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Our experience shows that constructive dialogue has ultimately been able to resolve the majority of these issues to varying extents, both on a systemic basis as well as in respect of specific cases, but employers of HQS need to be aware that certain wrinkles do appear from time to time that need to be ironed back out.
Employers must ensure contractually and in fact that private medical insurance coverage valid for Russia is provided to the HQS and any accompanying family members.
A single violation of the regime, or indeed of immigration rules more generally, can result in an employer being banned from using the HQS regime for up to two years. Therefore, it is critical that employers have tight controls in place to ensure absolute compliance at all times.
The introduction of the HQS category is undoubtedly playing a key part in increasing the attractiveness of the Russian market for international business and talent. The Russian government credits the system for many millions of dollars of new investment already. As administration of the regime improves, that result should only get better.
influence and the GOP will become even crazier and more obstructionist than ever.
Republican leaders like Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan may hope that after Trump’s inevitable defeat the party will return to their brand of conservatism — in favor of free trade and American leadership abroad, cutting government spending and taxes, a balanced approach to immigration, and making deals where possible with centrist Democrats. But that’s not a safe assumption anymore.
….Perhaps Trump will fade away after the election and the Republican Party will return to its Reaganite roots. But…survey findings suggest a strong possibility that instead the GOP, or at least a substantial portion of it, could continue veering toward the fringe, muttering darkly about how Trump was robbed of his rightful victory. If that is the case, then the Republican Party may not survive the Trump takeover.
I want to make this easy. There’s basically only one thing that matters for the GOP: whether they double down on being the white men’s party, or whether they take the painful but necessary steps necessary to broaden their appeal. That’s it. Everything else pales in comparison.
If they continue on their current course, the presidency is going to get further and further out of reach. Eventually they won’t be able to hold on to the Senate or the House either. They’ve simply run out of ways to increase the white vote and suppress the non-white vote, and the demographics of America just flatly don’t support a party that’s increasingly loathed by women and minorities.
Lindsey Graham’s critique of four years ago is famous: “We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.” Republicans need to print this on a hat and start wearing it at all times. The Southern Strategy worked great for half a century, but nothing lasts forever. It’s time to abandon it.
Joseph E. Maurey, passed away July 26, 2005, beloved husband of Virginia Coyle Palmer. Mr. Maurey was born in Chicago, on August 10, 1915. The oldest son of Eugene and Matilde Maurey. He was preceded in death by his brother Eugene and survived by his sister Betty Poor. Mr. Maurey graduated from Morgan Park Military Academy. In 1935, he joined Maurey Manufacturing Corporation, which was founded by his father in 1917. After his father's death, he became president and chairman of the board. He is succeeded by his son Joseph W. Maurey. He believed in the American dream and continued, throughout is life to serve American industry. During his life, until his death, he remained unrelenting in his efforts to find creatvie ways to adapt the company and its manufacturing to the changes within the industry and the world. His goal was to produce quality products by using efficient production procedures. He remained active in the company until his death. He was a two time president of the Mechanical Power Transmission Assoc. His orientation was always innovation and he was thought of by the Power Transmission industry as one of the gurus of his time. He moved the company to Holly Springs, MS in 1985. Maurey Manufacturing became one of the largest industries providing jobs and products in Northern MS. An avid left-handed golfer, he was a member of South Shore and Beverly Country Clubs locally and of J.D.M. and Ballen Isles Country Club in FL. He is also a life member in the Medinah Shrine Temple. His beloved late wife, Joan Carpenter died in 1972. The couple had four surviving children, Madeleine (George) Walker, Joan (William) Kouba, Jeanne (Milton) Schlemmer and Joseph W. (Sharon) Maurey. He was grandfather of 12 and great-grandfather of 14. Chapel service Saturday, 11 a.m., at Donnellan Funeral Home, 10525 S. Western Ave. Interment private. Visitation Friday, 3 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Glenwood School, 18700 S. Halsted St., Glenwood, IL or the Evans Scholarship fund. Sign guestbook at www.donnellanfuneralhome.com 773-238-0075 .
