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Top of the claims for daily expenses was the Bishop of Truro, with £1,124 for each of his five days in the Lords, while joint equal lowest spenders were the Arch-bishops of Canterbury (£0) and York (£0). Tags: expenses attendance house of lords Bishops MORE
In the wake of the demise of Symbian phones, the near death of BlackBerry and the expensive failure called Windows Phone, there are two obvious mobile OS competitors still standing; Android and iOS. MORE
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for horse manure) following the expenses scandal. His report featured interviews with four of the Wells candidates, including the Conservative who has taken considerable flak over his expenses and was delighted by Lord Pearson's support. The Wells Journal , like most local newspapers, tends not to get involved in political controversy. MORE
Many organizations go to a great deal of work/expense to hire a professional speaker for their conference – but then let the ball drop by overlooking the final travel logistics. MORE
As it hasn’t done so, maybe the furore about parliamentary ‘expenses’ will redirect attention along the corridor to the House of Cronies again, as the way ‘expenses’ are dished out there seems to be no less virtuous than it is in the House of Commons The only plus side of the apparently lenient six-month suspension just handed out to Lords Truscott and Taylor is that it will at least save the taxpayer about £50,000 (as their combined allowances claim for last year came to over £100,000). MORE
Our local MP, David Heathcote-Amory, recently achieved public notoriety for his parliamentary expenses claim for £380 worth of horse manure – on which an interesting new angle may be about to emerge. If true, this raises the interesting questions of whether one of Prince Charles’s businesses has been a beneficiary of an MP’s expenses claim, whether he know about it and, if so, whether it will have any constitutional implications? Tags: MP expenses MORE
The negotiation part of Megyn Kelly's exit from NBC ended last Friday. The former Fox political commentator got her full $69 million, despite an early departure from her contract. MORE
The antics, feuds, jetting around, and expensive weddings of The Royals in Britain are eating up lots of media space. So, it's expected that there is a growing push to "do something" about this expensive institution. MORE
To become profitable and, hopefully, scale the private company will have to reduce expenses. In the distressed newspaper industry, change usually is not good news for employees. McClatchy, which owns nearly 30 newspapers in 14 states, has filed for bankruptcy. MORE
The following stirring story has just appeared in a headline slot on the B BC website : The Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has been refused parole by Justice Secretary Jack Straw. Mr Straw rejected a recommendation by the Parole Board which backed the release of Biggs, 79. MORE
Much of the past week’s shock-horror-hullabaloo revelations about MPs' expenses has had to do with claims for mortgage interest payments, stamp duty, capital gains tax and other costs associated with owning houses, none of which would have arisen had these MPs chosen to rent, rather than buy, flats and houses in London and/or their constituencies. But why is this interpreted by MPs and the civil servants who administer the expenses as meaning the purchase of second homes? MORE
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In last Thursday's Question Tim e on BBC1, Margaret Beckett claimed that the existing system of parliamentary expenses was brought in under the Thatcher government in 1983, after a recommendations on a salary increase for MPs by an independent body had been deferred and staggered for 8 years – at which point the additional allowances were brought in ‘in stead of the pay increase’ (see below). Tags: question time MP expenses Thatcherism Margaret Beckett MORE
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As MPs return to Westminster today to face the music on their expenses, here's some light relief on the subject from Monty Python MORE
most of us tend to focus on the content -- the what we say -- at the expense of the delivery -- the way we say it.". There would be people who'd disagree with the premise of Michael Parker's new book, It's Not What You Say. I would not be one of them. MORE
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Even The Wall Street Journal is defaulting to the platitude that retirement will be more expensive than we had planned for. Actually, the conversations we are having have become downright specific on the expenses we should be most concerned about. MORE
The recent revelations about MPs' expenses have got me wondering whether I include enough of my outgoings when invoicing clients, as well as whether I should be setting more of my expenses against tax. And, having just bought a new case that's big enough to take all my equipment, shirts, etc, but small enough to count as hand baggage and save me time waiting at luggage carousels, does this count as a 'business expense' that can be legitimately set against tax? MORE
These are the kinds of momentous and troublesome problems I find myself having to grapple with since reading about some of the things that MPs seem to regard as perfectly legitimate expenses MORE
Traditional journalism, with its layers of management, is expensive. "Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism will reduce its class size and cut about six positions from its staff [not faculty] as the news industry retrenches." " - Ad Age, March 11, 2015. MORE
The less-experienced speaker tends to focus on minute details at the expense of the big picture, while experienced speakers work backward from the big picture into the details.… MORE
