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Most of the golf fitness training doesn’t have a golf fitness function.
Yes! What I mean is that a lot of what is called golf fitness today, actually doesn’t do what golf fitness training does.
Look. Golf fitness training is not about practicing swings in the gym. It’s even not about ‘core stability training’, I believe...
Otherwise, anyone who trains for core stability and plays golf, would be an athletic golfer? Right?
We often think that golf fitness is all about knowing which power exercise to use.
Or what flexibility method,
in knowing which medicine ball exercises to do,
and what the daily WOD, sets or reps are,
or what secret the pro’s have been using.
And while that can of course all be useful to know ......
the essence and function of golf fitness lies elsewhere.
In knowing how to MOVE the body.
What exactly the body NEEDS.
What exactly to FOCUS on.
So the body: - builds up durability
- stops being compromised when we skip ahead without first establishing fundamental movement - creates quality movement capacity. For the long run. - ends permanent dysfunctions, limitations & compensations - and as a result, allows you to play better, longer and enjoy more golf.
You do not achieve this by 'golfish' fitness training.
You achieve this by taking a different approach.
Today I saw someone post a basic mobility exercise.
Mobility training isn’t a new approach.
The body will not become stronger from that alone for golf.
But the difference was in the intent that was demonstrated.
The effort to maintain postural control and alignment,
the applied force that was placed into the ground.
What do you think happens when the body experiences this:
"What a relief, I finally don't have to be dysfunctional anymore and can rotate better now !"
Exactly: internal control in the gym leading towards better results on the course.
less unnecessary stress that demands a lot of energy, and thus generates greater ranges of motion more effortlesssly.
Most golfers will not (dare to) apply this:
- microscopic attention to quality in foundational athletic movements
Of course: you must also find the right exercises suitable for your body's needs.
You must start with a TPI screening.
And if you have, don’t fade away from them.
Stay absolutely focused on every single detail of form, function and breathing.
One approach has 0 value for your game.
And the other can mean your breakthrough.
With which approach are you going to become a strong golfer?
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The latest trend lighting up Instagram right now is set to do the same for our homes in 2018
Once something becomes an Instagram craze it’s only a matter of time before it takes over our homes. Neon lights are that very thing! Seen everywhere at the homeware preview shows, everyone who was anyone introduced neon lights into its new season accessories collection.
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‘The neon light trend has been shining bright for a good few seasons now and is certainly set to continue for Spring 2018, ‘ says Claire Woodward, Senior Buyer of Lighting at Debenhams.
Claire goes on to explain the popularity of neon lights in our homes by saying, ‘From statement custom signs to small quirky table lamps, a neon light brings a sense of fun and personality to any room in an instant and makes for a great talking point.’
Debenhams has neon lights covered this season, from a pretty pink light that will have hearts aflutter to a cool cactus design – there’s something for everyone. Any one of these new playful lamps will illuminate your home in style.
Even if you’re not a Mcfly fan you can’t not love Tom Fletcher, if for nothing more than his Instagram! With plenty of pics of his home, the feed is a visual feast for the eyes – particularly any shots of the kitchen where you see this awesome bespoke neon sign!
If you’re looking to make a flamboyant statement then a neon flamingo light should do the trick!
Ah who doesn’t love a rainbow? This joyful motif is having a style moment of late, making it perfect for this new trend. Any one of these lights would be dreamy in a little girl’s bedroom, but that’s not to say up grown ups can’t have a rainbow shining bright in our own rooms.
Create your own personal message with these 3 metre-long flexible neon light. You can careful bend and twist the lights to create a a feature for your walls.
Buy now: Neon Effect Sign, £14.99, Argos
Pucker up! This luscious lip wall light is perfect to add a feminine feel to your home; it’s got a cool boutique hotel vibe.
Neon Wall Lamp Lips, £25, Hema
By her own admission Zoella is a big fan of neon lights, we’re sure her home will soon be filled with them!
Happy sentiments look even more cheerful in neon!
Can we get a# for neon lights please! You can indeed, with thanks to Next.
Buy now: Hello Feature Light, £30, Next
HELLO there trendy neon illumination. Imagine the warm welcome you’d offer with this striking sign lighting up your hallway.
All we have is now…and now is the time to get your home a neon light.
Always have a view of the moon with the addition of a quirky neon lamp.
Messages are made bolder with a little help from a pink neon light.
Introduce personality with a humorous take on the heart neon lamp.
If you’re not already on board with this new craze, get switched on and buy a neon light asap! |
Too much sugar is bad for you. It can cause weight gain, obesity, high blood pressure, increased uric acid levels, elevated blood sugar levels, and the list goes on. Healthy eating is an integral part of any fitness program. That is why you should be mindful of what type of foods you are eating. The good news is, there are delicious foods that are low in sugar but high in nutrition. Read this article to discover eight low sugar foods that will make you fit and healthy.
Low Sugar Foods
Fish is an excellent source of protein. Protein helps our body maintain and repair itself. Fish increases satiety, is low in unhealthy fats, and is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids. Tuna, halibut, and salmon are some examples of fish that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids. These fish have no significant carb content. Plus, they are good for the heart and lower the risk of chronic diseases such as dementia and arthritis.
2. Raw, Cooked, or Roasted Vegetables
Vegetables add color, texture, and flavor to a meal. Choose low-carb vegetables such as mushrooms, eggplant, tomatoes, onions, Brussels sprouts, and zucchini. Try them with dips like salsa, hummus, and guacamole, or roasted with various seasonings (rosemary, garlic, or cayenne pepper).
3. Leafy Greens
Leafy greens are rich in nutrients such as vitamin A, magnesium, and fiber. Eating more than one serving of leafy greens per day reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 14%. All leafy greens have a low GI (glycemic index), meaning they help keep blood sugar levels low. Some of the greens that you can add to your diet include spinach, lettuce, kale, turnip greens, and chard. Spinach has a GI ranking of less than 1. Kale has a GI score between 2 and 4. FYI, foods that have a score of 55 or lower are considered as low-GI.
Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) are essential components of a healthy eating plan. MUFAs are a key nutrient in avocado. This fruit makes you feel full, at the same time helps reduce blood pressure and inflammation. Studies show that avocados can reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome.
5. Blueberries and Blackberries
Did you know that one cup of berries contains just 15 grams of carbs? Berries don’t contain as much sugar as other fruits and also help prevent spikes in blood sugar. Also, these foods are high in fiber and have high concentrations of anthocyanins. Anthocyanins inhibit certain enzymes to slow down digestion. Blueberries and blackberries are packed with nutrients and are a little bit sweet, so they are perfect for health-conscious individuals. For a different twist, put berries in ice cubes or mix them with plain yogurt.
6. Low-calorie Drinks
Water is good, but fruit or vegetable-infused water is more interesting. For example, you can put a cucumber or lemon into your water. If you like tea, try cold tea with cinnamon stick or lemon. Not only are these drinks low in carbohydrates, but they also help fill you up so you don’t crave other foods.
7. Whole Grains
Whole grains such as quinoa, millet, brown rice, oats, and buckwheat are better alternatives to “white grains.” These foods are high in fiber, nutrients, and phytochemicals. Research shows that eating whole grains benefits insulin sensitivity.
8. Almonds and Other Nuts
Almonds have a GI score of zero. Yes, you read it right, zero, meaning they don’t impact blood sugar levels at all. This is because carbohydrates found in almonds are mainly fiber. Most nuts have low GI scores, usually between 0 and 20. Aside from almonds, opt for nuts such as macadamias, walnuts, and pistachios in lieu of other snacks the next time you are hungry.
Healthy eating doesn’t mean you have to eliminate sugar in your diet completely. It doesn’t have to be bland or boring, either. Just keep in mind these two things: First, know what types of foods are best to eat. And second, determine how much you can eat. Creating a healthy meal plan will allow you to eat a variety of foods that are both delicious and nutritious! |
I want to talk about Birmingham’s bid for Britain’s City of Culture. Now this shouldn’t be confused for the European City of Culture bid, which if won brings money, tourists and actual prestige, That’s going to the South Hampshire region in 2022 which by then, if Internet idiots are to be believed, we will all be destroyed by an alignment of planets as predicted by the Mayans*. No this is the British city of culture, a knock off basically.
So if Birmingham is successful what would we actually win? Well, potentially holding the Brit awards and the Turner prize, although not even that is not definite. And I’m not sure how this would be that even be beneficial. Do we want the Turner prize? Recently it’s turned into an attention grabbing oddity choosing deliberately challenging pieces for the sole reason of angering Sun readers and inciting headlines. And lets face it the art facilities in Birmingham are embarrassingly small, although what we do have is excellent. Including the always interesting Vivid, the young but ever growing Eastside projects, and the only venue really large enough to hold the Turner prize, the Ikon.
And the Brits, who watches the Brits any more? Can anyone, without Googling, name any winners of this years Brits? (and for that matter the Turner prize) and if we do get the Brits, it’ll probably be held in one of the convention centres, squirrelled away from the public. I can imagine the only coverage Birmingham getting will be quaint and condescending ‘Birmingham’s quite nice, that’s a surprise’ pieces using stock footage of the Selfridges building.
So say we do get the bid AND it does bring people in from out of the city, how are they getting here? New Street station will be a building site by then, and Digbeth coach station, while being shiny and new, is still in the middle of an area in the process of rejuvenation. Any wrong turn, which is frankly likely given the signage in Birmingham, could end them in a depressingly industrialised maze fulfilling every stereotype of Birmingham people could have.
The other prize, I swear to god, is rights to use the logo and label of Britain’s city of culture. Thus making the whole process a promise pissing contest for a graphic design solution.
Britain has 66 official cities, and lets be honest there are probably only half of them that could feasibly host the British city culture without making it look like a teachers smiley sticker given to anyone who tries hard. And no matter how low your opinion of Birmingham were defiantly in the top 20 percent, so inevitably even if we don’t put that much effort in, we will be hosting the thing in the next 5 years or so anyway.
The only good I can see if we do get it is, not only will the council will have had to had a good look at our really interesting, worthwhile things that creatives in Birmingham are all ready doing but also they will probably be obliged to make good on all the promises they’re having to make in the bid. Which in the current economic climate of art budgets being cut everywhere is a great move. During the great depression Teddy Roosevelt was applauded for seeing that spending on the arts actually helps resolve economic decline, when he established as part of his New Deal package. Perhaps if Birmingham does get the bid this year (and if you look at the list of competition, the only strong competition is Manchester) the money invested will mean we can grow to be one of the stronger economic cities in Britain and then become a city that will attract tourists anyway.
*This, any right minded person knows, is utter tosh. The apocalypse is a uniquely western idea, the Mayan calender merely resets as part of a cycle, and the ancient Mayans didn’t have the good sense not not eat their own rotting children’s hearts let alone predict the future.**
**actually this is exaggeration, the Mayans were a sophisticated and surprisingly knowledgeable people, and another good example of religion ruining a perfectly good culture.
The opinions of Danny Smith do not necessarily reflect the views of the publishers of this blog, its affiliates, or any sane adult human beings. He currently lives in your cupboard, watching, always watching.
Illustration by Phil Davis |
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According to 'Mundo Deportivo', Ezequiel Garay is in the running to take over from Gerard Piqué, who will be out injured for quite some time.
Former Russian attacking midfielder Andrey Arshavin says Victor Moses’ arrival has strengthened Spartak Moscow and expects him to help the club this season.
The 23-year-old will move to the Etihad Stadium in a deal worth £62million (€68m), while Argentine defender Nicolas Otamendi heads the other way in a separate deal, with City receiving £13.6m (€16m).
And the 32-year-old sensationally suggested that the likes of Lionel Messi, 33, and Sergio Aguero, 32, should also be dropped if Scaloni is keen on bringing through younger players.
Tottenham may have competition in the race to sign Jesse Lingard from Manchester United.
Gareth Bale’s former Tottenham team-mate Andros Townsend believes that Real Madrid should not be offloading the Wales star, they should be building him a statue instead.
Villarreal have completed the signing of Francis Coquelin from rivals Valencia, with Dani Parejo seemingly set to follow.
Manchester United have opened discussions with Italian side Lazio over the transfer of Serbian midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, according to reports.
Luis Rubiales, the president of the Spanish FA, has hit out at coronavirus testing for footballers as “irresponsible” in the current climate.
Valencia confirmed on Sunday five of the club’s players and staff have tested positive for coronavirus, including Argentinian defender Ezequiel Garay.
The defender, who was due to miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament last month, made the announcement on Instagram on Sunday but said he feels "very well".
Barcelona have been given permission to sign a new striker after the LaLiga medical commission agreed that Ousmane Dembélé is set for a long spell on the sidelines.
Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham has assured the Blues fan of his quick return after he sustained an injury against Valencia in the Champions League at Mestalla Stadium on Wednesday.
Arsenal took a huge step towards the Europa League final as a double from Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s late strike earned a 3-1 semi-final, first leg win over Valencia on Thursday.
Philippe Coutinho came off the bench to score his first goal for Barcelona in a 2-0 win at Valencia on Thursday that saw his new club ease into another Copa del Rey final.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, brokered a truce between the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom and Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed in Port Harcourt.
FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid will have to cut down the costs of their squads by more than 35 million euros ($42.14 million) following new salary limits imposed by La Liga on Tuesday to cope with the financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa on Tuesday proposed that 10 per cent of derived oil revenue be provided in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) for the host communities.
Police in Nasarawa state Tuesday announced the arrest of two suspected notorious armed robbers who have been terrorising Nasarawa and its environs and recovered fire arms from them.
Stefano Pioli says AC Milan have reached a decisive moment in the Serie A season ahead of their league game against Udinese and has faith that his side can cope in the absence of injured striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
As the Zamfara government says it is awaiting the release of abducted schoolgirls in Jangebe, Governor Bello Matawalle insists he will not relent in his peace process with bandits despite efforts to stop it.
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, met with the new Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, at the State House, Abuja.
The Police Command in Anambra say they have arrested three suspected members of different cult groups in the state.
As part of his efforts to improve the testing capacity of the state on COVID-19, the Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Thursday commissioned a state-of-the-art molecular laboratory and Public Health Laboratory in Akure, the state capital.
The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, has solicited the support of the U.S. for the Nigerian Army Aviation to become fully operational. |
Going purely by its title, I was expecting Parts Unknown to be a pornographic film. So, I am a little embarrassed to tell you it is about “lo-fi wrestling demon murder nonsense”. As you might expect, we kick off with a nasty little wrestling match, watched by a handful of cheering people. We are also treated to some jarringly in your face keyboard demo techno music that is far too loud. I get the film is trying to get “in our face” but I wish they would not. Once this cold opening is over, we get a far more successful credit scene, with music and graphics that fit the look the film is going for nicely 1980s future-retro with lovely pink fonts (like Glow).
As Parts Unknown kicks off, we get some ripe acting, where the producer and two disgruntled wrestlers discuss the failing business. Suddenly, someone is out of prison and we are expecting a murder attempt on the producer. Sadly, I did not quite understand what the heck they were saying so I did not quite follow why that was. It is perfectly acceptable to have cheesy, badly read lines when our wrestlers are giving their wrestler character schtick. It does not work when they do this in the scenes when our wrestlers are supposed to be themselves.
The characters we start off with are also dropped at some point early on. Which makes the business of getting to know them rather pointless. The sleazeball producer is quite possibly one of the most miscast and downright poorest performances I have seen. The accent he puts on is up there with Russell Crowe’s Robin Hood impression. Cocker spaniel me old mucker, pip pip on a cobbler.
Before we know what is happening, we have been introduced to an oddball family who looks absolutely nothing alike. And there has quite suddenly been a pointless murder. Everyone is apparently on drugs, which I think is supposed to explain why everyone is acting so “intensely” (read “unbelievably”). The characters are all odious. So it is difficult to feel any sympathy. Or indeed show a flicker of interest in the events as they unfold.
The film seems to default into trying to “shock” the audience with dialog that should be hugely embarrassing to all those involved. As well as over the top violence, and actors yelling while holding in their sausage string guts. Our cast screaming the house down and attacking each other for little to no reason runs alongside an ongoing murder rampage and the simultaneous avenger, sort of returned from the grave. It is a quite simple story, that contrives to make itself unnecessarily confusing. Even before the fantastically silly-looking swamp demon turns up.
Parts Unknown was written and edited by the prolific veteran small-time actor (The Litch), director (Witch Hunter), producer (Zombie Babies) Richard Chandler. The problems with the film are manifold. And it is critically hamstrung by bad acting, a bad script, some poor directing, and terrible technical errors. The direction of the weak cast, the camera shots we get are far too poor and bring the whole production down. The film somehow carries on for an hour and 50 limp minutes of increasingly gonzo, poorly executed exploitation violence. If you think that the razor blade strap on scene is anything but pathetic and embarrassing, I am sorry, we cannot be friends. Bad filmmakers cannot seem to get past the Manson Family murders. And it is difficult to look beyond that talentless wannabe pop star here.
If I make Parts Unknown sound like all this is “so bad it’s good” I can only apologize for giving you a false impression. This is “so bad everyone involved should have a sit-down, in the corner. Facing the wall to think about what they have done, and what they want to do with their lives”. Not yelling slurs about the mentally handicapped on camera might be a start.
Speaking of someone not having any talent… I have always strongly disliked the work of Rob Zombie, who seemed to sympathize with groups of murderers and really think the whole thing was a pretty cool pop video (it’s not). This feels a bit like squeezing out the last, watery dregs of the Rob Zombie discount brand ketchup bottle onto the sausage string BBQ.
Parts Unknown is available from Wild Eye Releasing. You can check out the film’s Facebook page for more information. |
Did you know that Dyson, the company that makes the vacuum with the Ball in it, makes a lamp? It’s a lamp that contains an LED bulb that the company says will last for 60 years. A lamp that automatically adjusts the brightness and temperature of its light to mimic the properties of natural light. A lamp that is supposed to reduce eye strain and help you sleep better. A lamp that costs $600.
The Dyson Lightcycle task lamp (which also comes in a floor lamp version that costs $900) packs a lot of features that theoretically help you maintain your eye health and re-discover a reasonable circadian rhythm. Released in March, it’s the latest in a string of new software and hardware released to help address these issues: Flux, Night Shift, blue-light blocking glasses, the Casper Glow. As collective interest in these kinds of products has grown, so has specified backlash from the medical community. The American Academy of Ophthalmology specifically does not recommend the use of Blue-light blocking glasses, saying that there is “no evidence they are effective.”
Dyson makes much more restrained promises with the Lightcycle. Where some manufacturers of blue-light glasses boldly (and misleadingly) claim their glasses will reduce the risk of headaches or prevent blurry vision, Dyson’s listing for the Lightcycle basically just describes the product’s function. It will “automatically simulate properties of natural daylight.” It will “intelligently adjust” it’s light temperature depending on the time of day, the amount of ambient light in the background, and your age. It has a motion sensor, so that it lights up when you walk up to it, conserving energy. It can serve as a sunrise alarm clock, brightening gently as the time you want to wake up approaches. Dyson says this will help “reduce eye strain” and “intelligently regulate blue light.”
This still sounded a little too good to be true, so I reached out to a few physicians and the AAO itself to see what they thought about these claims. I expected to find my inbox filled with suspicious medical professionals. Instead, I was met with excitement.
“There are lots of different products out there making different claims, but the reason this lamp sounds unique is that it not only takes brightness into account, but wavelength and temperature, adjusting based on age, activity, and time of day,” Dugel, a practicing ophthalmologist and clinical spokesperson for the AAO itself, the same body that issued warnings against blue-light glasses. “This makes for more natural and personalized lighting based on our individual circadian rhythm cycles, our natural wake and sleep cycle.”
According to Dr. Dugel, nothing claimed by the listing seemed particularly outlandish. “I would consider recommending this to some of my patients,” he said.
Dr. Monya De, a practicing internal medicine physician and freelance medical journalist, agreed. “It seems like a fun thing to try, if you have the disposable income, that may confer some positive benefits.” Both seemed impressed by the notion that the LED would last 60 years, though both agreed it was an impossible claim to verify.
Heartened, I unboxed the lamp. I found it pretty easy to assemble and set up. Once you pair it to your phone through Bluetooth, and add your age and location through the Dyson Link app, the lamp automatically begins adjusting the light in the way it sees as appropriate for its context. You use the app to set up the alarm and can also use it manually adjust the light, if you’d like. |
The Digital Futures Institute is a new research institute established at the University of Suffolk, which aims to bring together academic, entrepreneurs and industrialists to deliver impactful research and business engagement for the benefit of individual citizens, wider society and the UK economy. The University has gone through a period of capacity building with the investment in the Digitech Centre at Adastral Park, an increase in the portfolio of digital based undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and the recruitment of new academic staff who are research active and business engaged. It is developing into a vibrant hub for research and business links that complement our teaching and learning. Academics within the Institute are part of Suffolk CENTRIC in that we are a regional partner of the national Centre of Excellence in Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence and Organised Crime Research.
The Digital Futures Institute is based in the School of Engineering Arts Science and Technology. It has three research pillars, each consisting of distinct but coherent and related strands.
Technology Futures (Pillar 1) undertakes pure and applied research into the technologies central to the future, namely security, networks, software and systems engineering. In the Security strand, we have a PhD researcher working on the application of deep learning to network threat detection. In Networks, we are currently building a future network research laboratory at our new DigiTech Centre to enable research in this area. In the Software and Systems strand, we are research partners in the Smarter Suffolk consortium (£4.41m project funded by the Department of Transport), have an active KTP project on the topic of software quality assurance with Coderus, and two PhD researchers in software engineering.
The Smarter Suffolk project with Suffolk County Council is part of a national initiative of the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport’s (ADEPT) SMART Places Live Lab, funded by the Department of Transport. The aim is to undertake a variety of scientifically rigorous trials utilising Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, and through analysis of the resulting rich and large datasets of environmental, traffic and other conditions, determine the validity of the business cases and inform strategic adoption across the UK.
Creative Futures (Pillar 2) addresses the intersection of creativity and digital, with emergent strands in Serious Games, Advancing Games, and Augmented and Virtual Reality, with a growing element of research in vision science.
In Serious Games, we are currently seeking opportunities where we can apply our expertise in gamification, visualisation and simulation.
Advancing Games addresses actual improvements to gaming concepts and techniques, which may benefit both serious games and entertainment games, and a staff PhD project is underway. £20,000 of funding has been secured from Epic Games to create an ‘Epic School Days’ programme to engage secondary school pupils with the games industry. Output from this project will be shared with international educational partners by Epic Games.
The Augmented and Virtual Reality strand has already had notable success with the MySpira App, undertaken as a KTP with Orbital Media, with Innovate UK evaluating the KTP as Outstanding. The MySpira App, a revolutionary augmented reality technology asthma training app, has been successfully trialled with children via collaboration with members of the Life Science team in EAST. This initiative has received widespread plaudits, being nominated for awards and featuring on the BBC Click programme. (See https://www.allergyuk.org/get-help/resources/1001-myspira)
Application Futures (Pillar 3) is intended to support applied research through utilising computing know-how in specific domains and cross-disciplinary collaborations. It currently has two emergent themes – namely AI/Machine Learning and Usability & Practice.
In AI/Machine Learning, a cross-disciplinary Bioscience and Computing project has been initiated in partnership with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust to support rapid diagnosis of COVID-19.
In Usability & Practice, we completed the 100CC/ConnectedTogether project (£1m InnovateUK funded project) in February 2020 supporting the SME partners in usability testing of their hardware and software solutions. This assisted the SME partners (Bronze Software Labs and GDS Digital) in improving their software and hardware solutions aimed at combating the social isolation and lack of digital skills of elderly and vulnerable people. Consequently, both partners were able to deploy their products to support a number of local government authorities in assisting vulnerable citizens in accessing essential services during the current pandemic. In Suffolk, Bronze Software Labs deployed their TRIBE Volunteer app for Suffolk County Council as a volunteering platform to microcommission service, connecting those with needs with appropriate volunteers.
We provided additional support to Suffolk Libraries, helping them both in the preparation of their successful bid for NESTA funding and subsequent execution of their Happy Place project (a Tech To Connect Finalist project). Through EIRA funding, we have a project to support Suffolk Mind in the development of online mental health materials.
- Security: Professor Nicholas Caldwell, Dr Laith Al-Jobouri, Dr James Kadirire, Dr Felix Ngobigha, Ali Hasan Alhaj, Sean Preston, Rob Wade
- Networks: Dr Laith Al-Jobouri, Dr James Kadirire, Dr Felix Ngobigha
- Software and Systems: Professor Nicholas Caldwell, Dr Hannah Steventon, Dr Esha Barlaskar, Dr Chris Lewington, Mark Power
- Serious Games: Dr Adam Clayden, Steven Harris
- Advancing Games: Steven Harris
- Augmented and Virtual Reality: Dr Adam Clayden, Chris Janes, Nick Thomas
- AI/Machine Learning: Professor Nicholas Caldwell, Dr Esha Barlaskar, Dr Chris Lewington, Dr Federica Masieri, Dr Aida Rajic, Sean Preston
- Usability and Practice: Professor Nicholas Caldwell, Dr Chris Lewington, Mark Power
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- K. M. Ali Alheeti, L. Al-Jobouri, D. Al-Dosary and M. S. Al-ani, "Energy Conservation Based on Destination-Sequenced Distance-Vector Protocol in Intelligent Internet of Things," 2019 11th Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CEEC), Colchester, United Kingdom, 2019, pp. 108-112, doi: 10.1109/CEEC47804.2019.8974330.
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As I mentioned on Monday, I waited a FULL WEEK to open our box from Sonlight. The box has been sitting here in the school room just staring at me. Beckoning me. By Tuesday afternoon we just couldn’t wait any longer.
Some of you might not quite understand how absolutely wonderful a box from Sonlight can be. You see, it’s not just school books. I don’t think plain ole school books would instill such excitement, although anything new is more fun than the old. But, the thing about Sonlight for us (it’s not this way for everyone, and that’s okay!!!) is that even when we’re ready to be done with a core, so many of the books remain treasured friends. A new box means new treasures.
The kids have had trouble waiting, too. In fact, they were getting rather impatient with me as I finished up a couple of tasks, knowing that we were about to open the box! They were poised like this for about five minutes, just dying to rip the tape off and dive in!
And dive in they did!
Packing paper went flying and books came pouring out accompanied by exclamations of great excitement!
Once the books were pulled out, sorted through, and checked off the packing list, Steven decided he had looked through them enough, but Olivia and Angela weren’t done.
Liv grabbed one of her science books, and then found an origami book to drool over.
Angie, on the other hand, went straight for the readers! (I know how shocked you all are! ) She gave me one of her cute, innocent looks when I caught her getting ready to run off with one of the readers to devour it.
…and the two tubs of books we already have waiting for us in the hall closet!
We will have about twice the number of books this year that we have in past years because I’ll be teaching two cores this year instead of one. Fortunately, we were able to free up another bookshelf to move into the school room to accommodate the increase.
Once I get the books sorted, labeled, and shelved, my next job will be to go through the new Instructor’s Guides (although I’m already familiar with one of them, so that helps!) and plan our new daily schedule. And yes, I’m excited about it all! I love every part of teaching the kids, but the planning phase really energizes me! It’s a good thing, too, because we’ll be starting the new cores a week from Monday. I think we’ll be ready! |
Plants terrestrial, on rock, or epiphytic. Roots emerging near origin, or growing through cortex and emergent some distance from origin. Horizontal stems present or absent, mainly protostelic, in some species becoming actino- or plectostelic, on substrate surface or subterranean, or forming stolons. Upright shoots simple or branched, usually conspicuously leafy at least at base; abscising gemmae formed by reduced lateral shoots. Lateral shoots present or absent, simple or branched, branching pattern dichotomous and sometimes pseudomonopodial; leaves uniform or dimorphic or trimorphic. Upright and lateral shoots round or flat in cross section; leaves on subterranean parts flat, appressed, nonphotosynthetic, and scalelike; leaves on aerial parts appressed, ascending, or spreading, with 1 central unbranched vein, needlelike to lanceolate to ovate, remote to dense and imbricate, with or without basal and/or mucilage canals. Strobili sessile or stalked, upright, nodding, or pendent. Sporangia solitary, adaxial near leaf base or axillary; subtending leaves (sporophylls) unmodified and photosynthetic to much modified, nonphotosynthetic, reduced, and aggregated in strobili; sporangia reniform to globose, thick-walled with hundreds of spores, outer walls variously modified. Spores all 1 kind, trilete, thick-walled, surfaces pitted to small-grooved, rugulate, or reticulate. Gametophytes subterranean and nonphotosynthetic or surficial and photosynthetic.
The Lycopodiaceae are an extremely diverse, ancient family. The family may contain even more than the estimated 400 species because the tropical members and the very large genus Phlegmariurus are still poorly known. The relationships among genera of Lycopodiaceae are not well understood because large evolutionary gaps exist among most genera. Some of the genera, notably Diphasiastrum, Huperzia, and Lycopodiella, exhibit extensive interspecific hybridization, which has caused much taxonomic confusion in the past. Differences in expressions of many of the generic characters are subtle, and some of the characters are microscopic.
