s an issue that comes down to it around wages and conditions and whether or not it’s a question of people doing jobs or a question of wages and conditions.
CS Isn’t it the case where a boss really should be able to prove that he’s tried other methods to employ local labour?
DT Yeah, I think, in terms of our economy, we want to ensure that as many Australians get jobs before we start bringing people in to do those jobs.
DT And so it’s trying to work out what the appropriate threshold is. You know, what should a boss have to do, what needs should have to be demonstrated, before they say well that’s fair enough, you can bring in labour.
CS Yeah, 131873 the telephone number. Sean, you’ve got a question for David, go right ahead.
C1 G’day David, how you going?
DT Hi Sean, how are you?
C1 Good thank you. I’m employed and was employed over 10 years ago by a city-based company. That company was then purchased by an Adelaide-based company and there were a number of people that were offered three year contracts, and I was led to believe that that was under the Adelaide-based system of South Australia rather than New South Wales. That has a big affect in New South Wales in comparison to long-service leave because I think I understand it, in South Australia, long service works out at around 1.3 weeks for every year that you have above 10 years.
DT Yeah, there are different long-service leave acts in operation in different States of the country. So, that’s certainly true and South Australia is quite different to New South Wales in that regard.
C1 So, would…there seems to be a bit of…because it’s 13 years down the track now, and as I said there were three of us that were offered three year contracts, after that three years, those contracts were basically went on to…as part of our normal contractual arrangements to date. So we’re sort of like 13 years down the track. I guess my question is, should I be…am I under that South Australian system or being in New South Wales, am I under the New South Wales legislation?
DT Well, the good news is, other than around long-service leave and a few other things, there’s now no real difference for workers between different States. Since, if you go back to Work Choices, that brought almost everybody together and then Fair Work brought, really, almost everybody together and there’s only a few Government jobs left. In terms of long-service leave, it’s actually where you’re employed, not where your employer is that will determine the relevant thing. So, if you’re working in New South Wales and everything occurs in New South Wales and you’re effectively a New South Wales employee, then the New South Wales law would apply. The fact that the company may be based in South Australia’s a secondary consideration.
CS Ok, thank you very much for the call Sean.
27 minutes to 2 o’clock is the time. Victor, go right ahead.
C2 Hi, Chris. Yeah, my name’s Victor as you know. Look, I started with Australia Post around about 15 odd months ago on a permanent/part-time contractual basis, where every six months they’d look at you and, if you’re performing well, renew your contract. Now, Australia Post has got a freeze on anybody coming from the outside into the organisation now, which means there’s plenty more room for us to expand and become full-time and, you know, get extra hours and that sort of thing. There is a problem arising and I’m just wondering where, not just me, but where we part-timers stand when they’re distributing things such as overtime, preferential treatment which overtime comes into, when they turn around and say to us…oh, it goes to the full-time employees, you part-timers only get whatever’s left, if there’s any left?
DT That sounds like quite a complicated system. It’s a bit difficult just on what you’ve told me to give you an indication on whether or not there’d be any problem with that sort of thing. Certainly, it’s unlawful to discriminate against workers because of the terms that they’re employed on.
DT And there’s a bit of that in that. But there may be another good reason why it’s happening…or there may be other reasons. It may be the nature of the contract that you’re on and the nature of the contract that the non part-time workers are on, would mean that it would be permitted.
CS But David, why shouldn’t an employer, for reasons purely of expense, be able to decide that my full-timers will get the overtime, not my permanent/part-timers because it will cost me more. Why can’t they make a decision based on how much it’s going to cost?
DT Oh, I think they probably can. I think…that would be an example of where they could. But if there’s no difference in cost to them and the only reason they’re making the distinction is because there’s a preference of, say, full-time over part-time, then that could be problematic in that instance.
C2 Yeah, sorry, if I can just clarify something there about the cost factor. A part-time employee is only employed, all of us, five hours five days a week. Now, if we get an additional two or three hours overtime, that only brings us at a standard rate of pay up to the full-time, you know, where overtime would start. Now the full-timers, when they get offered that overtime, it’s at the time and a half and double time rate so it’s cheaper to employ us. So there’s a lot of….
CS That’s interesting, so it is cheaper to employ you. So if they were making decisions based on cost, you’d get preferential treatment. You should get it.
C2 The only reason I bring this up is that all of a sudden I was…over the last few weeks, I’d been getting quite a bit of overtime and…or additional hours as such, and all of a sudden it’s been taken away from me and all the full-timers are turning to me and saying, geez you’re a great worker but the overtime’s going to us and if there’s any left, we’ll give it to you.
DT It sounds very odd. It doesn’t sound at all rational does it?
CS No, you’re not wrong. Let’s leave Victor there. That is something he should actually see, maybe the union affiliate about, and get a ruling on.
DT I think having a discussion with somebody about working out exactly what’s going on and why Australia Post are doing that would be a sensible thing to do.
CS Yeah, exactly, ok. David Taylor from Turner Freeman, also sponsors of our Legal Matters segment, is in the studio and happy to take your calls on 131873. Since its beginnings back in 1951, Turner Freeman Lawyers has fought and won some of the biggest cases in Australian legal history. Cases that have affected every day people just like you. Turner Freeman goes into battles where people whose lives have been turned upside down through no fault of their own, they’re ready to help. So if you’re struggling because of someone else’s negligence, speak to Turner Freeman and get the compensation you deserve. Your initial consultation is free and ask about their no win, no fee policy. Don’t let your finances and family suffer, call 1800 800 088 or visit turnerfreeman.com.au. Turner Freeman Lawyers, great people, great results, great value.
And our Legal Matters segment brought to you by Turner Freeman. David Taylor, employment expert, in the studio this afternoon. Ben wanted to know whether the Long Service Leave Act was a Federal or State jurisdiction.
DT It’s by and large a State jurisdiction. There are Long Service Leave Acts in every State and the Fair Work Act says that the Long Service Leave Act that applies from the States, applies for workers.
DT Some Federal Awards have long service leave provisions and they override the State Acts.
CS Ok, there’s your answer Ben. Ted, go ahead.
C3 Yeah, David, just a question. My wife works in the child care industry. Now, some time ago, probably five to eight years ago, they were told that they had to sign a form saying that their long service leave would be paid at that current rate, whatever they were on at that time. Now, my question is, is that enforceable and is it legal?
DT No, would be the short answer. The Long Service Leave Act sets the rate of pay that long service leave’s to be paid at and you can’t contract out of that and, indeed, depending on the nature of the employer and the child care, this would be the case, it would be unlawful and it would be, not a criminal offence, but a civil offence under the Fair Work Act to have someone sign a document like that.
CS There you go, that’s interesting. If I’m under certain obligations under a contract with an employer and the company changes ownership, where do I stand?