That means a hefty expense burden for his upkeep in prison for NY taxpayers. Given this expense, one wonders if justice has been done in terms of taxpayers. MORE
And students also have been burdened with student loans to pay those expenses. Among them is that the cost of creating online instruction is expensive so there will be no deals on tuition. The brand of higher education in the U.S. has received yet another blow. MORE
Defending this litigation is expensive. Shareholders are taking collective legal action to push back against corporations in a growing number of lawsuits and the potential value of those complaints is also growing larger. MORE
Long ago, I heard one of the founders of conversation analysis (and I can’t remember whether it was Emanuel Schegloff or Gail Jefferson) talking about ‘pre-delicate hitches’ – a rather cumbersome piece of jargon for referring to a fairly common occurrence in conversation. MORE
The Drudge Report takes this last day of 2016 to hammer the growing mess of illegal immigration. Recently the number of illegals crossing the southwestern border of the U.S. has surged 15%. MORE
There are always situations where a bespoke PowerPoint design is the only acceptable solution, however for many organisations, the presentations that make up the bulk of the day-to-day operations are likely to be subject to various time or financial constraints, and indeed may well not warrant such expense.… Powerpoint Software Visuals PowerPoint Templates MORE
Various constituencies have made it their mission or sport to scare the jesus out of retirees/the semi-retired about "large unexpected expenses." However, those unplanned expenses can be planned for and/or absorbed through continuing to work. MORE
In the business-to-business marketplace, those big expensive brands might seem much too 20th-century to purchasers. Yeah, and hold the fancy metro address and wood-paneled offices and conference room. One of those major purchasers Sherwin-Williams has come out, on the record, to indicate that it what it wants from the legal vendor it assigns business to. MORE
It’s for when you want to say something to the effect of; “Proposition A, does not come at the expense of proposition B. Here are two very simple examples: “Quality does not need to come at the expense of productivity, nor productivity at the expense of quality. MORE
Today’s US Election can be seen as the culmination of the most expensive transmedia storytelling campaign in history. Unlike the year-long Why So Serious? campaign that Warner Bros. funded to promote the Dark Knight Batman movie, and was reported to involve 10 million players, the United States Democratic and Republican Political Parties funded a multi-year [.]. Culture Shock! Marketing 2012 Presidential Election Politics MORE
We need to learn at the expense of teaching – Peter Block. Are you teaching your clients, or are you helping them to learn? Of course you can replace the word “client&# with employee, children, students, partners, friends…. Related posts: Two Peter Block workshops you should attend Flawless Consulting workshop with Peter Block and Symphonia Leadership Development. Are you an expert communicator? I have always believed that to get ahead in life, A lesson from the marketing dept. MORE
The government entities involved in the search for the boy who didn't take that joy ride in a balloon may have legal grounds to bill back those expenses to the father. By tethering a helium air balloon in the background, wasn't the father creating what is classified in law as an "attractive nuisance." " Any child, ranging from his own to those in the neighborhood, could have been attracted to boarding the contraption. MORE
People with a wide range of skills are coming from as close as the Hollywood Hills to as far away as New Zealand to collaborate, teach and learn from one another, at the unbelievably low registration fee of only $10 that goes toward facility expenses. If you’d like to improve your presentation skills or grow your speaking-related business, join us in Los Angeles from 10 am- 6 pm Pacific on Saturday, June 20 at PresentationCampLA! MORE
Suppose I had ordered one of the expensive coffees, then found out I wouldn't be having access to WiFi? Horrors. There was an outage one morning on Buckeye Broadband High-Speed Internet Service in West Toledo, Ohio. MORE
The traditional rite of passage for college graduates landing jobs in Manhattan has been finding an apartment that doesn't eat up too much of their first-year compensation. Well, if Q4 2017 trends continue, that won't be their number-one challenge in adjusting to post-college life in New York City. Here are the details from Bloomberg. According to StreetEasy, Manhattan rents plunged in Q4. MORE
Now, we find out that she didn't turn in her expense account in time to be reimbursed for $1000+. Ana Marie Cox's is having a run of bad luck. Her husband had lost his job at CQ during a layoff. She lost her own job at Air America when the liberal medium went bankrupt. Right now in the Cox household that might represent a significant sum. MORE
That will also cover some of Harvey's legal expenses and be paid to his brother Bob and other former members of the former studio's board. It's the wonderful way settlements can work. MORE
Today’s Times on Line has a story about Lord Bhatia’s House of Lords expenses claims. This raises the interesting question of whether they are going to be as thorough in their investigations as the Telegraph was with it’s stories about MP’s expenses. MORE
It's that income hasn't been able to keep up with expenses. The expenses outstrip the income. "Opportunity." " There are plenty of definitions for that. MORE
Expenses Related Topics Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
Suppose I had ordered one of the expensive coffees, then found out I wouldn't be having access to WiFi? Horrors. There was an outage one morning on Buckeye Broadband High-Speed Internet Service in West Toledo, Ohio.
