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He has also been involved in negotiations over the new season structure, which was revealed last month.
RFU chairman Andy Cosslett said: “This is a sad day for the union. Steve has made a huge contribution to the RFU during his time here. He has been a pivotal figure during a long period of sustained growth.
Over time, slouching can be a pain in the neck. At any given time, neck pain affects about 10 percent of the adult population in the U.S. Our heads can be a heavy load, so much so that many of us have lost proper alignment because our heads are too far forward from the rest of the spine. The consequences of your head hanging off the front spine, called forward head syndrome, can result in shoulder and rotator cuff problems, neck aches, headaches, back spasms and poor breathing patterns, all fixable problems.
Forward head syndrome is the first sign that muscle imbalances are present. This causes the front muscles, pectoralis and subscapularis, to become tighter and the muscles around the shoulder blades to become lengthened, both factors limiting the muscles’ functioning. You can assess forward head posture by having a friend look at your posture from the side. A neutral head is rooted firmly, like a tree, in the “ground” of the upper back with the ear aligned with the center of the shoulder.
Now face a mirror. Are your palms, or one more than the other, turned inward? If so, your shoulders are most likely slouched. Opening your hands so that the palms open in front and you can instantly correct some of your slouching.
The key to change is to become aware of old habits creeping in again.
As much as sitting in front of computers and television can be blamed for our heavy hanging heads, the root of the problem isn’t just that. Of course we would want to also look at the rest of the body to see if the cause may be coming from somewhere else. But overall, weak, tight muscles can inhibit moving well, as there is a rich dynamic inherent in the control of posture so that it is relaxed, not work. Ideal standing posture places the body’s joints in a state of equilibrium with the least amount of effort to maintain this upright position.
pressing the backs of your arms and shoulders into the wall. Hold for five to 10 seconds, relax, and repeat four times. You can also do this exercise lying on the floor, or advance it by combining it with a wall squat.
Try resetting what standing or sitting straight feels like by visualizing the spine as a chain of spotlights. Turn on the lights and observe their focal directions. If they shine in many confused directions, adjust them so that they all focus in an even plane. Now adjust them so that they shine with equal brightness.
The key to change is to become aware of old habits creeping in again. Healthy shoulders require proper posture, good flexibility and good strength about the scapular region.
Connie Aronson is an American College of Sports Medicine health and fitness specialist. Visit her at www.conniearonson.com.
PUNK legends The Stranglers will headline Galtres Festival on Sunday, August 25, closing the three-day event at its new home of Duncombe Park, Helmsley.
Aptly for a band with a 1979 hit called Duchess, they will play the Duke Stage.
This stellar signing follows Maximo Park’s booking for the Saturday headline slot, with the Friday headliner still to be revealed.
More than 100 bands will be spread across seven stages at Galtres Festival, which last year was nominated for six UK Festival Awards.
In a career spanning four decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving band to have originated in the British punk scene of the Seventies.
These punk outlaws went on to notch up 24 British Top 40 singles and 18 Top 40 albums, scoring such hits as Peaches, No More Heroes, Something Better Change, Five Minutes, Duchess, Golden Brown, Strange Little Girl, Always The Sun and Skin Deep.
Festival director James Houston says: "This is a major coup for us. The Stranglers have stood the test of time brilliantly, with outstanding recent festival performances and a new album building on their extraordinary success over four decades.
“They’re legends, we've always dreamed of booking them, and now they’re coming. It will be a fabulous end to this year's festival at our spectacular new home."
The Stranglers will occupy the Sunday night spot occupied at Galtres in past years by Levellers, The Beat and Adam Ant. "Our event always ends on a big high," says James. "This year, as the sun sets over the North York Moors, it will be a golden brown high!"
The Stranglers' first studio album for six years, Giants, was released last March. They begin their 2013 live campaign tonight in Scotland at the outset of a 25-date British tour and their summer travels will conclude at Duncombe Park.
Visit galtresfestival.org.uk for tickets and more information.
March 30, 2018 2017-18 season, Erik Spoelstra, Hassan Whiteside, Injuries, Tom D'Angelo.
MIAMI – The celebration will have to wait at least one more game.
The Miami Heat took care of their business Thursday, disposing of the pesky Bulls, 103-92, at AmericanAirlines Arena, but with Detroit defeating Washington, the Heat were unable to clinch a playoff spot.
With the magic number down to 1, that playoff clincher could come Saturday with a Heat victory over Brooklyn or a Pistons loss at the Knicks. Miami (41-35) has equaled its win total from last season with six games remaining.