Genera 10–15, species 350–400 (7 genera, 27 species in the flora).
|1||Horizontal stems absent; upright parts of shoots clustered; roots traveling in stem cortex some distance before emerging; sporangia borne in axils of unmodified leaves; spores pitted to small-grooved.||> 2|
|1||Horizontal stems present; upright shoot systems alternating along rhizome; roots emerging from where they originate; sporangia borne in axils of highly modified, reduced sporophylls aggregated into upright or nodding or pendent strobili; spores reticulate or rugulate.||> 3|
|2||Leafy gemmae and gemmiferous branchlets absent; spore sides at equator convex with acute to blunt angles; mainly tropical, epiphytic.||Phlegmariurus|
|2||Leafy gemmae and gemmiferous branchlets present; spore sides at equator concave with truncate angles; mainly temperate and subarctic, terrestrial or on rock.||Huperzia|
|3||Strobili borne on distinct peduncles or sessile; peduncles, if present, bearing remote, reduced leaves; spores reticulate; gametophytes subterranean, nonphotosynthetic; mainly dry uplands.||> 4|
|3||Strobili erect on leafy peduncles (or nonleafy peduncles in Pseudolycopodiella) or nodding or pendent on lateral shoots; peduncles, if present, bearing closely spaced, unreduced leaves; spores rugulate; gametophytes on substrate surface, photosynthetic; mainly wetlands.||> 5|
|4||Ultimate shoots (including leaves) 5–12 mm diam.; rounded (flattened in Lycopodium obscurum); leaves 6-ranked or more, not imbricate; peduncles, if present, falsely appearing to have 1 main branch (pseudomonopodial) and alternate; gametophytes disc-shaped.||Lycopodium|
|4||Ultimate shoots (including leaves) 2–6 mm diam., quadrate to flattened (except in D. sitchense, which is round-branched); leaves mostly 4–5-ranked, mostly imbricate (except in D. sitchense); peduncles, if present, dichotomously branched; gametophytes carrot-shaped.||Diphasiastrum|
|5||Upright shoots many branched; leaves linear to needlelike; strobili nodding or pendent at lateral shoot tips.||Palhinhaea|
|5||Upright shoots not branched; leaves linear-lanceolate to lanceolate; strobili erect on upright shoots.||> 6|
|6||Peduncles nearly bare, with few, scattered, scalelike leaves; sporophylls shorter than leaves of peduncles; horizontal stems with lateral leaves larger than median leaves and lying flat on substrate.||Pseudolycopodiella|
|6||Peduncles leafy with crowded unmodified leaves; sporophylls equaling or longer than leaves of peduncles; horizontal stems with leaves monomorphic, supine or arching.||Lycopodiella| |
Brisbane keen to host next Davis Cup tie
TENNIS: Tennis Queensland will press its claims to host Australia's Davis Cup tie against the US in April at Pat Rafter Arena.
Melbourne is out of the running for the April 7-9 quarter-final, having hosted last weekend's tie against the Czech Republic.
"We would love an opportunity to have at Pat Rafter Arena a quarter-final between two nations with such a rich Davis Cup history," TQ chief executive Geoff Quinlan said.
There have been reports that the International Tennis Federation now insists on a 6000-seat minimum for a world group quarter-final, but national associations can seek approval from the ITF to play at a smaller venue such as the 5500-seat Rafter Arena.
"The 6000 figure is a guideline only," a Tennis Australia spokesman said.
"Brisbane is in the running. Pat Rafter Arena can be extended to 6000 anyway by making some of the corporate seats public seats."
Only two years ago, TA played a quarter-final against Kazakhstan at a Darwin venue the North Territory Government said had a 4500 capacity.
Queensland fans have supported the national teams in good numbers at Rafter Arena when the Davis and Fed Cup teams have played there since it was opened in 2009.
TA will play the quarter-final on a hardcourt, making it easier for players coming straight from the Miami Masters from March 22-April 2 on hardcourts.
The US team, which won its first-round tie against Switzerland last weekend, had two top-25 singles players, Jack Sock and John Isner.
The Americans would be warm favourites on the rankings to see off an Australian team that plays without the estranged Bernard Tomic.
"It's a pretty quick turnaround, eight weeks or so, so the players get to go away and play in a few big tournaments before that," said Australian Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt, who declined to be drawn on Tomic's short-term future as part of the team.
An Australia-US tie in Brisbane would extend the city's historic link to the Davis Cup, as one of the most famous Challenge Rounds was played at Milton in 1958 between the first and second most successful nations in the competition.
Alex Olmedo spearheaded a US victory over Australian Grand Slam title winners Ashley Cooper and Mal Anderson.
As two of the best younger players in the game, Nick Kyrgios and Sock have been chosen to play in an exhibition at Madison Square Garden on World Tennis Day.
Sock, ranked No. 20, 12 places better than Tomic, has won two ATP titles and had wins last year over top-10 players Milos Raonic of Canada and Dominic Thiem of Austria. |
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It's no secret that we Brits love a convertible, be it the brutal Audi R8 V10 Spyder, an indulgent Rolls Royce Dawn or the world's best-selling convertible for the past 25 years, the feisty Mazda MX-5. True lovers of topless motoring know there are many reasons for having one on your driveway and, bragging rights aside, most come down to the full-on sensory overload it affords.
The sense of motion heightened by the passing rush of scenery and the fragrance of fresh, open air as dappled shade flickers across your oversized Western Front sunnies. The arresting dissonance of a well-tuned engine, a gasping turbo or two and a canorous finale via a handsome set of rear steel pipes.
My affection for the BMW 2 Series is well documented. Together with the larger 4 Series, they alone have re-ignited my affection towards the German car-maker. My philosophy for driving a convertible in the UK is simple: if it isn't raining, get the roof down. If it is raining, get the roof down and drive a little faster so you don't get wet.
Recently and for one chilly day only I slid behind the wheel of the hottest 2 Series convertible currently available – the BMW M240i.
What's in a name? The M240i is the same car we used to know at the M235i. It's got an all-new engine, so the new '40i' badge merely aligns the car nicely with its larger BMW 440i sibling and similarly re-engined M140i warm hatch.
The recently updated BMW 2-Series has a little more glass and a lower window line than you might expect and there's a mish-mash of lines flowing around the sides and across the bonnet, none of which is overly aggressive, but nor are they hugely expressive.
The double kidney grille is a touch wider and the front air intakes larger and I think the M240i Convertible's front and rear styling hits the sweet spot without being too dull or too dramatic. The whole effect is almost Audi-like in its subtlety.
There's generous space for two adults in the front, with good head and leg room, a decent glovebox, deep door pockets and a central cubby to stow your belongings.
As with most four-seat convertibles, things become a little trickier if you want to use the rear seats. Access is a reasonable 'step-through' once the front seats are moved forward, but once there, anyone over six feet tall is likely to complain about the shortage of knee, leg and roof-up head room for anything but the shortest journeys. Average-height adults should find the rear accommodations reasonable.
The 2 Series Convertible's boot capacity is 335 litres with the roof up (280-litres when down), which is slightly more than the Audi A3 Cabriolet's boot. However, access is not as practical and makes loading wider items of luggage inside just that little more difficult.
M240i standard & optional equipment
BMW has thrown both toy and tech kit bags at the M240i Convertible, which takes the kit spec from the penultimate M Sport trimlevel and adds additional M Performance body styling which includes lowered front apron with larger air intakes to cool the brakes, side skirts and a rear diffuser and twin tailpipes. There's a set of exclusive 18" light alloy wheels in M Double-spoke design.
Of course, it also receives the M Sport suspension with individual M240i set up, variable sport steering and chunky M Sport brakes.
BMW's modular engine, drivetrain and performance
All BMW's engines, with the exception of the ones it fits to proper M cars like the M3, M5, etc., are of modular design. The M240i Convertible still uses a turbocharged 3.0-litre in-line six, but now it's a new unit from BMW's range of modular engines. In simple terms, the engineers 'bolt together' modules of half-litre cylinders and strap on a turbo or two until they have the right motor for the job. It's not that simple, of course, but essentially that's what happens.
That's why smaller BMW's and MINI's have 1.5-litre 3-cylinder engines (three modules), mid-sized Beemers have 2.0-litre 4-cylinder (four modules) units and on performance cars such as this week's M240i, we have 3.0-litre 6-cylinder (six-module) engine. Genius!
The engine powering the BMW M240i is the top athlete in the convertible segment. With its 340hp and 500Nm of torque, it unites impressive acceleration with incredible agility and usability within the torque range. Via the eight-speed automatic gearbox, acceleration from a standing start to 62mph is an impressive 4.7 seconds (manual 4.9s), peaking at a limited 155mph.
BMW's eight-speed automatic gearbox is excellent. Its shifts are rapid and smooth and it kicks down a gear exactly when you want it to.
Fuel consumption on the combined cycle is 34.4mpg and CO2 emissions are rated at 189g/km.
The BMW M240i Convertible is heavier than the coupé, but is still dollops of fun to drive. Its added weight comes partly from the additional folding roof mechanism, but mostly from the necessarily beefier chassis.
As with any convertible – from the Rolls Royce Ghost, Bentley GT or the more humble Audi A3, its structural integrity is severely compromised once the roof of the car is removed. Automotive engineers must re-engineer the car's chassis to offset the lost strength and rigidity that a fixed roof brings. It does, however, bring added kerb weight which by default, impacts on body control, handling and overall performance.
Ride and handling
The M240i Convertible is a safe and predictable car in terms of handling, although you do feel the car's additional weight over the coupé. It steers with precision and feels more agile than an Audi A3 cabriolet. In fact, with its sportier steering and suspension setup, this car is sheer, unadulterated fun and feels keen to turn in and is more composed through bends than the Audi.
The car rides comfortably on our irregular roads too. Even with the standard 18-inch alloy wheels, the convertible is surprisingly supple on poor surfaces. The stonking (not a technical term) 3.0-litre petrol engine is super-smooth and makes a wonderful noise at full chat, but fades to a discreet hum when cruising.
The electric power steering system is one of the best of its type – the rack is quick and accurate, though mid-corner bumps can sometimes make it feel a tad unsettled if you're really pushing on.
With the roof down, wind protection is good for those in the front seats, but those in the rear may find things a little more blustery. With the roof-up, the cabin is exceptionally well insulated against wind and road noise.
Style is a very important factor in the compact convertible sector and the BMW 2 Series rag-top is among the most desirable models currently available. The regular BMW 2 Series convertible – with its variable trim, engine and transmission options – is an exceptional open-top cruiser. A selection of mid-life updates last year made it a stronger rival than ever for the Audi A3 Cabriolet.
However, the BMW M240i Convertible raises that lofty bar even higher and – with the added poke from the 3.0-litre engine – adds additional character to transform the car into a truly great driving machine. There's bags of grip on offer, plenty of feedback from the chassis and a reasonably comfortable ride that makes it an impressive all-rounder.
Without the M2 in the range, the M240i certainly would feel complete as a performance choice. It's potent and, with most of its torque available low in the rev range, it's also hugely entertaining. If you're after more fun and liveability from your everyday BMW 2 Series convertible, but couldn't live with the feral M2 (or wait out its current 13-month queue), then the M240i is the one for you.
It would be for me.
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By Wayne Gorrett (@WaynesWorldAuto), News & Road Test Editor. |
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For the first time ever, the skill sets and resume building certifications that relate to the newest iteration of digital proficiencies are cheap, accessible, and increasingly credible. If your social media skills are behind the curve or if you are having trouble staying competitive in the job hunt -- you have no one to blame but yourself.
"Social media marketing is the way forward for companies," says Hazel Richardson, Director of Training at Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Richardson's company recites the mantra of nearly all social media management platforms: they are experiencing incredible growth both in the platform usage itself as well as training users to be effective in gathering social media generated content. Kirsten Bailey, Director of HootSuite University, unpacks one of the factors at play in the increasing emphasis on social media skills, and says, "Companies get it. They want to make sure the people they are hiring, to a certain degree, are very socially savvy and that they understand how to navigate the online network space in a professional capacity." Both Bailey and Richardson steer the educational components of two of the largest and most prestigious social media management systems.
HootSuite, used by 79 of the Fortune 100 companies, recently launched HootSuite University, which is paired with their HootSuite Pro membership for a cost of $30.99 a month. Since its launch, 19,000 people have enrolled in HootSuite University and 4,000 users have become HootSuite University Certified Professionals through courses tailored both to their platform as well as toward understanding social media analysis and trends in general. A great way to become competitive or digitally relevant in 2013 is by becoming a HootSuite University Certified Professional.
Salesforce Marketing Cloud, used by 55% of the Fortune 500 companies, also provides loads of educational opportunities for no cost to the user. Richardson says, "Across the week we have a wide range of live training sessions that anybody can go to our website and register for. People don't have to be customers to attend training - lots of students and people interested in the platform also take our classes. Anybody who goes through our training will get a very good insight into how the tools can be used." Free Salesforce Marketing Cloud training and real-time lectures are an asset for anyone wanting to gain or display knowledge of social media analytics and help boost their resume for future jobs.
Pay to Play
In addition to the social media management systems, many online providers are offering an educational experience on the social media landscape. Jessica Eule, Executive Director of Education at Mediabistro says, "enrolled students in our social media program doubled from 2011 to 2012 and we expect the same ratio for 2013." Mediabistro offers two certificate programs at $1650 for six courses and $3200 for a 12 course master class. In a similar vein, many universities around the country are using extension programs to tackle the task of educating on social media skills. Harvard Extension School offers Digital Marketing: Social Media and Online Strategies for $1950 and UCLA offers a detailed Marketing Certificate with a concentration in Social Media and Web Analytics for $5950. The University of Texas, Rutgers University, the University of San Francisco, and UC Irvine as well as 20 or more additional colleges are offering similar social media marketing training curriculum.
While the latter are great in namesake, and some programs are truly rigorous in their own right, some believe the broad university entrance into the social media arena may have been more profit driven than for actual academic merit. Dr. William Ward, Professor of Practice of Social Media at S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, tells me, "I think one of the problems associated with some of the university programs is that some are not delivering on it. To me, it seems like the conversation was on how do we generate revenue on this rather than making sure the students are getting the skills."
Although there are varying options of certification credibility and value, it is hard to dismiss the acceptance of this educational tool as anything other than the changing of the guard. As someone who has witnessed all sorts of technological paradigm shifts, I feel the writing is on the wall. I worked in the music business when Napster knocked the wind out of the sails in 2001. I worked in a recording studio when everyone said digital recording would never replace analog. I studied journalism under the guise that print newspapers would always represent the utmost credibility. And I went to an elementary school where it was pounded in our head that computers would never replace card catalogs. As far as I am concerned online certification programs in general, and social media directed offerings in specific, are resume ready indicators that will continue to become increasingly competent and accepted. The opportunity for this sort of education riding the coattails of higher education is likely.
Brian Solis, author of The End of Business as Usual, and principle analyst at Altimeter Group tells me, "There is a sense of urgency--the more people who go through these certification programs, the more distance they create between themselves and their co-workers that don't. This is that disruptive time where the workforce itself has to change how it works." |
“My name is Hua Chun.”... more>>
When she first introduced herself to the Emperor, she saw the most beautiful smile blossom on his face; yet, it was only a pity that this cold, taciturn, and wicked emperor had only smiled once in his life.
Hua Chun fell in love with the handsome and just Prime Minister from a popular TV show. But beyond all reason, she found herself transmigrated into the same story as none other than the Prime Minister — only to find out her beloved Prime Minister is actually a woman secretly parading as man in the Emperor’s court!
Whirled into a historical world, Hua Chun, once a young and beautiful lady in her twenties, had to pretend as a man and stand beside the imposing Emperor, becoming his loyal and upright minister.
“I can’t accept this! I can’t! Even as a ghost, I’m going to spend eternity cursing that your relationship will shatter like glass! Break apart like a pair of mandarin ducks that fly away from each other!” With such a persisting obsession, it would be difficult for the vengeful departed spirit to move on.... more>>
Ji Man had only read a light novel to pass the time, but she was unexpectedly pulled into a very strange dream. She had become the novel’s most vicious villainess.
The novel rewinds to the beginning. The villainess that had been ordered to commit suicide reappears onto the stage and begins to follow the plot as she walks toward the novel’s ending once again, to a courtyard deep inside a marquis’s residence. A female lead that’s like the Holy Mother. Countless cannon fodders. The imperial family’s favor…
Li Huaiyu, the princess of Danyang, who was arrogant and domineering and hurt the ruler and the opposition for eight years, was gone. On the day of the new emperor’s ascension to the throne, Qiqiao bleeds and dies in terrible conditions.... more>>
Hundreds of officials celebrated and all applauded: evil is rewarded! Good death!
However, during the first seven days, Princess Danyang resurrected her body and became the fourth lady of the White House.
What? Is this Miss Bai Si a fool? Defenseless? Still stealing from relatives?
Huaiyu took the case: “It’s really unreasonable!”
Fighting ingenuity is a blockbuster, and there are thousands of people helping each other. With the Princess of Danyang, are you afraid this fool’s fate won’t change?
But who can tell you, on the wall, why you pressed Ziyang Jun Jiang Xuanjin?
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The hotel is located outside the town on a main road, ideal for people with car etc
The bed sheets/blankets could have smelt fresher
Friendly atmosphere,overall all areas kept very clean, staff were very friendly and helpful at all times,quiet secluded pool area with sufficient clean sunbeds,
No complaints whatsoever
Very nice property with bar, restaurant, pool, and free parking. Easy to find and very friendly staff. Nice room with balcony (not much of a view). Breakfast was included and sufficient. Only downside is location is a good 15-20 minutes from the beach and central part of town. Worked for us as we were looking for a 1-day break from a larger circuit of Andulusia and pool was lovely to hang out by but would be a drag if you were there for several days and planned to visit beach daily.
Location is a little away from the beach but we knew that in advance so not a complaint.
Small friendly hotel. Quiet and well located for the town and beach. Fantastic private balcony with loungers and table and chairs. Very relaxing.
Very quiet and relaxed hotel, great value for money
Small and very friendly, and everything worked in the room! One of the best hotel restaurants we have ever experienced, regardless of star ratings. (up to March 2008)
Rather small/cramped car park, don't leave parking too late.
Small et quiet hotel, rooms are very clean, staff very kind, excellent restaurant La Brasserie, breakfast ok, swimmingpool ok
hotel itself clean and nice
Friendly and helpful staff. Excellent evening restaurant.
Very friendly welcome. Fantastic restaurant
Staff not enforcing no smoking rule at breakfast. Television reception intermittent
Los Arcos Nerja is situated in Nerja and is close to local attractions, such as Playa de Burriana. It also provides a rooftop terrace, free Wi-Fi and an indoor pool.
The hotel has recently undergone refurbishment and offers a 24-hour reception, an airport shuttle and an express check-in and check-out feature. Additionally, the multilingual staff are on hand to offer local information.
There are 19 rooms at Los Arcos Nerja, each offering all the necessities to ensure a comfortable stay.
The hotel has its own on-site restaurant, ideal for guests who prefer to eat in. In the evening, guests are able to relax in the comfortable lounge bar.
Los Arcos Nerja is close to shops and restaurants, and is a brief car ride from Caves of Nerja. Guests can also visit Buceo Costa Nerja.
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Hotel Los Arcos is located at Urb, Nerja Golf. Carretera Malaga -, 1,3 km from the centre of Nerja. Playa Burriana is the closest landmark to Hotel Los Arcos.
Check-in time is 14:00 and check-out time is 12:00 at Hotel Los Arcos.
Yes, Hotel Los Arcos offers free Wi-Fi.
No, Hotel Los Arcos does not offer free parking.
No, Hotel Los Arcos does not offer free airport shuttle service.
Hotel Los Arcos is 48,6 km from Granada Federico Garcia Lorca. Hotel Los Arcos is 56,3 km from Málaga.
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Jessica Lynn Morris Stabbed her Dealer to Death
With this mindest and little else, Jessica and Ray set out to meet up with their drug dealer on December 2nd, 2018 in Riga Township, Ohio. They had no money but intended to score in whatever way necessary.
Upon meeting, the defendants brutally assaulted James Wappner, according to court testimony. He still was alive after the assault but was locked in the defendants’ car. Security camera footage captured the victim entering the defendant's pickup, shortly before the vehicle began to shake violently and abruptly leave the parking lot with him still inside.
Wappner’s body was found two days later off Lipp Hwy., about a half- mile from Yankee Rd., in Riga Township. The body was lying face down in a field about 50 feet from the roadway. A passerby noticed something odd off Lipp and called authorities.
He was found with a neck wound across the throat that appeared to be from a sharp object. Reports said he had been stabbed more than 20 times.
“My brother, regardless of the lifestyle he lived, he accepted that lifestyle and what comes along with it,” said Corvez Braswell who spoke during sentencing. “That’s my only regret.”
Morris and Blanchong were arrested Dec. 21 in Aurora, Colo. Evidence reportedly was collected in Colorado that linked the couple to the crime. Although both people were involved, Morris claimed Blanchong threatened her to participate in the stabbing.
Jessica Lynn Morris, 30, was found guilty by a Monroe County jury of first-degree murder, armed robbery and unlawful imprisonment in connection with the death of James Martin Wappner, 45, of Toledo.
The Maumee resident was sentenced to life in prison without parole, a penalty determined by state statute. Blanchong also was found guilty of first- degree murder Oct. 16. He’s scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 12, when he’s expected to be given life in prison without parole. He is being represented by defense attorney Rebecca Hicks of Monroe.
Morris was remanded to the Michigan Department of Corrections.
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This is a section out of a class I taught a few months back, I thought it might be helpful to you:
11:1 Cast your bread upon the waters,
for you will find it after many days.
2 Give a portion to seven, or even to eight,
for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.
There is a substantial amount of question over exactly what point is of these verses. I mean, is he talking about crumbling up your French bread and dumping it in the river?
[As a side note, there is a reason I like to bring up when there is discussion over these issues; that is my opinion on the difference in the function of preaching and teaching. If I were to preach these texts I would primarily be concerned with proclaiming them, and thus would most likely (unless it was something very thorny or difficult to decide upon) take what I thought to be the best understanding of the text and preach it. Proclaim it. Exhort obedience to “thus says the Lord.” I think that is the job of the preacher, to proclaim the word of God. I think the task of a teacher in a setting like this is somewhat different, in that I want to help you come to your own understanding of the text. Not that a preacher is unconcerned with that, but there is a difference between coming to the best possible understanding of the text and proclaiming that, as opposed to laying out multiple legitimate understandings and arguing for what you feel is probably the best and most helpful one.]
What are the options on the table for understanding these verses? Well in verse one, Solomon says to cast your bread upon the waters. There is a possibility that he is making an agricultural reference here. Apparently the ancient Egyptians (whose culture and practices Solomon would have been quite familiar with) had a custom of taking their “bread corn” out on the Nile river when it was at flood stage, throwing it out into the water, and then as the waters receded, the corn would be covered in silt and sprout and grow in the formerly flooded area. So they’d be throwing out their bread, as it were, and finding it after many days. That’s possible. I don't think it's real likely, but it's possible. And a very vivid mental picture.
The second possibility, the one taken by most modern commentators, is that Solomon is talking about financial diversity. He was involved in international commerce via ship, and so by sending one’s bread out on the waters he means the shipping of grain over the seas. Invest in this way, and it will come back. But be sure to take into account verse two, and send it out to seven or eight (not necessarily those precise numbers, just get spread out) so that you don’t have all your eggs in the proverbial single basket. The idea would be much akin to investing in mutual funds, rather than placing all your stock in Apple. Or Gateway. That would have gone badly for you.
The third option, held by most of the older commentators, and the one that I think is probably right, is that Solomon is speaking metaphorically here; that he doesn’t have actual water in mind. Rather, he is saying, be generous with what you have been given, give to the poor, and do so in all directions. It will come back to you in the form of blessing (perhaps financial, perhaps only spiritual). And do so to seven, even eight, that is, be liberal with whom you bless, don’t make people jump through hoops to receive your generosity, just be generous: you never know where it’s going to pay off in their life or yours. You don’t know what friends you might make for yourself. And come the day of disaster, those very friends may be the ones who are there for you.
I think this final option makes the most sense because this is Wisdom literature, and a dominate form of communication is that of metaphor. In fact, it wouldn't be a stretch to say that Solomon is talking about generosity, but that there is the concrete reference point in his mind of the ships going out to sea, of bread heading over the waters, to come back again.
So what are we to learn? Be generous. We are often tempted to think that we best provide for ourselves and our future by hoarding; Solomon says give it away. Give liberally in the knowledge that good will come of it, either now or in the future. |
Scotland’s newest street food collective is taking over a bar in the east end... And they'll be serving up tacos.
MASA are moving into the kitchen at The Gate through Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week – with sweet and savoury pairings and a frozen margarita menu to boot.
Straight from launching at Park Lane Market in Glasgow’s southside- where they sold over 200 tacos in three hours, MASA is the brainchild of experienced chef, Derek Park. Having worked his way up Glasgow’s leading restaurants including Crabshakk, Ox and Finch and most recently alongside Julie Lin MacLeod at Julie’s Kopitiam, Derek’s cooking style is centred around fresh flavours influenced by season.
Taking place between 12 pm until 10pm each day, the Taco Takeover is The Gate’s second guest kitchen residency, following on from a sold-out El Cartel pop-up in September during Glasgow Cocktail Week in partnership with World Class.
MASA - named after the dough that makes their tacos, is known for serving up punchy flavours in fresh, hand-pressed, authentic corn tortillas.
MASA chef, Derek Park said: "MASA is simply about tacos at their best; every flavour element has been well planned and prepared, served on the freshest possible tortillas. Our tacos are hand-pressed, vibrant and we can’t wait to takeover The Gate for our first East End pop-up!”
Alasdair Shaw, manager of The Gate said: “Our first takeover with El Cartel was a great success and totally sold out. We are very excited to have Del Park from MASA (or ‘Del Cartel’ as we like to call him) showing that Glasgow can also make some of the best tacos you will ever taste. Made in Glasgow and one of the most exciting pop-up in the city to launch this year, we can’t wait to collaborate with MASA next weekend.”
Located directly across from The Barrowland Ballroom, The Gate is dedicated to showcasing the best of Scottish hospitality and toasties, run by drinks veteran, Andy Gemmell.
Tables are very limited, for reservations, please email [email protected] to book your table. There will also be a limited number of walk-ins available during the three day pop-up.
Check out the event page on Facebook.
Here's the menu:
MASA Pop-Up Menu
Trout Ceviche / Grapefruit / Avocado Mojo
Elotes Charred Corn / Habanero Aïolli / Lime / Parmesan
- Cauliflower Al Pastor / Charred Pineapple / Avocado Mojo / Pickled Onion
- Baja Fish / Pico De Gallo / Butter Roasted Jalapenos / Zesty Crema
- Cerveza Negra Braised Brisket / Salsa Verde / Burnt Spring Onion Crema / Pickled Radish |
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Many employees have been in the position of applying for an internal position, only to see the job go to someone from outside the company. But the latest research research by a management professor at the Wharton school at the University of Pennsylvania could add insult to injury.
Matthew Bidwell has found that although outside hires receive a significantly lower performance evaluation in the first two years of their new job compared with internal workers who are promoted into similar jobs, they still earn considerably more, sometimes as much as 20 per cent more than internal hires in similar positions.
The spur for Prof Bidwell’s research has been the increased mobility of workers in recent years. In comparing the pay and performance of internal and external hires Prof Bidwell hopes to help employees understand more “about the consequences of their career decisions” and whether pursuing an internal promotion or perhaps looking for a job in another company is the way forward.
Prof Bidwell says that external hires take about two years to “get up to speed” because he suggests they need that amount of time to build networks and become effective in their new role. During this period he adds, external hires run a significant risk of failure if they do not perform as well as expected.
External hires also tend to have more experience and have better qualifications than internal hires adds Prof Bidwell which might well account for their higher remuneration.
“When you know less about the person you are hiring, you tend to be more rigorous about the things you can see,” he says. Education and experience can be seen on a CV and verified he adds, although the Prof Bidwell adds a note of caution.
“Education and experience are reasonably weak signals of how good somebody will be on the job.”
So faced with this research should employees forego their job security and look for a promotion to another company where they could hopefully earn significantly more, or should they try for an internal promotion?
Prof Bidwell advises employees that if they like where they are working, then they should stay there. Although staying put may mean less remuneration, an employee’s performance will be better and there will be more job security.
His paper Paying more to get less: the effect of external hiring versus internal mobility is published in Knowledge@Wharton.
● With women comprising 50 per cent of the workforce in some countries, attitudes to working women in the west have changed dramatically. However, intrigued by what they describe as a “resistance to the gender revolution in the workplace” a group of academics have looked at married male employees whose wives stay at home, what they describe as traditional marriages.
The academics wanted to discover how the attitudes of these men were similar to or different from those of male employees in modern marriages, ie men whose wives work full time.
Sreedhari Desai, an assistant professor of organisational behaviour at Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina, Dolly Chugh an assistant professor in the department of management and organisations at NYU Stern and Arthur Brief a professor in the department of management at the University of Utah questioned 718 married men, some whose wives were at home full time, some whose wives worked part time and also those whose wives worked full time.
They discovered that those men with traditional marriages were more likely to countenance behaviour and attitudes that were harmful to women in the workplace. From their findings the authors suggest that men in traditional marriages are more likely to consider companies that have women leaders to be relatively unattractive and are also more likely to deny qualified female employees opportunities for promotion. They are also more likely to view the presence of women in the workplace unfavourably and to see those companies with large numbers of female employees as working less smoothly.
The paper Marriage structure and resistance to the gender revolution in the workplace is published on the Social Science Research Network.
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Notes: Clanton anxious for return to health, racing
By Kevin KovacWorld of Outlaws Late Model Series
BARBERVILLE, Fla. — World of Outlaws Late Model Series regular Shane Clanton was credited with a pair of last-place finishes at Volusia Speedway Park — 29th on Thursday, 30th on Saturday — but not as a result of any bad racing luck at the DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH. | Complete Volusia coverage
Clanton, 34, of Locust Grove, Ga., traveled to the half-mile knowing his name would appear at the end of each evening's finishing order. Still recovering from a serious strep infection that materialized after he cut his left thumb in his team's race shop and forced him to spend a week in the hospital, Clanton had no choice but to simply enter each event and use emergency provisionals to gain entry to the features for points-chasing purposes.