DT It’s a really interesting and quite a difficult issue. It’s probably both legal and cultural. When the company changes ownership, there’s often a huge culture…and a new owner will come in and will want to do things differently and that can often cause a degree of resentment and difficulty. Legally, a transfer can be done in one of two ways. It can be a transfer of the business so that there’s a transfer…your employer would actually change. You’d go from being employed by Company A to Company B, in which case that’s a more difficult transfer. Or, there’s a transfer of the ownership of the business. The company that owns it, in which case the employer remains the same.
CS Analyse. This is a real curly one. Analyse, go ahead.
C3 Yes, hi. I’m just wanting to know what my rights are. I received a phone call recruiting me for a position. I accepted the position after negotiations, gave notice where I was working, turned up to start my new employment, only to be called in the office and told that the woman that offered me the job was away sick and nobody knew what was going on so to go home and they’d let me know what was going on. I later received a phone call that day telling me that, after restructure of the facilities management, the position was no longer available.
DT The…you’ve probably got legal rights because…and they’re rights under the old Trade Practices Act. There was a representation made to you that you’d have a job and then when you turned up, there wasn’t and so the loss or damage that you suffer around your loss of your old job and the fact that you gave notice and, presumably, you can’t go back to the old job that you left?
C3 I did. They actually accepted me back.
CS Oh, what a nice…you had a good old boss.
DT Well, you were lucky and probably your damage then is pretty limited so your cause of action’s pretty much gone with it. The law generally looks out for you if you’ve suffered loss.
C3 It’s a bit more complicated than that though, because the position that I currently have is a maternity relief position. So, in three months time, I will not have a job and that’s why, I ultimately accepted the other position and the other position was a promotion to what I’m currently doing.
DT The short legal answer would be, you’d want to look at whether there were representations made to you. If those representations were untrue, did you suffer loss or damage as a result of relying on those representations.
CS So, in other words, you have a pretty good case Analyse, by the sound of it.
CS Good on you. 131873 is the telephone number. In the Blue Mountains, Jim, hi.
C4 David, ah yeah. Just a quick question, without going through all the…the whole history. I was hired to work for a company to do commercial cleaning and after, obviously, not a disagreement but not seeing eye to eye, I was texted to say I was…they were going to do the cleaning and I was no longer hired. Now, should they…any company, give you notice of either 24 hours/a week or money in lieu of and because they pay monthly, would you have to wait til the beginning of the next month to get some money?
DT The old rule that the right period of notice as how often you get paid doesn’t really exist anymore.
DT If you’re a casual employee, there’s no prescribed period of notice. If you’re a permanent employee or an employee on a contract, then you either get the notice under your contract or the notice under the Fair Work Act which gets larger over time. So, if you’ve been there for less than a year, you only get a week. If you’ve been there for 10 years, you get four or five weeks depending on how old you are.
C4 Ah right, fair enough. Now, just another, asides that…now seeing as I’m no longer hired and I was asked to leave by text and I texted back to ask for money that was owed to me, could I say, for instance, I finished up on Monday, could I say…well, could I have the money that’s owed to me by Friday? Or would I need to wait until they actually pay when I was messaged back to say, their rules were you get paid at the end of the month and that’s it?
DT I think the obligation on them is to pay you as soon as is reasonable and waiting a month in those sort of circumstances, probably not reasonable. A case like that, I think you’re probably well advised to give the Fair Work Ombudsman a call and they might be able to assist.
CS The Fair Work Ombudsman. Glen, you had the same kind of question, did you?
C5 Yes, I was just wondering if you’re terminated or if you give notice on an off pay week, should you be entitled to your pay on the day that you finish? Or wait until the pay run comes around, whether it be a week or a month?
DT If it’s only a week, it’s probably reasonable to wait until the next pay run. If it’s a month and it’s a day or two into the pay run, I think it’s probably unreasonable to have to wait that long. You’d have to look at the circumstances and as to whether or not it’s reasonable under the period of notice involved.
CS Alright Glenn, thank you for your call. 131873 the telephone number, our Legal Matters segment. We’ve still got a segment to go. We’ll get to that after the break 131873.
131873 is the telephone number. Adam, go right ahead, David’s listening.
C6 Hey, how you going David? You there?
C6 Yeah my question is…I’ve been working for a trucking company for about 12 months now on a casual basis. If I do, say, 15-16 hours a day, do they still pay me the same flat rate of pay?
DT They shouldn’t. There’ll be a modern award that would cover your employment and the modern award would prescribe…the rates of pay would prescribe when you’d go from working on the flat rate or on the normal rate, which would be probably 115% of the normal permanent rate as a casual to penalty rates…you know, time and a half, double time, double time and a half. So, on the assumption that you would be covered by a modern award, that would prescribe when you would move on to penalty rates.
CS Ok, Adam, I’ve got to go quickly to Mark. He’s been waiting online since the beginning. Go ahead Mark.
C7 Yeah, how you going David?
DT Hi Mark, how are you?
C7 I’m well. I’ve got a contract. I’m an account manager, and in the contract it states that if I finish employment, I’m not allowed for a 12 month period, to work for an opposition company or a company that sells similar products to what I’m now selling. Is that a legal contract?
DT It’s certainly a legal contract. The question is whether or not the restraint is void or is it enforceable? There’s a general principle in law that you should be entitled to work and you should be entitled to work where your skills fit. People are able to contract out of those rights and to limit where somebody can move on to and the question becomes whether or not the limitation is just there to protect the employers legitimate interest, or does it go further than that and actually prevent you from being able to earn a living? And it’s quite a judgment call and issues such as the breadth of the restraint. So, is it any competitor or is it just a couple of named competitors, and the length of the restraint would be relevant.
CS But you get recompense for the fact that they have that clause in the termination don’t you?
C7 Not that I’m aware of, no.
DT But the legal argument would be the amount that you’re paid as a salary throughout your employment, in part, compensates you for the fact that this restraint exists in your contract. So, you’re receiving the compensation each week for the restraint going forward. That doesn’t mean necessarily the restraint’s reasonable. There’s a lot of law about when restraints are reasonable and when they’re unreasonable and if you want to look at moving, you need to get some advice because if you move in breach of the restraint, you can leave yourself exposed to really nasty claims against you.
CS Ok, Mark, I’ve got to leave it there and that’s where we leave our segment on Employment Law this afternoon. Sorry to the callers we can’t get to but, as I said earlier, you’ve got to get in early on these very popular topics where people get to “Ask an Expert” and today, David Taylor from Turner Freeman, sponsors of our Legal Matters segment. David, thank you very much for coming in again.
DT Thanks for having me.
CS I love the tie, just pass it…right on the counter there, that’d be fantastic mate, thank you. It’s a beauty!

