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'Vande Bharat' adds 2 new cases to Kerala's 'flattened COVID-19 curve'; Vijayan says 'warning' sign for all states




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Insights & Advice from a Music Life Coach

This week, we welcome Joanne Janzen, an Edmonton-based music life coach who also hosts her own podcast, fittingly titled The Music Life Coach Podcast. In this enlightening conversation with Jo, she teaches us what exactly a music life coach does and how she became one while also navigating her own career as a professional musician. We then get into career development, psychology, mental health, live performance, and how Jo's work differs from and complements that of an artist manager. She also gives us some tips on professional networking and developing a "personal mindset strategy" to propel your career forward.

http://musiclifecoach.joannejanzen.com/ http://canadianmusician.com




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Rumour Has It: Real Madrid set Arsenal Aubameyang deadline, Barcelona poised to sign Pjanic

Arsenal reportedly must decide on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's future by next month amid Real Madrid links.





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Rumour Has It: Real Madrid set Arsenal Aubameyang deadline, Barcelona poised to sign Pjanic

London, May 10: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is out of contract in June 2021 and the Gabon international is no closer to signing a new Arsenal deal. The former Borussia Dortmund star is not short of suitors amid uncertainty over his future





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China central bank signals more policy measures to support virus-ravaged economy

China's central bank said on Sunday it will step up counter-cyclical adjustments to support the economy and make monetary policy more flexible to fend off financial risks.




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Ominous trend in American West could signal a looming "megadrought"

"The persistence of the drought conditions, in the Colorado River basin especially, is essentially unprecedented in human history," John Fleck, author of "Water is for Fighting Over," said.





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Queensland deputy premier Jackie Trad resigns ministerial duties amid integrity probe

Health minister Steven Miles has been appointed deputy premier, while Cameron Dick will take on the role as treasurer

Jackie Trad has resigned from the Queensland government cabinet after standing down on Saturday following a second probe into her integrity.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk made the announcement on Sunday, following the news the Crime and Corruption Commission was investigating Trad for the second time in 12 months.

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Marc Jurado hints at Manchester United signing Joe Hugill in double wonderkid deal

Manchester United have embarked on an aggressive recruitment drive to sign some of Europe's top young players - and they appear to have landed two in one week.




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‘Sign the contract’: Conor McGregor hits back at Nate Diaz, calls for trilogy fight

Conor McGregor has told rival Nate Diaz “shut your eye lid and sign the contract” for a UFC trilogy fight.




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Banjo CEO resigns to preserve the company's AI surveillance deals

Banjo is shuffling its leadership in a bid to keep its AI surveillance business with Utah and other customers worried about CEO Damien Patton’s racist past. Patton has resigned from the CEO position effective immediately, with CTO Justin Lindsey taki...





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Simi Valley Store Signage Says No Masks Allowed Inside, Hugs Welcome

Here's proof we're living in the 'Twilight Zone' now -- a construction joint in SoCal won't let people inside while wearing face masks, but on physical contact ... all good by them! Check out this photo that was taken recently of a store in Simi…





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Mercedes resigned to grid placings

Both Mercedes drivers said that their respective grid positions were the best they could have accomplished under the circumstances




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Virgin signs Pic for 2012

Virgin has confirmed Charles Pic will drive one of its cars alongside Timo Glock next season, meaning Jerome d'Ambrosio is currently without a seat for 2012




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Wonderfully Incompetent Failures of Design

There wouldn't be design without a healthy number of design fails. There's people putting telephone poles in the middle of roads, goofing up headlines, photoshopping the ever-loving reality out of their ads, and making classic stupid signs. You've gotta love it when someone makes a great big sign for their local "Pubic Library." Here are some wonderfully unprofessional "not my job" moments.