It was a tough situation for Clanton, who could do nothing more than slowly circle the track during the pace laps in car of RSD Enterprises teammate Tony Knowles and quietly drive into the pits as the race began.
He was unable to race competitively because a PICC line remained in his left arm so he could receive IV bags filled with powerful antibiotics every eight hours in order to rid his bloodstream of the strep bacteria that had spread from his infected thumb.
"It's no fun being here and not racing," said Clanton, who will have to make an unprecedented rally to win the 2010 WoO title after leaving Volusia tied for 29th in the points standings, 112 points behind leader Brady Smith. "I wanted to step on the gas when I was out there, but I knew I couldn't."
Clanton said doctors hope to remove the PICC line from his arm next week if his recovery progresses on schedule.
Smith puts it all together
Before the start of Saturday night's WoO event at Volusia Speedway Park, Brady Smith stood by an Arizona Sports Shirts merchandise trailer behind the track's grandstand and talked about his winless 2009 season on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series and his hopes of ending the dry spell in 2010.
Several hours later, Smith's frustrating pursuit of his first checkered flag as a WoO regular was over. He dominated the tour's 50-lapper, rolling to a victory that clearly showed he's ready to be a title contender in his second series campaign on the road.
"We finally put a whole night together," said Smith, who scored three runner-up finishes (and lost one sure-fire win to a flat tire on the last lap) in 2009. "We swept the night — fast time, won our heat and won the feature. We had the Bloomquist car dialed in all night.
"Last year it seemed like we would qualify well and then not heat-race well, or not qualify well and then heat-race OK and start at the back of the feature. You have to be consistent all night if you want to race races against this kind of competition, so we sat and talked over the winter and got ourselves focused on putting whole nights together.
"That's something we did here the last two nights," added Smith, who won a heat and finished third in the season opener Thursday. "We qualified well enough to start on the front row of our heat both nights, and we were able to win both heats. That put us up front in the feature and we took advantage of it."
One year ago, of course, Smith got off to a disappointing start in the WoO lidlifter at Volusia, failing to qualify for Thursday's feature after a heat-race tangle sent him into the frontstretch wall. He rallied to finish second in the Saturday event, but he still left Florida in a major hole — 19th in the points standings, 71 points behind the leader — and never climbed higher than sixth in the rankings before settling for an eighth-place finish.
Now Smith, 32, of Solon Springs, Wis., is the WoO points leader for the first time in his career, and the possibilities for 2010 seem endless.
"It's pretty early to start thinking about points, but after the way we started out here last year it's a lot better to come out on top," said Smith, who sported a new sponsor, Michaletz Trucking of Owatonna, Minn., on his car's quarterpanels. "We'll just take it and keep working."
Francis looks to rebound
Steve Francis has some catching up to do in the WoO points standings after a 28th-place finish in Saturday's event at Volusia ended what he termed a "frustrating" season-opening trip to Georgia-Florida Speedweeks.
Back driving his own equipment after spending the last two seasons with Maryland car owner Dale Beitler, Francis managed just one top-five finish in 10 starts at three tracks in Georgia and Florida. His highlight was a fifth-place run (from the 19th starting spot) in Thursday's WoO feature at Volusia.
"This was not necessarily what we wanted to start with," said Francis, who parked his under-performing new Rocket car after a subpar UMP-sanctioned outing Wednesday night at Volusia and brought out a Rocket that he prepared for NASCAR star Ryan Newman's limited Dirt Late Model appearances last year. "Everybody worked hard, but sometimes things go right and sometimes they go wrong — and everything that could go wrong did go wrong this week. That's why they call it racing."
After a busted oil-pump belt eliminated Francis just three laps into Saturday's race, he headed out the pit gate mired in 15th in the points standings, 60 points behind leader Brady Smith.
"We'll go back and regroup," said Francis, who will marry Amanda Ferrell on Feb. 27. "I've left here in worse shape than this before." |
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Like people dont see the gun cases, gear coming in and out, stickers on cars/trucks and such. Flying the US Flag is a "guns here" give away.you might as well just plant a "Guns and Ammo Have a Home Here" lawn sign down by the curb for all to see.
Heck whats to stop ups drivers from keeping a list of ammo/gun deliveries and selling that info to shady friends or getting a piece of the take ?
Because Darwin???Not really that useful info by itself, yeah a gun owner lives there, so what? It also dramatically increases your chances (as a bad guy) of getting shot in the face.
I dunno about you but if I was thinking like a burglar, yeah, sure you "might be able to score guns" there, I get that part.... but if you just want to make money quickly why the
f*** would you choose a house where your odds of getting armed resistance are exponentially greater than some random house? That's kinda counterintuitive.
does not take a driver long to figure out where the boxes come from , especially from midwayI was more thinking a shooter may work at UPS and get some ideas about "losing" a box, I've known people that worked at UPS/FedEx and he would "lose" dell boxes all the time haha he also had a drug problem
I carry my long guns to the range in a guitar case. Neighbors think I am a musician!Like people don't see the gun cases, gear coming in and out, stickers on cars/trucks and such.
That is odd. Every package I order with discrete packaging comes shipped in an over-box...LOL!!!!!!! Where can I get one?
BTW, I once asked TSUSA for "discrete packaging"... nope. Factory ammo carton only. So much for checking that option.
Alot of us do the best we can to “conceal” things but eventually your nieghbors find out, see, told by others.I carry my long guns to the range in a guitar case. Neighbors think I am a musician!
Funny thing too: I get my neighbor's assorted gun magazines delivered to my house by mistake from time to time so I know which ones are armed just as they probably know that I am armed for the same reason (i.e., mis-delivered mail).
bitch, bitch, bitch
I don't see a problem. I see more Massachusetts deep thoughts.
Not everyone advertises their guns.Like people dont see the gun cases, gear coming in and out, stickers on cars/trucks and such. Flying the US Flag is a "guns here" give away.
Honestly thieves are gonna thieve ......yes keeping the "signs" at minimum is good practice but if your really worried you should have one of those secure drop boxes for your delivery or arrange to pick it up at ups depot. Heck whats to stop ups drivers from keeping a list of ammo/gun deliveries and selling that info to shady friends or getting a piece of the take ?
My USPS guy asked me if I ordered nails when a NES members shipped me a box of brass.I ordered 10'000 projectiles for Precision delta a few years back and was in the garage when the UPS guy showed up. They pack them two 1000's per box and are very heavy. The UPS guy said "watch out these are heavy" and I said "I wonder that they are.....I have no idea what my wife orders"! However, they did came in plain boxes with no marking. |
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There is a climate emergency. There are many ways of looking at this, from the big investments perspective (see also a Fed view), to human harms perspective (see also), to what it might cost to reverse these changes if they … Continue reading
I’ve been pretty hard on the Green New Deal. That’s partly because its proponents don’t seem to see that a transition to a new zero Carbon energy economy is inevitable. It’s opponents don’t see that either. It may not come … Continue reading
Plastic bag bans are all the rage. It’s not the purpose of this post to take a position on the matter. Before you do, however, I’d recommend checking out this: and especially this: (Note: My lovely wife, Claire, presents this … Continue reading
Another reason we need to stop developing: `If the cement industry were a country, it would be the third largest emitter in the world.’
Much of the focus on reducing Carbon Dioxide emissions is upon reduction and elimination of fossil fuels. Many do not realize that reducing emissions to zero also means offsetting emissions from agriculture, and especially curbing use of cement. Cement production … Continue reading
This is a reblog from Eli Rabett, one of the post “On Records”, with additional comments and material from the author-moderator of this blog, 667-per-cm.net: A distinguishing mark of a new record in a time series is that it exceeds … Continue reading
From Katharine Hayhoe, who I deeply respect, and from John Cook (*), scientists and the quantitative community have been scolded that the reason they don’t make headway with the public and the science denier community is because their explanations are too … Continue reading
The Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act (“GWSA”) requires that Massachusetts must limit its emissions in four important sectors to less than 80% of emissions in the year 1990 beginning in 2050, and its emissions must decrease year after year beginning … Continue reading
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(Revised and updated Monday, 24th October 2016.) Weapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O’Neil, published by Crown Random House, 2016. This is a thoughtful and very approachable introduction and review to the societal and personal consequences of data mining, data science, … Continue reading
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Amber Lin at The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists describes the two-headed character of natural gas plants needed to implement “natural gas as a bridge fuel”, and sketches the stark reality proponents of that argument are embracing if they are … Continue reading
The Journal of the American Statistical Association (“JASA”) has announced in this month’s Amstat News that effective 1st September 2016 “… will require code and data as a minimum standard for reproducibility of statistical scientific research.” Trends were heading this … Continue reading
I am increasingly thinking of myself as a solar revolutionary or, at least, a solar evangelist in the spirit of Hermann Scheer, whose advocacy for solar and renewable energy is as much a social revolution as it is a technological … Continue reading
This is a video and link from The Rocky Mountain Institute about New York State’s Reforming the Energy Visions or “REV”. I have written about REV before.
(There was a glitch in the original link of this video, leaving it about 11 minutes long. The full hour and 10 minutes is now available.) Karl Rabago is an expert on the value of renewable energy. This talk examines … Continue reading
In a December 2015 article in Forbes, William Pentland seeks to answer the question “What is so revolutionary about Germany’s Energiewende?” Mr Pentland begins: Germany’s energy revolution has become the perennial punching bag of American energy policy. In particular, American … Continue reading
Read it and weep, Carbon Worshippers. Facts are, with so much cheap solar electricity around, even if its supply is uneven in any particular locale, (a) the energy storage business will have big incentives to roll out, and roll out … Continue reading
Commonwealth Edison is reinventing itself as a smart energy platform, amidst New York State’s reforming the energy vision (“REV”) initiative.
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“This solar future is inevitable — the key question is how long it will take” (David Roberts, of VOX)
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Twila Moon, University of Oregon, and, soon, University of Bristol, “Face to face with climate change, in Greenland”. Her research concerns ice interface dynamics, principally concerning glaciers.
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Like Sankey diagrams, causal diagrams are a useful tool to assess and communicate complicated systems and their intrarelationships: It’s possible to use these for analysis and prescription: Here is the (promised) presentation on reenforcing loops: So how can these techniques … Continue reading
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YCIS-BJ parents say ‘yes’ to ice cream and t-shirts – and that’s not all
This year’s annual teacher appreciation breakfast was not the usual foodie event due to campus entrance restrictions. However, thanks to our Parent Organization (PO), teachers and staff were treated to some multicoloured cupcakes along with hot beverages.
This organization has worked tirelessly to create a friendly communal atmosphere at school through various events such as the teacher appreciation breakfast, the Christmas bazaar and various parent workshops on and off campus. This has not only helped foster relationships between new and current parents but also contributed significantly to our community at large. It has been pivotal in fostering our school values and philosophy.
Described by Jenny Chu, PO Co-President, as “a volunteer service group”, the organization has received interest from a diverse group of parents who meet on the first Wednesday of each month. Among some of the topics discussed during these meets are student wellbeing, school events and any parent concerns.
According to Ms Chu, “Knowing what’s happening in school… gives parents more confidence in their decision to have their children study at YCIS.”
Headed by Co-Presidents Jenny Chu and Eike Weterholt, two parents who have a combined 14-year relationship with the school, the parent organization seeks to replicate the school’s leadership style that embraces both Western and Chinese cultures.
Although 2020 has been a special year, the Parent Organization is still committed to serving our school’s community and providing support, which is why they are currently recruiting for parent representative positions. According to Ms Chu, these roles will be specific to year levels in order to provide tailored assistance. In addition, these representatives will also be providing support for upcoming school events such as our Founder’s Day, which is in conjunction with the YCIS Beijing 25th Anniversary celebration.
For this Founder’s Day, the organization will be printing special edition House t-shirts and hoodies to mark the milestone. The tradition of distributing ice cream to students will continue. Despite all the limitations the PO is determined to push ahead and find “alternative solutions”. |
What does your business do? How does it do it? How is it different from other companies? Your Company was formed with a Vision and if you are unable to share that vision with anyone else, you have a serious problem. Let’s think for a minute why a company vision statement is so important to the fundamental success of a company. First, your employees, vendors, design team, will all need to share your vision to duplicate it, create it and broadcast it to your clients. Then secondly, your clients will need to take stock in your vision because, there is nothing better than a satisfied customer that shares their good experience with their friends and family. That’s how you make yourself a reputation over time. Can you explain your Company Vision in 2 sentences right now? If you can’t, maybe it’s time to start working on it. If it’s any longer or more sophisticated than 2 sentences, then who will ever understand you? How about an example? Here is an example of a poor and great vision statement for a towing company:
Poor example: We tow and impound vehicles.
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Let’s wow your clients and get referrals. Remember don’t be afraid to revisit it daily and make adjustments until you find exactly the best way to say it. Make it memorable and be able to deliver it on command, in an elevator, in a meeting, at lunch when meeting someone for the first time. Everyone is curious to know what everyone else does with their life and in business and if yours sounds simple enough and interesting enough, others will take interest and that is the name of the game. You will become what you invent.
Once your vision is understood, allow your network to help you. People are smart and some will surprise you. So long as you have taken the time to broadcast the right message, you will receive back what you are looking for in referrals, clients and opportunities. Without it, you are a sitting duck but with it, you armed and dangerous; ready to meet the world and carve out your companies niche! Best of luck for you. Please feel free to contact us here at the Web Squad. We can help you carve out that perfect Vision Statement. For us, your vision statement is the starting point to building your logo and a logo then turns into a business card. A business card then starts a website design, and a website broadcasts a message. That is what we are here to help you do; broadcast your message to the world… So start today, revisit your company vision and ask yourself, does it ring true? If not, make it so!!! |
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AccessIT Hires Advertising Industry Veteran to Lead Advertising and Creative Services Division
Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. ("AccessIT") (NASDAQ:AIXD) today announced that advertising industry veteran, Bill McGlamery will become President & Chief Operating Officer of the company’s Advertising and Creative Services Division, formerly UniqueScreen Media. As the founder and owner of Cinema Screen Media, Mr. McGlamery grew that company into one of the largest and most successful privately owned cinema advertising companies in the United States serving clients such as Regal Cinemas, Marcus Theatres and many others. Prior to Cinema Screen Media, he spent many years in the broadcast media industry, managing the general business operations and sales’ staffs of a number of successful radio stations. Mr. McGlamery will officially join AccessIT on May 1.
“We are thrilled to have Bill McGlamery joining our AccessIT team,” said Chuck Goldwater, President of AccessIT’s Media Services Group. “Bill’s experience and his strong relationships in the exhibition industry and the cinema advertising world will enable him to continue to grow this important division for AccessIT.”
“I’m excited to become a part of a growing and dynamic company like AccessIT,” said Bill McGlamery. “As president of the Advertising and Creative Services Division, I look forward to growing the number of screens we serve and to fully integrating digital advertising content with digital movies on feature quality digital cinema systems.”
AccessIT’s Advertising and Creative Services Division became a part of AccessIT in July, 2006. Formerly UniqueScreen Media, the division provides cinema advertising to more than 3500 theatres/screens across the United States. The entity has always been a technology leader in cinema advertising solutions and will continue to be by providing the first viable solution to the industry for integrated pre-show and feature content on digital systems designed to conform to the DCI Technical Specification.
The current president, Bob Martin, will retire from the company at the end of May. He has led the company since 2003. |
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NOTE: All “Digital Display Tables” are saved as a single image that leads to the website provided on your application. Individual images DO NOT link to separate web pages. Also note that these are non-existant business used for example purposes.
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Currently searching for vendors for the 2020 NWI Monster-Con (Online Virtual Convention) on October 2-4, 2020.
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak we are currently unable to safely host an in-person event. But when one door closes another opens as we are taking this inaugural event online.
Note: This Online Convention is FREE to attend. This website will remain open online after the event ends and we will continue to promote all vendors until the end of October.
Vendor Registration will remain open from August 22, 2020 through September 12, 2020. All Digital Display Tables will be $10.00 each. Registration will officially close on 9/12/20. Once invoices are paid and images are collected - we will start promoting participation via social media, email campaigns, digital advertising, radio spots and more. Each vendors digital display tables will also be added to the website by category (ie: Horror,Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Etc.) but this will not be visible to the public until October 2, 2020
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
I see that online vendor space for the 2020 NWI Monster-Con is $10 per person/business. Why the $10 fee for an online event?
The $10 fee helps pay for the website design and advertising/marketing materials needed to help promote this event. The more vendors that participate the larger our event marketing budget grows. Driving traffic to the 2020 NWI Monster-Con is a large part of a successful event for everyone involved.
I don’t have a website, a eBay store or any social media accounts, can I still be a vendor?
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I am a comic book artist / pop culture themed crafter but I only have superheroes and fan art - no artwork or items related to Horror, Sci-Fi, or Fantasy (ie: Monsters, Aliens, Dragons, etc.) Can I still be a vendor at this event?
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Huddersfield Giants caretaker coach Chris Thorman was delighted but also disappointed as his patched-together side took a Super League point with a 22-22 draw against reigning champions Leeds Rhinos.
The 37-year-old stepped up after former Newcastle Knights coach Rick Stone was sacked as Giants head coach on Tuesday and his first selection, lacking seven senior players and including two teenage debutants in Sam Hewitt and Louis Senior, produced a battling display.
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Thorman and the Giants face a big battle on Monday when they travel to Catalans Dragons, and their numbers could be further depleted as Ireland international second rower Ollie Roberts has suffered a recurrence of the foot injury that kept him out of the heavy defeat at Wigan Warriors.
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Rhinos caoch Brian McDermott was equally impressed by the resolve shown by the Giants.
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So that's the UK back into lock down, not that it makes much difference to the likes of me who have been under self imposed lock down since March. It's probably just as well as over the last month my underlining illness has given me a real kicking and it's been an effort just to get through the day let alone do anything creative. Having said that I did get a little done on my model Panzer IV so for those of you who didn't believe I was building a Maybach HL120 engine in my garage here's a few pics.
Seriously though, and I know I've said it before, modelling is an excellent therapy for those of us who suffer with a debilitating illness. Be it physical, mental or a combination of both. It doesn't matter how good you are at it, it's more the way the process of building something stimulates your mind and gets the cogs turning again. Two/three weeks ago I barely knew my name, but over time doing a little on this day by day helped me get back to normal. Or as near as I'm going to get.
On another note I recently discovered one of my great, great grandmothers Christmas cake recipe's. This came about when I was reading one of my grandmothers journals and found it under the heading Grandmothers Christmas Cake Recipe. Unfortunately gran doesn't say which of her grandmothers this belongs to. I know from my research into our family tree one was a crofter from the Isle of Mull where as the other was a Cook on the Wynyard Estate near Hartlepool. I tend to lean toward the latter.
To cut a long story short I thought it might be nice to resurrect the recipe for Christmas 2020. I did speak to my own mother first which was just as well as she said she'd made it in the past and if I followed the instructions to the letter things didn't turn out so well. In part this was because the recipe was originally based on using an old fashioned range (we think it dates to around the mid 19th Century) and my grandmother had tried to alter it to more modern settings for gas and electric. Also tastes have changed over the years as have the way spices such as Nutmeg can be sourced. Back in the 19th Century they were in their raw state and had to be prepared and ground down. Nowadays we buy them from the supermarket in a ready to use state. In many ways this simple recipe was a small window back in time as to how things once were.
Having taken on board my mothers recommendations I set about baking the cake keeping as many of the original ingredients as possible. Remarkably (and nobody was more surprised than me) it turned out quite well. Certainly it smells good and rose perfectly. It's wrapped in foil now and sealed away in a tin whilst your's truly learns the vagrancies of Royal Icing.
Anyway now that my head is back in gear it's time to do some more writing and try and finish my current WIP before things go south again. Hopefully I will add another short story here soon. |
Tony Kart has presented its new chassis for 2019: Racer 401R, Krypton 801R and Rookie EV.
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For more information, contact the Australian importer/distributor – Tony Kart Australia.
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Important information to know prior to withdrawing from your course(s):
- Withdrawing from ALL of your course(s) can affect your health and dental insurance coverage. Additional details can be obtained by contacting the International Health Insurance Office (for international students) and SSMU (for Canadian and Quebec students).
- Withdrawing from your course(s) may impact your scholarships and student aid. To obtain further clarification, please contact the Scholarships and Student Aid Office.
- For international students, withdrawing from your course(s) can have consequences on your status in Canada. For additional information, please contact International Student Services.
Are you eligible for a late course withdrawal?
A) Late course withdrawals are meant to help students who are severely ill or dealing with unforeseeable, significant extenuating circumstances that prevented them from withdrawing by the posted deadline.
- Provided these circumstances do not apply to you, do not submit a late course withdrawal request.
B) You are not eligible for a late course withdrawal if the following applies to you:
- You are concerned about getting a poor grade in the course.
- You were unaware you were enrolled in the course.
- You require an absence for social activities, leisure events, or for pre-arranged holidays/vacations, including overseas travel.
- You are not/ no longer eligible to take this course as part of your academic program.
- You have a minor illness, or are experiencing minor personal matters (unless you were not in a position to complete your coursework for more than just a few days).
C) Please do not request a late course withdrawal if the following applies to you:
- You have already written the final exam for the course.
- You have received a final course grade (other than K, J, L, or NR).
If you have determined that you are not eligible for a late course withdrawal, please contact your Academic Advising office to discuss future degree planning and your academic trajectory.
Five things you need to consider prior to submitting your request
- You will need to provide adequate supporting documentation. Note that your request may not be granted, even with supporting documentation.
- In the case of a flare-up of a chronic condition, the note from your health practitioner will need to specify that they observed the flare-up and the date(s) during which you were not in a position to complete your coursework. Note: a diagnosed anxiety disorder is considered to be a chronic issue. However, if your note simply states anxiety, this is considered to be an incidental illness.
- If you have requested late course withdrawals or deferred exams in the past, future requests will be reviewed more stringently and are unlikely to be approved. We will need to see evidence that you have taken measures to manage your condition and your course load to avoid relying on late course withdrawals.
- If you are selectively asking to drop only one, or a select few, of the total number of courses in which you are enrolled in the term, your explanation and supporting documents must explain why you are able to complete some courses, but not others.
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Fall: January 10
Winter: May 10
Summer: September 15
How to submit your late course withdrawal request
To submit your request you must ensure you have the following:
- Your concise (max 450 words) statement.
- Your statement should explain why you missed the course withdrawal deadline, why you are requesting a late course withdrawal, and the measures you took to avoid relying on a late course withdrawal, such as support services or resources you used, reduction in course-load, etc. Please ensure to address any of the 5 considerations above if they apply to you.
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- Supporting documents must be sent as soon as you have submitted your request (e.g. medical certificate, hospital records, accident/police reports).
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- Indicates your full name (and McGill ID#, where applicable).
- Be from a healthcare practitioner licensed to work in Canada who has observed and diagnosed your condition.
Note for Fall 2020 and Winter 2021 late course withdrawals: medical notes issued from health practitioners licensed outside of Canada will be accepted
- Indicates the health practitioner’s name, title, address, license #, and signature.
- Indicates the date the practitioner consulted with you and on which they observed your symptoms. Specifies your inability to attend or to complete your course(s), including: The date(s) on which you were unable to complete your coursework. The date on which you’ll be able to resume your studies (ie. the prognosis for your return to health)
- Is in English or French (translations must be from certified translators)
The following is a list of registered and licensed health practitioners deemed acceptable:
- A Psychologist, Psychotherapist, or Social Worker
- A Physician, Psychiatrist or Surgeon
- A Nurse or Nurse Practitioner
- A health professional from the McGill Student Wellness Hub
3. Tuition and fee refunds will only be considered where this has been explicitly requested, and in exceptionally limited circumstances. Consideration may include but not be limited to the following: evidence as to when you stopped attending class and that you did not complete course work or exams after that date; and evidence that your circumstances were unforeseeable and beyond your control.
Decision Timeline and Understanding Your Decision
You will be notified of the outcome of that review within two weeks. We are not able to guarantee a response by a certain date. For example, if you submit a late course withdrawal request on April 13 for a course with a final exam scheduled on April 18, we cannot guarantee that you will get a response to your request before April 18.
If your request is approved, the course in question will show a grade of “W” on your transcript. Tuition and fees charged for that course are not refunded in the context of late course withdrawals, except in exceptional circumstances, unforeseeable and beyond your control.
If your request is refused, you may make a written request to have the decision reviewed by the Decision Review Committee, consisting of . Director of Service Point, the Registrar and Executive Director of Enrolment Services and either the Associate Dean (Arts OASIS) or the Director of Advising (Science SOUSA) . The Decision Review Committee will review the original request and any additional information or supporting documentation. The committee will only review documentation and written statements; requests to present verbal statements or arguments in-person will not be granted. Decisions made by this committee are final.
How to request a Decision Review
- Submit your written request no later than 5 business days after the refusal of your initial request.
- Write a concise (max 500 words) statement explaining why you are requesting a decision review, and what new and relevant information you are sharing to support your request. This could include details such as:
- The specific measures you took during the semester to avoid relying on late course withdrawals, including support services or resources you used, reduction in course-load, etc.
- If relevant, an explanation of why your documentation was not complete or specific for your initial request.
- Email your statement – including PDF-formatted supporting documents - to servicepoint [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Decision%20Review%3A%20Late%20Course%20Change) from your McGill email account, ensuring that the subject line reads “Decision Review: Late Course Withdrawal. |
Three wins separate the Bulldogs from a national championship.
The No. 2 men’s squash team (13–1, 6–0 Ivy), which won the Ivy League championship two weeks ago, will face No. 7 Dartmouth (10–6, 2–4) in the first round of the Potter Cup in Cambridge, Mass. Should they win, the Elis will face either No. 3 Princeton (10–2, 5–1) or No. 6 Harvard (7–5, 3–3). In the final, Yale would most likely run into longtime rival No. 1 Trinity (17–0), which has won the CSA championship for the last 12 consecutive seasons and 239 straight matches.
“It’s the biggest prize in college squash,” captain Naishadh Lalwani ’11 said. “This weekend is a chance for us to prove that we are the best team in the country and everyone is very excited by the opportunity.”
In the first round of action, Yale will take on the Big Green, who have won only a third of their contests against Ancient Eight opponents.
The Bulldogs defeated Dartmouth 7–2 early in January. One of the Bulldogs’ two losses in that match was a default by Yale’s No. 1 Hywel Robinson ’13 who withdrew with a leg injury; Robinson will, however, be healthy entering into this weekend’s contests.
“It’s the national championships,” Robinson said. “These are the top eight teams in the country. Every team is a great team. We have to play as hard as we can if we want to progress.”
If the Bulldogs win their first-round match, they will play either Princeton or Harvard. Yale defeated both teams earlier in the season, but with varying difficulty. The Elis beat Harvard 7–2, but barely edged out Princeton 5–4.
Although Harvard has the home-court advantage, Princeton is still the favorite going into its Friday matchup as the Tigers easily defeated Harvard earlier in the year, 7–2.
A semifinal match between Yale and Princeton would be a repeat of the thrilling 5–4 contest three weeks ago that came down to one final match at the No. 4 position to determine the Ivy League champion.
In that contest, Lalwani battled past his Princeton opponent, Peter Sopher, after dropping the opening game, 11–8. He crawled his way back into the match in the second set and took command in the third and fourth games.
“Princeton’s going to be really tough,” Lalwani admitted. “It’s always hard to beat a team for a second time when the first one was so close.”
The Bantams are undefeated this season and were unchallenged by Yale when the two teams played earlier this year. Trinity brushed aside the Bulldogs in a straightforward 7–2 victory. The most matches the Bantams have dropped against any team this season is three. Cornell, Princeton, Harvard and Rochester were the teams that accomplished that feat.
“The focus is on Dartmouth and Princeton right now, and we will think about Trinity if we get there,” Lalwani said. “To beat Trinity anywhere would be very special, but it would be perfect if we managed to do it in the national final.”
Play begins on Friday at 11 a.m. in Cambridge. |
RETAIL BUTCHERS' RELIANCE UPON LIGHT VANS.
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Where the Light Transport Vehicle Scores. The Experience of Lancashire Users.
ALTHOTJGH the road motor is employed on an enormous scale by importers and distributors of meat, many of whose transport activities we have dealt with from time to time, the occasions are comparatively few when one has the opportunity of reviewing the operations of the more humble fleets of retailers. The reason for this is, no doubt, the fact that the retailer's motor is more of a runabout machine, which does not work to any definite system, but simply adapts itself to hour-to-hour exigencies. Its first job each day might be to rim supplies from the nearest abattoir to the shop, afterwards delivering meat purchases to customers, and making itself generally ,useful.
Meat traders, as is, perhaps, well known, are organised into local associations, and the writer knows of one district where, at intervals, two of the officials of the association use their cars for visiting other members of the association with a view to collecting their subscriptions or for canvassing new members. For this itinerary of the trade a sleek day is selected. The business bodies are taken off the chassis and passenger-carrying bodies are substituted. In some parts of the country dual types of car are held much in favour by retailing butchers.
Vehicles with van bodies are preferred to the open lorry for reasons that are obvious. In the early part of this year the Ministry of Health issued regulations, which came into force on May 1st, for the protection of meat supplies from .contamination, and, inter aim, it advised precautions in the handling of meat in transit, expressly forbidding tlA dumping of meat from raptor lorries on to the ground, etc. Enclosed vans are essential to retailers, for when open lorries are employed, no matter how well the load may be sheeted, it is extremely difficult completely to prevent dirt and dust penetrating the coverings.
