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Under the Customs Act, those convicted of fraudulent evasion of GST can be fined up to 20 times the amount of tax evaded and jailed for up to two years.
March 26 (Reuters) - A U.S. trade judge on Tuesday recommended Qualcomm Inc be granted a request for an import ban on some iPhones sold by Apple Inc.
The determination is not binding and will be reviewed by the agency. Apple and Qualcomm did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Former Arsenal and Everton striker Francis Jeffers is in talks with Maltese Premier League club Floriana.
Jeffers, 31, was at Australian club Newcastle Jets last season but has opened discussions with Floriana, who also hope to sign former Fulham keeper Tony Warner, 38.
In 2012 Floriana signed a partnership agreement with British investor Stephen Vaughan.
Lost 12-0 on aggregate to Sweden's Elfsborg in the Europa League qualifying round, with the second leg in Malta attracting a crowd of just 266.
"We hope to finalise all contract terms before the eagerly anticipated derby against Valletta on 20 October," said a statement on Floriana's website.
Floriana are seventh in the table.
Jeffers started his career at Everton before completing a £10m move to Arsenal in 2001.
His career has also taken him to Charlton, Blackburn, Sheffield Wednesday, Newcastle Jets and Motherwell.
In addition, Jeffers has had loan spells back at Everton, Rangers and Ipswich. He made one appearance for England, scoring as a substitute in a 3-1 defeat to Australia at Upton Park in 2003.
Uranus as seen by NASA’s Voyager 2.
Most of the times we have looked at Uranus, it has seemed to be a relatively calm place. Well, yes its atmosphere is the coldest place in the solar system. But, when we picture the seventh planet in our solar system invariably the image of a calming blue hazy disc that the spacecraft Voyager 2 took in 1986 comes to mind.
However, all we have previously known about the atmosphere of Uranus has been 'thrown to the wind' with observations made last year.
In August 2014 a group led by Imke de Pater pointed the Keck telescope at Uranus and were a little bit surprised to see storms raging. It wasn't as though clouds haven't been seen before, but the clouds they spotted last year were very much brighter than any seen before.
The fact that the storms are bright in the methane spectrum isn't a surprise - Uranus, and its neighbour Neptune, are pretty much just big balls of methane, water and ammonia (but it does make for a snigger-worthy headline).
Light from Uranus, as captured from my backyard in Sydney. The dips in the spectrum mainly correspond to methane (positions of the methane absorption is shown by the blue lines).
The storms are described in a paper recently published in Icarus, with the pre-print available here. After the first observations, the group put out a call to amateur astronomers to see if they could also observed this unusual activity too.
They did, and with this information the group built a case to point the Hubble Space Telescope at Uranus, which happened in October. Again, they saw large storms, showing that what they had seen in August hadn't been a one off event - the weather report on Uranus is looking rather unsettled.
Uranus was the first planet to be discovered in the 'recent' era of science. All the planets up to Saturn were observed to be different 'wandering' stars by many ancient cultures - so we'll never know who first spotted them. But Uranus was first observed in 1690 by John Flamsteed.
The storms on Uranus, as seen from the Keck telescope.
He plotted it six times - but didn't realise it was different from any other star (he catalogued it to be 64 Tauri). The French astronomer Pierre Lemonnier also observed Uranus, but didn't distinguish it from the other stars he was watching. It was William Herschel who realised, in 1781 after thinking it was a comet, that he'd seen a planet orbiting further from the sun than Saturn.
Despite knowing where it was for over 300 years, we've only in the last decade started to take a detailed view of the Northern hemisphere of Uranus. The observations made by de Pater and her team are the first time this giant region of our solar system has been surveyed by modern telescopes from Earth. This is because of the very strange rotation, which makes Uranus pretty unique.
Our Earth rotates on its axis tilted only slightly from being straight up (if we define up as being perpendicular to a planet's orbital plane). It is this tilt that drives our seasons.
Uranus has the most extreme tilt of axis in the whole solar system, it is inclined 98° from up. This means Uranus has the most extreme seasons - as each hemisphere of the planet faces the sun as it orbits (a cycle that take 84 years).
The upshot is that as the Northern hemisphere has been in winter until recently, and from Earth we have been unable to see it. In 2007 Uranus reached it's equinox, with the equator pointing at the sun and each of the two hemispheres illuminated.
The group observed Uranus with the Keck telescope as it past equinox seven years ago. They expected to see storm activity, as parts of the planet that haven't seen the sun in 20 years started to come to light. They thought it has gone quiet again, which is why 2014's storms took them by surprise.