Josh Richardson led Miami with 22 points and Goran Dragic added 17. The Heat held the Bulls to .367 shooting, including .231 on threes.
The Heat were back at full strength for the start of the game, but then lost Tyler Johnson, who left late in the second quarter after spraining his right ankle and did not return. The Bulls (24-51) were without six players, including three starters – Lauri Markkanen, Zach LaVine and Kris Dunn. Starting center Robin Lopez was ejected with 8:43 to play.
Chicago has lost seven straight games.
Playoff clincher on hold: Detroit’s victory over Washington forces the Heat to wait at least a couple of days before clinching a playoff spot. Miami remains seventh in the East, a half game ahead of No. 8 Milwaukee, which won at Golden State on Thursday and 5.5 games ahead of No. 9 Detroit. The Heat climb to within a half game of No. 6 Washington. The Wizards still have games remaining at Houston and Cleveland and against the Celtics at home. Miami’s only remaining games against winning teams are both at home, against OKC and Toronto.
Two man show: The Heat appeared to be going through the motions for the first three quarters, unable to shake the undermanned Bulls until the fourth quarter. Miami built an 11-point lead in the second quarter but the Bulls got the deficit down to three early in the third quarter. Miami started pulling away late in the third quarter, led by 10 entering the fourth and opened the final 12 minutes on a 13-4 run to push the lead to 19 points. Dragic and Richardson had 30 of the Heat’s 78 points after three quarters, combining to shoot 11-of-21 from the floor. The rest of the team were a combined 18 of 45.
Big fella is back: Hassan Whiteside returned Thursday after missing nine games because of a strained left hip flexor. He immediately was inserted into the starting lineup and was active early with four points, five rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot in the first six minutes. Whiteside finished with eight points, seven rebounds, two blocks and four assists, which equals his career high. He played 19:28. Whiteside has missed 28 games total this season. Miami is 14-14 in those games.
Home dominance: The Heat have become a very good team at home. Miami now has won 11 of 12 at AmericanAirlines Arena, including a season-high eight in a row. Those wins have come by an average of 14.4 points. The Heat are 24-14 at home after starting the season 3-5. Miami was 23-18 at home last season.
Injury bug hits again: For the second time this season on a night the Heat started with their full complement of players (minus Dion Waiters) one was injured during the game. Johnson landed awkwardly on his right ankle during the second quarter and although he remained in the game for several minutes he returned to the locker room before halftime and was ruled out for the second half with a sprained ankle. Johnson has missed 14 games this season because of various injuries, including a left ankle injury he suffered against the Bulls in January that kept him out six games. Rodney McGruder took Johnson’s spot in the starting lineup for the second half. Spoelstra said Johnson wanted to play the second half but the Heat were not going to risk it and had him doing treatment during that time.
“He was able to walk out of here without a limp,” Spoelstra said.
Entity selection is a big decision new small business owners must make, and the decision to incorporate comes with tax ramifications.
Deciding the difference between a C Corp and an S Corp should include a tax professional and an attorney. The attorney can address the liability and legal issues of incorporating and the tax professional can explain the tax consequences and even worksheet anticipated liabilities based on the actual situation.
While there is software and online tools that can incorporate a company for less than $200, spending some money upfront on legal advice could pay off in the long run.
Besides incorporating, you may have to consider things like contracts between yourself, your partners if applicable, and the corporation. There’s also employee non-compete agreements and possibly copyright and trademark protection documents that should be taken into account. An attorney will likely bring up other aspects that pertain to your business that you hadn’t previously considered.
All corporations are founded as C corporations. To become an S corporation, you must file IRS Form 2553 to make the election to be treated as such.
A corporation is a self-contained separate entity, which formalizes the business and separates the activities of the business from your personal activities. One of the main reasons a business incorporates is to protect the personal assets of the shareholders from lawsuits and creditors.
Here are the tax ramifications about the treatment of transactions depending upon whether you are a C Corporation or an S Corporation.
Books, records, and bank accounts are kept separate from personal books and records. The corporation is a formal entity and personal transactions should not be comingled with business transactions.
Depending upon the state in which you live, you may be required to file an annual statement of officers with your state taxing agency and pay a nominal fee.
Depending upon the state in which you live, you may be required to pay a minimum franchise tax.
The principals of the corporation should hold board of directors meetings at least on an annual basis.