The prime consideration in the construction of meat retailers' vans is that they should be as free as possible from corners and grooved boards, so as to leave no places where dirt and grease might lodge.. Furthermore, the interior should be faced and finished off in such a manner that it may be kept clean with a minimum of difficulty.
The writer has discussed with many retail butchers the advantages of the small motor, and their views show a strange unanimity. The reason why more motors are not employed by retailers is that each shop usually has its own clientele within a particularly restricted area. Thus it is an easy matter for the retailer to clear his orders expeditiously with the aid of a boy carry-fl ing a basket. Some traders have developed a substantial family trade, others a wholesale as well as a retail trade, another class conducts business from seaside towns and has, perhaps, a shipping connection, whilst a fourth section combines with retailing the manufacture and distribution of cookedmeat preparations. This, then, is the background against which the retailers' vehicles assert their usefulness.
In important cities like Liverpool and Manchester there have sprung up, during the past three or four years, groups of firms concentrating on the supply of cooked-meat preparations. Their motors, which work from the home base, take out supplies each day, and a salesman is employed on commission to sell where he can.
We were told by an official of one company in the Liverpool district that each of their two motors works a different district every day—anywhere within a radius of 20 miles. The salesman is paid on results, with a minimum weekly wage, and there is thus every inducement for him to dispose of the maximum amount of supplies. Business is done on the cash on delivery basis.
Nearly all the vehicles employed in this class of business—and Fords seem to predominate—are of 1-ton capacitY. When the vehicles are loaded up in the morning a complete inventory is made of the load, every item being weighed and priced. On the return of the vehicle after the day's work the stock list of the driver is checked and he returns unSold produce, which might be hams, sausages, brawn, etc., together with the amount of cash he has collected.
A short time ago a representative of this journal had an interview with a member of the firm of Messrs. J. S. Brown and Sons, of Cateaton Street, Manchester, who operate two MorrisCowley. vans. Both these vehicles have been in service for only a comparatively short time, although the .firm has had motors in service for the last few years. The first .Morris-Cowley was purchased nearly two years ago and the second some three months later. The bodies are quite devoid of interior fittings, as it is felt that when loads such as carcases of sheep and mutton and quarters of beef are transported, shelving, etc., would be• a hindranee.
Although many van bodies have the driver's seat partitioned off from the loading space, those of Messrs. Brown have been so built as to give accessibility to the load from the front end and, there is, therefore, direct communication from the cab into the body. The bodies have well bottoms, so that loads above average weight can sometimes be carried. A false floor is fitted, which gives a platform on a level with the wheel arches, and below this spare parts, tools. etc., are housed.
Messrs. Brown do not use their motors for picking up supplies from the local abattoir for the reason that these vehicles are not allowed inside this buildingThe market authorities enforce this restriction because they suspect that the discharge of exhaust gases from the motors would have a deleterious effect upon meat hanging for sale. Messrs. Brown employ horsed vehicles for this work, as these have free access ta the meat market. Another element that rather encourages the employment of horsed transport for this work is the congestion and the inevitable delay that occurs in the area of the meat market. The same condition applies in the Liverpool meat markets, and on a Monday morning especially Gill Street and Trowbridge Street are literally jammed with traffic—horsed vehicles, light vans, petrol and steam lorries—in fact, every type of motor employed in the trade. Messrs. Brown's Morris-Cowley vans carry an average load of 4 cwt., although. at busy times as much as 8 cwt. is transported, this being accepted as a very maximum weight.
Working every day over an area of 15 miles from the firm's headquarters, the motors cover an average daily mileage of from 30 to 40_ The motorvans deliver in the outside districts, horsed vehicles being found more serviceable for the purely local work within threequarters of a mile from the shop. The busiest time of the day is, of course, the morning, when the housewife looks forward to receiving her joint for the day's dinner. Not only that, but cafés and restaurants have to be supplied. It is not possible, as a general rule, to work to any definite system, and orders' are sent out as expeditiously as the motors are able to deal with them. Another element that somewhat debars adherence to a rigid system of operation is the fact that orders are very often received by telephone.
In our interviews with retail butchers
it has been difficult to locate any that keep careful records of costs. Most of them consider that it is better to keep the motorvans busy dealing with orders than to trouble about costings. "After all," one butcher pointed out to the writer, "I am in business to sell as much meat as I possibly can, and if it pays my competitors to run motors, surely it will pay me."
In conclusion, it remains to be said that in every meat market a number of motor haulage contractors has developed connections with retailers for the delivery of purchases of meat made on the wholesale markets to traders' shops. A charge of so much per carcase is made for delivery. Provision merchants also charge for the delivery of such lines as casings, hams and other butchers' supplies. , With a well-established business, items for cartage and delivery amount to a substantial figure in the course of a month. That, no doubt, is one of the reasons which has impelled many retailers to acquire their own transport. |
Goddess Lena is the sort of person who loves to torture people who deserve it. She is so good at it that her friend wanted her help with it. She asked her friend to bring her thieving employee to her and she used her smoking fetish to torture him. The mistresses used him as a human ashtray. He was in a lot of pain and he learned never to steal again.
Mistress Tiffany is the sort of person who does not like people messing with her. She does not mess with them and she expects them to reciprocate. And that is why when her neighbor messed with her, she had to show him that she was not a pushover. She took him to the woods and she used him as her human ashtray. He had to endure the pain inflicted by her cigarette and her boots.
Mistress Claudia has a fetish for cigarettes. She loves to smoke and besides the satisfaction she gets from it, it is a good way for her to flirt with guys. She can do a lot of things to and with the cigarette and get guys turned on. She can pretend she is sucking it and she can also pretend she is licking among other things she can do to it.
Mistress Gaia is the kind of person who likes to dominate. This guy did not know her well but he was drawn to her beauty. He approached her when she was busy and she did not take it kindly. So she used her smoke and her heels to dominate him. She wanted him to learn never to interrupt someone who was busy and especially one who had hinted that she was busy.
Lady Minu was an uptight girl until a few days ago. She chose to change and she wanted to try some of the things she had shunned in the past. Today she wanted to try smoking girls fetish so she got out her smoke and she tried puffing away. She choked herself a few times but the more she continued the more she got the hang of it and she had fun.
This guy had a small dick and he had the audacity to want to fuck mistress Cama. When she saw his dick, she laughed out loud and she punished him for wanting to tease her pussy and leave it unsatisfied. Mistress Cama used her cigarette to humiliate and to torture him. The mistress tied him down so as to do what she wanted to do to him without any disturbance.
Lady Stefanie got into the kind of business where you needed to project strength to survive. She knew she had to be tough to make it and as she thought about what to do to get the image of someone strong, she realized cigarette could do that for her. And that is how she got into vaping. Lady Stefanie does not do it to look sexy like other mistresses, but she does it to project an image of strength and ruthlessness.
This mistress was bored and she wanted to have a little bit of fun. She loves to choose something at random and then has fun with it. She chose smoking girls fetish today and she went ahead to have fun with her cigarette as well as with a loser she lured specifically for that purpose. She played with herself while smoking and she turned the guy on. She then teased and denied him.
Mistress Tiffany was tired and she wanted to gather her thoughts. She had had a long day and she had an equally long day the following day. She wanted to make sense of all that had happened and then plan for the following day. She did it by enjoying her cigarette in silence. Her cigarette comes in handy in such situations and it did not disappoint again today as she smoked.
Princess Jasmin was not pleased with what she had seen from her slave. She was pissed at him and she wanted him to learn his lesson the hard way. She was not going to forgive him as she had done enough of that and was not ready to do it again. She instead took out her cigarette, lit it and she used it to humiliate him and teach him a lesson. |
Global Business Magazine (August 2017) – Right now, thousands of moving trucks are crisscrossing the country, hauling furniture and other belongings to new locations. Summer means making “the move” for many single professionals, couples, and families, so they have the time to get used to their new homes before the job and/or school year starts. During that all-too-critical time when new movers are actively searching for new go-to restaurants, grocery stores, dry cleaners, hair salons, etc., what’s the best way for local businesses to reach them first in ways that cultivate long-term relationships?
Believe it or not, the answer lies in the mailbox, not the inbox – valuable gift certificates presented to new residents in Our Town America’s warm, personalized new mover welcoming package.
And no, this isn’t your standard, “spray and pray” direct mail coupon campaign. Our Town America, the nation’s fastest growing new mover marketing franchise, has consistently evolved the coupon since its inception in 1972 – turning coupons into targeted, trackable, valuable gift certificate gold for thousands of local sponsors across the country.
Not to trash coupons, because 2017 marks the 130th anniversary of the paper coupon. (Coca-Cola issued the first product coupon in 1887 for a free glass of Coke. The success of THAT coupon now spans generations.) In fact, at least 90% of Americans, from every demographic, use them to save billions every year.
Our Town America, headquartered in Pinellas Park, FL., is also celebrating a significant milestone: it’s 45th year in business, partnering with local companies to create deals exclusively for new residents with trackable gift certificates that generate exponentially higher response rates than the average direct mail couponing campaign.
“Our gift certificates outperform ‘spray and pray’ coupon programs because we’re reaching people when they’re actively searching for new local businesses,” says CEO Michael Plummer, Jr. “Put simply, our gift certificates have changed the game for the ‘couponing’ industry because we help local businesses deliver valuable, often completely free, offers to new movers as soon as they get to town. I’m proud to say that our ability to evolve the concept of ‘coupons’ into highly targeted and results-driven gift certificates has been the key catalyst to our 45 years of success.”
Plummer says there has been a great response to their “45th Anniversary Edition” welcome package envelope and gift certificates. The distinctive rich packaging seems to beg the recipient to open it first…and recent company growth suggests it’s working. Our Town America generated nearly $9 Million in revenues last year and expects to grow another 6% in 2017. The tremendous growth can be attributed to an average customer response rate of 16% in some industries, such as pizza. That’s more than 3 times the average response rate generated by coupon companies like Valpak.
Dick McKean is one of the thousands of local sponsors nationwide who is a firm believer in the Our Town America program. He’s the executive manager of Lake Norman Infiniti in Cornelius, N.C., about 20 miles north of Charlotte. The suburb has boomed with new residents. In 1990, there were just 2,581 people living in Cornelius. Today, there are more than 28,000.
In a recent article, McKean credits Our Town America with getting those new residents in the doors of his dealership, and has kept them coming back, by using the service to send gift certificates offering discounts on service costs, as well as free oil changes, and no cost alignments.
“For what we’re paying, this is the best return rate we’ve gotten,” says McKean. “And Our Town America doesn’t just bring customers in trying to score a one-off deal like other couponing companies. We’re really starting to see customers return, which is important.”
Michael Plummer says this is just another example of how Our Town America can help any business, ranging from restaurants to retailers to fitness centers and beyond, attract new customers while building brand loyalty. Using target programming to focus in on specific prospective clients, those businesses can get more bang for their buck, rather than wasting efforts on a more broad- based approach.
“Most coupon companies offer a shotgun approach,” says Plummer. “We’re more of a rifle.”
Our Town America is also rapidly expanding its franchising footprint. Since 2005, the company has grown to 54 franchises in 27 states, and has been consistently honored as a “Top 50 Franchise by Franchise Business Review, recently becoming a charter member of the FBR Hall of Fame. The company’s consistent and sustainable growth has created a need for expanded support at the corporate office. To make room for the 35 new employees they’re hiring in the Tampa area this year, Plummer is moving the Our Town America staff to a brand new 44,000 square-foot office.
Our Town America’s franchisees are impressed – pointing to Plummer’s leadership, the company’s excellent training, and the consistent hands-on support all franchisees receive.
But no matter the stratospheric growth, and lofty plans for the future, Plummer is adamant about staying true to the ideals of his father, Michael Plummer, Sr., company founder, who passed away in 2009.
“We’re evolving with the times while staying true to our core value proposition – helping new movers across the nation get settled and develop long-term relationships with local businesses,” says Plummer. “In today’s increasingly technical world, people aren’t truly connecting with neighbors and local business owners in meaningful ways. Our ability to fill that void will be the key to our next 45 years of growth and success!”
Since it’s 1972 inception, Our Town America’s mission has been assisting new movers adjusting to their community, helping businesses gain new and loyal customers and providing franchisees with an excellent opportunity. The eight million households who receive Our Town America’s welcome packages each year prove that Our Town America is committed to following through on that mission statement.
Things look good for the future of coupons/direct mail as well, as a recent study suggests 88% of all consumers (and 91% of millennials) use paper coupons and 30% of coupon users have recently increased their use of paper coupons. And no company is better positioned to capitalize than Our Town America – the company that has evolved coupons into tech-savvy, targeted and memorable gift certificates that fit beautifully with modern day new mover needs and expectations.
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Unilever, Agventure and SNV sign unique agreement
Kenyan farmers adopt conservation agriculture to double canola oil production in 2017
NAIROBI, 22nd February 2017 - Unilever East Africa, Agventure Ltd. and SNV Netherlands Development Organisation have today signed a Memorandum of Agreement formalising a venture that aims to double canola oil production in Kenya by the end of 2017 via contract farming arrangements. The agreement involves technical assistance to local farmers and a financial investment of KES 23 Million split among the three partners.
Canola, also known as rapeseed, is growing in popularity in Kenya. As a rotation crop it has numerous benefits for the soil and the farmers. It is a break with the past from traditional to conservation farming and as such, significantly reduces erosion, improves water retention and leads to fewer weeds, pests and diseases. The farmers’ risks are more diversified compared to planting mono-crops and it increases their climate resilience. An approach that will result in higher yields and returns as well as reduced labour, fertiliser and pesticide costs.
Speaking during the MoA signing, Unilever East Africa MD Justin Apsey lauded the partnership sighting that it went hand in hand with Unilever’s Sustainability commitment towards reducing environmental impact and improving local farmer livelihoods.
“Sustainable farming methods have the potential to increase yields considerably, mitigate the effects of climate change and provide economic and social benefits to farmers, their families, and the surrounding communities. Participating local farmers will benefit from and contribute to economic development and sustainable farming practices in Kenya.”
Unilever purchases around 2% of the world’s supply of sunflower and canola oils, touted as one of the healthiest edible oils and the 7,000 MT peak demand in Kenya is a perfect trigger to establish a sustainable local sourcing model.
On its part SNV, through a programme dubbed HortIMPACT, combines the expertise of the private sector with market based solutions to build sustainable and competitive agriculture markets in Kenya. As part of the agreement, SNV will work with Agventure, a local cooperative of large enterprise farmers that started growing canola and producing canola oil since 2010. Together they will scale up the number of local farmers and train them on approaches of conservation agriculture to make them more productive, profitable and resilient to climate change.
Ambassador Frans Makken of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was present during the signing. The Dutch Embassy is funding SNV’s five year HortIMPACT programme and considers the agreement an excellent example of the combination trade and development cooperation which forms the core of Dutch development cooperation policy.
The agreement foresees that a total of 500 local farmers will be trained resulting in doubling the annual supply of locally sourced canola oil for Unilever to at least 3,000 MT by the end of 2017.
Tom Derksen, MD Agriculture and Energy at SNV said; “This business case is the start of a wider Conservation Agriculture Revolution for farmers. It is an excellent example of how SNV works at the producer level, the company supply chain level and across the wider landscape to deliver livelihood benefits for the poor and sustainable development at scale. It shows agriculture can in fact become more climate resilient and at the same time boost local farmer’s profits.”
For more information please contact:
- Patrick Muchiri, Public Relations Officer Unilever, East Africa
M: +254 725 064 149
- Harm Duiker, Country Director Kenya, SNV,
T: +254 733 969 157
- Don White, Managing Director Agventure Ltd.
T: +254 724 319 785
About Unilever Kenya
Unilever is one of the leading suppliers of food, home and personal care products in Kenya. With about 19,000 employees, Unilever is one of the largest private employers in the region. Working to create a better future every day, Unilever helps people feel good, look good and get more out of life. Its portfolio includes most loved locally produced brands, OMO, Sunlight, Blue Band, Royco, Geisha and Vaseline, as well as key world’s renowned brands, like Knorr, Dove, Lux, Axe, among many others.
Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan commits to:
- Helping more than a billion people take action to improve their health and well-being by 2020.
- Halving the environmental impact of our products by 2030.
- Enhancing the livelihoods of millions of people by 2020.
Unilever was ranked number one in its sector in the 2016 Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In the FTSE4Good Index, it achieved the highest environmental score of 5. It led the list of Global Corporate Sustainability Leaders in the 2016 GlobeScan/SustainAbility annual survey for the sixth year running. Unilever was ranked the most sustainable food and beverage company in Oxfam’s Behind the Brands Scorecard in 2016 for the second year. The company was also ranked Top Employer for 2015/16 in Kenya by the Top Employer Institute, an international certification institute.
About Agventure Ltd.
Agventure Ltd, through its Center of Excellence for Crop Rotation, focuses on climate smart agriculture that meets the challenges of today's fast changing world.
About SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
SNV is a not-for-profit international development organization. Founded in the Netherlands in 1965, we have built a long-term, local presence in over 30 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin-America. Our global team of local and international advisors works with local partners to equip communities, businesses and organisations with the tools, knowledge and connections they need to increase their incomes and gain access to basic services – empowering them to break the cycle of poverty and guide their own development.
For more information about SNV Netherlands Development Organisation and its work, please visit www.snv.org. |
Let's be frank. It can be an absolute nightmare to try to add false lashes for the first time. Bear in mind, these are distinct from extensions of lashes. It can always leave us looking and feeling like we've just auditioned for the next Halloween movie with a concept that seems so fast and easy.
How to use false eyelashes 9 Stages as mentioned below.
01. Identifying the proper false eyelashes for the shape of your eye.
Make sure you pick the right size of strip lashes, depending on your eye-shape. If your eye form, for example, is hooded, a longer pair of false eyelashes might be a better match for you. If you have a design of the eye that is more rounded, then go for shorter lashes that provide much more length.
02. Ensure a workspace that is tidy and well lit.
Look, when I find myself rushing my application of a false eyelash in a barely lit room with my friends waiting angrily for me to be half an hour late again, I've had a lot of problems.
03. Carefully peel the lashes from the tray using tweezers.
Here, it's critical that you pick up the lashes from the lash band corner and stop picking them up from the real eyelash itself. This is because before you have even had a chance to put them on, it would definitely damage the eyelash.
04. Get right the duration.
Do the lashes suit your eyes' length? Amazingly, this is ignored often. Next thing you remember, you walked out of the house like your eyelashes were coming out of the side of your skull. This isn't an amazing look, I can vouch for that.
05. Get away with the making up.
Now, if you don't use one of our Strip Lashes (we're all right, we forgive you), then we need to get our make-up foundation done. If you are using one of the Flawless Strip Lashes, you can skip this step because the application of mascara or eyeliner is not needed.
06. Apply glue for the eyelash.
Apply a thin layer of lash adhesive around the lash band by gripping the lash with tweezers. This seems to be the easy bit, but note that less is better, like all adhesive applications.
07. Fake eyelashes apply.
Carefully pinch the strip lash in the middle and from the front using your tweezers. Place the lash band carefully just above your own natural lashes, directly on the skin. To get as close to your natural eyelashes as you can, gently pull down the wrong eyelash from either end.
08. Mix it again, then.
Using mascara, touch the fake eyelash slightly to make sure it fuses with your true cloves. You can also make it look more natural and realistic by using eye-liner around the fake lash band.
09. Come to the end.
Push thoroughly against the cloves to promote the curve with your fingertips. This helps to give them a much larger look and break them in the evening.
A micro swab or an ear bud is the best way to clear the eyelashes. Wet the swab slightly and brush through the bonding region slightly with water. Or, if you know that the lading strip is not attached to your natural lading strip, keep a belt end and peel off mildly
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Things You'll Need
White facial tissue (optional)
Rust symptoms first appear on azaleas in midsummer. If infected foliage is left wet overnight, the spores in the pustules spread to other parts of the plant, or to new plants altogether by air currents or splashing water, thus increasing infection.
Varieties of azaleas that are resistant to rust include “Red Letter” and “Balzac.”
Adopt proper cultural practices to keep the disease from developing on your azaleas in the first place. Grow the plants in well-draining soil, space multiple plants sufficiently apart to provide good air-circulation and irrigate the plants in the morning so the foliage is dry by evening.
Belonging to the Rhododendron genus, azaleas are perennial bushes prized for their showy blooms that appear during spring. When cared for properly, the landscape plants liven up the garden for many years. However, azaleas are susceptible to a variety of fungal diseases including leaf spot and rust. Varieties of deciduous azaleas, including plumleaf azalea, pinxterbloom azalea and swamp azalea, are more susceptible to leaf rust than other varieties. Adopt an organic or chemical control option to treat rust on azaleas.
Identify symptoms of the disease on the azalea to make sure the infection is present. Avoid treating the azalea for rust without making sure it is infected. Look for tiny, round, yellow spots on the upper surfaces of leaves, and orange colored pustules on the undersides. Run a finger or a white facial tissue over the upper surface of a leaf for orange-yellow colored stain that confirms the presence of the disease.
Spread a tarp under the azalea to collect clippings before you begin pruning. Avoid leaving clippings or plant debris around the azalea, as the spores overwinter in the material to re-emerge again during the summer.
Wear gardening gloves and pluck off the leaves if the infection is small. Prune heavily infested parts of the plant with sharp, sterilized pruning shears. Dip the blades in a solution of bleach and water before pruning infected stems down to healthy buds. Disinfecting the blades keeps the spores from spreading to other parts. Walk around the plant to prune all heavily infected stems.
Collect clippings in the tarp and add to a garbage bag. Rake up leaves and mulch under the azalea plant and add to the tarp, as they may contain fungal spores. Knot the garbage bag firmly before disposing. Do not add these to the compost pile.
Spray the azalea bush with a fungicide containing sulfur, manxozeb or Bordeaux. Read label directions beforehand so you know how much water to add to the concentrate, if necessary. Walk around the plant to cover it completely in the fungicide. Use the fungicide as a means of preventing spread to new foliage.
- University of Minnesota Extension: Controlling Insects and Diseases on Azaleas and Rhododendrons
- AgriLife Extension; Rust Disease; Richard L. Duble
- North Carolina State University; Azalea Diseases in the Landscape; D.M. Benson, et al.; March 2001
- Clemson Cooperative Extension; Azalea Care; Debbie Shaughnessy, et al.
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Sooner or later, replacing your air conditioner can become more economical than maintaining your existing unit for several reasons. As air conditioners age, wear-and-tear gets the best of them, and they may eventually require maintenance and repairs on a regular basis. Regular maintenance costs can add up quickly — until one day they’re equal to the cost of a brand new unit. And as they age, air conditioners become more susceptible to breakdowns — which can leave homeowners and business owners in a sweat. But without a doubt, the biggest advantage of a new air conditioner is its high-performance and energy-efficient technology. Advances in AC technology are happening fast, and households and businesses equipped with the latest cooling systems and features enjoy vastly-improved cooling capabilities at a lower energy cost.
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How to Identify the Best Car Accident Lawyer
Your car; as you should understand, has a possibility that it could run into an accident at any given time. You are advised to embrace the skill in recognizing an attorney who has the know-how on handling a car accident. If by chance you get involved in a motor accident with your vehicle, it is important that any complications possibly arising be best handled with appropriateness in particular by a car accident attorney. A quality car accident attorney is challenging to locate and there are a few factors that you can consider in your search as highlighted below.
Recommendations are always an important factor to reflect on and this should be your first consideration when looking for a car accident attorney. Popularity is a very essential influence since it is enough evidence that there are quality services on offer. Your acquaintances and close friends are at a better position to direct you to a commendable motor accident lawyer because a popularity in their career may be a selling entity thus make sure you consult with them. Different lawyers deal with miscellaneous fields of legal cases, therefore, if you happen to have other attorneys whom you are familiar with, do ask them to refer you to a worthy car accident attorney.
When dealing with your selected car accident attorney, it is very important that you define the manner in which you are addressed as it defines the quality of customer sociability. Personal appointments with face to face interviews or communicating through phone calls are necessary. It is advisable that your potential car accident attorney interacts with you the client in a sociable way. This entails their availability in creating time to answer your calls or attend to you in person. Your case requires that the supposedly selected car accident attorney in details explains to you the matters at hand and this entails good communication. It is very necessary that you get to learn on all the details that are involved in your case no matter how minor they may be and the success of this processes is well determined by how compatible you and your car accident lawyer are.
Another factor that you should deliberate on while choosing a good car accident attorney is their experience. Matters concerned with the law can prove to be complicated at times and it is crucial that you value expertise in this such occurrences. You should therefore make sure that if you are to be represented well by a good motor accident attorney, you should thoroughly search on their expertise background. A car accident attorney who has practiced for a prolonged duration is best suited to handle complex cases. A best suited car accident lawyers are bound to have good track records of their work that can identify the degree of their potential. Are you finding an attorney near me, consider the Bourassa Law Group. You can find more here about us.
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Awards season is all about putting your most fashionable foot forward, which for the feet of celebrities means heels and more heels. The stars go for all-out glam on the red carpet, with their towering shoes usually spending the rest of the night hidden under a floor-length dress—but only in rare cases do ladies opt out of wearing them. That's what has us curious about the growing trend of major stars shedding their heels.
Most recently, Emma Thompson presented an award barefoot onstage at the Golden Globes, which turned out to be one of our favorite moments of the night. The Saving Mr. Banks star hit the stage with her Christian Louboutin heels in hand (she even tossed them behind her back before she announced the winner), and we weren't surprised! Just last week at the National Board of Review Awards Gala, the Golden Globe-nominated Thompson told InStyle.com of her distaste for sky-high shoes. “Heels get more painful as you get older. I’ve got band aids on every single toe,” the actress admitted.
Thompson isn’t the only star to go all-or-nothing with onstage footwear, and to do it charmingly. In October at the Hollywood Film Awards, Julia Roberts went shoeless when she accepted the Supporting Actress Award for August: Osage County, and then went barefoot again at the BAFTA Britannia Awards in November while presenting an award to friend George Clooney. She, too, was snapped without her heels on while leaving the Golden Globes last night. Other stars, like Lena Dunham, Aubrey Plaza, and Taylor Swift have all gone barefoot onstage as well. Are these celebrities foretelling a new award show fashion movement? We'll have to wait and see. MORE:• Our 9 Favorite Moments from the Golden Globe Awards• Eric Wilson's 10 Best Dressed at the 2014 Golden Globes!• The 15 best Instagrams from the 2014 Golden Globes |
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Nothing compares to the true love that two people can have for one another. On this occasion, we invite you to experience Maria and Thiago’s wedding, a truly enchanting day, full of emotion and the perfect start to their extraordinary love story. We’re sure you’ll agree that the photos by That Moment Photo are wonderful representations of this most special day. Let yourself be carried away by the beauty of this unforgettable celebration.
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For her big day, Maria opted for a charming mermaid-cut wedding dress. The lace design was accompanied by a sweetheart neckline, and its amazing silhouette made her look perfect from head to toe! Her loose hairstyle was wonderfully natural and incorporated a tulle bridal veil. By the time the reception arrived, she would exchange it for a very unique hair ornament. The bridal bouquet was a serious style statement: a round arrangement composed of roses in pastel tones, an ultra-romantic accessory that harmonized perfectly with her whole look.
Thiago on the other hand broke classic wedding conventions by wearing a royal-blue suit, the perfect choice for a beach wedding. His purple tie was in sharp contrast with the look, but matched with his accessories and made a great combination!
Maria and Thiago, by this point, had in fact already begun their great love story. Of Mexican and Brazilian descent, respectively, both had opted for a civil ceremony and lived together in Brazil, where they has started their life of great love and adventure. Although their life together had thus technically already begun, they had no doubt that they should celebrate their unique love with a ceremony that would truly amaze their closest friends and family. For this, Celeste Avilés, director at Wedding in Riviera Maya, recommended that they choose the private beachfront of Akumal, an ideal location for all guests from different parts of the world to gather and witness a love that defied borders completely!
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Maria walked down the aisle on her father’s arm, to enjoy a very traditional ceremony with the love of her life. With very simple decoration and under a most romantic palm roof, both said, “I do” and declared their undying love for each other.
“The decoration was simple and in keeping with the colours that the bride and groom wished for. The rest of the ambiance was created by the mere fact that they were right before the sea, with clusters of rocks that made the whole setting more romantic and exotic” says Celeste Avilés. For the reception, music played a fundamental part in generating the wonderful atmosphere; the carnival rhythms of Brazil could not go by unnoticed, as well as the Mexican flavors that gave great energy to every second of the impressive feast. The party went on until 3am, although not a single guest wanted to leave such an amazing wedding, full of good energy and such enthusiasm. |
Psychological Benefits of Journaling
If you kept a diary in your younger days, you may remember being draped haphazardly across your bed pouring out your heart into your favorite little notebook. Some came with a lock and key while others were guarded by the special hiding spot in your room. No doubt you remember how liberated you felt once you wrote everything down on paper. You could see it in front of you, reading it again and again as it brought things into focus. Believe it or not, there were a lot of benefits to writing in your diary as a youngster. Well, things haven’t changed much. Only now it’s called a journal but there are still a ton of benefits.
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Unmanaged stress negatively impacts physical, mental, and emotional health. Chronic or excessive stress can even lead to depression or other serious conditions as your body releases the hormone cortisol. While you may not always be able to avoid the triggers of stress, journaling offers a safe place to externalize your feelings and emotions without fear of judgment. Writing about stressful or traumatic situations helps release the emotional intensity of these feelings as it reduces the cortisol levels in your body. Journaling is a calming activity that helps clear your mind. It’s a very personal and healthy coping mechanism.