Added to this is the fact the storms are flaring up in the Northern hemisphere, the part of Uranus that is entering its spring, and thought not to have warmed up from its prolonged winter yet.
Where is the energy to drive these storms coming from? That's the mystery. Storms on the other gas giants are thought to be fed by energy from their dynamic interiors.
Voyager 2 saw that Uranus should have a dynamic interior (it has an active magnetic field like Neptune) but that little of this energy is reaching the atmosphere. This is why Uranus is the coldest planet in our solar system, parts of the atmosphere were observed to be a chilly -224°C.
What this observation of these giant storms really does highlight, is just how little we know about our solar system's giant icy planets Uranus, and its neighbour Neptune. In the light of the fact that missions like Kepler are finding many other similar planets orbiting distant stars, we really need to sort this out. Hopefully knowing more about our 'local' planets will mean that we can understand much more about those further away.
Meanwhile, while we in Australia may have past our summer - think of the Southern hemisphere of Uranus where a 20-year winter is coming….
losing sessions, led by financials and consumer staples.
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in energy and consumer stocks.
stores operator CP All PCL climbed marginally.
BEFORE they found the Higgs, particle physicists fretted about a nightmare scenario. The particle might behave just as predicted by their standard model, giving them no clues as to where to go next.
For a time after the discovery, the nightmare appeared to have come true. Many physicists were left crossing their fingers that something novel would turn up when the Large Hadron Collider switches on again in 2015 (see “Instant Expert: The Higgs boson“).
Since then, the “boring” Higgs has proved quite interesting after all. Theorists have shown how it could solve a very weird problem in cosmology known as Boltzmann brains (see “Death by Higgs rids cosmos of space brain threat“). Others have suggested that it could reveal the nature of dark energy. The Higgs may not have quite delivered the bonanza of insights that some had hoped for, but it is still the stuff of dreams.
With so many Christmas menus and office parties distracting the crowds this month, it's a fairly quiet time for new openings. Wherever you dine out this December, however, expect it to be busy and should you want an alternative to the latest venues now might be a good time to revisit our pick of recent openings in November, October, September, August, July and June.
From December 6 to January 16, the Royal Opera House will serve a limited-edition Alice in Wonderland-themed afternoon tea to coincide with the venue’s run of Alice’s Wonderland Adventures. Served in the glass-ceilinged Paul Hamlyn Hall, the menu has been devised by pastry chef Claire Clark, who worked under Thomas Keller at The French Laundry, and costs from £37.50 for adults or £18.75 for children.
London’s newest udon noodle restaurant is Den in King’s Cross. The 45-cover venue will serve homemade noodle dishes (from £6.50) alongside Japanese small plates such as miso-marinated grilled salmon. The restaurant is already established in Japan and its proprietors promise visitors that they have created a convincing take on a Tokyo eatery – right down to the electric washlet toilet. The quality of the food should be on form too, with Emi Machida, previously of Koya and Bone Daddies, taking charge of the kitchen. Den has its soft-opening from December 15 to 22 and will offer 50 per cent off the food bill during that period.
Now that a 12-year ban on beef imports from Japan has been lifted, the City’s Sushisamba restaurant is introducing Japanese Kobe beef to its menu. From December 8, the venue will offer an Ishiyaki service at £1,000, which features 1kg of Kobe beef, presented tableside with a certificate issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Japan and the Kobe Beef Marketing & Distribution Promotion Association. It should be an ample serving for groups, who will be invited to cook the meat on sizzling hot stones while also sampling a selection of sashimi, sushi and other dishes from the regular a la carte menu. From January onwards, the restaurant will additionally showcase other innovative Kobe dishes for a week at a time, to alternate on a monthly basis.
Now open in Notting Hill, Pure Taste bills itself as the country’s first paleo fine-dining restaurant – a paleo diet, also known as a caveman diet, is one that encourages people to eat only ingredients that our ancestors did millennia ago - so no sugar, processed foods or grains. For adherents to the diet, or the curious, the menu offers dishes such as salmon with orange, coriander, cauliflower pilaf and pomegranate or chestnut, leek and parsnip roast with roasted chicory and braised red cabbage; various options also accommodate those without dietary restrictions.
Best known as a street-food purveyor at the likes of Street Feast in Dalston, Hotbox this month opens its first permanent venue on 46 Commercial Street near Spitalfields. Deep South cuisine is the speciality here so expect to find dishes such as short rib and pork belly tacos, pork buns and mac‘n’cheese on its menu.