Max Atkinson
JUNE 21, 2009
The recent revelations about MPs' expenses have got me wondering whether I include enough of my outgoings when invoicing clients, as well as whether I should be setting more of my expenses against tax. And, having just bought a new case that's big enough to take all my equipment, shirts, etc, but small enough to count as hand baggage and save me time waiting at luggage carousels, does this count as a 'business expense' that can be legitimately set against tax?
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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
DECEMBER 31, 2016
The Drudge Report takes this last day of 2016 to hammer the growing mess of illegal immigration. Recently the number of illegals crossing the southwestern border of the U.S. has surged 15%.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JUNE 4, 2019
Various constituencies have made it their mission or sport to scare the jesus out of retirees/the semi-retired about "large unexpected expenses." However, those unplanned expenses can be planned for and/or absorbed through continuing to work.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 13, 2019
The negotiation part of Megyn Kelly's exit from NBC ended last Friday. The former Fox political commentator got her full $69 million, despite an early departure from her contract.
Max Atkinson
MAY 21, 2009
As it hasn’t done so, maybe the furore about parliamentary ‘expenses’ will redirect attention along the corridor to the House of Cronies again, as the way ‘expenses’ are dished out there seems to be no less virtuous than it is in the House of Commons The only plus side of the apparently lenient six-month suspension just handed out to Lords Truscott and Taylor is that it will at least save the taxpayer about £50,000 (as their combined allowances claim for last year came to over £100,000).
Max Atkinson
MAY 21, 2009
Tags: rees-mogg MP expenses house of lords
Max Atkinson
JUNE 22, 2009
These are the kinds of momentous and troublesome problems I find myself having to grapple with since reading about some of the things that MPs seem to regard as perfectly legitimate expenses
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MARCH 12, 2015
Traditional journalism, with its layers of management, is expensive. "Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism will reduce its class size and cut about six positions from its staff [not faculty] as the news industry retrenches." " - Ad Age, March 11, 2015.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JULY 13, 2010
In the business-to-business marketplace, those big expensive brands might seem much too 20th-century to purchasers. Yeah, and hold the fancy metro address and wood-paneled offices and conference room. One of those major purchasers Sherwin-Williams has come out, on the record, to indicate that it what it wants from the legal vendor it assigns business to.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 25, 2018
The traditional rite of passage for college graduates landing jobs in Manhattan has been finding an apartment that doesn't eat up too much of their first-year compensation. Well, if Q4 2017 trends continue, that won't be their number-one challenge in adjusting to post-college life in New York City. Here are the details from Bloomberg. According to StreetEasy, Manhattan rents plunged in Q4.
Max Atkinson
JULY 26, 2009
Today’s Times on Line has a story about Lord Bhatia’s House of Lords expenses claims. This raises the interesting question of whether they are going to be as thorough in their investigations as the Telegraph was with it’s stories about MP’s expenses.