Multiple studies indicate that the health benefits of journaling are powerful. One of the biggest benefits involves engaging the left side of the brain which is responsible for the rational analytic thought process. Not only does this leave the right side of the brain free to wander and explore, but feelings of well-being are enhanced as you activate the entire brain. Journaling can also help identify patterns and thought processes as it slowly improves self-awareness and puts you in touch with your inner feelings. It helps put things into perspective which often leads to stronger emotional function and feelings of happiness. As you begin to manage adversity through journaling, you’ll also build self-confidence. It’s a healthy byproduct of a personal hobby.
Research indicates that T-lymphocyte immune cells are strengthened through journaling. While studies are still being conducted, early indications are that journaling can help reduce the physical impact of certain illnesses such as HIV, arthritis, and even asthma. Controlled studies conducted in New Zealand revealed that older adults who journaled after a medically necessary biopsy healed faster than their non-journaling counterparts. The powerful benefits of journaling are still being explored and new benefits are being revealed regularly.
Journaling for Health
Many psychologists recommend journaling on the road to recovery. It can improve mental, physical, and emotional health while building confidence and strength. Just keep in mind there is a process for effective journaling as it’s more than just a word dump on paper. If you think journaling may help you through a rough patch or physical trauma, contact Transcendence Behavioral Health to see how we can help. |
Oil Mania slot game is a famous slot game that many bettors and slot game lovers would be familiar with. The game is themed on the riches based and derived from oil and has many elements pertaining to that as well. It has been created by NextGen and like many other NextGen games, it is available on many platforms. This includes Android, PC and even IOS. So going by that, this is a pretty reliable game for players.
The idea of this game is pretty unique yet simple and this makes it simple. This Oil Mania slot game review looks at everything the game is about. We look at the graphics and how the game works. The Oil Mania slot review also looks at how the game can help players earn big and in a way, they can understand how it helps benefit players.
How to play
This slot game is pretty smooth, going by graphics. The visuals are pretty cartoon-based, but they are still pretty appealing. As mentioned before, the game has many elements that one could associate with the old mining business and the tycoons that usually run it.
The idea of the game is similar to the other slot games. Players need to land the symbols on this game into certain combinations. The minimum limit is three. The symbols have different values. Some are low-paying symbols, while others are high-paying symbols. And indirectly, they determine the rewards that players get from forming the combinations as well.
Oil Mania slot game has medium variance and it is very likely to have flexible minimum and maximum bets. So players can look forward to having this game meet their demands in many ways. The RTP stands at a decent 96.66, which is pretty convincing when it comes to rewarding players. This game also boasts of a total of 25 paylines and it proves what the game is capable of.
There are some normal paying symbols on this game. These are the card symbols like K, J, Q and A. But the symbols that really matter are the bonus symbols that the slot game has to offer.
The oil tycoon symbol is the scatter symbol on the game. This only appears on the first four reels and nowhere else. It is only while using this feature that players can find the wild symbol and this just helps in multiplying the rewards. There is also a free spins option and if players end up getting the oil tycoon symbol during this time, they should they prepared to get some huge rewards on their original bets.
The most that players can win on this is 25,000 credits per spin. The worker is actually the highest paying symbol and not the tycoon.
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Players are actually recommended to play the Oil Mania slot game free play version. This will allow them the chance to initially play the trial version without having to deposit any amount. Once they figure out how the game works through the Oil Mania slot game free play version, they can then go on to play the full version. |
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Parthiv Ajay Patel is a spectacular Indian cricketer, wicketkeeper, and batsman. He was born on the 9th of March 1985 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat India. He is a left-handed batsman. In 2002 he became a member of the India Cricket Team. He played his first international match against England. In 2004 he began playing domestic cricket for Gujarat. He played in Test matches, ODI matches, T20, and FC.
Patel played 25 test matches in his cricket career, made 934 runs with the batting average of 31.13, he played 38 ODI matches in them he made 736 runs with the battu g average of 23.74, he performed in 2 matches of T20 made 36 runs with the batting average of 18.00 and 187 FC matches in them he performed so well, made 10,797 runs with the batting average of 43.36. His top score in FC matches of 206 runs.
In 2008, he became a part of the Indian Premier League. He was brought by Chennai Super Kings as a batsman. After completing his duration of two years from 2008 to 2010 with Chennai Super Kings, he became a part of Kochi Tuskers Kerala in 2011. After a year, in 2012, he was brought by IPL team Deccan Chargers. In 2013 he played for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Later in 2013, he was picked by Royal Challengers Bangalore. After two years he signed by Mumbai Indians. Later he again brought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2018. In the 2020 Indian Premier League, he will play as a wicketkeeper.
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He added: "There has been some progress in a positive direction in recent days.
As two major players in our world, China and the EU can neither sit idly by nor stay immune to these trends.大连湾海底隧道航道转换正式开始According to media reports, some acts regarding Tibet and Taiwan, as well as clauses regarding the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, were included in the package.
In 2019, the sector reported revenues of $838 billion.Job openings decreased in a num大连湾海底隧道航道转换正式开始ber of industries with the largest decreases in retail trade, accommodation and food services, and finance and insurance.
Noting that China and the EU have different political systems and ideologies, Zhang said, "We are of the view that there are no fundamental conflicts of interest between China and the EU."
China will never waver in its strategic determination to strengthen response to climate change and advance ecological conservation.
London also attracts a wider international investor mix than North American cities. Only 11 percent of investors in San Francisco fintech were from outside of North America, and in New York there were 15 percent.
The non-stop flight will save passengers the headache of hours of transit wait, Nashipai said, "They will thus be able to conveniently plan for their trip or business meetings." Ticket price to Changsha range from $600 to $800.Its not clear that the Federal Aviation Administration agrees with Boeings recommendation, Robert Mann, president of R.W.
Americans will be given the vaccine for free.He said the government is anxious to find a cure for the disease but would not compromise the health of any Nigerian to do trial and error.In many parts of the country, not enough laborers are engaged in cultivating corn, while basic techniques to improve the yield are not being used, such as removing weeds, he said.
and return people to work in green and blue industries.
The WHO chief reiterated his call for all countries to act aggressively and swiftly. "Aggressive, early measures can prevent transmission before the virus gets a foothold." he said.
Artaza applauded Beijings cooperation with the World Health Organization in fighting the pandemic, and praised the Chinese governments new five-year plan for attaching great importance to the issues of education, poverty, pensions, health, transportation, energy and technology.England is currently under a new three-tier system of coronavirus restrictions. The system, which put about 98 percent of England into the highest Tier Two and Three, is due to be reviewed on Dec 16.
where the Shaolin monks took center stage in a spec－tacular display watched by a huge worldwide television audience.
Londono said he wanted to offer them earlier this year but had to delay the launch due to the coronavirus pandemic and travel restrictions imposed by the Colombian government, which were only lifted in September.US District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington temporarily blocked Trumps order to ban downloads of the app in the US on Sept 27, hours before the ban would take effect.详情
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Lawn Sprinkler Installment – Points to Think about
Sprinkler setup is a rather simple procedure and also can be done by a lot of do-it-yourselfers. Nevertheless, there are certain points that you need to consider before picking whether to do it on your own. If you decide to work with a professional, then you need to do it right. There are 3 things that need to be thought about prior to installing a lawn sprinkler in your yard. The very first point that you need to consider is the place of your lawn sprinkler. Depending upon your location, this will certainly vary from one lawn sprinkler to one more. Generally, the system needs to be positioned in between 6 and also twelve inches away from your structure. The second point that you ought to take into consideration is the number of sprinkler heads are required. There are some systems that only require a solitary head set up, while others require as lots of as twenty. If you have more than twenty, after that you require to work with a professional to install it for you. If you have a couple of heads, after that you should try to get a lawn sprinkler that has several heads, because this can conserve you cash over having to pay a service provider to do it. You will certainly likewise require to take a look at the positioning of the lawn sprinkler heads. Depending on the sort of water that you have, it might be better to have 2 heads as opposed to one. 2 heads can also avoid a fire from spreading from one sprinkler head to an additional. Also, the more heads that you have, the much more efficient your system will be. Nonetheless, having twenty or thirty heads might not be affordable, particularly if you are mosting likely to have among the larger systems. That being stated, nevertheless, if you are collaborating with little locations, this might be a choice. The third point to take into consideration is what sorts of sprinkler heads you will need to get the job done right. Some individuals use common hose pipes for their sprinkler systems, while various other business will certainly use adaptable hoses to make sure that they have the proper spray going where they require it. In general, you should constantly see to it that the hose will certainly work for your certain system. If you don’t, you need to consider getting an additional sprayer. Regardless of which means you determine to deal with lawn sprinkler installation, ensure to hire a contractor to do it for you. If you hire a service provider, they will have the experience and also devices required to get the job done right. |
A rock 'n' roll romance
20 years later, 'nice guy, punk legend' Billy Zoom & Worcester native Kerry Kindell still going strong
Roughly 20 years ago, Billy Zoom, the lead guitarist of the influential Los Angeles punk group X, married a Worcester girl.
Kerry Ann Mulroy (now Kerry Kindell) is the girl who won over the heart of one of the coolest guitarists in rock 'n' roll.
Not only is she a Worcester native, Kerry’s father, John R. Mulroy, taught history and coached football at Worcester Academy from 1956 to 1964, and the family lived in the basement apartment in Dexter Hall. That makes her pretty Worcester.
"Rumor had it that my room was haunted. Dexter Hall was built on the site of a Civil War hospital, The Dale General Hospital,” Kindell said. “The story goes that there was a soldier who had his leg amputated and he haunted my room looking for his phantom leg, and his spirit could be heard saying, ‘I want my leg.' We had an older woman who would babysit us and she would not enter my room.”
Her mother, Eleanor Higgins, who is now 88, had four kids in five years, all born in Worcester.
“My mother, God bless her, was overwhelmed and unprepared to deal with four kids ... Her mother (Kindell's grandmother) said that it was like we were being raised by a stray cat,” Kindell recalled. “Back then, it was different. You could walk around at midnight. You had total free rein. You could came and go when you pleased, make a dirty bologna sandwich and you’re back outside. So when I tell my kids (boy and girl twins) the story of my upbringing, they say, 'Wow! That sounds great.’"
Kindell has two older sisters, Leslie and Lee Ann, and a younger brother, Richard, who passed away in 1989.
“When I was born, my father was coaching a football game,” Kindell said. “So my mother gave birth alone and when it was announced back at the game that he had his third girl, the team booed. (Kindell laughs) You know, he’s the football coach. It’s a bunch of boys. You got a third girl. I’m sure they were all rooting for a boy.”
Kindell said she and her siblings would also have student babysitters until some of the boys started asking her older sister, who was about 7 at the time, to go into "Daddy's Office" and bring back test answers.
Kindell said Worcester was a truly idyllic place to grow up.
“The campus was beautiful and we could roam about freely,” she recalled. “We would tell our mother that we were going to run away from home, and she would say, ‘OK,’ would pack us a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and told us ‘Not to leave the campus’ and off we went.”
On Halloween, Kindell and her sisters would trick or treat in the upstairs dorm hallways.
“Some of the boys would pelt us with candy as we walked by and we didn't care,” she said. “We'd scramble to get the candy off the floor. Some of them would throw pretty hard and, the harder they threw, the harder they laughed.”
Kindell also fondly remembers New England winters.
“I remember having to dig up and out from the basement apartment when we were snowed in,” Kindell said. “We had to bring shovels into the apartment to dig ourselves out. We would then have huge piles of snow to play in just outside our front door.”
After Worcester, Kerry’s family moved to Cleveland where her father became the head of the history department at the Hawken School, a private day school in Gates Mills, Ohio.
When people meet Kindell, she said they’re are surprised that she isn't covered with tattoos.
“One of our early conversations, Billy asked me if I had any piercings or tattoos? And, I thought that was a strange question. ‘Other than my ear piercings, no,'" Kindell said. "Years ago, I met a woman that got a ladybug tattoo on her stomach for her father and over the years it morphed into looking like a fly. So, for me, to be a 40-year-old woman (back in 2000 when the couple met) and having tattoos, that would tell something about my history. So, I guess the fact that I didn’t, Billy just wanted a nice midwestern girl.”
In the early ‘80s, while living in Cleveland, Kindell saw X for the first time.
“Billy had that typical, wide stance and he just stared out into the audience and he was so cool,” Kindell recalled. “I thought that I'd just break his cool. I was giving myself rabbit ears. I was dancing in front of him. I was trying to catch his attention. And he wasn’t having any part of it. And, it was like, I know you see me. And then, at the end of the show, he leaned down and gave me a guitar pick.”
“She was right front of the stage and we flirted a lot then but I never got to talk to her, but I do remember her,” Zoom insisted. “She left quite an impression. I think I talked about her for the rest of the tour.”
While living in Chicago, Kindell caught X at the House of Blues.
“I ended up going by myself because I didn’t know anyone else who was a fan,” she said. “At that point, I was single and living my life, like Plan B. So, if I never got married and have kids, I’m going to travel the world and I’m just going to do everything, which I did.”
“February 22 and 23, 2000, we played two nights,” Zoom said. “I could tell she had blue eyes when she walked into the back of the room. There was a lot of flirting and banter going back and forth between us the whole show.”
“I just pushed my way to the front and caught his eye. I wasn’t planning on doing anything,” Kindell added. “But, the area in front of Exene (Cervenka) was so crowded. And I just happened to go left and there was Billy.”
Zoom tried to approach Kerry after the show but got mobbed by fans and got dragged to the band's merch booth.
“I was signing autographs back there and she patiently waited in line to get an autograph,” Zoom said. “And she gave me her phone number instead.”
“I wrote my number in lip liner on a piece of paper,” Kindell added. “Billy kept that in his wallet for years.”
On the next night, Kindell went to see X again by herself.
“Billy handed me a backstage pass from the stage,” Kindell said. “I really didn’t think I would hear from him afterward. I just thought that he’s going back to California and I will just continue with my life.”
Zoom said he was crazy about the future Mrs. Kindell from the beginning.
“She was beautiful and just had a lot of character,” Zoom said of his future wife. “She’s also very smart and very, very sarcastic around people, which I like. We got along on that level too.”
Kindell said she was surprised how soft-spoken and shy but steady and determined Billy was to win her heart.
“Billy really pursued me, and I was used to boyfriends looking over my shoulders for the next thing. So it was a little overwhelming,” Kindell recalled. “We talked on the phone for hours. So that had a lot to do with it, the fact that we could talk for that length of time … It was a little crazy to meet and marry and move across the country but I jumped in.”
On Nov. 4, 2000, the two were married in Savannah, Georgia.
Kindell’s father met Billy for the first time at the rehearsal dinner. Although Zoom played with Etta James for only a week, Kindell’s dad, a jazz fan, was more impressed with that than Zoom’s accolades and accomplishments with X.
“He was nice. We didn’t spend a lot of time talking or anything,” Zoom said. “There were a lot of people to meet. Her whole family was there. Her mom was there and her sisters were there and her sisters’ husbands and kids. They were all very nice to me.”
“Billy has a good heart. He has T-shirts printed up saying, ‘Nice guy, Punk legend,’” Kindell said. “Billy will say that he’s an open book but I still find him to be somewhat enigmatic. And, after 20 years of marriage, I’m still perplexed at times.”
For an interview with Billy Zoom on his current musical career and X's new album, visit Worcestermag.com. |
Kathie Lee Gifford says Hoda Kotb is in charge when it comes to her replacement on the Today show.
Gifford announced on Tuesday that she was leaving the fourth hour of the NBC morning show -- which she hosts with Kotb -- after more than 10 years on the program. ET spoke with the two women on Wednesday, when Gifford made it clear that Kotb gets a say in what's coming next.
"Whoever it is, it's going to be the most blessed person on Earth," Gifford said about her replacement. "We don't know if it's going to be a woman or a man or anything in between. We don't know! We're not judging, whoever Hoda wants, Hoda gets!"
Although Kotb was more hesitant, Gifford stressed, "Yes! No matter what she says, yes. It comes down to her."
Kotb, of course, will definitely miss her partner in crime.
"Nobody can fill those, no one can fill those shoes," she told ET.
Gifford revealed on Wednesday's show that while she's leaving the Today show in April, she's actually taking the entire month of January off to work on other projects, including directing a film and working with Dolly Parton. Despite the bittersweet news of her departure, the mother of two noted to ET that her remaining time on Today will be "happy months."
"I'm excited about my new projects, and Hoda's going with me, nobody knows!" Gifford jokingly said.
"I have something to share with everybody and it's bittersweet, as these things always are, but I've been here almost 11 years," she said on-air. "Thought I would stay one year. Something happened along the way. Fell in love with a beautiful Egyptian goddess and now, when it's our 11th anniversary, I'm gonna be leaving the Today show. It's an exciting time for me and I'm thrilled about all the projects that are coming up, but it's also hard because the reason that I stayed longer than a year is because I love everybody here so much."
“The likelihood of it going to her is high," a source told ET. "She’s very well liked here. She would theoretically be filling Gifford’s seat in the show’s fourth hour after she leaves the program on April 7, 2019, the 11-year anniversary of her start on the show." |
2020 AdvisorHub Industry in Transition Speaker: Tony Sirianni, CEO and Publisher of AdvisorHub
Tony Sirianni is a twenty-nine-year financial services industry veteran and the Publisher/Owner of AdvisorHub, the nation’s leading Financial Services news website. He is the former Managing Partner of Sirianni Strategy Group, President of Steward Partners Consulting Solutions and founding partner of both Steward Partners Holdings and Washington Wealth Management (CEO), two of the fastest growing RIAs in history.
He was an Executive Director and Complex Manager at Morgan Stanley, Smith Barney, and Legg Mason.He ran a bank brokerage program at Crestar bank in its Richmond headquarters, was Director of Annuities for Mass Mutual Insurance in Va., ran an internal wholesaling team for Oppenheimer Funds at the World Trade Center, and was a broker at Merrill Lynch on 5th ave. in Manhattan.
He has been roundly acknowledged by the financial press as an innovator and thought leader in the emerging post-wirehouse advisor world.
He turned AdvisorHub from a salacious blog, into the most respected advisor news site on the street. His innovative publishing ideas like AH’s Deals and Comp pages, RIA Center, Recruiting Wire, Enforcement section, etc. are much copied by competitors. He holds seminars for marketing execs and advertising firms on mega-trends in the advisor marketplace. His opinion articles are known to drive policy decisions at major firms.
He has created the industry’s top culture survey, and the Industry in Transition event, an annual sold-out advisor and industry leader event in NYC that brings hundreds of the top advisors in the country together to hear from C-suite leadership. He is a sought after speaker on industry trends and challenges.
Tony has done extensive business planning with hundreds of Advisor teams, groundbreaking RIAs, and Fortune 100 institutions. He is a consultant to some of the largest and best firms in the financial services industry. His podcast attracts leaders of the nation’s largest advisor firms as guests of his one-on-one interviews. His opinion is sought by industry leaders on all advisor facing topics. He has JD, MA, and BS degrees. |
Key ways of keeping your computer secure:
1. Firewall – Free
2. Antivirus Software – Free
3. Switch on Windows update.
4. Internet Browser – Firefox with “No script” – Free
Acronis True Image 9 – Disk Imaging Software
File Renamer – Free
File and Information Manager – Free
Keepass – Free – password encrypting software
Networking PCs to share Internet Access
Spyware Cleaner – Various – Free
Making sure your computer is secure when using the Internet is not simple to do yourself, so your need to either
- pay for a solution that is easy to run yourself
- invest time and effort learning how to do it yourself using free software – see below
- or take advantage of the talented youngsters around and have them do it for you…
- If you buy a new PC, make sure it has the latest version of Windows and make sure it has the latest service pack installed and that Windows Update is enabled http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com. Perhaps invest in a second hard drive so that you can easily keep back up copies of valuable files.
- Use a simple all in one-solution, called a Security Suite, that includes a firewall and antivirus software. When you pay for this, you get upgrades for the next year, and you can then pay a subscription to keep the updates running after that. Warning: Just running a security suite without keeping Windows up-to-date may not work – Years ago I suffered spyware on my machine despite having Windows XP and updated Norton Firewall and AntiVirus.
- Always keep any files you may want to use again backed up safely onto CD, DVD or an external hard-drive.
For Users who are confident with downloading and installing software from the web
- Install and use all the recommended security software on this page. All the recommendations are the software that I currently. They’re free and they work!
- Backup Data AND your main disc drive. Back up date using SyncBack every week onto a separate Hard Drive. Use disc imaging software such as Acronis True Image 9 to backup a copy of your main hard drive, and create a bootable CD. If your hard drive breaks, you can buy a new hard drive, install it, boot up on the CD, then copy the old image onto it. Your computer will then work as it was within maybe 15 minutes. Think of the hours to reload the entire operating system!!!!
- Keep up-to-date with the latest news at
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm and
- Check your ISP connection speed by going to this link: http://specials.zdnet.co.uk/misc/band-test/speedtest50.html
- Use this Password Encrypter to remember all your logons.
- Network more than one PC to share an internet connection: |
Chicken Bacon Ranch Sliders
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Chicken Bacon Ranch Sliders are perfect for dinner or the big game! Quick and easy to make with leftover chicken. Plus, they taste great!
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With school back in session and football season upon us, it is great to have a recipe like this on hand! Chicken Bacon Ranch Sliders are super easy to make and are sure to be loved by all! They’re meaty, cheesy, and full of saucy ranch all tucked inside a delicious roll.
I’m not sure if I’m late to the “sliders trend” or not, but this combination of chicken, bacon, and ranch is a winner in my book! My PICKY kids were even like, “These are good mommy!” FINALLY! Something they like, haha!
These Chicken Bacon Ranch Sliders are great for a family dinner or game day party because there are a lot of them to go around. Twelve to be exact.
I just love that all you have to do is throw all the ingredients in a pan and heat it in the oven! Easy! Especially if you use leftover rotisserie chicken and pre-cooked bacon. You can always meal prep over the weekend too and prep what you need to make the week’s meals easier.
The best part for me is the rolls. I’m a sucker for carbs! I used Rhodes Warm-N-Serv Wheat Rolls that are already baked. You simply heat them up, and they taste FRESH you guys! So good! Enjoy!
For a step-by-step photo tutorial, visit the Rhodes Bake-N-Serv Blog.
Chicken Bacon Ranch Sliders
- 12 Rhodes Warm-N-Serv Rolls, White or Wheat, thawed
- 12 slices cooked bacon
- 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 3 cups cooked chicken (2-3 chicken breasts)
- 1/2 cup ranch dressing
- 3 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley (or 1 tsp dried parsley)
- 1/8 tsp salt
- Place the bottom of the rolls inside a lightly greased 13x9-inch baking dish. First layer with bacon, then sprinkle with the shredded cheese.
- Toss the cooked chicken with the ranch dressing and heat in the microwave for 2 minutes, stirring halfway through. Top the cheese with the warm chicken and ranch. (Warming the chicken first cuts down on bake time and ensures safe food temperatures.)
- Place the top half of the rolls on top of the chicken layer. Combine the butter, garlic, parsley, and salt. Spoon or brush over the tops of the rolls.
- Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25-30 minutes or until heated through (165˚F) and bubbling in the center. (If using cold chicken and ranch, this could take up to 1 hour.) Serve hot. Enjoy! |
1.Ubi jus ibi remedium – Where there is a right, there is a remedy. 2.Volenti non fit injuria – Damage suffered by consent gives no cause of action. 3.Alibi – At another place, elsewhere 4.Audi alteram partem – No man shall be condemned unheard. 5.Locus standi – Right of a party to an action to appear and be heard by the court and be heard by the court 6.Ratio decidendi – Principle or reason underlying a court judgement. 7.Nemo debet esse judex in propria causa – Nobody can be judge in his own case. 8.Nemo bis punitur pro eodem delicto – Nobody can be twice punished for the same offence. 9.Actionable per se – The very act is punishable and no proof of damage is required 10.Quo warranto – By what authority. A writ calling upon one to show under what authority he holds or claims a public office 11.Mandamus – ‘We command’. A writ of command issued by a Higher Court to Government/Public Authority, to compel the performance of a public duty 12.Estoppel – Prevented from denying. 13.Ex parte – Proceedings in the absence of the other party. 14.Ex gratia – As a favour. 15.Ex officio – Because of an office held. 16.Justitia nemini neganda est – Justice is to be denied to nobody. 17.Lex non a rege est violanda – The law must not be violated even by the king. 18.Amicus Curiae – A friend of court or member of the Bar who is appointed to assist the Court 19.Mala fide – In bad faith. 20.Mens rea – Guilty mind. 21.Modus operandi – Way of working. 22.Modus Vivendi – Way of living. 23.Fatum – Beyond human foresight. 24.Detinue – Tort of wrongfully holding goods which belong to someone else. 25.Assentio mentium – The meeting of minds, i.e mutual assents 26.Nolle prosequi – a formal notice of abandonment by a plaintiff or prosecutor of all or part of a suit. 27.Novation – Transaction in which a new contact is agreed by all parties to replace an existing contract. 28.Doli incapax – Incapable of crime 29.Res ipsa loquitor – The thing speaks for itself. 30.Rex non protest peccare – The king can do no wrong. 31.Salus populi est suprema lex – The welfare of the is the supreme law. 32.Status quo – State of things as they are now. 33.Sine die – “with no day”(indefinitely). 34.Sine qua non – “without which nothing”. An essential condition; a thing that is absolutely necessary. Basically a component of an argument that, if debunked, causes the entire argument to crumble. 35.Denatio mortis causa – Gift because of death. 36.Vis major – Act of God. 37.Ad hoc – For the particular end or case at hand. 28.Misnomer – A wrong or inaccurate name or term. 39.Veto – Ban or order not to allow something to become law, even if it has been passed by a parliament. 40.Vice versa – Reverse position. |
Ahhh now… I didn’t think I had much to share yet as I glanced at my notebook, I then found myself here typing away. Mother’s Day may have brought an invitation for some to grown more (or in a new way) into their matriarchal role. And hmm, necessity… the mother of all creation.
There are many ways and situations we are now being called into being and service. For some this is a time to bond with Spirit… self… family… community… Mother Earth. And silence can provide the platform for amazing a-ha’s to appear. This morning as I watched the sunrise, I was greeted by several bee’s. A good reminder. Just be.
Some may be seeing another side of a situation. Oh how truth can change. So one may also find that they’re going to another extreme of their own feelings/response. And one may stay here a moment. The goal though is to come back to center. To balance, merge and allow the truth/essence to surface and naturally be. And in the process, priorities may change. We are changing lifelong patterns.
Some remember/went through the stage of when live was turned upside down, inside-out and foundations were jack hammed/removed. A complete dismantling of the old. This is often followed by a time of floating in the unlimited. Some, after much time, find a new foundation and core. This is the new life one has built for self, with unlimited potential.
This will be a time for many to see and possibly awaken from the difference between what is wanted… thought and, what is real. For some the difference is… much… and can spark a dark night/despair. Not all can go here – The brave. And in time, through willingness and change, peace will be found.
I’ve received several brief yet interesting messages/perspectives/themes-lessons and just share:
❤ That a spiritual path is what one does when no thing else makes one feel whole.
Ahh… and a spiritual path is what one continues. I could compare this to weight loss. We find a way and work it. Yet then we also (learn to) maintain. Something as simple as breath work can also make one feel whole. I was reminder this is why some take such a great last breath.
❤ At times illusions do burn off. If one is willing to walk into the “fog”… clarity can come. At times though, a reality is a reality. Now, can one make peace with a reality…? Oh yes, one can continue to work in a higher energy and yup, it can change.
❤ While we are dreaming our next, we are living our dream. At times it’s good to pause and realize this. Striving for the next is a good thing, yet so is appreciating the now. One may notice the pattern of just as one gets/has/acquires the vibration, a whole new option presents. Yet… this doesn’t necessarily mean that one needs to take it. Maybe pondering or settling in verses jumping to the next (possible challenge) can be a good thing.
This seems to tie into often lightworkers are first responders. We are keenly aware – we know, feel and have experienced. We are used to moving and shaking and shinning our light. Yet there is also just a peace from knowing all is well and this can be simple. We do… out of habit and when we realize this… we then examine this. We also often do out of obligation, need… and out of and in love. And one can also examine each of these. Complete = Complete.
❤ I remember some time ago hearing the saying that one should find a soul mate that doesn’t excite them/more friend like. It caused me to pause and wonder. I mean, don’t we like chemistry? And if one has had a twin (flame) relationship, one may be looking for that wow/electricity. Yet then, I got it. This is about unconditional love. And if one hasn’t found self/unconditional love, then they’ll be a magnet to… looking for reminders, that spark, the form (another) and often this may come with lessons, and at times is The illusive.
❤ A theme of being, triangulated. So then one meets with both “parties” and neutralize or merge and elevate the energy.
❤ I was also thinking on a teaser message I’d received. And how I’d let it come and go. Yet then I realized in the past this was just the sort of message that I’d peruse. Often messages unfold over days/weeks yet this time I realized I didn’t need to know more on the topic. I was happy/whole… and if it was to be, I’d then be delightfully surprised and enjoy. Pursuing just didn’t seem to bring joy.
We are on a new path… to our new found freedom, where nothing holds us in place. One may even be able to feel and know this now. All paths are equal… yet which one will you choose? What is your next amazing spark and moment of creation…?