“A new neighbourhood restaurant”, the Green Room is a collaboration between social enterprise Coin Street Community Builders and the National Theatre, to be found behind the latter, on the South Bank. The convivial space will be decorated with props previously used in NT shows and a surrounding garden, maintained by volunteers from the theatre and locality, should provide a pleasant al fresco meeting area in summer. As for the menu, it features simple, moderately priced dishes such as pumpkin risotto and flat iron steak.
The ABC has finally re-posted chief economics correspondent Emma Ablerici's analysis of corporate tax cuts.
The Seven Network has been patting itself on the back for last week's ratings performance, but there are more factors to consider.
Broader factors need to be fed into the gun-control debate, argue those who study its Australian context.
Audiences vastly prefer Insiders to The Bolt Report. Plus other media tidbits of the day.
Breaking news: Oscar Pistorius is not convicted of murder! Except that, whoops, he was actually. Plus other media tidbits of the day.
The protests over the grand jury decision over teenager Michael Brown's death are unprecedented in modern America, but not unexpected.
Bunker down and throw something: but do we need anti-massacre rules?
Australia now has official guidelines for how to survive a mass shooting. Crikey intern Henry Belot reads up on how to survive -- and asks if these rules will really help anyone.
Washington—The Bush administration wants the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Federal Communications Commission's fine against CBS for airing singer Janet Jackson's fleeting breast exposure during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show.
"The FCC and [the Department of Justice] have filed a petition for certiorari in the Janet Jackson case. The petition contends that the Third Circuit failed to give sufficient deference to the findings of the FCC and asked that the petition be held in abeyance until the Fox v. FCC case is decided. The petition was filed on [Wednesday] and arrived by mail [Thursday]," said Andrew Jay Schwartzman, president of the Media Access Project, a public interest law firm.
In July, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia rejected the FCC's $550,000 fine for Jackson's split-second so-called wardrobe malfunction.
The three-judge panel ruled that the fine was illegal because the agency had changed policy about fleeting indecent images without proper notice to broadcast licensees.
On Nov. 4, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case about whether the FCC may punish TV stations for the one-time broadcast of the f-word and s-word. Fox Television appealed rulings that involved words used by Cher and Nicole Richie during live music awards shows.
- New Vision Christian Community Center, 1949 La. 182, Raceland, under the leadership of the Rev. David E. Rhodes Sr. and Shannon Rhodes will hold its dedication services Saturday and Sunday. A 7 p.m. Saturday service will feature guest pastors, the Rev. Durol "Duke" and Sharon Chance of New Life Ministries in Amite. A 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday service will feature guest pastors, the Rev. Ricky Allmon, of Impacted Group of Chicago, and the Rev. Elder Herbert and Lynette Andrew, of Beacon Light Baptist Church in Houma.
- Residence Baptist Church, 2605 Isaac St., Houma, will hold a Fifth District Baptist Association sponsored Women�s Conference 8 a.m. Saturday.
- Grace Lutheran Church, 422 Valhi Blvd., in Houma will host its eighth-annual Fall Festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdasy. The festival features a silent action, rummage sale, an Imagination Book Fair, Christian bands and singers, and craft vendors. Admission is free and there will be children�s activities and plenty of food.
- Old Fountain Missionary Baptist Church of Houma will hold its 77th Usher�s Anniversary noon Sunday. Guest speaking at the event will be the Rev. Dr. Joseph Frank, who serves as vice president for the Star Tri-Parish Association.
- St. Phillip Baptist Church of Labadieville, pastored by the Rev. Junius Thompson, will hold an Usher�s Anniversary service 8 a.m. Sunday. The Rev. Grayling Hartman, pastor of St. Mark Congregational Church, will be the guest speaker.
- Beautiful Zion Baptist Church, 120 Hialeah Ave. in Houma will host its annual "Hallelujah Night" from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. There will be no admission charge. For information or to register your dance team, call 876-0931.
- Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux will hold a one-day married couples conference Saturday featuring keynote speaker Christopher West. All married couples are invited and encouraged to attend this one-day conference. The cost is $60 per couple and includes lunch and two workbooks. A special "Date Night" will be held in the evening following the closing Mass. The date night includes dinner and the music of Billy Stark for an additional $15. To register online or obtain more information about the speakers, visit www.htconferences.org or call the Conference Office at 872-1810.
- New Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 922 Goode St., Houma, invites everyone to come celebrate the Rev. Blaine Clay�s 25th anniversary 3 p.m. Nov. 4. The Rev. Fred Trosclair and Mt. Olive Baptist Church congregation of Montegut will be the guests.
- New St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, 2766 La. 311, Schriever, has canceled its "Guess Who" program scheduled for Nov. 4.