Max Atkinson
MAY 16, 2009
In last Thursday's Question Tim e on BBC1, Margaret Beckett claimed that the existing system of parliamentary expenses was brought in under the Thatcher government in 1983, after a recommendations on a salary increase for MPs by an independent body had been deferred and staggered for 8 years – at which point the additional allowances were brought in ‘in stead of the pay increase’ (see below). Tags: question time MP expenses Thatcherism Margaret Beckett
Max Atkinson
OCTOBER 12, 2009
As MPs return to Westminster today to face the music on their expenses, here's some light relief on the subject from Monty Python
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 4, 2010
Now, we find out that she didn't turn in her expense account in time to be reimbursed for $1000+. Ana Marie Cox's is having a run of bad luck. Her husband had lost his job at CQ during a layoff. She lost her own job at Air America when the liberal medium went bankrupt. Right now in the Cox household that might represent a significant sum.
Max Atkinson
JULY 1, 2009
The following stirring story has just appeared in a headline slot on the B BC website : The Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has been refused parole by Justice Secretary Jack Straw. Mr Straw rejected a recommendation by the Parole Board which backed the release of Biggs, 79.
Max Atkinson
MAY 14, 2009
Much of the past week’s shock-horror-hullabaloo revelations about MPs' expenses has had to do with claims for mortgage interest payments, stamp duty, capital gains tax and other costs associated with owning houses, none of which would have arisen had these MPs chosen to rent, rather than buy, flats and houses in London and/or their constituencies. But why is this interpreted by MPs and the civil servants who administer the expenses as meaning the purchase of second homes?
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
OCTOBER 15, 2009
The government entities involved in the search for the boy who didn't take that joy ride in a balloon may have legal grounds to bill back those expenses to the father. By tethering a helium air balloon in the background, wasn't the father creating what is classified in law as an "attractive nuisance." " Any child, ranging from his own to those in the neighborhood, could have been attracted to boarding the contraption.
Max Atkinson
MAY 9, 2010
for horse manure) following the expenses scandal. His report featured interviews with four of the Wells candidates, including the Conservative who has taken considerable flak over his expenses and was delighted by Lord Pearson's support. The Wells Journal , like most local newspapers, tends not to get involved in political controversy.
Matt Eventoff
DECEMBER 2, 2009
Tags: Uncategorized Accenture must be wondering if their Tiger Woods advertisements are turning into a very expensive joke Chevron World Challenge Elin Nordegren media strategy jaimee grubbs Mark Steinberg Rachel Uchitel tiger woods img tiger woods media strategy tiger woods media training tiger woods presentation skills tiger woods public speaking Tiger Woods’ alleged mistress Woods' agent
The Shy Speaker's Guide to Succes on Stage
OCTOBER 19, 2008
Home About Gary Testimonials FREE MATERIALS! NTU PPT TRAINING FILES The Shy Speaker's Guide to Success on Stage Tips & Strategies to Help You Speak Effectively to Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime Stay updated via RSS Get Gary Now!: Facebook: Shy Speakers Guide on FB Mobile: (+65) 91380556 Email: gary@garyguwe.com Subscribe Click below !
Max Atkinson
MARCH 31, 2009
Long ago, I heard one of the founders of conversation analysis (and I can’t remember whether it was Emanuel Schegloff or Gail Jefferson) talking about ‘pre-delicate hitches’ – a rather cumbersome piece of jargon for referring to a fairly common occurrence in conversation.
Max Atkinson
JUNE 14, 2009
Our local MP, David Heathcote-Amory, recently achieved public notoriety for his parliamentary expenses claim for £380 worth of horse manure – on which an interesting new angle may be about to emerge. If true, this raises the interesting questions of whether one of Prince Charles’s businesses has been a beneficiary of an MP’s expenses claim, whether he know about it and, if so, whether it will have any constitutional implications? Tags: MP expenses
Max Atkinson
MAY 25, 2009
Top of the claims for daily expenses was the Bishop of Truro, with £1,124 for each of his five days in the Lords, while joint equal lowest spenders were the Arch-bishops of Canterbury (£0) and York (£0). Tags: expenses attendance house of lords Bishops
Max Atkinson
MAY 15, 2009
Tags: applause question time Dimbleby MP expenses
Max Atkinson
MAY 15, 2009
Tags: rhetoric applause question time MP expenses
Presentation Guru
JULY 24, 2018
The less-experienced speaker tends to focus on minute details at the expense of the big picture, while experienced speakers work backward from the big picture into the details.…
Presentation Guru
OCTOBER 5, 2017
There are always situations where a bespoke PowerPoint design is the only acceptable solution, however for many organisations, the presentations that make up the bulk of the day-to-day operations are likely to be subject to various time or financial constraints, and indeed may well not warrant such expense.… Powerpoint Software Visuals PowerPoint Templates
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MARCH 11, 2020
That means a hefty expense burden for his upkeep in prison for NY taxpayers. Given this expense, one wonders if justice has been done in terms of taxpayers.