P.S. Please know that the ones who attack/”attack” us are the ones who need love the most. Anger, fear, misunderstanding. They need an outlet/to be heard and… love!! They can trigger another… all to help us each know wholeness and unconditional love. |
Quantum Entanglement is real Einstein's idea in trouble
Post By Harsh Chaudhary on 22-December-2015
Once again, there has arisen an intricate situation in the field of particle and universe physics which has created two subgroups and placed them in a position of conflict over the point that is the quantum entanglement real. As Einstein never believed the Quantum Theory to be significantly contributing to reveal the secrets of universe and its particles, there’s always been some contradiction between these two aspects on this idea.
Recently, a team of Dutch scientists conducted a study at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and found that they were able to prove that objects can simultaneously affect one another even if separated by great distances. This is contrary to Einstein’s insistence that this “SPOOKY” idea was wrong and that there may be some other reason for why particles behave the way they do.
This experiment is also supportive of John Bell’s inequality, which has, up to this point, been fraught with experiments that have certain flaws and invite several debates on its credibility. In the experiment, researchers placed diamonds with a lone electron in two different locations 1.3 kms (0.8 miles) apart and the results were quite diverged. They found out that the particles had a clear connection of which Einstein disapproved his whole life.
Over time, the researchers have found the validity of Bell’s inequality, that particles are entangled and always connected in a way that they can affect one another regardless of the separation between them. Other physicists applaud the results of the experiment, saying that it could bring the research on quantum theory to a new level. David Kaiser of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said that this was a beautiful and ingenious experiment and it would help to push the entire particle physics field forward. He was not involved in the study though, he added the results probably aren’t enough to eliminate all doubts over this subject. Leonard Susskind from Stanford was equally impressed with the results of the experiment and agreed that this showed how far the field of quantum mechanics has come.
Professor Ronald Hanson, who led the team of researchers said and believed that the loopholes can be the backdoors into systems. When one goes loophole-free then, an extra layer of security is obtained and one can be absolutely certain that there is no way for hackers to get in.
On the sum, the experiment has proved to be a turning point in the particle physics and universe mechanics field and of course, this has also led to a situation of conflict between two different and equally important ideologies. |
The more evidence she stumbles upon in the case, the fewer people it seems she can trust, including her own father, a retired army general. And she certainly never expected to fall in love with the slain soldier’s brother, Gabe, a bitter man struggling to hold his family together. The investigation eventually leads her to an impossible choice, one of unrelenting sacrifice to protect those she loves.
Beyond the buried truths and betrayals, questions of family loyalty and redemption, Abigail’s search is, most of all, a desperate grasp at carrying on and coping—and seeking hope in the impossible.
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Mira (July 28, 2015)
It's been a week now since I finished this book and I still struggle to put into words my thoughts. The problem is that I have much to say but feel I would give too much of the story away if I let loose. Suffice to say that I absolutely LOVED this book!
Kimberly Belle has a writing style that I like. The plot here was interesting and not overly political. The story was realistic and believable, I was totally captivated here and read this book in 2 days - I was so invested here that I had to find out what was going on. With the seriousness of the story the times of comical relief were welcomed and needed (the ping pong balls were a hoot).
Abigail is a very likeable character, right from the very first chapter I connected and wanted to keep on reading. She is gutsy, brave, compassionate and the seeker of truth. Overcoming tragic events she is just starting to get her groove back, but still gun shy. But her hand is forced and she has no choice once she starts digging. I liked her drive and determination for the truth, even when family might be involved.
It wasn't just Abigail's character that was developed nicely but also that of Gabe, you could feel his struggles at losing a brother and the frustrations of not knowing the truth. His mother, though not as predominately focused on here, but in what little time she was included it wasn't hard to know her and her feelings.
I loved the ending, it finished off nicely. Here is where I really want to say more, as a mom of 4 boys the closer I got to the end the more emotional it became for me. There was one scene that just stayed with me for days afterwards. The author writes with such feeling that it was like I was there, a part of this story.
In regards to profanity, I'm not a big fan of it. I tend to avoid books laced in it (as well as movies), with books it is easier to tone out. What I am getting at here is that yes there are a few times profanity is used, not a huge amount I could count on one hand the amount of times used. My big problem with it is how it's used, does it goes with the story. In The Ones We Trust the very few times used it was in the right context, the substitution of a 'fluff' word would have stood out more disrupting the flow of story. And this story flowed along perfectly with no jagged edges poking out.
Secrets are a sneaky little seed. You can hide them, you can bury them, you can disguise them and cover them up. But then, just when you think your secret has rotted away and decayed into nothing, it stirs back to life. It sprouts roots and stems, crawls its way through the mud and muck, growing and climbing and bursting through the surface, blooming for everyone to see. That's the lesson here. The truth always come out eventually.
I reviewed Kimberly Belle's debut The Last Breath last year, she now stands as one of those authors whose future books will automatically be added to my reading list. Thank you to TLC Tours for allowing me to review this for them. Tomorrow I have to privilege of hosting a guest post with the author.
She’s the author of two novels, THE LAST BREATH and THE ONES WE TRUST (August 2015). She divides her time between Atlanta and Amsterdam.
Keep up with Kimberly:
Kimberly Belle’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:
Tuesday, July 28th: Books a la Mode – author guest post
Wednesday, July 29th: Life is Story
Thursday, July 30th: Sara’s Organized Chaos
Tuesday, August 4th: Mom’s Small Victories
Thursday, August 6th: Kritter’s Ramblings
Friday, August 7th: Romancing the Book – review & interview
Monday, August 10th: Books and Spoons
Monday, August 10th: Just One More Chapter
Tuesday, August 11th: Just One More Chapter – author guest post
Tuesday, August 11th: Jorie Loves a Story – author guest post
Wednesday, August 12th: Bibliotica
Friday, August 14th: From the TBR Pile – review and author Q&A
Monday, August 17th: Feminist Reflections
Wednesday, August 19th: Read Love Blog – author guest post
Thursday, August 20th: The World As I See It |
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Here’s a Lemon Chicken Rice Soup recipe that is just like the Greek Lemon Chicken Rice Soup you order in a good Greek restaurant.
I don’t go out for fast food all that often, but Greek food is a big-time draw when I do. Gyros, garlic dip and Lemon Chicken Rice Soup are my favorites. This soup is such a great copycat from my favorite Greek restaurant.
The texture of this soup is thick and creamy, though it’s completely low fat. Added chicken and rice make this soup filling and satisfying. And the lemon gives it a satisfying tangy flavor.
How to Make Lemon Chicken Rice Soup:
It’s really pretty easy to make. Chicken broth, bouillon, rice, carrots, celery and onion are simmered together, and then the chicken is added in after those are cooked.
Next you’ll make the creamy lemon mixture. Butter and flour are combined in a saucepan. Broth is whisked in too. Separately, you’ll beat the eggs in a bowl and beat in lemon juice too. Next, you’ll very gradually whisk in 2 cups of the hot broth mixture. Finally, you’ll combine everything together.
Garnish the soup however you’d like. I think it’s nice to garnish each bowl with a lemon slice and a sprinkle of sliced green onions. Enjoy!
If this recipe has you craving more Greek recipes, you might wish to try my Pastitsio recipe. It’s a gorgeous, Greek-style lasagna. This Greek Spinach Pie happens to be a very popular recipe. I’ve always wanted to make this Greek Roasted Chicken too.
Lemon Chicken Rice Soup
- 7 cups fat free chicken broth
- 1 cube chicken bouillon
- 1/2 cup uncooked white rice
- 1/3 cup diced carrots
- 1/3 cup diced celery
- 1/3 cup finely chopped onion
- 1½ cups cooked chicken breast chopped
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 2 large eggs
- 4 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- salt and pepper to taste
- lemon slices for garnish
- sliced green onions for garnish
- In a large saucepan, combine the chicken broth, bouillon, rice, carrots, celery and onion. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes, or until rice and vegetables are tender. Stir in the chicken. Remove from heat and set aside.
- In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Whisk in the flour. Cook 1 minute, whisking constantly, until smooth and bubbly. Gradually whisk in 2 cups of the broth; cook until slightly thickened, whisking constantly. Remove from heat and set aside.
- In a small bowl, beat the eggs until frothy. Gradually beat in lemon juice and 2 cups of the thickened broth mixture. Slowly add the egg mixture to the rest of the broth mixture in the large saucepan, stirring constantly. Heat gently until the soup thickens enough to coat a spoon, stirring frequently (do not boil). Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Ladle into soup bowls and garnish each with a lemon slice and a sprinkle of green onions.
- If you are preparing this recipe as GLUTEN FREE, please make sure that you are using brands of the following ingredients that are known to be GF: chicken broth and bouillon. Also sub GF flour or an alternative thickener for the all-purpose flour. |
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Hearing loss cannot always be prevented – sometimes it's just part of getting older. But hearing loss due to exposure to loud noises is completely avoidable.
There are some simple things you can do to help stop loud noises from permanently damaging your hearing, no matter how old you are.
1. Avoid loud noises
The best way to avoid noise-induced hearing loss is to keep away from loud noise as much as you can.
Generally, a noise is probably loud enough to damage your hearing if:
- you have to raise your voice to talk to other people
- you cannot hear what people nearby are saying
- it hurts your ears
- you have ringing in your ears or muffled hearing afterwards
Noise levels are measured in decibels (dB): the higher the number, the louder the noise. Any sound over 85dB can be harmful, especially if you're exposed to it for a long time.
To get an idea of how loud this is:
- whispering – 30dB
- conversation – 60dB
- busy traffic – 70 to 85dB
- motorbike – 90dB
- listening to music on full volume through headphones – 100 to 110dB
- plane taking off – 120dB
You can get smartphone apps that measure noise levels, but make sure they're set up (calibrated) properly to get a more accurate reading.
2. Take care when listening to music
Listening to loud music through earphones and headphones is one of the biggest dangers to your hearing.
To help avoid damaging your hearing:
- use noise-cancelling earphones or headphones – do not just turn the volume up to cover up outside noise
- turn the volume up just enough so you can hear your music comfortably, but no higher
- do not listen to music at more than 60% of the maximum volume – some devices have settings you can use to limit the volume automatically
- do not use earphones or headphones for more than an hour at a time – take a break for at least 5 minutes every hour
Even just turning down the volume a little bit can make a big difference to your risk of hearing damage.
3. Protect your hearing during loud events and activities
To protect your hearing during loud activities and events (such as at nightclubs, gigs or sports events):
- move away from sources of loud noises (such as loudspeakers)
- try to take a break from the noise every 15 minutes
- give your hearing about 18 hours to recover after exposure to lots of loud noise
- consider wearing earplugs – you can buy re-usable musicians' earplugs that reduce the volume of music but do not muffle it
4. Take precautions at work
If you're exposed to loud noises through your work, speak to your human resources (HR) department or occupational health manager.
Your employer is obliged to make changes to reduce your exposure to loud noise, for example, by:
- switching to quieter equipment if possible
- making sure you're not exposed to loud noise for long periods
- providing hearing protection, such as earmuffs or earplugs
Make sure you wear any hearing protection you're given.
5. Get your hearing tested
Get a hearing test as soon as possible if you're worried you might be losing your hearing. The earlier hearing loss is picked up, the earlier something can be done about it.
You might also want to consider having regular hearing checks (once a year, say) if you're at a higher risk of noise-induced hearing loss, for example, if you're a musician or work in noisy environments.
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The inaugural sail of the RAVE V took place last week in Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie. True to its design plan, the RAVE V is as easy to launch from a trailer as the WR17 – simply telescope the amas and back into the water. We deployed the foils prior to launch, but the final design will allow you to lower the foils once you are in the water. The boat rests nicely alongside a dock, and once the small trampolines are installed, it will be easy to board from the amas or the bow.
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We had an overnight mishap which was both bad news and good news. Leaving the boat in a slip in the marina overnight, the forestay pin broke and the double mast came down during the night. It was found resting backwards on the akas, with no damage to the carbon fiber akas or the mast. The good news is that the pilot or passenger would not be harmed in a de-mast scenario given the A-Frame shape. A reinforcement and safety line are now attached to both forward and aft stays
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What are Competencies and why do Assessments?
The Competency Assessment
When the Assessor and Assessee get together for the penultimate competency assessment, it's usually a good idea for the Assessor to have a mobile phone or tablet with the Workhub assessment page for that individual open. [The Assessor can optionally print an assessment form and record the results later.] The process simply involves the Assessee performing the task, and the Assessor observing to see if all criteria are being met. If the individual being assessed is unable to even one criterion, the Assessee continues to be marked as "Requires Supervision" for that task. If all criteria are met, then the Assessee is marked as "Independently Competent" and their compliance score improves accordingly.
One last thing... There is another competence level to which a Assessee can attain through an assessment, and that is "Instructor / Assessor", which allows Daniel-San to someday assume the role of Mister Miyagi. The idea is that as your workers skills and proficiency improve over time, you build up a larger pool of Assessors.
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Welcoming the chairperson, chief guest, speakers and all the participants, the host for the Sandesh Parajuli, officially started the program. Our first speaker, Dr. Suresh Kumar Dhungel (Senior Technologist and spokesperson at NAST) was very excited to present engineering students about Nano-Technology. Pointing out “Waste isn’t ‘a waste’ until it’s wasted”,Mr. Nabin Bikash Maharjan(CEO, Blue Waste to Value Pvt. Ltd) gave us insight on his company’s projects on waste management through modern technology.
Matching the theme of upcoming exhibition ‘MechTRIX 2020’, For a Better Tomorrow, the foreign speaker, Mr.Joshua Menkie, and his topic of presentation ‘Future Energy System ‘ made the event more profound. Very energetic speaker, Mr. Utsav Prasad Sharma, perfectly explained about safely, hazards and environmental health related to aircrafts. Breaking the monotonous note of only speaking and listening, a Q/A session was held at the end of every speaker. Asking of questions and clearing of doubts made the seminar more interactive and fruitful.
Co-ordinators, speaker, participants, and volunteers along with active support from SOMES members played important role in successful commencement of the event. The first major pre-event also provided us a platform to welcome everyone to MechTRIX 2020. So, book your dates on Magh 24, 25 and 26 and witness the thrill and excitement of MechTRIX 2020. ‘Along with #VisitNepal2020, its #VisitMechTRIX2020.
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Why do we never believe even Oprahs, Steve Jobses, Mandelas of this world?
Most of us have such a high resistance as soon as we hear somebody talking about “passion” and “purpose.” The first reaction to those who utter these words, almost always is “Oh, He/she is one of those people who is unrealistic and utopian; one of those incurable dreamers.” Many are not willing to hear actually what that person is saying. As soon as we see or hear those words (passion and purpose), we shut down.
The sad part is we do not believe it even when the people we most admire say the same.
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”
Says Steve Jobs, one of the most innovative people that ever lived on earth. He is a fantastic example because he always looked serious about his work and his life; never seemed to be like one of those leaders who would talk about “heart”. You may think of Oprah as one of the more heart-centered, more unconventional leaders and not identify with her, but we all know how many followers she has and her influence.
"If you don't know what your passion is, realize that one reason for your existence on earth is to find it."
Look at what she was able to achieve with her passion. "
Nelson Mandela said:
“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.'”
There are not enough words to describe his life and his impact. He wants all of us to live up to our potential.
So why is it that we don’t believe it or apply it to ourselves when we hear these people that exemplify the best use of passion, strengths that made them wildly “successful” (not in the meaning of titles and financial freedom they received but how much significance and positive impact they had on millions of people)?
I see a few reasons:
1. We were made to believe for too long (since the Industrial age mindset took over 150+ years ago) that success is defined by money at the bank and titles at work. The worst, that work is something you do just to make money. We should be happy if we have a job and get a pay stub every month. We forgot to question the status quo and the formula given to us. Before the industrial age, people had to look at their skill set, their likes, and their strengths to decide if they should be a farmer, singer, accountant, or baker. This mindset kept us limited in our thinking far too long. We never stop and ask if this is really the only way to live our lives; make a living with our jobs- may be even hate it-and hope all our weekends are a lot more fulfilling.
2. We cancel the option too quickly to believe there might be something we can do that we will love and also get paid for. If we have dreams like that when we are younger, our parents are so protective of us that they tend to guide us to professions where there is more chance to make money. Our parents have the best intentions; they want us to be able to stand on our feet, but subconsciously they project their fears on us at the same time. Everybody owes it to at least look and research who they are, what their strengths are, and see if they can do something that they will enjoy for 40-50 hours a week instead of giving up on this option altogether. It is OK if we choose not to follow our passion, our purpose as a career after we figure out it is not going to support a life style we want; we just should not eliminate this choice before looking into it.
3. We are born for a reason to spend time on this planet. It is proven over and over again that people who have a purpose and passion are more fulfilled. The passion you integrate into your life does not have to be your career. I have friends who love taking photographs, making ceramics, growing plants, drawing pictures that feed their soul. If they chose to do so, they could make money out of it too, but they don’t. Some others do. Either way they have something they love to do. If people share what they create, even better, because then somebody else is inspired to follow their passion too.
4. We were made to believe that work has to involve some level of suffering, hardship and that what comes so easy to us (because those are our natural talents) should not make us any money. We are told that we should not create a business out of it and that we should give them away. Think about everything you buy, though; those were created by somebody else’s talent. Do you ever believe that they should all give them for free?
5. It is easier to believe people like Oprah, Steve Jobs, Nelson Mandela are all very special. I do not deny this either. They are different, that is why they can be where they are, and we are not. We also say they were lucky or they had the right circumstances. It is easier not to look why they are different or how they did it. Consider for a moment we are making up excuses because we are too afraid to follow our dreams. We are so OK to stay in our comfort zone and live an OK life while we have the potential to have a much more fulfilling life. We never even question if we learn some new life skills, it may be possible for us to be wildly happy and “successful” too.
6. It all comes down to what YOU BELIEVE. If you believe there is no way to make money out of your passion, your strengths, or your purpose you will never look for the opportunities and you will never see the doors opening for you. If you can at least have an open mind for yourself and your children that it may be possible, everything will change. And if this is not your career it is OK. I never tell anybody including my clients to take their journey and be broke. We all have to look at the realities of our choices. Do not compare yourself to people who achieved it or failed either. This will be your path, and it is your belief system that will guide in your journey. But at least look and see if there is a way to carve some time for your passion and even a chance to make it your career.
So when people you admire or people you meet talk about purpose and passion, try to stay open and hear what they have to say. They are not trying to sell you empty dreams or take you out of the realities of life. They know or they have witnessed too many times that it is possible for all of us. They may know that our belief system might be the only thing that is in our way. Unless we are very lucky to have all the money in the world, we all need to pay the bills and put food on the table. But we cannot limit ourselves or our children by stopping their dreams if we do not have 100% evidence that we or they will fail. You can never know if your child can be Olympian or not (you know my friend who you are); let them follow their dreams and do not give up on yours either no matter what your age is. Even if there is failure on the way, that will be the experience to learn from. One day when we are 90 we will have some disappointments, but at least no regrets knowing we were brave enough to try.
It is really about our beliefs. Question them and ask if there is 100% proof that you cannot achieve your dreams. The answer is almost always “No, I have no real evidence.” So just do it.
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”
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CEO OF THE ABSHERON HOTEL GROUP, MARTIN KLEINMANN DISCUSSES HIS VISION FOR AZERBAIJAN’S FUTURE, DINAMO HOTEL’S FIRST ANNIVERSARY AND HIS NEW HOTEL THAT OPENS IN BAKU NEXT YEAR. HE ALSO SHARES WITH US THE PASSION THAT DRIVES HIM TO PROMOTE AZERBAIJAN’S TOURISM, HIS LOVE OF TRAVEL AND HOW HIS GRANDMOTHER’S AUSTRIAN BED AND BREAKFAST GAVE HIM HIS FIRST INSIGHT INTO THE WORLD OF HOSPITALITY. HAVING LIVED AND WORKED IN BAKU FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, MR KLEINMANN IS A DYNAMIC AND DRIVEN INDIVIDUAL WITH A GENUINE LOVE FOR AZERI FOOD, WINE AND CULTURE, PROMOTING AZERBAIJAN’S AGENDA TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.
BY GEMMA BIANCHI SLATER
AZERI OBSERVER EDITOR
Question: You were appointed to the post of CEO of the Absheron Hotel Group in January 2019. What is your priority in this post and what kind of goals do you set yourself and your staff?
Answer: We now look after the JW Marriott and the Four Seasons in terms of asset management, managing the Boulevard, Intourist, Dinamo, Bilgah Beach, Pik Palace and Park Chalet in Azerbaijan. Our vision is to be the leading hospitality company, not just in Azerbaijan but the whole region. We’re already fairly strong within the country but our desire is to grow beyond the borders. For example, we have a hotel in Bodrum, but we also want to diversify to Georgia, as they are a strong feeder market. For the people who travel to the Caucasus, we want them to visit all our hotels within the neighbouring countries.
I took the job in January, so we are consolidating and building a new team to ensure all the properties we have are in excellent condition, especially with the changes in the country’s strategy to tourism so we adapt our offerings to our customers. When we arrived here in Baku six years ago there weren’t many tourists, it was all corporate business, and now all of a sudden we have a lot of guests coming from the Middle East, Asia, China, for example. We are opening a truly authentic Chinese restaurant at the Boulevard Hotel from next year to cater for our international visitors.
Tourism development is not just about telling people to come; you have to develop your infrastructure and tailor it to their needs so there’s enough here for them to be interested in.
Azerbaijan has a clear message with active open representation offices all geared towards tourism. We think it’s important to keep everything authentic, but we need to preserve what people love about Azerbaijan.
With our company growth, we need to set up a solid foundation to ensure we are internationally recognised, and that we deliver on our promises.
Q: What can you tell us about your newest hotel in Baku, for example Dinamo?
A: Originally named after a sports club, it opened in September 2018 and is an incredible hotel, our most luxurious hotel. It was designed internally by Alberto Pinto, one of the world’s most famous interior designers. He really looked at every single detail of the hotel. You can clearly see the relation to sports; with pictures, trophies and medals, all showcasing Azerbaijan’s contribution to its sporting history. Art deco on the one hand but with the design elements related to sports. From a product point of view, Dinamo is our pride and joy. What makes it exceptional is the service that’s provided.
We have a great Chef, so the food is excellent. There’s always a prejudice that hotels are very formal, hotels are very expensive but it’s not necessarily the case.
We are opening a smaller hotel with 63 rooms close to Fountain Square in spring 2020. It’s in the historic building where the Caspian Shipping Company was based, so we will see a lot of elements that retain the history of this iconic building. It will be called ‘The Merchant’ and will have a small restaurant in the inner courtyard under a beautiful glass dome, through which you can enter the restaurant from the boulevard.
It will be the first hotel that my team and I will be opening so we are all very excited and currently busy searching for new members to join us in this new venture.
Q: What motivated you to go into the hotel industry?
A: My Grandmother had a bed and breakfast in a ski resort in Austria where I spent most of my vacations, so hospitality has always been a part of my life. Although I initially began a law degree, I decided I wanted to travel the world and work everywhere and hospitality was one of the professions with no limitations. You see a lot when you travel, but you only scratch the surface, the hotel industry gave me the chance to live and experience different cultures – I don’t look back.
I have worked all over the world, China, Istanbul, Cairo, Bahrain, New Delhi, Germany and the US, and now Baku for the past 6 years.
Q.: In your opinion, what is essential in the hotelier’s industry?
A: You need to love what you do, you need to have the passion and want to be with people, and be there for people. You need to be aware that everybody is different with different needs and desires, be very adaptable, be very flexible with a clear understanding that it’s not about yourself, but it’s about others. People with a big ego may find hospitality a challenge but at the end of the day, you can’t be successful if your people aren’t successful as well. The further you go and the higher you move, you need your people around you.
Q: How do you find the hospitality in Azerbaijan in comparison to your home country of Germany?
A: Azerbaijan is still in its infant stage of hospitality so you can’t really compare. It took until 2012 for international hotel brands to come, following the country’s strategy of putting Azerbaijan on the map. Therefore in parallel with the preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest coming to Baku in 2012, we had the Fairmont, Four Seasons, Hilton, JW Marriott Absheron and Kempinski (which is now Pullman) all open within less than a year. If you want to attract major events, you have to accommodate everyone. Then the inaugural European Games came in 2015, more hotels were needed – the Holiday Inn returned to Baku and our company opened the Boulevard Hotel and the Intourist.
For the Azerbaijanis, hospitality is in their blood, but if I was to mention Germany, it has the technical skill set and educational system focused towards hospitality, so we need to now improve our technical skill set through more tourism focused schools. We have tourism kicking in which fuels future growth.
Q: Is there anything else worth mentioning in regards to your hotels?
A: The message should clearly be that we have something for everyone; every need, every taste and every wallet. Dinamo has great food and an amazing spa. Boulevard has an incredible fitness facility and pool. In the mountains, we hope people will make use of the winter months in our hotels up there. We plan to have a Christmas market with huts around the ice rink, selling goodies like mulled wine and sausages.
is your favourite place to wine and dine in Baku?
A: Having an Asian influence in the family with my wife Min, Chinar is a classic. There are also some wonderful local restaurants, especially close to the Boulevard; in particular there is one called Qadim Gabala, where you are served a big rack of lamb carved right at your table – it is to die for. It is a recent find, but it is definitely worth it.
Q: Where do you take your relatives when they visit?
A: You start in the old town, walking on the cobbles, having breakfast, you go to the museums like the Carpet museum, Heydar Aliyev centre, Museum of Modern Art, then the mud volcanoes, Yanar Dag, then drive to Shamakhi, Ismayilli, Sheki and Gakh.
Q: What is the best thing about living in Azerbaijan?
A: It is so wonderful for the family. It has the combination of the big city, but then in twenty minutes you can be wherever you want to be. You can maximise time, it’s great for the kids; they can do whatever sports they want. From day one, I never had to worry about my family. You can go down to the boulevard and spend time outside. Then an hour north you’re kite surfing in Shuraabad. Enjoying really nice wine, like Chabiant.
Q: What artefact would you take home to remind you of Azerbaijan?
A: Azerbaijan has such a strong influence on our family and the memories are something we will always treasure and never forget. |
Democrats Casually “Blame Russia” for the Riots
The riots engulfing the U.S. were provoked by Moscow, according to National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama from 2013 to 2017 and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013, Susan Rice. She even took it one step further by claiming that those who smashed police stations were strictly following a “Russian playbook.” This allegation without evidence is of course unsurprising since Rice was a key player in pushing for U.S. sanctions against Russia over issues in Ukraine.
More profound is not only that she pins the riots in the U.S. as part of Russian interference, but she ignores the true economic and sociological reasons behind the riots. On top, she contradicts her own role in backing and supporting violent protests, rioting and then armed insurgency against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2011 that eventually culminated into a bloody war that is nearly 10-years old and resulted in hundreds of thousands deaths. Her same instigation and support for the bloody uprising in Syria was also repeated against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in Libya in 2011.
Protests and riots in the U.S. followed the death of African-American George Floyd when he was arrested by police in the city of Minneapolis, with riots quickly spreading to Washington, San Francisco, Portland, Miami, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, New York, St. Louis and Atlanta. Police officer Derek Chauvin, who was directly responsible for Floyd’s death, was terminated from his job and is facing murder and manslaughter charges. But the protesters also demand an end to systematic racism and police brutality that has a centuries old history in the U.S.
Many people held up the banner with Floyd’s dying words: “I cannot breathe.” But peaceful actions quickly escalated into clashes, and then riots and looting began, and more violently, shootings against police officers are being reported. In major cities there are now curfews, but this has not helped, especially as police precincts have been trashed, a courthouse set on fire in Portland, police cars stoned and burnt in New York, and police officers shot in St. Louis. President Trump responded to the violence by agreeing to use the military to quell the revolt and charged so-called leftist extremist groups as domestic terrorists.
Rice is not the only pundit to say Russia has a role in the riots. Former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial appearing on CNN and said that Russian agents and white supremacists were behind the riots. This is just one of many in a choir who are all pointing towards Moscow as the instigator of these events and not reflecting on their own deep domestic divisions as a reason for the revolt.
Trump even rejected the Russia-blaming, saying on Twitter
By passing the blame onto Russia, American voices are ignoring the deep polarization and division in their own society. Not only is there a division between liberal and conservative philosophical ideologies, but there is also a deep unreconciled race and class division in the U.S. The coronavirus pandemic flared these divisions as millions of Americans became unemployed and pushed further into destitution at a time when American billionaires continue to make massive profits – the killing of Floyd has been another spark that caused an explosion over these issues.
Yet, many in the U.S. think that there are no deep divisions and that the reason for all the problems is Trump and the Russians. But by ignoring the root causes of why such revolts continually occur in the U.S., these events are only going to continue happening without the need of ‘Moscow’s hidden hand.’
The search for an external enemy to blame for the U.S.’ own domestic issues will only propel Trump to a successful re-election campaign as the majority of Americans know this is a purely domestic affair. Just as Democratic-sympathetic media and their stakeholders pushed the Russian interference narrative during the 2016 election campaign, something proven to be false, they are once again resurrecting the unsuccessful tactic that will only work in Trump’s favor.
An attempt to use conventional ideological patterns is dangerous for the U.S. itself: after all, protests are real, as are the causes for it, and therefore, blaming Russia for it will not solve anything. Rather, it will actually galvanize support for Trump as ordinary Americans feel like their frustrations and voice are being heard by him, and not sidelined in favor of unsubstantial allegations made by Democrat Party supporters that Russia is responsible for the riots.
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I despise Paddington Bear.
I wasn't sure if that was too strong a way to start an article about a fictional bear, but on reflection, I think it's fair - I really can't abide the bear.