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New Insights on Chikungunya Virus and Chronic Joint Pain

Chikungunya causes chronic joint pain after infection. However, the virus that was thought to be present in the synovial fluid of the joints was not detected




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Chikungunya Snapshot Aids to Design Drugs (and) Vaccines for Viral Arthritis

High-resolution pictures or atomic-level detail of chikungunya virus interacting with a protein found on the cell surface in the joints was snapped by




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Sights, Sound and Safety on Diwali Day

Diwali is here ! As always, it ushers in an amalgamation of fun, frolic, festivities and joyous celebrations




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10 Signs You're Working Too Hard

Most of us would agree that few decades ago, life was much slower. Look at the scenario today, where workaholics domina




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The Landscape Design Ideas Gloucestershire are world class and highly appreciated

For most of us, life is completely hectic with the families, jobs and homes, taking most of our time and leaving us with no time to relax. That leaves the little time to enjoy the outdoors or look for peaceful natural surroundings for...




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Web Design Facts To Increase The Sale

The purpose of any website is to earn profit for the owner. The website not only upholds the brand value of the products, it attracts customers for the business. For that reason the website must be attractive, user-friendly, well...




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How To Stay Fit, Healthy, And Celebrate Life? An Insight from Cardio Fitness

Fitness – an attribute hard to maintain; a healthy lifestyle hard to achieve; a life with no celebrations. Is that you? This guide outlines some of the practical methods for a healthy, fit and happy...




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OECD Steel Committee signals growing uncertainty over industry outlook

The outlook for the global steel market has become more uncertain, according to industry and government officials at the OECD’s Steel Committee meeting in Paris on 5-6 2011 . Policies to support open markets for raw materials are key, they said.




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Costa Rica signs OECD agreement to boost investment

Costa Rica today became the 45th country to adhere to an OECD international investment instrument, designed to help the country attract more and better foreign investment and promote responsible business conduct.




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Insights Blog: In search of elusive growth - Making the most of R&D tax incentives

Finding new sources of growth right now is tough. And in a time of rising inequality, to do so equitably and fairly is even tougher. Innovation can help, but with budgets stretched to the limit how can governments boost innovation in their economies?




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Jordan signs OECD agreement to strengthen investment climate

Jordan has become the 46th country to adhere to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises. This adherence bears witness to the determination that Jordan holds towards strengthening the liberalisation of investment, increasing its integration into the world economy and promoting responsible business conduct.




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Insights Blog: Small firms are bigger than you think

Young SMEs (firms no more than five years old) have been the most dynamic job creators over most of the past decade and across the 18 countries analysed in the OECD DynEmp project.




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Overcoming barriers to international investment in clean energy, Investment Insights - June 2015

Protectionism and local content requirements are holding back investment in clean energy and thus undermining the fight against climate change. This Investment Insights puts forward policy options for mobilising investment in clean energy and restoring order and confidence in international markets.




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China signs cooperation agreements with OECD and joins OECD Development Centre

In a historic visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to the OECD in Paris, the People’s Republic of China today decided to enhance longstanding collaboration with the OECD and to join the OECD Development Centre.




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Learning from Firms in East Asian Production Networks - Insights Blog

Slowing growth in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is grabbing the headlines with some suggesting a third wave of the 2008 global financial crisis. While this topic deserves attention because of its global economic implications, there is insufficient analysis of firms in global production networks (GPNs), which were at the forefront of the economic transformation in PRC and the rest of East Asia, and lessons for latecomers to GPNs.




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A new boost to transparency in international tax matters: 6 new countries sign agreement enabling automatic sharing of country-by-country reporting

As part of continuing efforts to boost transparency by multinational enterprises (MNEs), Canada, Iceland, India, Israel, New Zealand and the People’s Republic of China signed today the Multilateral Competent Authority agreement for the automatic exchange of Country-by-Country reports (“CbC MCAA”), bringing the total number of signatories to 39 countries. The signing ceremony took place in Beijing, China.




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Ukraine signs OECD agreement to strengthen investment climate

27/03/2017 - Ukraine has become the 47th country to adhere to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises. The Declaration commits Ukraine to provide an open and transparent environment for international investment and to encourage the positive contribution foreign investment can make to economic and social progress.




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Seven more jurisdictions sign tax co-operation agreement to enable automatic sharing of country-by-country information (BEPS Action 13)

As part of continuing efforts to boost transparency by multinational enterprises (MNEs), Gabon, Hungary, Indonesia, Lithuania, Malta, Mauritius and the Russian Federation have now signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement for Country-by-Country Reporting (CbC MCAA), bringing the total number of signatories to 57. Lithuania and Hungary joined the Agreement in October and December 2016 respectively.