Conventional wisdom holds that deadlines spur action, which is why this week, as Thursday’s trade deadline approaches, began with a flurry of activity from the parties involved in the Anthony Davis sweepstakes.
New Orleans is mulling over the Lakers’ offer and must decide whether they want to deal Davis now or wait until this summer when the Boston Celtics would be able to acquire Davis. Right now the Celtics are barred from acquiring Davis while they have Kyrie Irving on the roster due to an obscure rule involving the types of contracts under which the two players are playing.
Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson called Pelicans general manager Dell Demps on Monday morning, and by the end of their two phone calls, Johnson offered the Pelicans six players, two first-round draft picks, and salary cap relief, according to people familiar with their conversations who were not authorized to speak publicly.
The Lakers offered Kyle Kuzma, Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Rajon Rondo, Lance Stephenson, Michael Beasley and two first-round picks.
They also offered to take on Solomon Hill, a 27-year-old small forward who grew up in Los Angeles and went to Fairfax High School. Hill is set to make $13 million next season, which the Lakers would stretch over the next three seasons if they acquire him, a person familiar with the Lakers’ plans said.
Demps has been authorized by Pelicans ownership to make the best deal possible, no matter where that means sending Davis.
One player resisting a potential move to New Orleans is Ball, who doesn’t technically have any say in his destination. According to people familiar with their thinking, Ball’s camp has been adamant since last week that it doesn’t want Ball in New Orleans and prefers another team. On Monday, Ball’s outspoken father LaVar went on the record with ESPN, saying he doesn’t want his son in New Orleans.
Among the Ball camp’s preferred destinations, Phoenix reciprocates the interest. The Suns have reached out to the Lakers and Pelicans and made clear their interest in joining the trade as a third team, according to a person familiar with their conversations who was not authorized to speak publicly.
One player not offered in any deals for Davis was Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, a sixth-year guard who does have the ability to control his destination. Caldwell-Pope, who is playing on a one-year deal worth $12 million, is not interested in being traded to New Orleans. Although Caldwell-Pope and the Lakers had been looking for a landing spot, one person unauthorized to speak publicly said Caldwell-Pope is unlikely to be traded.
The NBA’s trade deadline is at noon (PST) on Thursday.
As the morning’s conversations progressed, Davis’ representatives attempted to move the process along with a deed seemingly intended to deter the Boston Celtics in their pursuit.
Davis’ representatives at Klutch Sports informed the Pelicans that there were only four teams with which Davis would be interested in signing long-term if they trade for him: the Lakers, Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks and New York Knicks. Among those teams, only the Lakers are engaging with the Pelicans in trade talks.
The Clippers had not reached out to the Pelicans when Davis’ list became public. The Knicks tried last week but were rebuffed by the Pelicans. They then turned their attention toward trading star Kristaps Porzingis to the Dallas Mavericks.
It’s not the first time people close to Davis had expressed antipathy toward his landing in Boston.
On Friday, his father told ESPN he did not want Davis to be traded to the Celtics, citing the organization’s treatment of Isaiah Thomas. Thomas, who spent part of last season with the Lakers, played through a torn labrum in his hip during the 2017 playoffs, and also while grieving his sister’s death. Once they realized the extent of his injury, the Celtics discarded the two-time All Star, trading him to the Cleveland Cavaliers as part of the deal to acquire Kyrie Irving.
Boston would like to pair Irving with Davis. Because they acquired Irving while he was on a designated rookie extension, and Davis is currently playing on a designated rookie extension, they cannot acquire Davis until Irving’s current contract expires. Their hope is that they can re-sign Irving and then acquire Davis.
So far, Boston has seemed undeterred by Davis’ insistence he would not sign with them long-term.