I'm painfully aware this isn't a popular battle to fight, especially considering the success of his last two films and thousands of Twitter followers, but in my opinion we need to discuss the bear's conduct.
Because dear reader, while Paddington is routinely voted as one of the best things our city has produced, the truth is he's nothing but a cynical bore.
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His Twitter is excruciating
If we're going to dissect Paddington's irritating public persona, and we are, it's best we start with his Twitter which is a disgrace.
Paddington's tweets are a nauseating mix 'live, love, laugh' and 'kindness is magic' energy that surely grates on anyone with a brain.
The bear, or the people behind the bear, subjects his 178,000 followers (all of whom I view as complicit in his crimes) with an endless stream of half-arsed musings on the world - all surface level, no real depth or meaning.
Take this tweet the bear foisted on his followers over the weekend.
I know, I'm annoyed I had to read it too.
But its not just the shamelessly brazen way he promotes his brand on Twitter, it's also that he uses his account to permanently remind his followers he's more wholesome than them.
Only last month he was bragging that he'd 'learn how to say 'please' and 'thank you' in 11 different languages.'
Well done Paddington, what a shining example you are to us all...
You're a caricature of bland, soppy kindness for people who can't face the real world and you've been making money out of these saps for too long.
He's a squatter and a thief
Full disclosure: I've only seen the Bear's second film so I'm not too fleshed out on the precise details of the arrangement, but I believe I'm right in thinking he's squatting at the Brown's Windsor Gardens home?
As far as I can see he turned up at the door one day and has been joyriding over their hospitality ever since?
Like I said, I'm not sure of the precise arrangement, but you've got to have some brass neck on you not to realise (or care, knowing him) that you're stealing a living from these people.
I can't imagine Mrs Brown is too pleased to have an unsavoury character like him under her roof either, especially as she has two young children.
I wouldn't be surprised if he always leaves a mess in the kitchen after he's made some ridiculous marmalade dish, and the amount of data he uses up with his contrived tweets must be obscene.
To make matters worse, the bear is also a thief.
His second film revolves around him being 'framed' for the theft of a pop up book and I think his name is wrongly cleared in the end.
No doubt Paddington greased a couple of hands at Scotland Yard to escape the sentence.
In my view, if you fit the crime, you do the time.
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He doesn't behave like a Londoner
I could spend days rattling off Paddington's faults, but for the purpose of brevity this will be the last I say on the matter.
Fundamentally, Paddington doesn't believe in or represent the values of Londoners and we should disown him immediately.
Paddington Bear is the sort of person who talks to people on the Tube.
Paddington Bear is the sort of person who wants all the London football teams to 'do well' without picking a side.
Paddington Bear is the sort of person who says 'At least we came second and gave a good account of ourselves' after England lose the World Cup final.
That there's currently a statue of the bear in Leicester Square (a fact he undoubtedly loves ) is a deep embarrassment to our fair city.
In conclusion, Paddington is a one-trick drip whose abused the naivety of Londoners for over 50 years.
We'd be better off being rid off him.
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A group of U.S. venture capital firms, including Disney’s investment arm, was set to announce Wednesday that it had invested $23.5 million in UUSee, a major Chinese site for Web video.
UUSee distributes live and on-demand TV from CCTV, China’s largest TV broadcaster; CSAT, China’s largest satellite TV company; and Beijing TV. The content includes subtitled U.S. shows like “CSI: Miami” and “24.”
The investment round was led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Highland Capital Partners. It included Steamboat Ventures, the venture-capital vehicle of The Walt Disney Co. Two other firms, Sequoia Capital and Susquehanna International Group, invested in UUSee in a previous round and joined in this one.
The site has 36 million registered users, making it China’s largest Web TV operator, according to Dan Nova of Highland.
“It really is the country’s and the world’s largest Web TV operator,” Nova said. He will join UUSee’s board along with DFJ’s Barry Schuler, the former chief executive of America Online.
There’s no close equivalent to UUSee in the U.S., where the TV shows and movies that are available online are spread out among several sites owned by TV networks and online titans like Google Inc."
“There’s no one leading Web TV operator here in the United States,” Nova said. “In many ways I think China is a lot more advanced, when it comes to the organization and distribution of video content.”
UUSee distributes the videos from servers, but to reduce long-distance Internet traffic, it also has a feature that uses viewers’ computers to distribute video to other, nearby viewers. It’s the only peer-to-peer network approved by Chinese telecom regulators, Nova said.
“When you look at the government approval, the content relationships, the management team, and the growth and acceptance by the Chinese community, one could conclude that they’re in a pole position to capture the Web TV market,” Nova said.
UUSee makes money from ads and from premium text-messaging services used to vote in contests.
Nova expects UUSee to have revenue of at least $10 million this year, and to become profitable on a quarterly basis by the end of the year. |
Forget the hotdog legs on a tropical beach or the obligatory selfie at a tourist hotspot, plan this summer’s adventures based on the most envy inducing #humblebrag opportunities that’ll stand out among your followers’ feeds. With some of the world’s most stunning, yet undiscovered, locations here on UK soil, tour the prettiest towns with leading small-group tours company, Rabbie’s. Treat yourself to a staycation this summer.
Having just got back from walking from Hunstanton to Cromer on the Norfolk Coastal Path, I can really appreciate what is on my doorstep. It’s a 55 mile walk – although mostly flat it’s gruelling – the most challenging across the stoney Weybourne beach! However, it was such a fun adventure, the sun was out and our team of three had some fun #walkUNUNtalkun – it was #Roightnoice!
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Bibury, “the most beautiful village in England”
Despite being described as the most beautiful village in England by William Morris in the 1800s, and Henry Ford so taken with it he wanted to dismantle it to rebuild brick-by-brick in Michigan, Bibury is not a destination we see filling our social feeds. An undisputed jewel in the Cotswolds crown, one of the standout features of this countryside town is Arlington Row, which once featured inside the front cover of UK passports – and now on your Instagram feed. Nearby Bampton doubled as the backdrop for Downton Abbey, and if it’s good enough for the Earl of Grantham…
Visit Bibury and Bampton, among other UK gems, on the Rabbie’s two-day The Cotswolds, Bath and Oxford tour, departing from London, priced from £89 per person.
Quaint cobbled streets for picture perfect posts in Rye
Climb the St. Mary’s Parish Church tower or the Ypres Tower to capture the terracotta cottage rooftops of the seaside town or, wander to the top of any number of the winding cobbled streets for a jaw-dropping shot of traditional English cottages. If it’s the floral trend you’re after, Sissinghurst Castle Garden, where “only the beautiful, the pungent and the elegant are allowed” is the backdrop for you (Adam Nicolson, owners Vita and Harold’s grandson, was referring to the plants in the herb garden, of course).
Visit Rye and Sissinghurst Castle and Gardens, among other UK gems, on the Rabbie’s three-day Leeds Castle, White Cliffs and Flavours of Kent tour, departing from London, priced from £129 per person.
Currently offering ten different tours from London, from one-day up to eight-days in duration and visiting a mix of sought-after English and Welsh locations Rabbie’s also offer an eight-day tour from London to Edinburgh. Rabbie’s are an internationally recognised company who deliver memorable experiences for small groups of inquisitive travellers, by creating connections between people and places. Their ethical small group tours with friendly driver-guides host no more than 16 passengers meaning more personal attention, a chance to meet the locals, extended time off the bus and more freedom for passengers to make their trip their own. |
Game of Thrones Season 8 spoilers ahead!
Game of Thrones Season 8's third episode, "The Long Night," left us cold--you can read our impressions in our Episode 3 review. The Night King played a major part in the episode, as his forces (including his dragon, Viserion) invaded Winterfell in an attempt to get at Bran. And while his goal within the confines of this single episode was fairly straighforward, what have we learned about him and his motivations over the course and the series and from the books (where things with the White Walkers are not quite the same). Below, we explore everything we know about the character and some of the commonly asked questions that have cropped up, like whether Bran is the Night King.
If you want to dig deeper, check out what happened to Jon's dragon, what happened to Ghost, and our new theories based on Episode 3. You can also refresh yourself on everyone who's died this season, including at the Battle of Winterfell, and pore over all the Easter eggs and references you might have missed this week.
If you took the events of the last few seasons of Game of Thrones at face value, the question "Who is the Night King?" seemed easy to answer: He was an evil ice demon leading his forces south to annihilate the residents of Westeros with icy magic, rotting zombies, and even an undead dragon. And now he's dead (killed by Arya), the zombie army is destroyed, and by all appearances the show is eager to move on to the final battle with Cersei Lannister for the Iron Throne.
Some fans are disappointed--and understandably so. Game of Thrones is a series that has often deftly avoided the overused tropes of most fantasy fiction--tropes like an evil Dark Lord whose only goal is to destroy humanity, and if you kill him, his entire army drops dead and the problem is solved in a single heroic act. At some point, Game of Thrones the show came to rely on that trope after all, and legions of longtime fans were simply in denial about it. "The Long Night" was a painful wake-up slap to the face.
Still, Game of Thrones Season 8 did reveal some information about the Night King that we didn't previously know. So who was the Night King, really--and what did he want? Why was he marching south? And was the Night King really evil? We learned something new about the villain and his motivations in Season 8 Episode 2, "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms." Crucially, Bran revealed that the Night King's goal was to kill him.
"He'll come for me. He's tried before many times, with many Three-Eyed Ravens," Bran says. So it's not just the two Three-Eyed Ravens we know, apparently--this conflict has played out before, according to Bran.
And what does the Night King want? "An endless night," the TER said. "He wants to erase this world, and I am its memory."
That doesn't really answer the question of why--why did the Night King want to erase this world? Earlier in Season 8, it seemed there was still room for the show to explore that question in a coming episode, but it turns out that was it. But there's always the books to look forward to--fingers crossed--so let's get into some other Night King theories while we wait for the rest of Season 8 to arrive.
The Night King Is Not Bran
Let's get this out of the way: The Night King is not, as one popular theory posits, Bran. Bran is not the Night King, and the Night King is not Bran. It's a stupid theory, and I would like to be done with it.
The entire purpose of the Three-Eyed Raven, which Bran has become, is to stop the Night King. If Bran was the Night King, why would the original TER have put so much effort into luring Bran into his cave and teaching him? If Bran is the Night King, his entire arc for the past seven previous seasons is completely meaningless and void.
That's not to say Bran is a hero in this story, as we've been led to believe. Bran could wind up being on the wrong side of this ultimate conflict, with his detached nature and the Three-Eyed Raven's dubious origins (the show made zero effort to explore the figure's backstory, so we have no idea who he actually is). But that doesn't mean he's going to go back in time, be transformed by ice magic, do nothing for thousands of years, and become a completely different person.
And just in case you're not convinced, Bran actor Isaac Hempstead-Wright shot it down personally, telling Radio Times the theory is too "obvious," "cheesy," and lacking in dramatic weight. So, yeah. Please stop with this.
Is He Good or Bad?
Even once we accept that the Night King isn't Bran, we still know practically nothing about the character. Clearly he's a thinking, sentient being, and the White Walkers around him have a society and hierarchy all their own. They make armor and weapons, and they have their own culture and, presumably, language (we've never actually heard one speak).
So what is the Night King's true purpose? The stories passed down by humanity suggest that the White Walkers are a force of evil who arrive with the Long Night to murder everyone they can. But why? What are their goals? Why are they so hell-bent on traveling south?
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We learned during Bran's scenes in Season 6 that the Children of the Forest created the White Walkers in the first place to help them defend against the First Men, who were cutting down their forests as they settled Westeros. The White Walkers turned on the Children, who then joined forces with the Men to drive them back to the far north. So the story goes, but that doesn't really answer the question of "why."
The show never elaborated on the White Walkers' background and goals more in Season 8, making them the first truly boring bad guys on a show otherwise filled with great and complex villains. But there's still hope that the books might make something more of the "Others," as they're called in the novels. Here's why:
There's one other thing you need to understand about the Night King: He's an invention of the show. In other words, there is no "Night King" in the books. There's a "Night's King," who is actually completely different from the show's Night King; while if the White Walkers have a leader in the books, we've yet to meet him.
It's unclear whether the story of the Night's King in the books will have any bearing on the show's Night King, but it may be worth going over just in case.
In the books, the Night's King is a figure from legend and myth who is said to have lived thousands of years before the series' events. He was the 13th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch (for reference, Jon Snow is the 998th Lord Commander, so yes, a lot of time has passed). Legend has it the Night's King fell in love with a White Walker woman, took her as his bride, and ruled over one of the Watch's castles (the Nightfort) as a rebel of sorts, until an alliance of Northerners and Wildlings defeated him.
Author George R.R. Martin actually addressed the relationship between the show's Night King and the book's Night's King in a blog post in 2015: "As for the Night's King (the form I prefer), in the books he is a legendary figure, akin to Lann the Clever and Brandon the Builder, and no more likely to have survived to the present day than they have."
So yeah, according to Martin's own words, the Night King is an invention of the show, as the book's version is a figure from history who is no longer around in the present day. Whether the Others in the books have a leader at all is something we might find out if George ever finishes the books.
And as for the Night King in the show? What we know now is probably all we'll ever know. |
From the day my grandson Nathan made his arrival into this world, we felt that something was different. Nathan was a fussy baby. He didn’t like to be held or rocked. Getting him to sleep was always difficult. As he became a toddler, Nathan couldn’t sit still or stay focused on any one toy for any length of time, even watching TV. Interacting with other kids his age was not easy for him. Nathan had a hard time sharing toys and things always had to go his way or he would throw a tantrum.
Our doctor assured my daughter that Nathan was a typical little boy and said we should wait until he reached school age to become concerned. After all, Nathan was developmentally on track. But finding daycare and babysitters was next to impossible. A few times of dealing with Nathan was all it took for a sitter to quit.
Just before Nathan turned 6, my daughter pushed to be referred to a specialist. We lived in rural Nebraska so we had to visit doctors 90 miles away at the Behavioral Health Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. At the very first visit, they told us that he had ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). Later Nathan was also diagnosed with bipolar, and a seizure disorder. We were heartbroken but relieved to get Nathan started on treatment.
At age 7, Nathan was hospitalized for the first time. Over the years, his aggressive behaviors became more pronounced. We experienced multitudes of med changes and dosage changes. Nothing worked for long. Just when we thought things were getting better, the meds would seem to stop working.
After a series of terrifying meltdowns, Nathan was placed in a residential treatment facility when he was 10 years old. Nathan stayed there for 11 months. It was not a good experience for any of us.
The treatment center was 170 miles from our home. We couldn’t get to see Nathan as often as we wanted to, and it was stressful and expensive and stressful to visit. Plus, our first visits were supervised and lasted only two hours. We were made to sit at a table in the kitchen of the cottage where he was living with several boys and a staff that rotated with very little consistency. A staff member sat at the table with us. I found this very demeaning. Nathan had not entered treatment because we harmed him in any way. It was four months before we were allowed to take Nathan out of the cottage.
We only had family therapy every other Friday. Nathan’s first therapist was very inexperienced. She insisted that Nathan’s four siblings participate in therapy at least monthly, even though two were very young and two had to miss school to attend. Some days we would all arrive at therapy only to have the children asked to play in the hall.
As time passed, we watched Nathan slip into a deep depression. We continually questioned the treatment staff about what they were doing to help him. My daughter would call Nathan all of the nights we were allowed to and call the staff each evening to ask how Nathan’s day had gone. The staff told her that they had never had a parent call to check in before and that they didn’t have time for it!
A Matter of Time
At no point did we feel that Nathan showed true improvement. He only learned to play their game and do what was expected so that he could come home. At one point, my daughter asked the health insurance company to allow Nathan to transfer to another facility because was making no progress. That request was denied.
Finally, Nathan came home. We went back to the weekly family therapy we’d attended before Nathan’s placement and worked with a case manager to access all of the services available in our region. Unfortunately, our area had few services. The nearest respite care was 60 miles away.
It felt like only a matter of time before Nathan was out of control again. Nathan hadn’t learned any skills to handle his anger or redirect his frustration. After several good months, Nathan became less able to control himself or concentrate in school. The doctors adjusted his medications but Nathan’s explosive behaviors only became more severe.
Six months after he left the residential program, Nathan had two meltdowns a few weeks apart. He threatened his 8-year-old brother with a baseball bat and his mom with a golf club. He threw everything in reach and was hitting and kicking. We headed to the hospital, where the doctors said that Nathan was a threat to himself and his siblings. We heard the news we’d feared: they recommended another course of residential treatment.
A Rock and a Hard Place
This time, though, we pushed and pushed for Nathan to be placed at a facility with a good reputation—Boys Town in Omaha, NE. We’d seen that the atmosphere and attitudes there were so different from other facilities. The staff were friendly and showed honest concern. They answered all of our questions immediately. They seemed to genuinely care that we were comfortable leaving Nathan there. After a month of advocating for the placement, Nathan was accepted.
We knew that placement would be hard on Nathan. During our tour of the unit, I walked through a door and heard it lock behind me. That’s when I truly realized how different and scary this would be for any 11-year-old. As my daughter packed Nathan’s things, she was sad and exhausted but relieved and hopeful.
The day we said goodbye to Nathan, we could only reassured him that we would see him soon. We held each other and cried.
The following evening at supper, my daughter and I casually suggested to my husband that moving to 150 miles to Omaha might be in everyone’s best interest. We could visit Nathan more often and be more involved with his treatment. My daughter’s other children would have more time with her. So a month later, our entire family moved.
Living nearby was so much better. We started with one visit and one family therapy session per week. The visits included Mom, Grandpa and Grandma, and later Nathan’s siblings, two at a time. Soon we had two weekly visits, and within three months, Nathan was able to come home for the day.
I was the lucky one—I got to drive him to our new home. As we drove through Omaha, Nathan kept asking, “Is this our street?” At our driveway, his eyes got really big and he said, “You really did move!” It was fun to watch him go room to room, checking everything out.
In family therapy, we all learned to re-direct Nathan when we saw that he was getting upset or having difficulty making good choices. Most importantly, Nathan has learned to recognize when he is having a difficult time. There have been times, especially around sharing or having to compromise, when we’ve known that he normally would have gone immediately into a meltdown. Now we can actually see in his face that Nathan is pulling himself back into control. He will remove himself from the situation and go to his room, read a book or listen to music until he feels that he’s in control.
As time has passed, our visits with Nathan have changed drastically. At first, his siblings did not want to be in the room with him without an adult. Over time, his siblings learned that Nathan could control his behavior. Nathan is now able to play games without getting mad if someone beats him. He also is willing to help with chores.
Nathan and his siblings now enjoy time together outside or down in the family room. It is wonderful to sit back and watch them play.
Our treatment team kept Nathan moving forward. After we’d had weekly home visits for a month, Nathan was able to move from the controlled hospital setting to the Specialized Treatment Program, where he lived in a home with three other boys and a married couple who were “family teachers.”
Last Christmas, Nathan was able to come home each day of the break, spending nights at Boys Town. We were so excited. In the spring, Nathan was scheduled to begin overnights, but I had a heart attack and surgery. By July I had recovered and he was able to begin weekend visits.
In August, we took Nathan on a family vacation and saw how far he had come. One night Nathan was supposed to attend his first Packers game. At the last minute, Nathan decided to stay home. “If the crowd and noise bother me, everyone will have to leave the game to bring me back,” he said. This was a major breakthrough. He knew his limitations and was willing to sacrifice something important to ensure that others could enjoy themselves.
Now we are preparing for Nathan to return home. In addition to weekends, he comes home on Wednesdays after school so he can blend in to the family routine of homework and supper. In March, we will add in Tuesday evenings. Nathan is doing so well. He is back at grade level in school and has a A- average!
We are looking forward to having our family whole again. It’s been hard to have an empty spot at the dinner table and an empty bed. Nathan says the hardest part has been missing birthdays and special days with the family.
When May rolls around and you hear the cheers of joy coming from the Midwest, you will know that Nathan has come home. We know that we will have good times and still some bad times but we feel that we now have the knowledge and the tools to work through difficulties. We’ll have to remain focused and working together so that when Nathan does come home it will be forever. |
Mental Focus – Staying Calm & Composed
Imagine you just three-putted from 15 feet. How did you react? Did you get frustrated? Or did you accept it and calmly walk to your next shot? How you react to events, good and bad, on the golf course influences your mindset and performance. The first principle of self-control is that you must be in control of your thoughts and emotions before you can control your performance. It’s how you react to mistakes that determines if mistakes are compounded and “the wheels fall off” or if you can remain composed and play on with control.
Why do some players lose control emotionally and turn a bogey into more bogeys? One reason is that they can’t forget what happened on the last hole or shot. Most players set themselves up for frustration or anger because they don’t meet their expectations for how they think the game “should be” played. The frustration makes a player get out of his or her normal rhythm, try harder, or be over aggressive with a game plan. In this article, I present mental skills for controlling your emotions and helping you stay composed before you let the wheels fall off.
1. Stop Dwelling in the Past
Negative emotions begin after you react negatively to a bad shot or a bad score on a hole. You carry it to your next shot because you choose to dwell on your mistake. “What a stupid shot I hit” you mumble to yourself. It’s not only a distraction, but you start to tense up physically. This mindset is unhealthy for your self-confidence and enjoyment. Do you really want to continue to beat yourself up? You make the choice to focus on that bad hole or refocus on what you need to do to play your next shot. Make the right choice.
2. Give Yourself Permission
Does one mistake cause you to unravel? Some players expect that anything less than a flawless round is a failure. If you expect too much of yourself, you are setting yourself up for certain frustration and heartache. No one can be perfect. You must learn to accept that you are human and humans make mistakes. Allow yourself the luxury of making mistakes by giving yourself permission before the round. Even the best players in the world on top of their game make mistakes. You must accept mistakes so you can stay calm and composed. The key is how you recover from a bad shot, not what it cost you.
3. Slow Down and Breath
Anger causes you to walk faster between shots, rush your shots, swing faster, and speed up your preshot routine. Part of staying composed includes calming down physically. When upset, make an effort to slow down and take time walking between shots. Take your normal preshot routine. Breath through your abdominal region. This helps reduce muscular tension and gives you a positive focus.
4. Be Your Own Best Coach
Negative emotions feed off of a player’s negative self-talk. First, pay attention to what you say to yourself after a poor shot. Second, learn to “counter” the negative self-talk and give yourself a pep talk: “I’m a good putter, I’ll make my next putt.” No one can be positive for you, but yourself. You have to be your own best coach and turn your self-defeating thoughts into words of encouragement. |
Director Om Raut saves much of his historic film Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior with an overwhelming climax involving a duel between the main character (Ajay Devgn) and his Rajput nemesis Uday Bhan (Saif Ali Khan).
It is a powerful conclusion to a film that lacks the same intensity throughout its rather tepid narrative. Of course, by convention, the climax should be in a higher place than the rest of the film. But the preparation could have been at least a large part of what lies ahead. The only point that comes close to the climax is the intermission, which not only introduces an unexpected twist to the plot, but also raises the stakes of the upcoming battle of Singhad.
The film trailer describes the battle as a “surgical strike” by a force of Maratha soldiers from Chhatrapati Shivaji, led by his right-hand man Tanaji Malusare, on Gondana Castle, a former Maratha territory ceded to the Mughal Empire four years earlier as a truce to avoid invading the rest of the Maratha Kingdom.
Tanhaji and his brave Marathas face Uday Bhan, a Rajput bodyguard from Aurangzeb who has been entrusted with the task of securing Gondana because of his cunning manner, inhuman strength and agility, and his skillful warrior abilities.
The true heart of Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior is the climax and the battle that follows. The rest of the narrative is weak in terms of commitment and meaning. Most of it simply serves to set the plot and explain the context, which Sanjay Mishra’s voice-over introducing the viewer to Tanhaji’s time could have done comfortably.
Other actors, including Luke Kenny (Aurangzeb), Kelkar (Shivaji) and Neha Sharma (Kamal, Udy’s love), are helpful, although none of them stand out particularly.
Filmmaker Keiko Nakahara captures greatness and intimacy in the right places. Editor Dharmendra Sharma has the difficult task of putting together a large number of action interludes, but he gets through it with ease.
Production designers Sriram Iyengar and Sujeet Sawant and costume designer Nachiket Bharve use conventional tropes (red for the woman, earthy tones for the protagonist, and ink blue for the villain) but end up creating a visually striking chapter from a book by Amar Chitra Katha.
Visual and special effects, including 3D, support the film’s grandeur and the director’s vision. The direction of the action is superb, especially the inventive use of bamboo to climb the outside walls of the castle and Udy’s innovative style of holding the sword upside down during the attack.
Ajay-Atul’s music, like most of his marathi-flavored Hindi music, is populated by Nashik dhols and other local instruments. Throughout the soundtrack, the titles “Maay Bhavani” and “Tinak Tinak” stand out. Ganesh Acharya presents contemporary dance movements in “Shankara Re Shankara”, which serves more as a distraction than a complement to the script. The best part is the background music, which is as exciting as the climax of the film. |
11th May 2018
Heads of Terms (HoTs) are the starting point for most transactions and are usually prepared by the landlord or their agent, detailing the ‘agreed’ position on a number of the key commercial points in a lease to enable the negotiation of the lease to proceed without undue delay. It is important that they cover any key concerns for the parties. Tenants should take legal advice at the HoTs stage, and ensure that any specific or unusual requirements are included in the HoTs as introducing new and/or unusual terms at a later stage can be difficult and cause delays.
Some points for potential commercial property tenants to consider include:
Extent of the property rights included: A lease can either be of the whole or part of a building and the extent of the premises being let to the tenant should be properly identified in the HoTs. A tenant will be responsible for the full extent of the premises being let to it (including in the case of a whole building, the structure roof and plant and machinery in it) and a tenant usually will not be able to use or occupy any other part of the building, unless specific rights are granted. Tenants should consider the rights they need or want – such as for parking, use of common parts & facilities, additional storage areas, roof space for plant, as well as signs outside of the premises being let.
Term, termination rights & security of tenure: The length (“term”) of the lease must be agreed, and whether there are any early termination rights. Unless expressly agreed, neither party can unilaterally terminate the lease “at will”. A tenant should resist agreeing to any conditions which could jeopardise the validity of the exercise of any right to terminate, such as compliance with covenants or payment of all rents.
The law provides tenants occupying property for business use with statutory protection called “security of tenure”, which means that at the end of the contractual term they have a right to remain in occupation, and can apply to the landlord for a new lease on substantially the same terms as their current one (subject to an uplift in rent). In certain circumstances the landlord may (on following the required procedure) be able to bring the occupation to an end, and avoid granting a new lease, but they may have to pay compensation in order to do so.
It is possible to exclude the right to security of tenure (often called ‘contracting out’) provided certain steps are taken before the lease is entered into, in which case the tenant has no right to remain in occupation or to a new lease. A tenant should consider very carefully whether to agree to “contract out” of these rights, particularly if their location is key to their business (and its value).
Repair: Most commercial tenants are responsible for the repair of their premises, and all the plant and machinery within them. A repairing obligation may potentially oblige the tenant to put the premises into a better state of repair than it was at the start of the lease, and (as mentioned above) a lease of whole frequently includes the whole of the structure, not just the interior. Leases of part are usually more limited, with the landlord responsible for maintaining the structure and exterior, but recharging the cost via a service charge payable by the tenant (which can also be costly).
Accordingly, a tenant should consider limiting its responsibility by agreeing a “schedule of condition” which records the state of repair of the property at the start of the lease, and tenant’s obligation to repair the property is limited to keeping it in no better condition than that shown in the schedule. The schedule of condition forms part of the lease and a tenant should commission a professional and comprehensive schedule of condition to protect against substantial repairing costs.
For leases of part of a building, a tenant should inspect service charge accounts for previous years and budget for the current year, as well as considering the state and condition of the remainder of the building, and the potential cost of its repair and maintenance, which will almost certainly be included in the service charge. It is possible to agree an annual cap on the service charge, but this is best raised early.
Alterations: Most leases will restrict works which a tenant may carry out to the premises, and will require the tenant to obtain the landlord’s prior written consent. Usually the landlord will insist on a ‘licence for alterations’ which will set out which works are permitted, and impose obligations in respect of the carrying out of the works, and their removal works before the end of the lease. Any tenant wishing to carry out fitting out works immediately on occupation, should raise their requirements early to ensure that they are agreed in principle, and any necessary licence completed at the same time as the lease.
Dealing with the lease/premises: A lease will usually prohibit occupation of the premises by others except in certain cases, and will normally have detailed clauses dealing with how and when the tenant can either assign (sell/transfer) or sublet the property. These will include the landlord being able to ‘vet’ the financial strength of the proposed buyer and to impose conditions on the assignment, including that the outgoing tenant give a guarantee (sometimes called an ‘AGA’) that the new tenant continues to comply with the lease obligations after the lease is sold.
Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT): Many tenants do not appreciate that, depending on the amount of annual rent payable and the length of the lease, the lease may be subject to SDLT, which currently is payable within 30 days of completing the lease. A tenant’s solicitor will usually provide an estimate at the start of the transaction, and will assist with preparation of the required SDLT return, as calculating the tax payable by the tenant etc.
How long does it take to negotiate and complete a lease? There is no set timescale for how long it takes from issue of HoTs to completion of the lease and keys being handed over. However, a normal lease transaction (i.e. with no unusual terms or third party consents required) will usually take around eight to ten weeks. It is possible to complete a lease in less time, but this is likely to involve more concessions and compromises in the negotiation, and parties should let their solicitors know as soon as possible of any target completion date or deadline.
The Lamb Brooks Property Law Team have considerable experience in the review of HoTs, and are happy to provide comments and suggestions in the early stages of negotiations as this can assist in avoiding delay at a later stage.
