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Zucchini With Lemony Crumbs

from Bon Appetit. -- posted by Vicki Kaye




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Coronavirus – CARES Act loans and related programs come with increased oversight and risk of False Claims Act prosecution: Borrowers beware – US

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Coronavirus – Webinar – Practical experience with measures to mitigate the economic consequences in Slovakia – SK

Slovak-Austrian Chamber of Commerce together with law firm Eversheds Sutherland invites you to a webinar: First practical experience with measures to mitigate the economic consequences of COVID19 in Slovakia. The Slovak republic applied a number of ...




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Default charges face fresh scrutiny notwithstanding Supreme Court ruling

In recent years few, if any, lenders will have escaped the experience of borrowers challenging the enforceability of arrears administrations’ fees and regulators requesting that the level of such fees be justified, for example: credit card l...




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Credit hire agreements unenforceable if consumers not provided with notice of their right to cancel

Hot on the heels of our guide to credit hire essentials we find that the enforceability of the credit hire agreements themselves is back on the agenda. In the case of Wei v Cambridge Power and Light Company (2010) the court decided in an appeal hear...




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Top-grosser ‘Better Days’ walks away with 8 awards

“BETTER Days” became the biggest winner by taking home eight awards out of 12 nominations, including the best film, best director, and best actress, at the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards yesterday. Due to




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Milky Way map with highest resolution unveiled

After a 15-year study, an international team of astronomers has unveiled a map with the highest resolution to date of the spiral structure of the Milky Way, offering clear proof that it is a barred spiral




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East-West Center Receives NOAA Funding for Program to Help Pacific Communities Cope with Climate Change

East-West Center Receives NOAA Funding for Program to Help Pacific Communities Cope with Climate Change
HONOLULU (September 24, 2010) -- The East-West Center has been awarded funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to serve as the lead institution in the Pacific Regional Integrated Science and Assessment program, which is designed to help island and coastal communities cope with the effects of climate change.




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Hiroshima Mayor to Commemorate 50 Years of Sister-City Relationship with Honolulu

Hiroshima Mayor to Commemorate 50 Years of Sister-City Relationship with Honolulu
HONOLULU (June 25) – The Mayor of Hiroshima, the Honorable Tadatoshi Akiba, will commemorate 50 years of the sister-city relationship between Hiroshima and Honolulu at a special luncheon presentation on Wednesday, July 8.

In addition to the mayor’s presentation, there will be Japanese musical entertainment and a special photo exhibit centering on Sadako Sasaki, the young Hiroshima atomic bombing victim who famously folded 1,000 cranes for peace before she died from radiation-induced leukemia.




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Hiroshima Mayor: 50-Year Sister-City Bond with Honolulu ‘Symbol of Hope’

Hiroshima Mayor: 50-Year Sister-City Bond with Honolulu ‘Symbol of Hope’

Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba


East-West Center President Charles E. Morrison and Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba.


 




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U.S. Trade Policy Update With Deputy U.S. Trade Representative John Veroneau

U.S. Trade Policy Update With Deputy U.S. Trade Representative John Veroneau
HONOLULU (Oct. 8) – Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador John K. Veroneau will offer an update on U.S. trade policy at a breakfast briefing on Wed., Oct. 15, at the East-West Center’s Hawai‘i Imin International Conference Center (Jefferson Hall, 1777 East-West Road).

Cost for the event is $14. Registration begins at 8 a.m., with the breakfast program commencing at 8:30. Reservations are requested by Tues., Oct. 14. To make a reservation, contact (808) 944-7111, or ewcinfo@eastwestcenter.org .  For media coverage of the event, please contact Derek Ferrar at (808) 944-7204 or via email ferrard@EastWestCenter.org .




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Chinese Nature Reserve Managers Train with U.S. Counterparts

Chinese Nature Reserve Managers Train with U.S. Counterparts
HONOLULU (May 29) -- A group of 30 nature reserve managers and conservation officials from across China are currently in Hawai‘i wrapping up an innovative month-long training program during which they have been meeting with their counterparts at nature reserves across the United States to learn about conservation management strategies.