- Coteau Baptist Church, 2066 Coteau Road, will welcome the Bibletones Quartet 10:45 a.m. Nov. 4. A love offering will be taken prior to the service.
- Divorce Care divorce-recovery seminar and support group meets at 6:45 p.m. every Wednesday at Living Word Church, 109 Valhi Blvd. Houma. The seminar and support group features nationally recognized experts on divorce and recovery topics. Call 868-3637.
someone you love facing a crisis due to health or financial issues? Well, if you answered yes, we invite you to join us from 8:30 to 11 a.m. each Monday at Breakthrough Believers Ministry in building A at 846 La. 182, Houma. Call Roxanne Buquet or Sheila Barton at 223-0770.
- Mulberry Baptist Church, 2025 Bayou Black in Houma, has a Children in Action program for grade-school-aged children in the first through fifth grades during its Sunday-evening worship services that start at 6:15 p.m. Call 876-3204.
Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed has again highlighted that Ireland would make a case to the European Commission that support for its primary producers would limit any possible contagion from UK tariffs to other European countries.
At the Fine Gael conference at the weekend Minister Michael Creed said farmers need a “substantial” aid package if they suffer losses as a result of new UK tariffs under a no-deal Brexit.
“Because otherwise, we’ll be looking for a home for 300,000t of beef in other European Union markets,” Creed told Reuters in an interview.
Creed gave the same warning at a meeting of fellow European Agriculture Ministers in Brussels last week.
He said an outcome which results in a disorderly Brexit, would have a profoundly negative effect on both the Irish and the UK economies.
"The Irish agri-food sector will be uniquely affected, with beef particularly exposed. The impact is likely to be immediate, and without support, at least in the short term, many of our beef farmers will struggle to survive.
"If Irish beef loses its competitive position in the United Kingdom market, there will inevitably be knock-on consequences, with significant displacement to elsewhere in the European Union," he said.
The IFA estimates that WTO tariffs on Ireland’s beef and livestock sector will impose a direct cost of €800m per year, devastating the €3 billion industry and putting thousands of farmers out of business.
Creed said the government will seek to provide domestic state aid such as grants and intervention.
Dublin may also provide private storage aid (PSA) for the industry, an EU measure usually reserved for smoothing out seasonal imbalances between supply and demand.
However, last week the Government delayed plans to unveil a package of emergency financial supports for farmers and small business owners who will be severely affected in the event of a disorderly Brexit.
The Cabinet is now putting off plans to announce the vital emergency aid package in the wake of on-going Brexit chaos in the British parliament.
It is understood the package of financial measures has been drafted, but yesterday it was decided they should not be discussed by ministers at Cabinet this afternoon, as originally planned.
A senior source said the Government wants to see the "severity" of the Brexit the country is facing before publishing the supports.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would not be contesting the 2020 polls, editor of the Al Hajj Newspaper, Alhaji Bature Iddrissu has said.
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo became President on his third attempt at the presidency. He failed to win the 2008 and 2012 elections.
In 2016, he polled 53.85 percent of the valid votes cast to become Ghana’s fifth president under the fourth Republic.
President Mahama, who ran on the ticket of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), secured 44.40 of valid votes cast.
President Mahama’s defeat makes him the first incumbent to lose an election since Ghana returned to multi-party democracy in 1992.
It is expected that the President who is only four months into his presidency would be contesting the 2020 polls on the ticket of the NPP once more to complete his two terms. President Mahama is also tipped to stage a comeback to seek a second term.
Alhaji Bature speaking on Adom TV’s Badwam Tuesday however said he is privy to information that President Akufo-Addo would not be contesting the 2020 polls.
According to him, the President would be bowing out of politics after his first term and would not want to go through another hectic campaign.
“Mark my words, Nana Addo would not contest the 2020 elections…today is 11th April, 2017 and I am saying this…Nana Addo would not contest 2020 polls…,” he said repeatedly on the show.
Alhaji Bature however could not offer a reason on why the President would not want to seek a re-election after his first term.
He however insisted that the former President is the favourite to contest the 2020 polls on the ticket of the NDC arguing that the former head of state has an impressive record of achievements.
Ghanaian voters, Alhaji Bature added would be clamouring for the return of the man who successfully moved from Assemblyman to President.
BOXING MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTEST: OVER THE five years he has boxed in the United States he has heretofore been billed, simply, as “Ireland’s John Duddy”, but he was introduced under a new nom de guerre– The Derry Destroyer – prior to Saturday night’s fight against Matt Vanda at Madison Square Garden.