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31th INTERNATIONAL YOUNG AUDIENCE FILM FESTIVAL ALE KINO!31. MIĘDZYNARODOWY FESTIWAL FILMÓW MŁODEGO WIDZA ALE KINO!
The jury picked this film as the story of falling in love was so believable and the message very positive. We liked the strong female leads whose characters made mistakes which we then watched being painfully resolved. In the words of the leading character “it felt real to me”.
The brilliant design, acting, and cinematography were amongst the qualities which made us pick this film. The script was unpredictable, and the story revealed in layers. It looked at a very serious problem of how a socially dead, institutionalised teenager can come back to life; and in this story it used a state undertakers business as the backdrop to very great effect.
This film was a very funny execution of an original idea involving the role of fate. It was a confident film with a rounded and neat narrative which was only meant to entertain. The design of the film had tremendous attention to detail which added to the freshness of the ripping yarn.
This was a beautiful work of art with some of the best performances of the festival. This film’s simplicity and authenticity told the story of an important topic with an astonishingly light hand. Its naturalism depicted children surviving in the wild forming their own rules and moral compass in the perfect way. It was a film the Jury constantly talked and debated about throughout the week.
The Professional International Animated Film Jury gives the Golden Goats for Best Animated Film for Children to a film of high-quality design and clear story, which contains elements of entertainment, action, suspense and humour. This magic film is attractive for the whole family. It is A Cat in Paris, directed by Alain Gagnol and Jean Loup Felicioli, made in 2011 in co-production between France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.
The Professional International Animated Film Jury decided to give the Award of the Polish Filmmakers Association for Best Polish Animation of High Artistic and Educational Value to Looking for Lailonia directed by Jacek Adamczak.
The Professional International Animated Film Jury decided to give a special mention to the film The Last Norwegian Troll, directed by Pjotr Sapegin from Norway, for its artistic, emotional and poetic way of conveying an important message.
The Professional International Animated Film Jury would also like to highlight the film Tigers and Tattoos directed by Karla Bengtson from Denmark. For technical reasons the film did not take part in the competition. It tells a story from a precise kid’s point of view, stressing the important role of the family. It is a brilliant combination of a story, animation and design.
It’s a chilly night. You go to the cinema though you realize how many other things you might do at the same time. You sink into an armchair and wait for the lights to go off. Slowly, you are drawn into a story that becomes more and more captivating. Each scene turns out important. As you watch, something strange is going on. The scenes you see are seemingly the same, yet quite different. That’s because you have a chance to see the same events from the perspectives of different characters, and to notice many different aspects of the same events. A deceptively simple story turns out fascinating. You can’t hear any music, yet you feel the tension and chill oozing out of the screen. As a result, you can’t take your eyes off the screen.
The screening ends. The lights go on. You still sit with your eyes fixed on the screen and keep asking yourself: Why did they do it? What was the point? You are struck by the pointlessness of the crime. After a while, a shiver goes down your spine as you remember the note “film based on a true story”.
The Jury of the 29th International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! having watched 7 full-length and 12 short films, decided to award the Marcin prize for The Best Live-Action Film for Young People to the film Dusk directed by HANRO SMITSMAN.
We would like to point out that we liked all the animated movies presented during this festival, but as a Jury we were obliged to choose only one. The Marcin Prize for The Best Animation for Young People goes to The Rabbi’s Cat by Antoine Delesvaux and Joanne Sfar. We were enchanted by its witty and clever dialogues and enthralling, vivid and very detailed animation, which shows the beauty and richness of the culture of this part of the world. This place remains mysterious and full of magic and unicorns.
We appreciated the educational value of the movie, which touches on problems such as tolerance and religious fanaticism, still relevant in the present world.
This is certainly a film to remember. Brilliant acting makes it very realistic, and the music accompanying the scenes further enriches the content. The story carries a universal message, and its clear and simple form tugs at our heartstrings. The film shows various values, such as the family, readiness to sacrifice for the sake of friendship; and the more mundane ones such as having a roof over one’s head and satisfying one’s hunger. One important message is the importance of keeping your hopes high in the constant fight for a better tomorrow. We award the Marcinek prize to the film Tomorrow Will Be Better directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska.
You must have wondered about the meaning of life and death. Have you ever found a satisfactory answer? Has anyone ever ventured to try and answer it?
As we were watching this film, we were overcome by conflicting emotions. It is a beautiful, deeply moving story of two boys with leukemia. It shows the joy and simplicity of the heroes’ lives. It is a story full of brilliant, original animations and fragments of a video diary of a boy who wants to be like others. Few film directors undertake to touch upon such a difficult subject and succeed in presenting it in an equally simple, light-hearted and clear way.
It is a film for everyone, a film with a number of universal values. And the ultimate and most important answers are provided in the film we decided to award with our special mention: Ways to Live Forever, directed by Gustavo Ron.
The Children’s Animated Film Jury after a long and heated debate, decided to award the film, in which the power of child’s wishes turned evil into good.
The Marcinek prize goes to the makers of the film A Cat in Paris directed by Alain Gagnol and Jean Loup Felicioli.
The Jury also decided to give special mention to the film which opens our eyes to the world perceived by all the senses except sight.
The special mention goes to the makers of Private Eyes directed by Nicola Lemay.
A tale involving tolerance and education which was at times extraordinarily moving. It skilfully told the story of how all people in society have the right to be fully loved. It dealt with the rights of the disabled without stereotyping or mawkishness in a new and entertaining way.