Joan Detz Speaker Services
JUNE 1, 2017
Many organizations go to a great deal of work/expense to hire a professional speaker for their conference – but then let the ball drop by overlooking the final travel logistics.
Presentation Guru
OCTOBER 12, 2016
In the wake of the demise of Symbian phones, the near death of BlackBerry and the expensive failure called Windows Phone, there are two obvious mobile OS competitors still standing; Android and iOS.
Professionally Speaking...
MARCH 11, 2016
most of us tend to focus on the content -- the what we say -- at the expense of the delivery -- the way we say it.". There would be people who'd disagree with the premise of Michael Parker's new book, It's Not What You Say. I would not be one of them.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
To become profitable and, hopefully, scale the private company will have to reduce expenses. In the distressed newspaper industry, change usually is not good news for employees. McClatchy, which owns nearly 30 newspapers in 14 states, has filed for bankruptcy.
The Presenter's Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
It’s for when you want to say something to the effect of; “Proposition A, does not come at the expense of proposition B. Here are two very simple examples: “Quality does not need to come at the expense of productivity, nor productivity at the expense of quality.
Ian Griffin - Professionally Speaking
NOVEMBER 6, 2012
Today’s US Election can be seen as the culmination of the most expensive transmedia storytelling campaign in history. Unlike the year-long Why So Serious? campaign that Warner Bros. funded to promote the Dark Knight Batman movie, and was reported to involve 10 million players, the United States Democratic and Republican Political Parties funded a multi-year [.]. Culture Shock! Marketing 2012 Presidential Election Politics
Thoughts On Presenting And Design
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
The hours spent each night is just not a commitment I’m prepared to make at the expense of real life. via youtube.com. The last few years, I’ve made an effort to manage my allocation of time better as it comes to games.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MARCH 19, 2020
And students also have been burdened with student loans to pay those expenses. Among them is that the cost of creating online instruction is expensive so there will be no deals on tuition. The brand of higher education in the U.S. has received yet another blow.
Beyond Bullet Points
MAY 14, 2009
People with a wide range of skills are coming from as close as the Hollywood Hills to as far away as New Zealand to collaborate, teach and learn from one another, at the unbelievably low registration fee of only $10 that goes toward facility expenses. If you’d like to improve your presentation skills or grow your speaking-related business, join us in Los Angeles from 10 am- 6 pm Pacific on Saturday, June 20 at PresentationCampLA!
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
DECEMBER 25, 2018
Even The Wall Street Journal is defaulting to the platitude that retirement will be more expensive than we had planned for. Actually, the conversations we are having have become downright specific on the expenses we should be most concerned about.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
It's that income hasn't been able to keep up with expenses. The expenses outstrip the income. "Opportunity." " There are plenty of definitions for that.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
DECEMBER 26, 2019
The antics, feuds, jetting around, and expensive weddings of The Royals in Britain are eating up lots of media space. So, it's expected that there is a growing push to "do something" about this expensive institution.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
DECEMBER 11, 2019
That will also cover some of Harvey's legal expenses and be paid to his brother Bob and other former members of the former studio's board. It's the wonderful way settlements can work.
Craig Strachan - Keep Talking!
MAY 28, 2010
We need to learn at the expense of teaching – Peter Block. Are you teaching your clients, or are you helping them to learn? Of course you can replace the word “client&# with employee, children, students, partners, friends…. Related posts: Two Peter Block workshops you should attend Flawless Consulting workshop with Peter Block and Symphonia Leadership Development. Are you an expert communicator? I have always believed that to get ahead in life, A lesson from the marketing dept.
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