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OECD Technology Foresight Forum 2012 - Harnessing data as a new source of growth: Big data analytics and policies

The 2012 Technology Foresight Forum will focus on the potential of big data analytics as a new source of growth, which could help generate significant economic and social benefits




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OECD Insights: Stimulating competition through open access networks

Even though the term “open access” is widely used in policy discussions surrounding broadband networks, there is little universal agreement as to what it means. A new OECD report helps to shed some light on this important concept by examining how and why open access policies have been implemented in communication markets around the world.




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OECD Insights: How much does that smartphone really cost?

A new OECD report sheds light on mobile handset acquisition models, and provides pricing information from selected operators in 12 OECD countries for 2012.




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Insights Blog: High seas, ICs and health care

Health care has fundamentally changed as a calling and as a business. Today, another revolution is underway, driven by ICTs, or what we might call tele-technoscience, and responding to what a new OECD report identifies as “social and demographic changes, the rise in chronic diseases, and the need to improve the efficiency and quality of healthcare delivery”.




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Insights blog: The connected television debate in OECD countries

Today, anything with network access connected to a screen can serve as a television. A new OECD report looks into the impact these new devices and services have on telecommunications networks.




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Insights blog: Beyond the first mile - Where your Internet comes from

In OECD countries, networks look like a mesh with multiple paths that can act as each other’s backup. In developing countries, however, communication networks often resemble rivers, with small branches of regional networks delivering their traffic to a central national backbone that ends at one submarine fibre, making cable cuts a greater risk to the functioning of the economy.




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Insights blog: Tackling spectrum crunch - Is more sharing the answer?

An OECD report looks at new approaches to enhance spectrum management to make more spectrum resources available for wireless communication services to meet current and future demand and, at the same time, increase the efficiency in its use.




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Insights blog: Time to terminate termination charges on international calls?

A new OECD report finds empirical evidence that imposing mandatory higher charges for the completion (termination) of international inbound traffic suppresses demand. Moreover, governments that impose higher termination charges do not see their revenues increase proportionately.




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OECD Insights: Governing the Internet

The OECD is present at the Internet Governance Forum 2014 and presenting its most recent work on the Internet economy in a number of sessions.




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What difference does one more or one less mobile operator make to you? - OECD Insights

In countries with four or more mobile operators benefits to consumers are visible through more competitive, more inclusive, and more understandable offers. International mobile roaming is another area where challenger brands are changing markets.




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Today is Cyber Monday. And so is tomorrow and the next day and the next… Insights blog

Like its better known cousin ‘Black Friday’, ‘Cyber Monday’ is a marketing term to mark the kick-off of the holiday shopping season, right after Thanksgiving, in the US. Unlike Black Friday though, Cyber Monday is all about e-commerce.




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OECD Technology Foresight Forum 2014 - The Internet of Things

The Internet of things, also known as the Internet of everything or the industrial internet, is a term applied to the next 50 billion machines and devices that will go online in the coming two decades. All stakeholders will have to evaluate whether their policies and practices enable or inhibit the ability of economies and societies to seize the benefits.




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Technology Foresight Forum 2016 on Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly permeating our economies and societies, and already underpins over 50% of global financial transactions. This event aimed to help policy makers identify and understand AI-related opportunities and challenges.




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Going Digital: Making the transformation work for growth and well-being - OECD Insights

At the OECD, ee have started an ambitious 2-year project to examine how the digital transformation affects policy making across the broadest possible range of fields and topics. The objective is to work with governments, business, labour and civil society to develop policies to harness the power of the digital revolution for OECD members and developing countries and unlock the benefits for everyone.




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Design of funded private pensions needs to be improved

Funded Pension arrangements, in particular defined contribution ones, are playing a growing role in complementing retirement income from public sources in OECD countries and worldwide. However, their design needs to be improved, according to a new OECD report.




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Seminar on pension foresight: Envisaging retirement income plans of the future

21 June 2017, Paris: Co-organised by the International Network for Pensions, Aging, and Retirement Research (INPARR), the OECD and IOPS, this seminar provided a window into the latest thinking and research that sheds light on where pension plans and designs are headed in the future and challenges to their future sustainability and efficiency.