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I'm always trying to see Alabama from different perspectives.
We've seen it from the air; we've seen it from the road; and, in this video, we see it from the water with Steve Stroupe and Elron Dawson.
One of my project partners Pierre and I met Steve while he was fishing the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River, and we were checking out the Swann Covered Bridge from the riverbank. We started chatting and hit it off. Not long after that, we all agreed to do things we had never done before: Steve would read a stanza from "Song of Myself," and Pierre and I would join him that night for a midnight turtle hunt.
Although we met Steve by chance, we deliberately put ourselves in the path of Elron, the second engineer on the coal barge, the Megan Parker.
We didn't plan much of what we filmed for either shoot, so I'm a bit overwhelmed by so many accidental parallels with the poetry itself.
In Verse 44, Whitman writes about birth and evolution. And when we were turtle hunting with Steve, he caught a baby prehistoric fish -- a gar. Standing in the middle of the river, in almost complete darkness, looking at that fish, felt like being transported way, way back in time.
In this same verse, Whitman writes about recognizing the steps of evolution but embodying the present. In the video, we emerge from the water in the creek and end up on this long, meditative float with Elron, where there's not much to do but be present, watching the water and listening to the poem.
I'm not sure how this keeps happening, but we'll take every happy accident we get.
By Jennifer Crandall, as told to writer Liz Hildreth.
If you want to learn more about our midnight fishing adventure, Steve has the experience captured in a great Facebook post called Riverslumming in Blount County, Alabama.

