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Was it difficult to switch from e-portfolio to D&B Credit? "No, it was much more a relief. Now we finally have it the way we imagined it would be," is how Bruno Zingg sums up the change Swisslog successfully made a good year ago.
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Being an Incorporated body under the Incorporation of Societies Act, Shepparton Theatre Arts Group operates under the guidance of its Rules, and Statement Of Purposes. These documents spell out the formal procedure required to operate the company, with regards to membership and AGMs etc., and provide guidance for the current and future direction of the company.
STAG also has in place a very stringent Code Of Conduct document, which is actively enforced during rehearsals, performances and other official STAG functions. All potential members are required to read and sign this document prior to auditioning, and it forms part of our membership application.
These documents are both available to be downloaded via the links below.
STAG is listed on the Register of Cultural Organisations within the Ministry of the Arts and endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient for tax purposes. A gift made to the ‘Shepparton Theatre Arts Group Incorporated Development Fund’ is tax deductible.
Spacious, monk-built home in south hills! this home features nearly 4,000 sq ft of space with 6 beds & 3. 5 baths. Large master suite w/ balcony overlooking the woods. Kitchen features corian countertops, a large center island, and a new fridge. Other features include 2 sets of gas logs, kitchenette on lower level and a screened in deck on lower level. Updates and upgrades include a new roof with gutter guards, new garage door & opener, newer hvac on the upper level, and three new decks!
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(Reuters) - U.S. ride services firm Lyft Inc is in talks with an advisor for a targeted March or April 2019 initial public offering, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
An initial public offering for Lyft would amplify Uber’s[UBER.UL] troubles. It would be an opportunistic way for the company, which was valued at $7.5 billion in its last funding round, to capitalize on its larger rival. Fresh capital for Lyft would merely compound the frontrunner’s injuries.
When not helping others in Real Estate Dana is very active at Newspring Church or spending time with her family.
I had to change from another realtor because he failed to respond my inquiries. I got fed up and decided to change the realtor and selected this father and daughter team. I know the real-estate business myself as I was a relator for over 20 years in Wichita. Now I live 3,000 miles away from Wichita therefore I needed a very good realtor, Jerry's team was superb. They are technologically up to date. Getting service people and decorating company, they were excellent. They treated my house as their own for taking care of it while I was away (9 month) and listed with them. I highly recommend them if someone is looking for a realtor in Wichita area.
Had a great time this weekend with Workers Union Ensemble performing ‘The Virus Within: Hearing HIV’ at Southampton University’s Science and Engineering Day. Ben Oliver’s work with scientist Chad Swanson has resulted in a wicked three-movement piece which uses strands of DNA and nucleotides in musical form. Fascinating from both a scientific and musical perspective, we are looking forward to touring this around the UK over the next few years.
Here is a snapshot of the fascinating project my group Workers Union Ensemble were involved with earlier this year.
‘Hearing HIV‘ brings together contemporary music and cutting edge scientific research. In collaboration with virologist Chad Swanson, Benjamin Oliver has composed a new three-movement work for ensemble and electronics that musically explores HIV replication processes and how innovative ‘Shock and Kill’ treatments might provide a cure for HIV.
This video is of extracts from the premiere at Guy’s Chapel, King’s College London, on 15 February 2018. You can watch all three movements in full here. Or why not come and see us live in Southampton in 2019? Exact dates and times to be finalised but check the Workers Union Ensemble site for the latest info.
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Wishing you a magical vacation Alicia!
Andrew Gettle is a man of action — first posing beside a wooden sculpture to show what the finished product will look like, then giving a critical eye to a grape-inspired creation as he rips off a piece and tosses it aside.
As he moves around his workshop, a smile spreads across his wife Lea’s face.
Nine months ago, doctors told her that Andrew wouldn’t make it through the night.
Yet here he is, a prosthetic leg barely affecting his gait, as he explains his artistic process.
Andrew, 28, was in a motorcycle accident on April 26 about 3 miles from Baker City on Highway 30.
He has no memory of that day. Instead, Lea tells the story of the phone call as she was cooking dinner, and the drive to Boise as Andrew was transported by air ambulance.
“The first night they told me he wasn’t going to make it. That was the first prognosis,” Lea said.
He was in a medically induced coma for 21 days. His injuries included a broken back, aspirated lungs, cracked elbows and broken legs.
His traumatic brain injury required three surgeries. To alleviate pressure from swelling, surgeons removed a piece of his skull and implanted it in his abdomen until the skull segment was reattached. Implanting the piece of skull in the abdomen can keep the piece sterile until it is reattached.
Although doctors tried to save his left leg for six weeks, the injuries were too severe. It was amputated below the knee.