Click here to watch a TV news report on the group's visit to Hanauma Bay marine preserve.




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New Diplomat-In-Residence With South Asian Experience Joins EWC

New Diplomat-In-Residence With South Asian Experience Joins EWC
HONOLULU (September 17) – Mary Townswick has taken up her new duties as visiting fellow and diplomat-in-residence at the East-West Center (EWC). Townswick, a 20-year veteran of the U.S Foreign Service, will serve in her new post until July 31, 2008. Townswick replaces Michael Yoder, also a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, as the EWC's diplomat-in-residence.




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PTC Honors Jussawalla with Named Award

PTC Honors Jussawalla with Named Award

HONOLULU (April 16) – Meheroo Jussawalla, East-West Center senior fellow emerita, was recently honored by the Honolulu-based Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC). The international non-government group has created a new award in her name, the Meheroo Jussawalla Research Paper Prize.




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Journalists Wrestle with Complex Pakistan-U.S. Relationship

HONOLULU (April 18, 2011) — Thirteen journalists from Pakistan and America are currently visiting each other’s countries as part of the East-West Center’s inaugural Pakistan-U.S. Journalists Exchange.
At the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, the journalists participated in focused discussions on the complex U.S.-Pakistan relationship and issues facing the media in both countries. The Pakistani participants then travelled to Washington, D.C., New York City, and Columbia, Missouri, while the Americans visited Islamabad and Lahore, Pakistan.
They will meet again in Honolulu to exchange notes and impressions, and will participate in a public panel discussion on U.S. engagement in Pakistan on April 21.
The participants in the fellowship are:
Pakistan:




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Pacific Island Leaders Meet with Obama, Clinton

“I am a Pacific Islander too,” President says

HONOLULU (Nov. 18, 2011) -- Heads of State and special envoys from eleven Pacific island nations met with President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton and other top U.S. and international officials in a special series of meetings organized by the East-West Center in parallel with the recently completed APEC leaders’ week in Honolulu, Hawai‘i.

Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Tonga were represented. The Honorable Peter O’Neil, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, was selected as the delegation’s Chairman, with Niue’s Premier, Hon. Toke Talagi, serving as Vice Chairman.




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EWC Welcomes First Participants to New Pacific Islands Leadership Program with Taiwan

Young leaders from 10 Pacific nations participating in program supported by Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry

HONOLULU (Sept. 10, 2013) -- The East-West Center has welcomed the first group of participants to the Pacific Islands Leadership Program with Taiwan, a new initiative designed to enhance leadership capacity in the Pacific islands region and build a network of young leaders who will contribute to lasting people-to-people relationships across the Pacific, Asia, and United States.




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East-West Center Announces Scholarship Partnership with Okinawa Prefecture

NAHA, OKINAWA  (Sept. 20, 2014) – At the East-West Center’s 2014 international alumni conference that concluded yesterday  in Naha, Okinawa, Center officials announced a new partnership with the Okinawa Prefecture Government that will continue an established scholarship program that allows several Okinawan students each year to pursue graduate degree or leadership program study at EWC and the University of Hawai‘i.

From left: Hidemasu Goya, Robert Nakasone, EWC Adjunct Project Specialist, and Sayaka Sakuma

 




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East-West Center to Oversee $4 Million in NOAA Funding to Help Pacific Communities Cope with Climate Change

HONOLULU (May 5, 2015) -- The East-West Center has been awarded funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to continue to serve as the lead institution in the Pacific Regional Integrated Science and Assessment (RISA) program, which is designed to help island and coastal communities cope with the effects of climate change. This is the second full program award the Center has received from NOAA, and marks the program’s transition into a new phase.

The $4,099,785 NOAA grant will be shared over a five-year period by a variety of partners in the Pacific RISA program (see list below). The program was established in 2003 and is one of 11 regional RISA programs supported by NOAA across the U.S. The region covered by the Pacific program includes Hawai‘i, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau and American Samoa.