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LandlordStation is always looking for a way to make your job as a landlord and property manager just a little easier. One way that we do this is to offer the option of Tenant Portals to better connect you and your tenant through our system. You can accept maintenance requests, share documents, and even give them the option of choosing to pay their rent online, all from one place.
Maintenance requests placed by your tenants through our Tenant Portal are easily accessible from your landlord account. Just log in and you will see them on the main page of your account as well as under the Work Orders tab to the left of the screen. You will receive an emailed alert of the work order when it’s submitted and you can change status so that your tenant is aware of your progress, accept digital photos of the area they’re requesting maintenance on, and it can all be done from any level of account that you choose, including the free Basic account. Your tenant may submit these orders via computer or mobile device.
Finding time in your busy schedule to sit down and go over documents with a tenant is not always easy, so we’ve added a way to easily send and receive documents via the Tenant Portal. While these cannot be electronically signed (you’ll need a Plus or high subscription for that), you can share any uploaded document with them just by choosing the tenant you wish to share it with. If you decide that they no longer need access to it, removing the document from their Tenant Portal is as easy as unchecking the box next to their name.
Online Rent Payments is accessible in Plus and higher landlord accounts. If you only have a Basic account, your tenant will not be able to send payments through their Tenant Portal. If you do have access to this, all your tenant needs to do (once you’ve set up the rent payments on your end and they have added a bank account through their authorized Dwolla account) is to click on the dollar sign in their Tenant Portal and choose the green PAY NOW button there. Once an order is made an email will also go out to the tenant to alert them of this and they may follow the link in that email for easy access.


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Saturday was one of my favorite kind of days, as it consisted of nothing but shopping with B followed by over consumption of tapas.
Heeding Kimberly Wolfe's advice, we set a course for Houston to visit the Texas Junk Co. in the hope of finding really cool, vintage boots. And boots did we find but none in my size.
And speaking of cowboy boot sizing, I'm more confused than ever in regards to what size I would actually wear. I understand waffling a half size or so depending on style or brand, but 6.5 to 9 is a range I'm not prepared to deal with. Guess I won't be purchasing a pair of Old Gringos online anytime soon.
Bootless, we stopped by Buffalo Exchange where our fashion spirits were lifted by B's discovery of ivory Gucci horsebit loafers.
They look quite similar to this.
 According to the cashier, one of the Astro's wives stopped by to sell quite a few of his high-priced items. Yay for her! And yay for Buffalo Exchange!
I'm sorry you didn't find any boots. Their selection waxes and wanes. Good thing Buffalo Exchange pulled through.
P.S. Rachel, Buffalo Exchange is a really cool second hand store. They appear to get in younger more stylish clothes. They have one here in Dallas too and we have had fun shopping there for a few years. You need to get Sarabeth to take you there!
Save the Tatas but Cover the Crotch!
Lord, can I please have a longer pair?
Necessity is, indeed, the mother of Invention.

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Mark Thomas Pavelich (born February 28, 1958 in Eveleth, Minnesota) is a retired American professional ice hockey forward who played 355 regular season games in the NHL for the New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars and San Jose Sharks between 1981 and 1991.
He played for the University of Minnesota-Duluth for three seasons from 1977–79.
Pavelich is best known for being a member of the Miracle on Ice, the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey gold medal team. He got the only assist on the game winning goal by Mike Eruzione.
After the Olympics, Pavelich (who was never drafted by an NHL team) played one season for HC Lugano in Switzerland where he scored 73 points in 60 games. He also returned to the US national team for the 1981 Ice Hockey World Championship tournament. He was brought back to the United States the following year by his former US Olympic coaches Herb Brooks and Craig Patrick, who had assumed control of the New York Rangers since the 1980 Olympics. Despite his small size, Pavelich initially thrived in his role as a quick playmaking centre for the Rangers (he still holds the Ranger record for most points as a rookie(76)). However, his career in New York was ended by a feud with Brooks' successor Ted Sator who introduced a traditional North American dump-and-chase style of play. Pavelich balked at the lack of effectiveness and disorder brought on by the changes.
Pavelich briefly played again for Brooks with the Minnesota North Stars in 1987 before returning to Europe. He had a brief stint in Britain for the Dundee Rockets and played two seasons in Italy for HC Bolzano. The expansion San Jose Sharks brought him out of retirement for the 1991–92 NHL season, but he would play only two games for the Sharks before retiring for good.
On February 23, 1983, Pavelich became one of only two Americans to score 5 goals in a single game. Mickey Roach had achieved the feat in 1920.
This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Mark Pavelich. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Ice Hockey Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA).

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If you want a website that gets results, you don’t have to hire a web designer to do it. You don’t even need to figure out how to set up your own web host.
Most web designers and developers don’t want you to know this, but you can actually set up an awesome website without them. It doesn’t take a big budget to do it either.
Just to be clear before I spill the secrets though, these inside tips will work for most small businesses, but not all. If you need a website that has flashy widgets, a place where people can log in, a CRM, advanced e-commerce, and/or a partridge and a pair tree; than you should skip to the end of this post for the next best option.
Most of you simply need a website that is easily found by search engines, works well with social media, is mobile optimized, and educates customers on the benefits of your business. All for the least amount of money right? If that is you, read on.
Set up a wordpress.com account and upgrade to the premium version. It works great, loads fast, and you will never have to worry about hosting, crashes from to much traffic, or getting hacked. For $99 a year you can add a custom domain, remove ads, and unlock some extra features that are handy. It is such a good deal that I recently moved my self hosted website to wordpress.com. What to put on your website is a topic for another blog post altogether that I will right soon. Subscribe if you want that delivered to your inbox as soon as I publish it.
Find a good business theme that has a hero header (big title, subtitle, and large button) for the home screen. The cost ranges from $0-$80 one time. I recommend this one or this one if you’re not sure which is best. If you want to get a little fancier you can pay a freelancer to customize the CSS code to perfection, but it isn’t necessary.
After that, sign up for Moz Local. It will help you syndicate your business info (name, services, website, phone number, etc) to some of the most popular directories, increasing the number of ways you can get found as well as helping you rank higher on search engines. It only costs $50 a year. Set that up in 15 minutes and forget about it.
Top this off with a free google business account. Set up your local business profile and Google+ page to get found in Google maps and local searches. Turn on the Adwords Express account that comes with that and throw some money into it. It is not as good as the full blown Adwords, but it still works GREAT and you don’t have to pay a professional to manage it. Start with $100 a month and see where that takes you. Add or subtract as needed. The days of the Yellow Pages are over. People use Google to find your business services now, so that is the best place to be found.
If you did all of that, you would be far ahead of most local businesses for a measly $150/year + monthly ad spend. This also requires a minimal amount of time to maintain (near zero once set up).
Have more money? Throw $90 a month at your blog (built into wordpress) using Blog Mutt to generate 4 unique blog posts a month that are keyword heavy to raise your organic rankings. It won’t be great content that people will subscribe for, but it will keep your website fresh and help your rankings. WordPress can also autopost the blogs to social networks, so that you can set that and forget it too.
More? This one is a bit more complex, but it is still attainable. Set up a wufoo.com and a paid Mailchimp account (starts at $25/month for both) to create an auto responder series that follows up with people automatically who requested a quote. Send an email or two a week for a month that answers the top questions people ask about your product/service or should be asking.
If your business is a bit more established, you have a dedicated marketing budget, but can’t to bring the designers, developers, and marketing experts on your pay roll, then these guys are your best option. I was once afraid my employer would fire me and hire them instead. Essentially they have boiled the steps I outlined above into a science and will do all of the above for you and more for far less than the cost of single “expert” salary. They’re also for all your other marketing needs to.
I know this post is loaded with marketing jargon that might be flying over a few heads, so if you want more details or you want me to elaborate on any one step, just let me know in the comments below. I would be more than happy to help.