His hospital stay stretched 65 days. He was released June 29, following 13 days in rehab.
“Every step was hard, but every step was a step forward,” Lea said.
Prior to the accident, Andrew created mixed-media sculptures using power tools. He also learned the bronze-making process while working at Blue Mountain Fine Art.
After the accident, power tools were off-limits. But he still had an itch to create.
“In the hospital he’d say ‘I can’t wait to get back to my shop,’ ” Lea said.
She offered him notebooks and colored pencils.
Returning home presented new challenges. Without a prosthetic, Andrew used a wheelchair — but Lea had already witnessed him trying to walk in the hospital and worried he would try again.
“The psychologist suggested putting up ‘don’t walk’ signs,” Lea said.
Andrew promptly took up a paintbrush and the largest canvas he had to paint “Don’t Walk” against an abstract mix of bright colors.
Then he moved on to another canvas, and another.
Painting was not his first choice, but it occupied his hands and mind.
But he had a goal: Kate Reid, who owns Royal Artisan in Baker City, asked him to be the featured artist for December.
The pieces don’t have one particular style.
After returning home, Andrew had occupational and physical therapy. After appointments, he had homework to do certain moves with his arms.
Bored with simple movements sitting in his wheelchair, he instead incorporated the exercises into his painting technique.
“We think that sped up his recovery,” Lea said.
Every day, he maneuvered his wheelchair across their gravel driveway to his shop. Instead of the power tools, Andrew worked in a smaller room outfitted with paint and brushes.
“Being in that damn wheelchair — it hindered the art,” he said.
But he filled canvas after canvas.
“Lots of Hobby Lobby trips in the wheelchair,” Lea said.
He received a prosthetic leg on Sept. 22. Although more mobile, he continued painting.
As he wrapped up his final paintings before the show opened, Andrew’s mind was clearly somewhere else — in a nearby room, where his sculptures await.
He’s been cleared to use power tools again after passing an eight-hour test that also allowed him to take a driving test.
He’s especially eyeing a life-like figure he created from wood scraps — the project he worked on the day of the accident so many months ago.
It is his version of a burning man. The final step in this piece of art is to burn it and then arrest the flames after it’s good and charred.
“I’m pretty excited to torch him,” Andrew said with a smile.
Over the years, I have written about various guidance aimed at those working to resolve disputes. This includes RICS’ guidance on how to deal with conflicts of interest and how to be an adjudicator. Two more pieces of guidance have recently been published.
This post considers Surveyors acting as expert witnesses (fourth edition), which RICS published in July. Next time I’ll be looking at the latest guidance from the Civil Justice Council, Guidance for the instruction of experts in civil claims 2014, which was published earlier this month. Both take effect this autumn. Judging by some of the recent cases (which Matt is considering), this guidance is essential as the message still isn’t getting through as clearly as many would hope.
Surveyors acting as expert witnesses is available to RICS members to download from the RICS website and to non-members to buy from www.ricsbooks.com. It has a foreword from Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury and includes sample terms of engagement (in appendix A), as well as an explanation (in appendix B) of an expert’s duty of care following Jones v Kaney, which removed an expert’s general immunity from being sued (changes are also made to GN21 to reflect this lack of immunity).
It is made up of a practice statement (PS) and a guidance note (GN). It is mandatory for RICS members to comply with the PS and there may be disciplinary consequences for not doing so. The recommendations in the GN represent “best practice”, although it is not mandatory for RICS’ members to follow them.
He concludes by suggesting that following the guidance will enhance an expert’s credibility and promote confidence in the use of chartered surveyors as experts which, in turn, will promote best practice.
High words of praise indeed, but just what does the guidance say?
Further, an expert must not “stray from the duties of an expert witness” and act in a partial, misleading or untruthful manner.
The principal message is unchanged from the third edition (which came into effect in January 2009), and sums up the key duties with which experts must comply. A quick glance at the contents list suggests that not much else has changed. However, looks can be deceiving and the devil is in the detail.
The section on the application of the PS remains the same from the third edition. The evidence an expert gives to a tribunal, drawing upon his “professional experience, knowledge and expertise” is distinct from other evidence that an expert may give, such as evidence of fact or advocacy of a case (PS1.3).
The expert’s duties are largely the same and the expert must take “special care” to ensure his evidence is not biased towards the party instructing or paying him (PS2.1). Note also that an expert “must not malign the professional competence of another expert witness (PS2.7).
Acting as an expert (PS3) is also largely unchanged, although it does now expressly state an expert’s appointment cannot take the form of a conditional or success-based arrangement (PS3.6). This reflects changes that were introduced as part of the Jackson reforms. Similar amendments are made in GN19.