For further information please contact Bryony Dew, Solicitor on 01256 305553 or email mailto:[email protected]
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Join Muay Thai class and try original local food ;)
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-Hi guys! My name is Ja. I'm a medical student from Thailand.
Nice to meet you all. I'd love to become friends with people from other countries.
I'm quite open-minded and easy to get along with. I really love to travel and exchange experiences with other travelers.
- Sport: Yoga
- food : Tom yum Kung
- Activity : Travel
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-Think a little less, live a little more.
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- Solotrip in Singapore
Muay Thai, as I'm sure you know, is unquestionably the most recognized Thai sport throughout the world. It's the one of top things to do in Thailand.
So What are stopping you?!
Let's experience the new challenging.
4.00pm. : Join Muay Thai class at Legend Thai Boxing which located in Pinklao area.
6.30pm. : After Muay Thai class, we'll heading to Rajadamneon rd. for the most famous Thai noodle among locals named Ting-Tiew-reur (ติ่งเตี๋ยวเรือ). Just only 12฿ per dish.
7.30pm. : Try local dessert at the best place for Thai toasted bread and fresh milk in Bangkok , Mont nom sod.
8.00pm. : Visit the Giant swing, the historical place of Bangkok. It's located near Mont nom sod.
8.30pm. : Take a tuktuk to Kaosan road. Try some street food such as fried insect. End the evening trip with me here. You can enjoy Kaosan nightlife by yourself if you'd like to.
- Availability : Weekdays
- Meeting Point : Kaosan road. (could be changed)
- Price includes : Dinner@Ting-Tiew-ruer, Thai dessert@ Mont nom sod, and Transportation
- Price doesn’t include : Muay Thai class fee. ( 500฿ for 1class[90minutes])
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„I could probably write a book about this game – I’ve had 23 years in darts and still don’t understand it!“ – Raymond van Barneveld. From experience we can only say that Barney is absolutely right. We, too, have been looking for reasons for a lack of consistency for a long time.
The topic is complex and cannot be answered in one sentence. On the one hand, it is of course about the right technique, but on the other hand, it is also about regular - and even more important - efficient training. Along with this, the calculation of your points scored is just as essential as the daily form and the mental component. So there is no generally valid recipe for success except - reflect on technique and practice, practice, practice!
The right technique? We probably haven't found it ourselves yet! There are several factors, such as the stance, the centre of gravity, the arm position and the throw itself. Many have already dealt with this topic intensively. In order to eliminate any habits, it takes thousands of repetitions and a high level of concentration - and of course time. Ultimately, however, everyone is responsible one´s own success. A 100 percent perfection will probably never be reached - otherwise it there would only be one 9-darter after the other. Therefore it is important to work on your skills as often as possible.
We as amateur players did not presume to give tips in this regard. We would just like to point out that often, the daily form and mental strength are also decisive. And even these two aspects can be trained!
As the fourteen-time record PDC world champion philosophized in a German TV show, training - as in any other sport - is essential. Let's leave the throwing technique out of it! By stupidly trying to hit the Triple 20, you might get a little more routine in terms of precision. But that is by no means all that is needed to improve. The attentive reader will of course now ask himself the question: "How do I train appropriately?
This question is also very multi-layered! What is the potential for improvement in my game? Where are the biggest deficits? With which training games can I improve them? How can I keep the training from becoming one-sided in the long run, so that I don't lose interest?
It is difficult to answer these questions offhand. Self-reflection usually does not achieve its goal, since emotional perception always clouds the view. "The opponent was lucky! I had bad luck! My arrows were always on the wire." - who does not know these excuses? Will they get us further? Probably not!
We must be able to evaluate such things objectively so that we can improve qualitatively. To get closer to objective evaluation criteria, we use a procedure from science, the so-called "statistical analysis"! For this tool, we need a certain database, of course. As we have found out through machine learning, a database suitable for training results from the last twenty legs of the 501 (Single In, Double Out) mode.
But what is now being analyzed on the basis of this data? How can I derive my deficits from this data? The three-dart average and the checkout rate are familiar to attentive TV viewers - but closer inspection and reflection reveal that these values are not sufficient as assessment criteria for an efficient training. After a thorough examination it has been proven that it is reasonable to divide a game into five different sectors. The separation is largely based on the score left.
|1||501||First Nine||Start score up to the score, after nine thrown darts|
|2||First Nine||170||After nine thrown darts until the remaining score 170, as it is the first finish in the mode 501- SINGLE IN -DOUBLE OUT|
|4||100||41||mostly two dart-finishes|
|5||40||0||Checkout via a double field, maybe you need a preparation dart.|
For each of these sectors, a three-dart average and an average number of darts can be calculated with a data basis of twenty legs. Thus, the performance per sector can be reliably calculated. If the player skips a sector, it is not included in the average calculation of the last twenty Legs! (Example: A Player has a remaining score of 50 and checks the game via the bullseye. In other words, he is in sector 2 and skips sector 1 with the bullseye finish.
This methodology is generally applicable! No matter if newcomer, amateur or professional the approach delivers statistically comparable data (sectors). With the help of these data, a reliable statement can be made about where your game requires improvements.
Our app calculates exactly these statistical values and suggests varied and efficient training games according to your deficits. For example, if our analysis identifies the first two sectors as your weaker ones, you will need a training that will help you to achieve high scores. So we suggest the training games Scoring and 57+.
To keep the training varied, we have integrated a total of twelve different training games into the DARTSLIEBE App. So there is enough choice for all sectors presented. Meanwhile we are working every day to integrate more games and make the app even better. For you. For everyone. For a better game and training experience! |
By now, it’s no mystery that the COVID-19 pandemic is going to have a profound impact on the semiconductor industry. This was seen previously as the virus swept through China, shutting down factories and company headquarters. Now, as the novel coronavirus continues to spread globally, more component manufacturers are feeling its impact.
One of these businesses is STMicroelectronics. After previously stating their Italian sites would remain open, the semiconductor maker is now temporarily reducing its production in France by as much as 50 percent. The move aims to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and keep employees safe.
STMicro’s decision came late Wednesday night when the company signed an accord with one of France’s main unions—one that represents over half of the country’s workforce. The temporary closure will be in effect until at least April 2. However, depending on the progression of the virus’ spread, that date could be pushed back.
It will affect all of STMicroelectronics’ production facilities in France.
Jean-Pierre Kiledjian, leader of the CFE CGC union for STMicro says, “The goal is to reduce activity in order to reduce the number of people on production sites as much as possible.”
The move is a rapid change for the semiconductor company. Until now, it had been running its facilities at full capacity to meet an increased number of chip orders. STMicro supplies components for everything from next-gen smartphones to low-emission smart cars.
Although production will now officially be cut in half, STMicro’s output has been decreasing over the past few days. Workers following the government’s recommendation to practice social distancing have been absent from the company’s facilities in increasing numbers.
Importantly, STMicro confirmed that employees on production supply chains will work on a rotating basis and stay home whenever possible. They will also retain the entirety of their normal salary regardless of how many hours they are able to work.
Impact on the Larger Semiconductor Industry
STMicro’s temporary dip in production is a reflection of the wider semiconductor industry. Companies located in mainland China and Taiwan are the hardest hit after government-mandated factory shutdowns halted their output for weeks.
Meanwhile, U.S.-based semiconductor companies continue to slash their quarterly outlooks in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. From logistical delays to component shortages resulting from factory closures, the impact of the virus will be felt for some time.
Fortunately, a recent IPC survey found that the majority of electronics manufacturers believe that normal operations will resume by July. That’s one potential bright spot for an industry that’s currently feeling the painful secondhand effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. |
In recent columns, I’ve discussed how trial lawyers might help appellate lawyers overturn defeats (or preserve victories) by doing certain things in the trial court — like setting up a good record for appeal.
But there’s one more task — the most important one: properly filing the notice of appeal. If you screw up this one, there is no appeal. The notice of appeal is the single piece of paper that gives the appellate court its jurisdiction to hear the appeal. No proper piece of paper, no appeal.
“But isn’t that the job of the appellate lawyer?” It can be, if you get to her in time. It is indeed better to contact an appellate lawyer right away after a significant loss in the trial court. An experienced appellate attorney will know pretty quickly whether you can appeal and how to do it.
But many trial lawyers choose to file the notice of appeal themselves. So you’d better do it right.
This can be a complicated topic, and there are good sources that discuss these complexities in detail: Eisenberg, Horvitz, & Weiner, California Practice Guide, “Civil Appeals & Writs,” Chapter 2 (Rutter Group) (on what judgments and orders are appealable) and Chapter 3 (on the notice of appeal); and “California Civil Appellate Practice” (Cont.Ed.Bar), Chapter 3 (on what judgments and orders are appealable) and Chapter 7 (on the notice of appeal). Witkin’s treatise on “California Civil Procedure” is good too, though it doesn’t include much practical advice.
This short blog post will not delve into all those twists and turns. But I can alert you to some pitfalls I’ve come across.
File on Time
First and foremost, pay attention to time.
In most cases, you must file the notice of appeal within 60 days after the date of the notice of entry of the judgment or order you are appealing from (30 days in limited jurisdiction cases). “Must” as in “the appellate court has no jurisdiction if you don’t.” And pretty much no excuses. “My dog ate my notice of appeal” won’t work.
So play it safe. Compute the 60th day and put it on your calendar. Do this conservatively.
For me, the starting date is the date of the judgment or order, not the date of notice of the judgment or order. Even though the rules set the starting date as the date of the notice, I don’t want to get involved in a dispute as to when the notice was served.
And then calendar your filing of the notice of appeal at least 10 days before that 60th day. You never know. If you wait till what you think is the 60th day to file, the clerk might tell you that you miscomputed the 60th day, or that you filled out the form incorrectly and need to go back to your office to fix it.
In fact, the safest course is to file the notice of appeal as soon as you get the judgment or order. That way, if some controversy arises about whether the judgment or order is appealable, you might have time to fix it (perhaps by filing a new notice of appeal) before the 60 days expires.
Fill Out the Form Properly
Filing the notice of appeal is pretty simple: You may (but don’t have to) use Judicial Council Form APP-002. Check the appropriate box.
It’s usually best to write in the date of the judgment or order you are appealing from — just to make clear it isn’t from some other order. Beyond that, there is no need to state the portion of the judgment or order you will challenge, your argument as to why it’s wrong, or anything else. All that will come out in the briefing to the appellate court.
Date and sign the notice. File it with the superior court clerk (usually the “appeals clerk”) — not with the Court of Appeal. The filing fee is currently $775.
Appeal From What Is Appealable
In general, you may appeal only from a judgment or a post-judgment order. You may not (with very limited exceptions) appeal from any pre-judgment order.
Recently I got a call from a trial lawyer whose appeal was dismissed by the appellate court — even though his opponent had filed no motion to dismiss the appeal. He couldn’t figure out why. I reviewed what he had filed, and found the problem. The trial court had entered an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint without leave to amend. Then the trial court had entered judgment on the order. When the lawyer filed his notice of appeal, he checked box “judgment of dismissal after an order sustaining a demurrer.” So far, so good. This was an appealable judgment.
But then the lawyer attached to his notice of appeal a copy of the order sustaining the demurrer — without attaching the judgment.
Big mistake. No rule requires the lawyer to attach to the notice of appeal the judgment or order he was appealing from. Attaching the order sustaining the demurrer (without the judgment) led the Court of Appeal clerk to believe that he was appealing from that order, which is not appealable. So, appeal dismissed.
If the trial lawyer had filed his notice of appeal soon after the judgment was entered, he might have learned of this problem early enough to fix it — perhaps by filing a new notice of appeal, without the attachment. But by the time he got to me, the 60 days had run. So he was out of luck: no appeal.
A Trap for the Unwary: Attorney Fees
If you file a notice of appeal from a judgment, that will allow you to challenge any order that led to the judgment — such as an order overruling an objection to certain evidence, an order granting your opponent’s request for a jury instruction, or an order granting summary judgment.
But a notice of appeal from the judgment will not allow you to challenge orders issued after the judgment. The most important of these is an order awarding attorney fees. If you don’t file a separate notice of appeal from that order, the attorneys fee award will stand — even if you succeed in getting a reversal of the underlying judgment!
Another Trap for the Unwary: Pending Causes of Action
Sometimes problems with appealability arise before you file your notice of appeal. Whether a judgment is appealable might depend on how the judgment was framed.
Suppose your complaint alleges five causes of action against a single defendant. The key claim is the first one, but the trial court grants summary judgment on that one — though not on the others. You want to appeal, but the law allows you to appeal only from a “final” judgment. If the four lesser causes of action are still pending, a judgment dismissing only the first cause of action will not be final, and any appeal from that judgment will be dismissed.
The solution: Plaintiff may voluntarily dismiss the four weaker causes of action, and have the judgment show that.
Most lawyers prefer to label the dismissal “without prejudice,” thereby preserving their right to refile a new complaint later on these four causes of action — depending on how the appeal turns out. That’s OK, but it might not be worth much, because the statute of limitations will probably run on those causes by the time the appeal is resolved.
Can you solve this problem by getting the other side to stipulate that the statute of limitations on those causes will be tolled until the appeal is resolved? No. In Kurwa v. Kislinger (2013) 57 Cal.4th 1097, the court held that if you want to preserve your dismissed causes of action, you need to do it without the stipulation. Those causes need to be gone, and not revivable. Kurwa held that a dismissal without the stipulation makes them gone, because the dismissal then “includes the very real risk that an applicable statute of limitations will run before the party is in a position to renew the dismissed cause of action.” Id. at 1105-1106.
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Anh Do’s memoir The Happiest Refugee isn’t just a story about a family’s perilous journey from Vietnam to Australia. It’s also a story about betrayal and forgiveness. In recounting how he was betrayed by his father Tam, who abandoned the family shortly after their arrival in Australia, Anh Do traces his own journey of accepting and reconnecting with the man who had been his role model as a child. Ultimately, Do suggests that forgiveness offers the only path forward to overcoming the bitterness and anger caused by betrayal.
As a child, Anh Do looked up to his father Tam as a model of courage, commitment, and bravery. In the memoir, Anh recounts many stories of his father’s valiant actions under difficult circumstances. It was his father Tam, for instance, who saved his two brothers-in-law from a Vietnamese re-education camp—basically a concentration camp—shortly after the end of the Vietnam War. He did so by dressing up as a senior Vietnamese government official, then simply walking into the camp and demanding the release of his brothers-in-law Thanh and Huy. It was also Anh’s father who oversaw the family’s escape on a boat from Vietnam. Tam was the one who helped organize the entire perilous expedition, and steered the boat that sheltered forty relatives and family friends. His feats of bravery during the journey included evading a Vietnamese patrol boat, as well as fixing a broken engine when the family was out at sea. In Australia, Anh’s father, along with Anh’s mother, frequently came to the aid of needy family members or Vietnamese refugees, providing them with support and shelter in the industrial building Anh’s family occupied for a time in Sydney. Furthermore, Anh’s father gives his son crucial advice as Anh is growing up. One of the pieces of advice that Anh turns to when faced with difficult choices or situations is his father’s assertion that “[t]here’s now and there’s too late.” This piece of advice often helped Anh when he was torn between different paths—for instance, whether to follow a law career or a career in comedy.
And yet, although Anh’s father represented a wonderful role model to his son, he ultimately also lets Anh—and the rest of the family—down drastically. After losing the family’s money on a risky farming venture (including the savings of two of his brothers), Anh’s father turns to drink, becoming an alcoholic. Eventually he abandons the family. Anh’s father’s betrayal of the family has dire consequences, as they are left to live in poverty and to struggle financially for years. As a single mother who makes a living sewing garments, Anh’s mother is forced to fend for Anh and his two siblings Khoa and Tram alone, wearing herself out in the process. Furthermore, Anh’s father doesn’t attempt to maintain contact with his children, leaving them to face the difficult fate that he has condemned them to alone. As such, Anh and his siblings spend much of their childhood without any relationship to their father, and they all develop feelings of bitterness and rage towards Tam.
And yet, in spite of the fact that Anh is deeply wounded by his father’s abandonment, he eventually finds it in his heart to forgive him. After eight long years of no contact with Tam, Anh decides to call him one day, and goes to visit him, only to discover that he has a new wife and a young infant boy. Ironically, he discovers that the infant boy is named Anh—after him. Although upon first meeting his father again, Anh is consumed by feelings of anger and bitterness, and is even overcome by an impulse towards revenge, he slowly begins to rediscover his father’s positive side. News that his father is suffering from a potentially fatal brain tumour further forces him to re-evaluate his feelings of anger towards Tam.
Slowly, Anh manages to forgive his father for his betrayal, and even goes on to develop an affectionate relationship with him again. Anh’s father is in turn grateful for his son’s forgiveness, and becomes one of his biggest supporters and fans, as Anh goes from success to success in his comedy and celebrity career. By forgiving his father, Anh manages to overcome the feelings of hatred and bitterness that had consumed him during much of his childhood and adolescence. He even goes so far as to orchestrate a reconciliation between his younger siblings and his father, and notes that, by reconnecting with the man who had abandoned them, Khoa and Tram also manage to find peace.
In telling of his own journey from anger and resentment to reconciliation with his father, Anh Do suggests that having the strength to forgive enabled him to move on from the betrayal that had haunted much of his childhood and adolescence. As such, by depicting the happy end of this journey—one that leads to a renewed relationship with his father Tam—Anh emphasizes the value of forgiveness and mercy, values that ultimately allow for the flourishing of love, affection, and renewed family bonds.
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It’s incredibly difficult to describe the feelings that go on inside you when you’re on your way to see a father you once adored, but for eight long years have been fantasising about killing. You play out the whole thing over and over again with different scenarios: a joyful reunion full of happy tears; an angry reunion where you knock him out.
I realised that, when he wasn’t drunk, this guy was indeed the most wonderful dad in the world. Somehow, during the past eight years I had managed to block out all the good memories and focused solely on what he’d done wrong. I realised I still very much loved this laughing, beautiful, terribly flawed man.
Dad volunteered to go, but Uncle One insisted that Dad should stay and wait, and that he’d go. So Dad and Uncle One split up the boat money between the two of them, and Uncle One went with the men, while Dad waited. An hour later . . . no Uncle One. An hour and a half later . . . no Uncle One.
“I had an ill feeling in my stomach, Anh, like something was wrong.” Dad looked up to the ceiling, and his face turned a deep red. “I felt an urge to go down the track, to see what had happened . . . in fact, as soon as Uncle One left with them, I felt an urge to track behind them.”
I listened stunned.
“I didn’t follow. I just waited.”
I look across the water and am mesmerised by the beauty of this magnificent setting. My parents set off on a boat trip many years ago to provide their children and grandchildren a better life. And here we are, thanks to them, enjoying this perfect day. In that moment I know I am happy. I look up to the blue sky and give thanks. |
CHICAGO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- An analysis of data from the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) conducted by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) finds that particulate pollution cuts global life expectancy by nearly two years, relative to what it would be if air quality met the World Health Organization guideline.
Particulate pollution was the greatest risk to human health before COVID-19, said the analysis posted on the website of the University of Chicago on Thursday.
Working unseen inside the human body, particulate pollution has a more devastating impact on life expectancy than communicable diseases like tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, behavioral killers like cigarette smoking, and even war.
Nearly a quarter of the global population lives in four countries in South Asia that are among the world's most polluted: Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. People living in these countries could see their lives cut short by five years on average, after being exposed to pollution levels that are now 44 percent higher than they were two decades ago.
Particulate pollution is also a significant concern in Southeast Asia, where traditional pollution sources such as vehicles, power plants and industry combine with forest and cropland fires to produce deadly concentrations. As a result, 89 percent of Southeast Asia's 650 million people live in areas where particulate pollution exceeds the WHO guideline.
China started a "war against pollution" in 2013. Since then, three-quarters of the world's reductions in pollution have come from China. It has reduced particulate pollution by nearly 40 percent. If these reductions are sustained, Chinese citizens can expect to live about two years longer than they would have prior to the reforms.
The United States, Europe and Japan have likewise experienced success in reducing pollution thanks to strong policies that came on the heels of public calls for change. The progression of their success, however, further highlights the scale and speed of China's progress. It took several decades and recessions for the United States and Europe to achieve the same pollution reductions that China accomplished in five years while continuing to grow its economy.
"As countries today try to balance the dual goals of economic growth and environmental quality, the historical lesson from around the world is that policy can reduce air pollution in a wide variety of political contexts," said Michael Greenstone, director of EPIC and a leading economist whose research has focused on environmental quality. "The AQLI makes clear that the benefits are measured in longer and healthier lives."
Launched in 2018, the AQLI converts particulate air pollution into its impact on life expectancy. Enditem |
My oldest son Ryan didn’t like to go to school on his birthday. I think it had something to do with the class singing Happy Birthday to him. So when he asked if he could skip school on his birthday’s I said sure. That is how one Friday he skipped school and went with me to the local yard sales and found a bicycle frame that he wanted. I bought it for him, after all it was his birthday. He spent what seemed like every waking hour that summer working on his bike. He tinkered and traded and then visited the local bike shop to buy the rest of the pieces to put the bike together.
He put it together and took it apart. Then put it together and took it apart again. If he did it once, he must have done it a hundred times. It was the best $75 I had spent in a long time. Finally at the end of the summer it appeared to be finished. He kept it parked in the garage. Then one fateful day just before school started we went out for the day and when we returned home Ryan’s bicycle had been stolen from out of the garage. Ryan searched the entire neighborhood and open fields around where we lived, but the bike was not to be found. School started and the bike eventually became a distant memory.
The bicycle disappeared in mid August. Fast forward to the first part of January. One weekend morning I walked past a stack of local newspapers then turned back and picked one up. I hadn’t read the paper in months. I took it home and laid it down. Later that day all three kids were gone visiting friends and I was home alone. What to do with my time? I played a few pieces on the piano, did a little aimless wandering and finally picked up the paper. It was just a small local paper and soon I had finished reading the news. Then I must have been truly bored because I started to read the classifieds. The Lost and Found ads came first for so that’s where I started. About three or four ads down I read this: High end bicycle frame found (then it mentioned the area of town where we lived). Please call to identify.
Just a short little ad, but I was so excited. I just knew this was Ryans bike and couldn’t wait til he got home so we could call the number. A couple of hours later Ryan arrived home, we called and then drove about 5 houses down to take a look at the frame. It was Ryans! I couldn’t believe it! Almost five months later and we had his bicycle back.
The next day I was called into the office of where I worked and told that in five months I would be out of a job! When I walked out of the office I couldn’t help but think of how Ryans bike had been missing for five months and then found. It reassured me that God knew where that bike had been the entire 5 months and that in 5 months when I was out of a job, God knew what would happen next.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5 & 6 KJV |
Penelope Cruz’s “break-out” film was a lusty, comedic tale called Jamon, Jamon in which one of her suitors tells her that her breasts taste like serrano ham. Throughout the film (in which Cruz frequently appears partially clothed) there are many shots of legs of jamon serrano and iberico hanging in store windows, and the film climaxes with Cruz’s two suitors (one of whom is played by Javier Bardem – recent winner of the best actor award from the Screen Actor’s Guild) attacking each other with hefty pork legs.
The film was shot in the dry, scrubby hills surrounding Zaragoza and a lot of the landscape shots include a large metal bull (the Osborne sherry insignia) sitting among a forest of radio and TV antennae – a view that is quite common in Spain. In one scene, Cruz’s other suitor, a wannabe bullfighter swings from the bulls cojones and accidentally pulls them off, castrating the beast. The sexual meaning of this is, of course, implicit in the movie, but being someone who marvels more at the wonder of pork products than at the chemistry of on-screen lovers, I find the dual motifs of ham and bulls very interesting.
You see, bull bumper stickers are found throughout Spain and the meaning is linked to Spanish culturalism (yes, including, bullfighting) and, in a country with several semi-independent regions, centralism under Madrid. In Catalunya, you often see donkey bumper stickers, as a statement of Catalan identity — the humble donkey being the symbol of that region. Anyway, if the bull is the “official” emblem of Spain, then the unofficial emblem should be the ham, for nowhere else I have ever been holds that cut of meat in higher esteem. I mean, quite apart from naming an award-winning movie after it, the Spanish are quite literally mad for their ham. In Madrid, for example, there are several Museos de Jamon, which aren’t exactly museums — they’re shops — but the idea is that ham is of such great importance to the people that such a store name isn’t overblown in the slightest.
As far as I am concerned, they are right to love it so. For me, there are very few things in life as delicious as a racione of cured Iberian ham (jamon iberico) split between as few people as possible. The taste is almost indescribably good. It is unquestionably porky, but in an intense, almost gamey way, and the fat, oh the fat, is well, like acorn flavored pork butter, if that even conveys anything. If not, rest assured that jamon iberico (or the lower grade, but still exceedingly delicious, jamon serrano) tastes absolutely nothing like the boiled, sugar-coated, artificially-preserved, ready circle-cut ham legs sold in the US. Whereas US hogs are factory farmed in the backwaters of Tennessee in giant filthy sheds and the run-off from the pig-sties pollutes local rivers, the Spanish hogs are a noble, almost-wild breed of pig that are nearly as famous for their intelligence as their tasty limbs.
Fed primarily (though not exclusively, depending on the producer) on acorns, Iberian black-footed pigs (yes, they leave the trotter on the leg so you tell) come from the region of Extremadura bordering Portugal in the central west of Spain, and are allowed to roam freely around under the same cork oaks that have for centuries produced the stoppers for European wine-bottles. It would not be wrong, I don’t think, to compare jamon iberico to other world-famous delicacies like kobe beef (waygu) or beluga caviar or the famed blue-footed chickens of Bresse, France, because it is simply beyond compare. And yes, I ate plenty of prosciutto di Parma and prosciutto San Daniele last year in Italy, and while they are very, very good, jamon iberico is just a richer, more intense, less salty experience. For more on the pigs that produce this delicacy, click here. If you understand Spanish, then you should check out this YouTube video, which demonstrates the correct way to prepare a platter of delicious jamon.
And, by clicking the first link, you’ll be heading to La Tienda who now import bone-in legs of jamon to the US for your delectation. We’re saving our pennies hard right now for a whole leg.
P.S. – just to add one final note to how deeply ingrained Spanish culture is with jamon, there is a childrens’ word game — a tongue-twister — in which the word jamon is repeated quickly over and over. Before long the player starts to say the word monja instead of jamon, which means nun, although you might have to be a Spanish kid to understand why that’s funny…
To read more of our posts about Spain, check out:
- Fabada: A Mortal and Corporal Sin – But Worth It!
- The REAL Cocido of Spain
- Pictures of Madrid
- ENSALADA DE CABRALES (Thin Sliced Apple with Cabrales Salad)
- HORNAZO (Spanish Sausage-Stuffed Easter Bread)
- Unusual Tapas We Ate in Madrid
- Tame Tapas We Ate in Madrid
- Cabrales Cheese: It’s a Bit of an Animal
- Vermut (Vermouth): Rediscovering an Old Classic
- CHORIZO, CHICKPEA AND POTATO SOUP |
Understanding the interactions between herpesviruses and their host cells and also the interactions between neoplastically transformed cells and the host immune system is fundamental to understanding the mechanisms of herpesvirus oncology. However, this has been difficult as no animal models of herpesvirus-induced oncogenesis in the natural host exist in which neoplastically transformed cells are also definitively identified and may be studied in vivo. Marek's disease (MD) herpesvirus (MDV) of poultry, although a recognized natural oncogenic virus causing T-cell lymphomas, is no exception. In this work, we identify for the first time the neoplastically transformed cells in MD as the CD4(+) major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I(hi), MHC class II(hi), interleukin-2 receptor alpha-chain-positive, CD28(lo/-), phosphoprotein 38-negative (pp38(-)), glycoprotein B-negative (gB(-)), alphabeta T-cell-receptor-positive (TCR(+)) cells which uniquely overexpress a novel host-encoded extracellular antigen that is also expressed by MDV-transformed cell lines and recognized by the monoclonal antibody (MAb) AV37. Normal uninfected leukocytes and MD lymphoma cells were isolated directly ex vivo and examined by flow cytometry with MAb recognizing AV37, known leukocyte antigens, and MDV antigens pp38 and gB. CD28 mRNA was examined by PCR. Cell cycle distribution and in vitro survival were compared for each lymphoma cell population. We demonstrate for the first time that the antigen recognized by AV37 is expressed at very low levels by small minorities of uninfected leukocytes, whereas particular MD lymphoma cells uniquely express extremely high levels of the AV37 antigen; the AV37(hi) MD lymphoma cells fulfill the accepted criteria for neoplastic transformation in vivo (protection from cell death despite hyperproliferation, presence in all MD lymphomas, and not supportive of MDV production); the lymphoma environment is essential for AV37(+) MD lymphoma cell survival; pp38 is an antigen expressed during MDV-productive infection and is not expressed by neoplastically transformed cells in vivo; AV37(+) MD lymphoma cells have the putative immune evasion mechanism of CD28 down-regulation; AV37(hi) peripheral blood leukocytes appear early after MDV infection in both MD-resistant and -susceptible chickens; and analysis of TCR variable beta chain gene family expression suggests that MD lymphomas have polyclonal origins. Identification of the neoplastically transformed cells in MD facilitates a detailed understanding of MD pathogenesis and also improves the utility of MD as a general model for herpesvirus oncology.
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- Insect Science |
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A grommet technology that combines Volkl's Speed Grommets, which allows the strings to move in all possible directions, with V-Sponse material, which increases the "Spring Effect". The result is a grommet system that provides exceptional dampening and power.
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