All working owners are required to be on payroll. Payroll taxes must be withheld and matched and the rate of pay must be reasonable. If audited and this rule is violated, the IRS may reclassify “draws” as wages and collect payroll taxes as well as penalties and interest.
A C Corporation files a standalone tax return and pays taxes at the corporate level. Losses may be carried forward or backward. The maximum tax rate for a corporation is currently 35%. An S Corporation files a tax return but the profit or loss passes through via Form 1120S K-1 to the individual income tax return. The tax liability and the taxes are assessed and paid at the individual level. The maximum tax rate is 39.6%. Losses sustained in an S Corporation are applied to other income to reduce the tax liability of the shareholder.
Owners in a C Corporation cannot arbitrarily draw funds the way a sole proprietor or partner in a partnership is able to do. Any funds drawn, unless a loan repayment or expense reimbursement will be classified as a dividend and subject to double taxation. That is, the corporation cannot take the deduction and owner is required to report the distribution on his income tax return. An S Corporation owner may draw funds against profit as long as he/she is paid reasonable compensation in the form of wages.
A C Corporation must pay estimated tax payments based on the C Corporation profit. The S Corporation might be subject to a state tax liability and therefore estimated tax payment depending upon the rules of the state in which it is formed. At the federal level, the S Corporation pays no income tax and is not subject to estimated tax payments. Each shareholder who receives a K-1 must factor in the profit or loss in determining the amount of estimated tax payments to be paid at the individual level.
For more information on this topic and to determine what is best for your situation, contact your attorney and tax professional. Also read IRS Publication 542 Corporations.
PARIS, May 11 (Reuters) - France’s lower house of parliament approved a bill on Wednesday that would ban shale gas drilling due to environmental concerns, as a freeze on the controversial practice remains in effect.
The bill will be considered by France’s Senate in June.
The technique of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, involves injecting water, sand and chemicals into shale rock formations at high pressure to force out oil and natural gas.
Opposition has centred over potential pollution from the large amounts of water and some detergent used in the process.
The bill, introduced by President Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP party, forbids hydraulic fracturation and revokes existing shale gas permits.
In March, the government extended its moratorium on research and drilling for shale oil and gas, pending commissioned reports to establish their environmental impact.
Prime Minister Francois Fillon has said that France will not rule out research to develop new forms of the technology that would be less damaging to the environment.
The victim was kicked in the face until he was unconscious.
Police are searching for a man and woman who were allegedly involved in an afternoon attack on an elderly man walking on a Manhattan street.
Around 2:10 p.m. on Wednesday, a 75-year-old man walking in front of 120 West 14thStreet in the West Village was assaulted by a man as a female accomplice acted as a lookout, police reported.
The man allegedly hit the victim in the back of the head, knocking him down, before kicking his face until he was unconscious, authorities added. After the assault, the man and woman fled eastbound on 14th Street.
The victim was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital in stable condition, according to police.
Officials described the suspects as a black man with a red streak in his hair who was wearing a white T-shirt, beige pants and a backpack and a black woman last seen in a green dress with a hood and black sneakers.
If you flip through the Hindi film channels on your television, you will definitely stumble upon a film starring Sanjay Mishra.
"I sign small films for rehearsals -- and I get paid for them!” Mishra explains. “I always say with pride that I do my rehearsals with the producer’s money. It’s much better than rehearsing in front of a mirror.
“Besides, I get to go to new places for free. For Miss Tanakpur Hazir Ho, I got to see western Uttar Pradesh, and learn its language. For Masaan, I went back to Benaras, where I grew up. I stayed in a small room, away from the unit, by the Ganga river. I travelled to the location by boat. My ‘makeup’ would be a dip in the Ganga! That kind of life is such an experience.
But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Let’s start with who Sanjay Mishra really is.
Sanjay Mishra, 51, loves to cook and listen to Pink Floyd.
Okay, let’s rewind some more.
"I belong to a family of government servants,” says Mishra. His father worked in the information and broadcasting ministry, his grandfather was a district magistrate.
But it was his grandmother who was his earliest influence. She used to sing for the Patna radio station and Mishra spent his childhood vacations with her. All his relatives would gather around and having singing sessions and Mishra would join them.
At age nine, Mishra shifted to Benaras.
“My father was deeply interested in the arts. We would have a lot of visitors at our home who would read, play the sitar and other music. This influenced me and I wanted to do something on those lines. I used to get stressed out with studies. I couldn’t remember dates. I flunked Class X twice and my father was very tense about my future,” he says.
Then, he heard about the National School of Drama and decided to try it out.