The section on reports and oral evidence (PS5) has undergone an overhaul, with additional paragraphs reminding an expert to maintain “professional objectivity and impartiality at all times” (PS5.2) and to provide “objective, unbiased opinions” (PS5.3). New wording is also included in the expert’s declaration (PS5.4) to reflect CPR 35.
It is one thing for the expert to change his mind, quite another for those instructing him to ask him to change his report. This is dealt with in PS6, with an expanded section highlighting that it is OK for an expert to change his mind after a meeting of experts or the disclosure of new evidence, but not for other reasons (unless the changes “accord” with the expert’s true opinion).
The role of the single joint expert (PS8) and the section on advocacy (PS9) have been expanded, but the emphasis in PS9 remains on the distinction between acting as a surveyor-advocate and as an expert, and the issues that arise if the surveyor accepts a dual role.
A new section on conditional fees has been added (PS10), which confirms an expert witness appointment should not take the form of a conditional or success-based arrangement (although it may be permissible when acting in a dual role (PS10.3)).
The section on the application of the GN has been overhauled since the third edition. The GN should be read in conjunction with the PS, providing direction on “good practice” when an expert is required to give expert evidence before a tribunal. The expert should also comply with any specific rules a tribunal may have (GN1.3). It still emphasises the need for impartiality (GN1.7) and continues to refer to the Ikarian Reefer, although reference to a number of other judgments has gone.
The general duties of an expert have been expanded to include acting independently and impartially, to assist the tribunal and to provide a range of opinions, as appropriate (GN2.1).
GN3 continues to emphasise the distinction between acting as an advisor and acting as an expert, particularly in relation to the potential for disclosure of any initial advice.
If an expert cannot fulfill the duties set out in PS2, he should decline the appointment (GN4.1). GN4.2 now refers to resigning as an expert, if these issues arises after appointment.
The section on instructions and inspections has also been overhauled (GN5), but the emphasis remains on conflicts of interest and how to deal with them.
Although the purpose of expert evidence no longer has its own section (it was GN6 in the third edition), I’m sure the message about assisting the tribunal is incorporated else where.
The section on factual evidence is largely the same (GN6), but opinion evidence (GN7) has been expanded and starts with a helpful reminder of what expert evidence is (opinion based on experience and knowledge).
GN8 and 9 deal with written questions and documents. Some changes here too, but the overall messages remain the same.
More detail is provided on what is expected of an expert when it comes to giving oral evidence (GN 10), not only in terms of preparation but also what form oral evidence takes and how to deal with questions and adjournments.
Connected to giving evidence is assisting advocates, both before and during any hearing. GN11 provides details of what an expert should expect to do in this regard.
There are now two sections on written reports. GN12 addresses the purpose of the report; details of how to set out the report are in GN13. It is worth noting that there are several references in GN12 to the mandatory requirements set out in PS5. Interestingly, it is suggested that if the expert has more than one opinion (because the issues lead to a range of opinions), the expert should articulate these and explain the reasoning behind them (GN13.4(c)).
The without prejudice meeting of experts prior to a hearing is an integral part of most litigation and aims to narrow the issues, allowing a tribunal to focus on only those issues that are in dispute. Consequently, the guidance on the meetings of experts (GN14) and narrowing issues (GN15) has been enhanced. It now includes guidance on what to do before, during and after the meeting, including preparing the document reflecting any agreement reached.
Conditional fee arrangements are prohibited and GN 19 has been amended to reflect this. Other issues related to fees are dealt with in GN18 and GN20. One change is to the need to provide an estimate at the outset. The guidance suggests this should only be provided when the expert has a good understanding of the case and the scope of his appointment (GN18.3). However, it is worth noting that the courts’ cost budgeting rules require the parties to exchange budgets prior to the first CMC, which may be much earlier in the process than the expert is comfortable with.
The changes seek to reinforce the duties an expert owes to the tribunal, as identified by Lord Neuberger and in the PS’ principal message.
Follow the requirements of both the PS and GN and you shouldn’t get into the type of bother that some experts have got themselves into.
Make certain that your expert has complied with the PS and GN, and consider making express reference to this in your instructions. While you might be happy that an expert supports your client’s case wholeheartedly, there’s little point if a tribunal subsequently finds that his or her views are somewhat leftfield.
Part 2 of this blog, looking at the CJC’s Guidance for the instruction of experts in civil claims 2014, has been published.
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Our youth activities promote our values and help build lifelong friendships.
Developing and promoting youth activities is an important part of our church. Here we will discuss what we are doing to assist in the growth of our youth.
Here is one of our youngest members helping out at the church car wash for charity.
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