There is precedent for teams trading for players without assurances about their future plans. The Oklahoma City Thunder did it two summers ago and were rewarded last summer when Paul George agreed to sign long term. The Toronto Raptors did it last summer for Kawhi Leonard.
The Lakers themselves traded for Dwight Howard despite Howard’s reservations about remaining in Los Angeles, giving up multiple draft picks and players to acquire him.
According to people familiar with their thinking, many teams around the league would like to see New Orleans wait, believing that Demps will get a better deal this summer than he can get now from the Lakers.
Andrew Greif contributed to this report.
La Jolla Light has learned that because this project at 7231 La Jolla Blvd. is considered an ‘addition’ and ‘remodel,’ it does not require local community review.
Will La Jolla Light please look into this insanely overbuilt tiny lot? It's on La Jolla Boulevard at the alley south of Genter Street. It has no set-backs, it's taller than any building in sight, and it apparently has no floor-area ratio (FAR) restriction. How could it possibly have gotten a building permit? My complaint to the City Planning Department went unanswered.
Editor's Note: Light reporter Ashley Mackin-Solomon traced the genesis of this project using the City's Open DSD platform and found it is considered an "addition" and "remodel," and therefore does not require local community review. The project is located at 7231 La Jolla Blvd. and the plans are described as "a first-floor addition, second-story addition, and new roof-top deck for an existing one-story single-family residence. Work to include new bedrooms, bathrooms, laundry room, new tank-less water heater, new porch, new entry, demolition of walls and windows, remodel of first floor."
On the same property, there is an approved permit to demolish the existing garage and construct a new detached carport with guest quarters above, a new third-floor loft with a bathroom.
As a remodel, the project is what the City calls a "Process One" development. All Process One projects undergo an application, City staff review, and then a staff decision to approve or deny, and there is no requirement of notice to property owners, tenants, community planning groups or anyone else that requests to be notified.
Projects range from Process One to Process Five, and include various levels of approvals. The architect, Jeanne Liem, added: "The demolition and the proposed design are Coastal Development Permit exempt, thus no hearing is required. The new structure is within the allowable floor area ratio."
Those stinking seals don't need more protection! They need birth control! There's a whole scam behind selling the "first amendment protected" merchandise in our parks. Follow the money. Free speech!
Next, for $300, we can turn that place into the market it is becoming, little by little. Now, I see people selling paintings, rocks, bracelets, ice cream, etc.
A past editor of our local paper printed many residents' comments on the theme "Take, but give back," and many newcomers (and also older citizens) did just that. Many new residents enjoy becoming involved in keeping our Village traditions alive. One recent arrival stated concern for the seals taking over the beach. Although he expressed necessity to remove them, he stopped short of telling us exactly where and how to do it.
Most of the Villagers would probably agree that the seals could be coaxed to another spot with bait. No other spot was designated. The most logical location is by Seal Rock, which was their home before the seawall was built in 1932. Opening the sealed vents in the seawall to create passage is one option. Rebuilding the wall is another possibility.
This letter, however, is not about the seals nor the history of our beach. It is about our caring residents who concern themselves with our issues — one of whom might someday unearth a spectacular solution — and is further written to show appreciation to newer residents who concern themselves and are already conforming to our slogan, "Take but give back."
Artist William Kentridge performs in his "The Refusal of Time" (2012), a projected video work now at the Met in New York.
New York -- A giant metronome appears, projected on a wall of a dim room, and its pendulum bar starts to swing to the sound of an amplified ticktock, joined by that of a violin pizzicato.
Soon four other metronomes, also big as armoires, appear on the flanking walls, all in sync at first, but soon falling, then flailing, out of step.
So begins South African artist William Kentridge's "The Refusal of Time" (2012), a half-hour-long, five-channel projected video installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Met has just acquired the work jointly with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, which originated the 2009 exhibition "William Kentridge: Five Themes," enthusiastically received throughout its international tour.