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European governments directly and indirectly provide upwards of $125 million annually to political advocacy NGOs active in the Arab-Israeli conflict. In turn, these NGOs inform EU policy, to the detriment of European policy-making. Many of the funding processes are secretive, lacking transparency and accountability.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has used millions of European taxpayer funds, primarily from the UK, for a campaign that exploits the Israeli justice system and is aimed at circumventing appropriate diplomatic channels.
Several French-funded NGOs involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict use the facade of human rights and international law to blur the lines between “peaceful” and “nonviolent” campaigns and violent “resistance” including attacks against civilians. By exploiting the language of human rights and by working together in a tight network, these groups are able to amplify their claims, garner undue exposure, and gain legitimacy for their radical ideologies.
The European Union (EU) and European governments provide funding to a number of Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for culture, art, and related activities. Detailed research and analysis of this funding reveal that many of the supported organizations utilize cultural activities to indoctrinate children and youth, promoting rejectionist and violent agendas.
According to the US Department of Justice, NPA provided “material support” to Iran, Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) – designated terrorist organizations under US law. As a result of these partnerships, in March 2018, NPA settled a civil-fraud suit, paying a $2 million settlement to the US.
NGO Monitor has identified a number of virulently antisemitic statements made by officials of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)- a German government-owned agency that implements Germany’s humanitarian and development aid around the world. These statements include comparisons between Israel and the Nazis, blaming the downfall of Arab leaders on a “Hebrew spring” and depicting Israel as a two-headed monster. GIZ members also posted messages to Facebook that justify Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli civilians and endorse BDS (boycotts, divestment and sanctions) efforts.
This report provides background on the situation of women and women’s groups within Palestinian society. The report analyses the highly restrictive and coercive civil space and provides an overview of Palestinian female role models, the vast majority of whom are celebrated for their participation in violent “resistance.” The report also looks at the role of the international community in perpetuating this state of affairs, whether through funding of radical Palestinian NGOs, or through granting international legitimacy to these groups in multilateral forums such as the UN.
This analysis will present the details of funding to 36 Palestinian NGOs, including the identities of the donors (government or private), the grant’s time frame, and the source of the data.
In December 2016, the EU announced grants under the EU Peacebuilding Initiative (European Neighbourhood Policy) with a total budget of €4.9 million. Among the recipients and projects, a number (receiving one-third of the total budget) demonstrate records of activities that are entirely inconsistent with the stated goals of promoting peace in the region.
NGO Monitor estimates that European governments – directly through governmental mechanisms, and indirectly via church and other humanitarian groups – and UN agencies contribute over €100 million to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) active in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
DanChurchAid's defensive and misleading response to criticism reflects a lack of due diligence in its funding of and partnerships with NGOs.


text: Gernot Bruch has been Head of Export & Project Finance at Linde Group's Engineering Division (LE) since 2008. His focus lies on the structuring of tailor-made trade, export and project finance solutions for LE's large-scale industrial plant projects. Prior to joining LE, he held various senior positions in corporate banking and export & project financing at several banks. LE is a leading technology partner for plant engineering and construction worldwide and has extensive process engineering expertise in the planning, project development and construction of turnkey industrial plants. The company focuses on plants for the production of hydrogen and synthesis gas, oxygen, nitrogen and olefins, as well as plants for natural gas treatment.

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Salt, pepper, and spices of your choice!
Over medium heat, add the oil, onions and carrots to the pot with some salt. Allow the onions to sweat and become soft, take care not to burn. This should take 5 – 8 minutes.
Add the minced ginger, 2 cups of Broth, and some salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer, and cover until carrots are soft. This should take about 20 minutes, start checking after ~18.
When carrots are softened, blend soup with an immersion blender. I like mine a little chunky, but if you want yours smoother, simply blend for longer. Add salt + pepper to taste. If you want to spice it up more, feel free to try adding some curry powder, cayenne, or red pepper flakes!
Serve hot, with fresh parsley. I also love adding a scoop of Greek yogurt on top!

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Αυτό το πιάνο έχει φιλοτεχνηθεί από τον Δώρο Ηρακλέους. This piano has been designed by Doros Heracleous.
Nicole at the Mall of Engomi on Saturday 25/10/2014, 15:30.
Another lovely performance from the children in grade 6 at Makedonitissas Primary School.
A lovely performance from children from Makedonitissa Primary School Grade 6.
Another sneak preview from the launch event.


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■　Installable for both carrier and non-carrier bicycle.
Applicable witght and superimposed load/ Under 20kg.
Applicable age and height/ For children above 2 year old(24 months) to less than 4 years old(48 months) with height under 115cm.
Suitable model/ Over size 20 bicycle with fulfilling the requiements.


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Cassandra Mott is a partner with the law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP. She represents lenders, borrowers, issuers, underwriters and trustees in a variety of commercial transactions, including public and private debt offerings. She has structured, negotiated, and documented senior, subordinated, and mezzanine financing facilities of many types, including single, “club” and multi-bank, syndicated, general working capital, investment-grade credit, asset-based, cash flow, first lien and second lien, unitranche, and multijurisdictional and multicurrency facilities. Cassandra also advises clients on intercreditor matters, helping them structure and negotiate transactions with multiple debt tranches and lien priorities. Her practice also includes advising clients on in-court and out-of-court debt restructurings.
Cassandra’s practice also includes working with capital providers and private equity funds and their portfolio companies on leveraged buyout financings related to acquisitions and recapitalizations.
Her industry experience is vast and includes transactions in numerous businesses, such as oil and gas, chemicals, consumer products, healthcare, technology, retail, transportation, and manufacturing.
Cassandra serves on the Global Board of the Association for Corporate Growth and is past president of the Houston Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth. She is a member of the Executive Women’s Partnership, a division of The Greater Houston Partnership. She also serves on the Board of The Woods Project.