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President Obama Meets With EWC Southeast Asian Leadership Participants

Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy




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HR e-briefing 405 - European age discrimination ruling with a sting in its tail

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has this morning given a ruling that represents a significant victory for the charity Age Concern in their fight to have certain parts of UK age discrimination legislation ruled unlawful. As expected, the ECJ has...




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HR e-briefing 417 - unfair dismissal awards to rise with redundancy pay

In e-briefings Full Article



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Revised EU thresholds regarding public procurement and concession contracts, with Belgian specifics

The European Commission has revised the thresholds relating to the award procedures of public contracts and concession agreements by means of four separate Commission Delegated Regulations, adopted on 30 October 2019, which entered into force on 1 J...




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Webinar - COVID-19: The continuing rise of pension scams, with guest speaker Margaret Snowdon OBE

With figures (quoted by the FCA in 2019) suggesting that 5 million people could be at risk of falling for a pension scam, and (according to Action Fraud) March seeing a 400% rise in COVID-19 related scams, it is no surprise that pension scams featur...




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Legal privilege and without prejudice webinar: “Keeping Communications Confidential”

This session will cover how legal privilege can be used to keep documents and communications confidential and how and when to use without prejudice. An essential guide to confidentiality and avoiding some of the pitfalls in real estate disputes. ...




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Protecting your IP when contracting with third parties – IP development and exploitation agreements – webinar

In this webinar for education institutions we will consider: - contract principles - early questions to consider: • what is the purpose of collaboration? • what IP may be generated? • who owns background IP? ...




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Employee relations - working effectively with your union and employee representatives

Many senior managers lack experience of working with unions and employee representatives....




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IHC HR e-briefing 131 - Data protection: ICO flexes muscles with first use of new fines power

The ICO has announced its first use of its recent power to issue fines or monetary penalties for serious breaches of the data protection legislation. The power became effective in April 2010 (see Full Article



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Lawbite: Changing with the times – refusing consent to residential use

Sequent Nominees Ltd (formerly Rotrust Nominees Ltd) v Hautford Ltd [2019] UKSC 47 The Supreme Court has overturned the decision of the two lower courts and held that a landlord was reasonable to withhold its consent to the tenant’s applicatio...




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The Issues with Indexation

  Eversheds Sutherland Property Column: January 2020 Many real estate documents provide for the indexation of payments or prices or costs throughout the life of the transaction. Increases in line with inflation (however measured) or in line wit...




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Court refuses to interfere with FOS’s decision-making on PPI complaint

Summary The High Court has recently handed down its judgment in R (Critchley) v Financial Ombudsman Service and two others [2019] EWHC 3036 (Admin).  The applicant, Mrs Critchley sought to challenge FOS’s rejection of her PPI complaint on...




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High Court reaffirms tests for (i) a non-disclosure order and (ii) setting aside a without notice order due to non-disclosure

United Kingdom Independence Party Limited v Richard Braine and others [2019] EWHC 3527 (QB) Facts of the Case This decision relates to: 1. applications by the Claimant (“UKIP”) for orders (a) continuing until trial an interim non-disclos...




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High Court delivers reminder that search orders are intended to preserve documents and not (without specific provision) provide early disclosure

TBD (Owen Holland) Ltd v Simons & Ors [2020] EWHC 30 (Ch) Background A search order is one of the most draconian orders that the English courts can make, allowing an applicant – where there is a real possibility that a respondent may destroy o...




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Improving communications with DC members

The Government issued a consultation paper last week exploring how to improve the annual statement that all occupational and personal pension schemes are required to provide to DC members in order to increase member engagement and understanding. The...




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China Reports An Unexpected Jump In Exports, While Norway Surprises With A Rate Cut




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Buy-side perspective: Issues with delegation of SFTR reporting cause a headache

Sell-side reluctance to accept delegation of reporting under the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (“SFTR”) is causing a headache for buy-side firms.  If buy-side firms are unable to establish delegation arrangements they ...