It counts as a momentous acquisition for both institutions, each of which already has substantial holdings of Kentridge's work.
As to whether "The Refusal of Time" will form part of SFMOMA's grand reopening in 2016, director Neal Benezra said at the Met's press preview, "We just don't know yet. I hope so." Meanwhile the piece will play continually at the Met until early May. In 2001 Benezra, then at another institution, co-curated the first American museum survey of Kentridge's art.
"The Refusal of Time" originated as Kentridge's contribution to Documenta 13, the 2012 version of a closely watched quinquennial temperature-taking survey of contemporary art held in Kassel, Germany.
"It was not a commission," Kentridge said in conversation at the Met, "but an invitation to make a work, and choose a space for it. The choice of space I made shaped the form of the piece. It was a very rough room, with several projections and the machine in the middle."
He has roughened the display space at the Met by leaning layered, gray-painted plywood panels loosely against its walls.
The "machine" - a smoothly running kinetic sculpture by Jonas Lundquist and Sabine Theunissen - holds a central place in the Met presentation also.
A mechanized wooden assembly of struts, cranks and ribbed, open boxes, it continually "breathes," consistent with the score's reliance of brass and other wind instruments.
The musical score, by Kentridge's frequent collaborator Philip Miller, emphasizes breath in sonic allusion to a failed project to synchronize clocks across Paris through a system of pneumatic tubes. Meanwhile readings from various texts, some historic, some composed, issue from five megaphones, making "The Refusal of Time" impossible to take in on one run-through, or five.
Kentridge calls the machine "the elephant," referring to a line in Charles Dickens' "Hard Times" that likens the working of factory machinery to "the movement of the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy madness."
A second stimulus for "The Refusal of Time" came from Kentridge's reading of "Einstein's Clocks, Poincaré's Maps: Empires of Time" by Harvard science historian Peter Galison.
"The whole project started with a series of conversations with him," Kentridge said of Galison, whom he also acknowledges as a collaborator.
Galison's stunningly lucid 2003 book explores the background to Albert Einstein's 1905 formulation of relativity theory and Henri Poincaré's nearly concurrent work on longitude. Their thinking converged around the practical problem of synchronizing clocks at disparate geographic points. "It is a story," Galison writes, "in which physics, engineering, philosophy, colonialism and commerce collide."
Kentridge renders some of those collisions through animation, sound and filmed burlesques in "The Refusal of Time."
"I was interested in the prehistory of relativity," Kentridge said, "in the way one thinks of the prehistory of cinema, with the phenakistoscope, and flip-books and all the things that were pushing toward what we now think of as conventional movies."
Several film vignettes within "The Refusal of Time" mimic the almost vaudevillian style of static camera films, circa 1905. "With all my films, I've thought I was making comedies," Kentridge said, "and then people would come and tell me that they aren't."
As in earlier work, Kentridge plays here with the reversibility of film. "If time could reverse itself," he said, "there'd be a kind of utopian perfectibility - you can take back all the things you wish you hadn't said, the smashed vase recomposes itself perfectly ... but that in some sense is our definition of time - that which you can't call back."
As many as 20 people participated off and on over two years in the making of "The Refusal of Time," and of "Refuse the Hour," a complex theater piece, four times as long, that grew out of it. Kentridge hopes to stage "Refuse the Hour" in New York in 2015.
William Kentridge: The Refusal of Time: Five-channel projected video installation with sound and kinetic sculpture. Through May 11. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave., N.Y. (212) 535-7710. www.metmuseum.org.
TUSCALOOSA | Central defeated Paul W. Bryant 91-55 Wednesday night in girls high school basketball action.
Brittany Lewis led the Falcons with 24 points. Jawannica Treadwell and Shaykelia Dixon came in with 15 points each. LaShudra Nedels had 11 points and Ariel Merriweather had 10.
Parris Strother led the Stampede with 24 points. Tiara Foster had 10 points.