Irrfan was in his final year at NSD at the time and impressed Mishra with his plays. Irrfan’s wife, Sutapa, was an actress there as well.
The two talented actors would go on to work together in movies like Charas and Krazzy 4.
Mishra’s next stop was Mumbai.
This, he insists, was not his struggle period. “I was learning all this time. These experiences helped me in Ankhon Dekhi,” Mishra said, referring to his brilliant 2013 film, which won him many awards.
Many of you, though, may not remember him in his first film, O Darling Yeh Hai India (1995).
“I really looked up to Ketan Mehta after his film, Mirch Masala. I wanted to be around him. Whether he gave me a job or not was secondary. I thought I would at least know something about my favourite director -- how he thinks, how he operates. He gave me a role in O Darling Yeh Hai India,” Mishra says.
During the cricket World Cup series in 1999, Mishra’s Apple Singh commercials for ESPN Star Sports became so popular that the character was adopted as the face of the channel.
Then he signed up the hugely popular sitcom Office Office, with Pankaj Kapur, Manoj Pahwa and writer Ashwini Dheer.
Though it was Kapur, as Mussadi Lal, who stole the show, the limelight also shone on the talented supporting cast, including the don’t-care-less, corrupt, soaked in red-tapism bureaucrat, Shukla, played by Mishra.
Sanjay Mishra has enjoyed working for all his movies.
“People say critics are bad but, whichever film I did, critics would always mention me in their reviews and praise me. Slowly, people started noticing me,” he says.
Mishra saw a theatre-goer in tears after watching Ankhon Dekhi and was surprised. “I didn’t know it would touch someone so much. Itna serious kaam ho gaya kya galti se (Did I manage to accidentally do such a good job)?” Mishra asks, in his trademark simplicity.
Another filmwala he’s had a long association with is Shah Rukh Khan, whom he’s known since before SRK became a star. “During his first production Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, he wanted me for a scene. I was busy with the World Cup and tried to wriggle out. But he was insistent. My scene is at the start of the film when he is introduced (Mishra plays the bomb disposal expert). He has a different energy, that’s why he is Shah Rukh Khan,” the actor says.
Mishra also doffs his hat to director Subhash Kapoor. “When he narrated Phas Gaya Re Obama, I told him you should offer it to Naseeruddin Shah. Why me? Either your kismet is bad, or mine is going to be good. It was not my school of acting, it was very different. I got a lot of creative satisfaction from this film.
“I worked in his film Jolly LLB for free. It was just a night’s work. We laughed till we died during the shooting. It was such a cute character!” Ram Gopal Varma, Mishra’s superb cameo in Jolly LLB, is creepy, corrupt cop you won’t forget easily.
He did Dum Laga Ke Haisha for his mother, as it was shot in Haridwar while Masaan, shot in Banaras, was dedicated to his father.
“After each film that we make, we kill the characters and I feel so sad about that. For example, I worked in Phas Gaya Re Obama for a month and kept my character alive. After the shooting is over, you kill the character and move on to your next film. Yes, the character will be alive on DVD but, as an actor, it’s gone. I won’t live it again. I recently finished shooting for a Telugu film called Kick 2. I was driving in Uttaranchal and listening to the music of Kick 2 and I felt like crying, thinking about the fun days of shooting. It was a good character and had become a friend of mine. But the shooting got over and I had to leave it,” Mishra says.
“After Kick 2, I felt very proud of myself, much more than I felt after Ankhon Dekhi, because I did in film in a language I did not know,” he says.
Mishra is currently working in the sequel to Phas Gaya Re Obama, Dilwale, Sooraj Bharjatya’s Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Rajkumar Santoshi’s assistant Manish’s first film and Inder Kumar’s Grand Masti sequel.
Movies, incidentally, are not his only love. Mishra loves cooking as well!
In fact, his tastefully-decorated ‘sitting area,’ as he describes it (it’s a fully furnished flat in the floor below his home in Mumbai’s posh sea-facing Versova suburb), he has made sure there is a well-equipped kitchenette.
His signature dishes are Achari Mutton and Pepper Chicken.
Mishra cooks at home too but, at the moment, refuses to cook for his little daughters, Pal, five, and Lamha, two.
“I will cook for my kids when they grow up. Right now, all they want is jam-roti! Aapke khane ki issat honi chaiye bhale woh apne bachche kyun na ho (People should respect what you cook, even if they are children),” he says with a straight face.
He also enjoys all kinds of music.

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