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Eversheds Sutherland maintains growth with partner promotion in Hong Kong

Eversheds Sutherland has announced 38 partner promotions across its global network. A total of 16 of these promotions are female which is in line with its goal to achieve 30% female representation at partner level by 2021.  In Asia, we are plea...




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Restructuring in Ireland - Two recent cases with a US interest

Two recent cases demonstrate the efficacy of existing restructuring regimes under Irish company law and more particularly that the Courts in Ireland are receptive and efficient in approving and implementing large multi-jurisdictional restructuring s...




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Markus Naef: new Partner with Eversheds Sutherland and Brigadier General with the Swiss Armed Forces, currently National Coordinator for procurement in times of COVID-19

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Partner in the fields of data protection and IT law. As an attorney and 2012 certified Senior Project Manager IPMA Level B, Markus Naef advises companies on legal safeguards and ex...




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Strengthening US Relations with ASEAN: A Critical Element of the US Indo-Pacific Strategy

By East-West Center HONOLULU (October 4, 2019)—President Donald Trump first laid out a vision for a “free and open Indo-Pacific” at the November 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Vietnam. From the start, statements describing the emerging US Indo-Pacific strategy have recognized the central role of Southeast Asia. The US approach to the Indo-Pacific focuses on three vital areas: enhancing shared prosperity, championing good governance and civil society, and ensuring a peaceful and secure regional order. Two recent visitors to the East-West Center described the potential role of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the US Indo-Pacific strategy and spelled out several steps that the United States needs to take to strengthen US-ASEAN...

This is a summary only. Click the title for the full article, or visit www.EastWestCenter.org/Research-Wire for more.




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Shipping: Is a label enough? - the "Without Prejudice Rule"

In the recent case of ‘Avonwick Holdings Ltd v Webinvest Ltd and another’ [2014] EWCA Civ 1436, the Court considered whether or not correspondence marked “Without Prejudice and Subject to Contract” should be admitted in evid...




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Vedanta: Value With A Catalyst



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Wipro: Partnership With Nutanix Is What The Doctor Ordered




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Sao Paulo state with 41,000 Covid-19 cases extends stay-at-home measures

The governor of Sao Paulo, the Brazilian state at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in Latin America, said on Friday he was extending stay-at-home measures until May 31, ignoring opposition from far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.




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Reyenieju condole with Tambuwal over Father’s death

The former member representing Warri Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives Hon.Daniel Reyenieju has condoled with the Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal over the death of his father Sheikh Haruna .

The post Reyenieju condole with Tambuwal over Father’s death appeared first on Vanguard News.




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Coronavirus: Nigerian govt reacts to alleged rift with states

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, says the PTF is not operating at variance with the state committees response on coronavirus. Mustapha is the Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. The SGF spoke at the PTF daily media briefing on Friday in Abuja. He insisted that the national response is […]

Coronavirus: Nigerian govt reacts to alleged rift with states




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Lagos releases LGA with highest COVID-19 cases [See full list]

The Lagos State Government, on Saturday, announced that Lagos Mainland has the highest coronavirus cases in the State. The list of areas with the highest number of confirmed cases were released by Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi. According to him, Lagos mainland tops the list, followed by Alimosho, Oshodi, Mushin, Ikeja, Kosofe […]

Lagos releases LGA with highest COVID-19 cases [See full list]




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NSE supports fight against Covid-19 with N100m

Adebayo Obajemu The Nigerian Stock Exchange has disclosed that it has committed N100million to support the fight against Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria. N60million out of this sum will be donated to the Capital Market Support Committee for COVID-19 (CMSCC), while the balance N40million will be devoted to the “Masks For All Nigerians” campaign. The CMSCC […]

The post NSE supports fight against Covid-19 with N100m appeared first on Hallmarknews.



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After stressful US repatriation and now quarantine, SA student will finally be with family

After weeks of trying to flee the current coronavirus epicentre of the world, Ziyanda Stuurman is finally home.