Yesteryear actress Nadira was the first sophisticated vamp in Hindi cinema, at a time when women were expected to look demure and do only positive roles.
Nadira made her foray into Bollywood in the 50s with films like Aan (1952) featuring Dilip Kumar and Shree420 (1955) with Raj Kapoor, and gave new meaning and depth to the character of a vamp in several films, playing the confident, often sensuous young woman who was not afraid to get what she wanted.
Her arched eyebrows, as she wooed Raj Kapoor in the song Mud mud ke nadekh in the classic Shree 420 would remain etched in the memories of cine lovers for a long time.
Nadira's career spanned over five decades during which she acted in over 60 films. She has been part of some of Hindi filmdom's most well known movies, starting off with the Mehboob Khan-directed Aan, where she played the fiery Princess Rajashree, and featuring in classics like Waris, Shree 420, Kamal Amrohi's Pakeezah, Dil Apna Aur PreetParayi, Saagar and Amar Akbar Anthony.
The 74-year-old Nadira won the 1975 Filmfare award in the Best Supporting Actress category for her portrayal of the protagonist's mother in the film Julie.
Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Josh in 2000 was Nadira's last outing as an actress in a Bollywood film. She had also featured in Ismail Merchant's English film Cotton Mary (1999) and Pooja Bhatt's Tamanna (1997).
Two new studies show that some motorists dislike cyclists so much that they pass them within inches on the road. The studies are from Australia, but the findings will resonate with cyclists in the U.S., and the U.K.
An online survey of 308 motorists found antipathy towards cyclists whether or not they were wearing Spandex and riding in groups.
“A significant link between negative attitudes towards cyclists and aggressive behaviour addressed at cyclists was not moderated by the type of cyclist shown,” said Fruhen.
In a separate study, Professor Narelle Haworth, director of the Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety at Queensland's University of Technology, found that many motorists knowingly ignored a recently enacted “close passing of cyclists” law in the Australian state of Queensland.
Those piloting heavy, fast motor vehicles often use their speed and power to muscle all non-motorised users out of the way, sometimes without knowing they’re doing it. “Vulnerable road users” – such as cyclists and pedestrians – become either invisible, or irritants to be buzzed out of the way. Highway rules and codes, originally introduced for motorists, reinforce the belief that roads are not spaces for “other” users. Rule 170 in the British Highway Code states: “Watch out for pedestrians crossing a road into which you are turning. If they have started to cross they have priority, so give way.” Few motorists (or cyclists) know this rule exists, and pedestrians instead have to scuttle out of the way, or risk being flattened. In America, the creation in the 1920s of the concept – and crime – of “jaywalking” shows how roads for all users quickly became defined as roads for motorists alone.
Motor cars are deemed to have priority on roads. Cyclists report being buzzed by nurses, nuns and White Van Man alike.
“A report from the Transport Research Laboratory and University of Strathclyde a few years ago suggested that there’s some classic social psychology at work here – cyclists represent an outgroup such that the usual outgroup effects are seen, particularly overgeneralisation of negative behaviour and attributes – ‘They all ride through red lights all the time’. It’s hard to escape the conclusion that something of this sort is going on.
“However, there has to be more to it than just this. For a long time I wondered if the outgroup status of cyclists was compounded by two other known social psychological factors: norms and majority vs. minority groups. Not only are cyclists an outgroup, they’re also a minority outgroup. Moreover, they are engaging in an activity that is deemed slightly inappropriate in a culture that views driving as normative and desirable and, arguably, views cycling as anti-conventional and possibly even infantile.
It might not have been the best comeback Kirk Cousins has helped engineer, but it was the fastest.
Playing for Washington last season at Seattle, Cousins led the Redskins on a four-play, 70-yard scoring drive that took just 35 seconds. It culminated in a one-yard touchdown run by Robert Kelley with 59 seconds left, giving Washington a 17-14 victory.