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Limestone and Gravel Prices. There are several factors which can influence the pricing of your limestone driveway or gravel driveway. Both materials are considered to be among the most affordable for projects of this type and are compatible with any budget.
A stone manufacturer, on the other hand, cares deeply about his product, and has decades of experience in the industry. This means you will get better customer service. Finding the Best Place to Buy Crushed Stone. In order to avoid being overcharged for low-quality crushed stone, it’s a good idea to buy directly from a manufacturer, like .
The biggest factor is the size of the driveway. Schott says his company recently installed a half-mile long gravel driveway, which costs significantly more than a 20-, 40- or 150-foot driveway. Davis says the type of gravel used for the project also affects the cost. Davis, like Schott, uses crushed limestone, which comes from quarries in their .
Gravel – for the pouring of crushed stone the costs would be an average of $1.40 per square foot at a 1″ depth, or a total of $420 for a delivery of stones adequate for a single 1″ of coverage. Most homeowner, however, prefer a thicker course of gravel, and this would mean that roughly $800 would be required to cover the entire area in a thick .
How Much Does Crushed Limestone Cost ? Braen Stone. Our experts have found that the cost of crushed limestone can vary based on a few different factors. cost of a yard of crushed limestone – fotoepilacija. How much does crushed limestone cost a yard – Answers . The average price for a yard of crushed limestone at a landscape supply shop is .
Size is an area where gravel and limestone diverge because limestone is a single-source product. This means limestone can be bought in everything from “crushed” limestone, which contains small stones of varying sizes, all the way up to large-cut flat pavers that are 24 inches by 36 inches.


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NEFCO / MWRA Celebrate 30 Year Anniversary!!!
03/15/2018 NEFCO / MWRA Celebrate 30 Year Anniversary!!!

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Terry Street Collective is once again hosting an informational talk about the benefits of CBD oil and how it can be an easy and affordable way to treat a variety of ailments! Joining us will be two guest speakers from local CBD suppliers Affordable Relief CBD and VitaMia Hemp. This FREE event will be hosted at our clinic in Longmont.
CBD, short for Cannabidiol, is one of several compounds found in the cannabis plant. It has been shown to help with a variety of health issues, including inflammation, anxiety, chronic pain and schizophrenia. CBD does not have the intoxicating effects of THC, the compound more commonly associated with marijuana.
The event will be hosted on Sunday, September 16 at noon. We'll look forward to seeing you there!


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If you are enrolled at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, you need to pay a tuition fee. Even if you are doing an internship of completing the last few assignments of your degree.
Please note: Tuition fees may change year upon year, and no rights can be derived from the information on this page.
In the Netherlands, there are two types of tuition fees: the statutory tuition fee, set annually by the Dutch government, and the institutional tuition fee, set annually by the universities individually. The institutional tuition fee is higher and only applies to students who don't meet the criteria for the statutory tuition fee.
Curious about which fee applies to you?
Would you like to start a study programme and do you not yet know which fee applies to you? Then you can use the tuition fee calculator. This will show you the amount of your tuition fees for the 2018-2019 academic year. The tuition fee calculator for academic year 2019-2020 will be published online soon.
For the 2018-2019 academic year, the Dutch government has proposed to halve the statutory tuition fees for the first year of new first-year students. This reduction is meant for students entering in the Dutch higher education for the first time. In case of educational degree programmes, the reduction would apply for two years. The bill has passed in the House of Representatives and the Senate, so will be implemented. You can find whether the reduced fee applies to you, as well as the latest info concerning the reduction on the website of the Dutch Government.
You are a national from a country belonging to the European Economic Area; this includes all EU countries, Iceland, Lichtenstein, and Norway.
You are a national from Switzerland or Suriname.
You have a residence permit for a purpose other than study that entitles you to government-backed student finance ("Stufi").
You don't already have a bachelor's degree when starting your bachelor programme. Or, you don't already have a master's degree when starting your master programme. Equally, you don't already have an associate's degree when starting your associate's degree (AD) programme.
You already have a degree (AD, bachelor's or master's) from a programme that is not in healthcare or education, and you embark on a programme in one of these fields. Check whether your programme meets this condition via DUO CROHO (in Dutch only) or enquire with the institute you plan to study with.
Please note: If you started your additional degree programme at the same time as your initial one, you are eligible for the statutory tuition fee for the duration of your second degree programme.
Read more about Tuition for your second degree.
If you don't meet the criteria for the statutory tuition fee, you pay the institutional tuition fee.
For more information about registering as an external student, check our Admissions to Part-time Bachelor page.
We debit your account with your tuition fee in one transaction. The direct debit takes place around the 25th day of your starting month.
We debit your account with one-twelfth of your fee around the 25th of each month between September and April. Around the 25th of May and June, your account is debited twice.
When you pay in instalments, a € 24 administration fee is charged at the time of the first transfer.
Do you want to pay from a bank outside of SEPA (the Single Euro Payments Area) or is your employer or another company paying your tuition? In both these cases, you cannot pay by direct debit.
Instead, you select payment option "Via institution of higher education" in Studielink and download the HU payment form 2018-2019 (Pdf). Please send this form by email to stip@hu.nl, or by regular post to: HU Back Office Enrolment, PO Box 8218, 3503 RE Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Note that the form needs to be filled in correctly and completely, including at least two signatures, for us to process it. Once processed, you will receive an invoice. This needs to be paid within 30 days to: Stichting Hogeschool Utrecht, IBAN: NL77 ABNA 0256 7327 60, BIC/SWIFT: ABNA NL2A, quoting your Student-ID and the invoice number in the subject field.
Once you have authorised your direct debit, you won't be able to change your payment details in Studielink. If you do need to change something, please use the HU payment form 2018-2019 to alter any payments details.
If you have obtained a bachelor or master's degree after 1 August 1991 and you want to enrol in a second degree programme, you'd normally have to pay the institutional tuition fee according to the Dutch Law on Higher Education and Scientific Research art. 7.46 (in Dutch: WHW art. 7.46).
You follow two associate, bachelor's or master's degree programmes simultaneously during academic year 2018-2019 and are completing one of them in 2018-2019.
You followed two associate, bachelor's or master's degree programmes simultaneously before academic year 2018-2019, you have completed one of them and the other is ongoing (your registration has not been interrupted).
Your second degree programme is in healthcare or education and your previous associate, bachelor's or master's degree isn't in these fields.
If one of these exceptions applies to you, your institutional tuition fee will be lowered to match the current statutory tuition fee.
Please note: It does take a while for a degree to be registered with DUO and Studielink. This means that HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht may at first charge you the statutory tuition fee, while you are required to pay the institutional tuition fee. If this is the case, you are liable for the difference in fees once your first degree is registered with us. If you are unsure whether we have the right details for you, please contact our Back Office Enrolment.
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Complete your payment details in Studielink and make sure your registration is complete. You can do this as of early June. Then request proof of payment and hand this in at the other institution.
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Complete your payment details in Studielink. We will not take any money out of your account until your programme starts. Then request proof of payment from your other institution and send it to: HU Back Office Enrolment, PO Box 8218, 3503 RE Utrecht, The Netherlands. We need the original document.
As soon as we have received proof of payment from the other institution, your payment authorisation in Studielink is cancelled.
We may be unable to transfer your tuition fee from your account using Direct Debit. For instance if you don't have enough money in your account or because your application process was completed late. In these cases, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht has no way to reattempt the transfer.
Within two weeks of a missed payment, you'll receive an email request for payment of arrears containing an iDEAL payment link. You can use this link for swift payment of your outstanding funds. If you cannot use iDEAL, you may transfer the money directly to: Stichting Hogeschool Utrecht, IBAN: NL77 ABNA 0256 7327 60, BIC/SWIFT: ABNA NL2A. Don't forget to put your Student-ID in the subject field.
You are at all times responsible for prompt payment of your tuition, even if it is financed by a parent or employer. If you fail to pay outstanding fees and ignore our reminders, HU will deregister you from your programme in accordance with the Dutch Law on Higher Education and Scientific Research art. 7.42 paragraph 2 (in Dutch: WHW art. 7.42-2).
From that moment onwards you are no longer entitled to education or HU's other services, nor government-backed student finance ("Stufi") or your Student Travel Product. You need to cancel these yourself via DUO: Stopping your studies. Do this immediately to avoid incurring further costs.
GGN Gerechtsdeurwaarders Utrecht has taken over the settlement of your payment arrears from HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht. They will tell you how to pay. You can also contact them directly via +31 88 331 4747 or via email.
As soon as you have settled your payment arrears, you can submit an (interim) enrolment request via Studielink.
You will not be automatically accepted to join your degree programme in the interim. After your application via Studielink, HU will assess your enrolment request. If we need more information, we will contact you at the e-mail address you provided in Studielink. Make sure this is not your HU student e-mail address, but your private e-mail address.
If you disagree with our decision to disenrol you, you may file a formal objection within two weeks of the date of the disenrolment letter. Send your signed letter via email to stip@hu.nl or by post to: HU Back Office Enrolment, PO Box 8218, 3503 RE Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Please note: You can object or appeal in English. However, the decision that follows can be in Dutch.
If you have filed a formal objection to your disenrolment, but we haven't decided in your favour, you can appeal with the HU Student Legal Protection Desk within six weeks of our decision. You can also appeal against a decision without objecting first; the objection procedure is supplementary and optional.
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The Dutch government provides a number of grants and loans through its DUO agency. Read more about this on our Finances and Scholarships page.
If you aren't eligible for those, you can apply for the 'lifelong learning credit' to pay for your tuition fees or course fees. The lifelong learning credit is a loan, and you need to meet certain conditions to apply.
On our Finances and Scholarships page you find an overview of available scholarships for international students.
There is also a number of scholarships and grants available for (future) teachers. This information is currently only available in Dutch. They are the Teacher's Bursary ("Lerarenbeurs"), the Teacher's Allowance ("Tegemoetkoming Leraren") and the Extra Performance-Related Grant ("Extra Prestatiebeurs").
Check the website of the Dutch Taxation Office for tax-deductible study expenses.