“That was a heart-breaker for us,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Thursday.
On Monday night, Cousins will return to CenturyLink Field with the Vikings. Since the venue opened in 2002, Minnesota is just 1-3 there, the only positive a 31-13 win in 2006. In the two most recent meetings, the Vikings lost 30-20 in 2012 and 41-20 in 2013.
Cousins, however, has some good history there. On Nov. 5, 2017, the quarterback completed 21 of 31 passes for 247 yards, including a 38-yard pass to Josh Doctson down the left sideline to the Seattle 1-yard line that set up the winning touchdown.
In their past two home games, the Seahawks (7-5) beat Green Bay and San Francisco, the latter a 43-16 victory in which Seattle won the turnover battle 3-0.
The fans figure to be amped up for Monday’s battle for playoff positioning. While the Seahawks currently hold down the No. 5 spot in the NFC playoff race, Minnesota (6-5-1) is No. 6. The Vikings are 1 1/2 games behind Chicago (8-4) in the NFC North, and might need a win to stay in the division race.
Head coach Mike Zimmer expects the game to have a playoff feel.
While the Vikings played preseason games at Seattle in 2016 and 2017, only five players remain from their last regular-season game at CenturyLink. Defensive end Everson Griffen, and cornerbacks Xavier Rhodes and Marcus Sherels, played there in 2013. Safety Harrison Smith and tight end Kyle Rudolph were sidelined then by injuries but played in the 2012 game there.
Every once in a while we get a call on our Financial Helpline from someone whose financial adviser recommended that they invest in a permanent life insurance policy (including whole, universal, or variable universal life). The adviser's pitch can sound compelling. Why purchase temporary term life insurance that you'll likely never use? Isn't that like throwing money away? With permanent life insurance, part of your premiums are invested and some of it can be borrowed tax-free for retirement, or your children's college education, or anything else you'd like and your heirs will get a nice death benefit when you pass away.
1) How much life insurance do you actually need?
This is important for a couple of reasons. First, you want to make sure you purchase as much as you need. If a more expensive permanent policy means you can only afford to buy less, it's probably not a good idea. After all, the whole point of insurance is to make sure your family has enough to be taken care of financially if something were to happen to you.
Likewise, you don't want to be buying insurance that you don't need either. That's because on average, you're likely to spend more on it than you or your family will ever receive. Think about it for a moment. The insurance company has to collect enough in premiums not only to pay out benefits but also to cover their expenses (including that nice big fat commission check your adviser could get for selling it to you) and make a profit. In fancy business lingo, your expected return on those premium dollars is negative.
2) How long will you need the insurance?
One of the main reasons that permanent insurance is so much more expensive is that it's meant to cover you for your entire life (hence "permanent" insurance) while cheaper term policies tend to cover you when you're younger and least likely to use it. However, most people don't need much or even any life insurance once they retire. Either they don't have any dependents (hopefully the "kids" will have moved out of the basement by that point) or their dependent (usually a spouse) will usually have enough income to live on from Social Security, their assets (included those they inherited from the person who passed away) and any pension survivor benefits they'll receive.
So who needs life insurance in retirement? They generally fall into three categories. The first is someone who doesn't have enough assets to cover their final expenses (like funeral costs) and wants a small policy to cover these expenses so they don't burden their family.
The second is someone who has a dependent that won't have enough income to live on after they pass away. For example, some people decide to choose a higher "life only" payout on their pension, which leaves nothing to their spouse after they pass away, and then use the extra pension income to pay for a life insurance policy instead. This is called "pension maximization" and can be beneficial if the person is in really good health and can get a relatively low cost policy.
The final scenario is someone who has a taxable estate (currently one worth over $5 million) and wants to use a life insurance policy to pay the estate tax. This is particularly useful if they don't want their heirs to have to make taxable retirement account withdrawals or sell a business or a piece of real estate in order to make those tax payments. Needless to say, this is a very small percentage of the population.