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NEW YORK, Oct. 06, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ALM’s Kennedy Consulting Research & Advisory (KCRA) has released two new solutions to help buyers and sellers of consulting services conduct smart business planning and tackle tough business challenges. KCRA’s Consulting Provider Guide and Consulting Market Outlook offer users deep insights and data on consulting providers and industry markets, and access to proprietary research on the consulting industry.
The Consulting Market Outlook is specifically tailored to consulting providers, enabling them to uncover new opportunities through on-demand access to trusted market-sizing, forecasts and insights. The underlying data and insights provided by KCRA’s analysts result in forecasts and growth projections of various consulting sectors, as well as rankings and market share of providers in various service areas, industries and regions. The user-directed, web-based format combined with database functionality, allows for custom views and downloads of information that help drive consulting firms’ business-planning models.
The Consulting Provider Guide enables better-informed choices for buyers of consulting services through on-demand access to proprietary information on hundreds of consulting firms’ size, go-to-market structure and delivery models. The database also links to KCRA’s in-depth capability ratings on specific providers and offers a search functionality that allows users to easily compare consulting firms by key metrics such as size, headcounts, service line, geography and client industry.
The customer-controlled, easy access of each web solution provides users with access to timely and customized data and knowledge for business-planning purposes. “Our customers seek always-on and very granular views of information and analysis to help them make smart choices when it comes to their business planning,” says Tom Rodenhauser, general manager of ALM Consulting Intelligence, which oversees KCRA. “With the launch of these products, we’re delivering the access and functionality our customers want combined with proprietary KCRA expert analysis so they can make better decisions for their business.” The controlled access, and online medium, affords users timely, customized access to data and knowledge for business-planning purposes.
Anyone interested in learning more can visit the Consulting Market Outlook website or the Consulting Provider Guide website.
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There is a fresh wave of innovation and optimism in Buffalo, and the city’s newest entrepreneurs are a big reason why. From the tremendously successful 43North competition to a steady stream of startups impacting Buffalo and beyond, the WNY community has become an unforeseen hub of entrepreneurism.
We spoke with the founders and operators of five unique companies, all based in Western New York. They see tremendous growth potential here, and a future that seems unstoppable. And in each case, they discovered a like-minded community of individuals with a passion for supporting new business.
WeDidIt is a fundraising platform for nonprofits that launched a tech start-up in Brooklyn but is now based in Buffalo. The company provides automated tools and resources that allow organizations like the Florida Aquarium, Boys Scouts of America and Los Angeles Zoo to raise money online through crowdfunding campaigns, ticket sales, memberships, and donor research.
Founded by Su Sanni, Bryan Lifff and Ben Lamson, CEO Sanni answered our questions.
Creating a team. I organized a group of cofounders who believed in the vision and were capable of taking on the challenge. Together, we researched the market to validate our assumptions about customers, and then built a prototype solution.
How did being in Buffalo help or hinder your pursuit?
Being in Buffalo gave us the resources and afforded us the time to refine our business. We ultimately pivoted by changing our business model so that we can solve fundraising problems for very specific nonprofit organizations. The mentors and business community in Buffalo gave us advice, introductions to customers, and the opportunity to execute a new business model.
We’re currently hyper-focused on multi-chapter nonprofits. We’ll be releasing products designed to help these small chapters raise money faster and with greater transparency for their parent organization.
What’s your number one tip for budding entrepreneurs?
Deliberately surround yourself with mentors and advisors, or join a startup ecosystem that can accelerate your growth. For example, accelerators like 500 Startups or incubators and competitions like 43North are excellent channels.
What excites you about Buffalo’s future as a hub for new business?
The fact that you don’t have to move to Silicon Valley, San Francisco or New York City. Entrepreneurship should be accessible to all people, regardless of location, because big problems exist everywhere. Buffalo is a great example of how a city can quickly build the type of startup ecosystem that attracts diverse founders, as well as support homegrown solutions.
Reaching out to WEDI (Westminster Economic Development Initiative), who assisted me with writing a business plan.
I’ve had access to great resources, including UB’s CEL (Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership), WEDI, Queen City Pop Up Shop, and a mentor through SCORE. Buffalo is filled with amazing, creative and supportive small business owners, and they might be my greatest resource.
Building my wholesale business and expanding into other cities. Now that I have production space on site I’ll begin teaching chocolate workshops for both kids and adults, and hosting events.
What’s your top tip for budding entrepreneurs?
Put self-care first so you don’t burn out. There are always rainy days and the better you take care of yourself, the better you’ll weather the storm. Also, have a good lawyer and accountant before you begin!
So many neighborhoods are developing and growing, and making space for cool small businesses to open up. The possibilities are endless.
Thimble, founded by Oscar Pedroso and David Brenner, is a groundbreaking company specializing in hands-on electronic kits that teach engineering and programming to kids ages 10 and up. Subscribers also have the opportunity to create their own projects. Kits feature all the necessary parts to build a new project. Pedroso answered our questions.
Finding customers. We knew we wanted Thimble’s project-based electronic maker kits for ourselves, but we needed to be certain that there was a market. We completed basic viability research; we reviewed every study we could find on the maker, parent, and school market. We conducted surveys, phone calls, in-person interviews, and attended trade shows. One of our most successful moments was posting on Reddit to ask various communities for feedback around our concept. In three days, we received over 700 email addresses and tons of constructive feedback that would later help us strategize for our crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.
There are many pros: affordable cost of living; evolving and supportive startup ecosystem and network; wise and engaged mentor network; lots of schools to partner with, strategic partnerships — Launch NY, The Foundry/BuffaloLab, BMoS, UB Career Experience Program, ISEP, Boys & Girls Club, National Grid, Erie 1 BOCES. And there are some cons. For us, prototyping equipment — laser cutters, 3D printers — were hard to find, and we didn’t have the initial capital to purchase it ourselves. Public investment focused on publicly accessible prototyping equipment would pay huge dividends for both entrepreneurs and community education. It’s still harder than it should be to find great talent.
Our mission is to be the brand that inspired the next generation of engineers, scientists and technologists. To date, we’ve had success selling our monthly project-based electronics kits (robots, weather stations, video games, etc.) to parents and hobbyists through direct online sales. However, we know we can have a bigger impact by expanding into the school market.
Every business activity is an experiment. So hypothesize, test, measure, fail fast, learn faster, and always improve. Don’t get complacent. Be proactive, pick up the phone, talk to potential customers, do the research, surround yourself with the best mentors and learn from them. When plan A fails, learn from it, and try plan B. Finally, attention is the most valuable resource. If you find a way to secure user attention, you will find a way to monetize it.
Buffalo’s renaissance reputation is pulling talent back to Buffalo. Community-originated events (Startup Weekend, Creative Mornings, Buffalo Unconference) and programs aimed at helping startups (BNMC Spark grants, UB CEL programs) are making it happen.
Founded by Samantha Haney, Rebel One Studios is a full-service animation company comprised of experienced animators and based in Buffalo. They serve a broad range of companies with offerings that include educational content, advertising and marketing materials, and technical and spatial visualizations.
Every entrepreneur begins with a “what if?” moment. I saw a need for local animation and visualization services. I knew the creative side of the industry, and we had a talented team already in place. However, I didn’t have the first idea about how to launch or operate a business. So my first step was to seek out partners, resources, and advisors to guide me through the beginning phase.
How did being in Buffalo help or hinder you?
Any location will have benefits and challenges. As a Buffalo native, and seeing how far we’ve come as a city, it’s very hard to dwell on hindrances. Here we have access to world-class tech and hard-working, exceptionally talented creatives — two key elements in producing animation. Things have improved so much in the past few years that it’s impossible to be anything but inspired.
What’s next for Rebel One?
Visualization technology is evolving rapidly, and as we grow, we’re committed to embracing these innovations. We have to stay nimble and adapt quickly to ensure that we’re always providing clients with the best possible representation of their ideas, products or services.
Establish your culture, evaluate your goals, and define your ethics early on. Craft your identity, then stick to your guns. It’s easy to lose sight of your goals when you get into the weeds, but a solid identity sets your true north.
In the words of cofounder Dan Roycroft, OpenBottle is “on a mission to create amazing experiences for people who are passionate or curious about the world of wine.” A mobile app, OpenBottle uses technology called “Reserve-A-Glass” to allow users to pre-purchase portions of wine at nearby restaurants. The goal is to increase access to excellent wines for everyone, allowing diners to enjoy any wine of their choice — by the glass. Roycroft answered our questions.
Experiencing the problem ourselves. Meaning, when you to go a restaurant there are so many great wines, but only a few listed for by-the-glass servings. My cofounder Scott Steffan states it best: When he and his wife go out to eat, she loves sweet whites and he loves big, bold reds. He would often order a bottle of white wine that he knew he would hate. Scott and I both shared this experience and that got us thinking: There must be a better way.
How did Buffalo help or hinder?
Without question, being in Buffalo helped. Both Scott and I had moved away but after several years came back to raise our families. The Buffalo technology start-up scene is really taking off. There are so many helpful programs — LaunchNY, Z80, WNY Venture Association, the Innovation Center — and other successful start-ups that are making it happen.
We are poised for growth. Our mobile application is in the Apple AppStore and on the Google Play store (search “OpenBottle”). We are raising funds to build our team and expand into other markets and restaurants.
Criticism abounds, but testing proves whether your idea is practical. At a very early stage, it doesn’t matter if it’s practical from a scalability standpoint or not. Get out and just see if there is demand. The minute you start testing, you’ll receive valuable feedback. Then you can incorporate and, over time, figure out how to either automate or scale the things that are really important to your customers.
The community is so supportive. There are many skilled people in this area and they are looking for opportunities to be part of an exciting start-up.


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Every year before free agency starts we sit here and think of hypothetical scenarios with trades and signings for needs that we have or know that we’ll have with potential cuts and knowing who’ll most likely end up getting money on the market that’ll be too much for the Ravens to match. With that being said our biggest needs heading into free agency are wide receiver and tight end. Ozzie Newsome is pushing the reset button on the wide receiver position and tight end is pretty thin with Crocket Gilmore moving to the line, Maxx Williams not being what we expected so far, Benjamin Watson is only getting older after almost considering retirement heading into free agency, leaving only Nick Boyle the only one without a question mark. Here we’ll be looking at a list of the top 5 at each position of need that are on the market as of right now.
Realistically I feel at this point we’ll end up with either Allen Robinson or Jimmy Graham. This is Ozzie Newsome’s last year and I expect him to try and go out with a bang before he steps down and Steve Biscotti hinting at the Ravens wanting to make some splash signings in free agency. The Ravens tend to wait until after the first wave of free agency but this will be the year where they try and get aggressive even with limited cap space.


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