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Bernsted
Home state: Minnesota
Brief Profile: Undergraduate sGPA/cGPA: 3.04/3.13
Graduate sGPA/cGPA: 3.70/3.74
Undergraduate college: Reed College
Institution: University of Minnesota
Area of Study: Biological/Life Sciences
Degree Obtained: Master of Biological Science
Rejected: 10/20/2013
Applied, Withdrew
Northeastern Ohio Universities
Application Complete, Rejected
Secondary Completed: 08/01/2013
University of Minnesota, Duluth
Summary of Experience: LOR request 9/19/2013. LORs received 9/26/2013.
Application Complete, Withdrew
Summary of Experience: Was on pre-interview hold.
Summary of Experience: Had been under review.
Summary of Experience: Pre-interview hold (09/12/2013).
Interview Invite: 11/11/2013
Summary of Experience: I received confirmation of my withdrawal on 10/24/2013, but OHSU apparently liked me so much that they extended an Interview Invite to me on 11/12/2013! :D
Interview Attended: 09/15/2013
Summary of Experience: I'm going to attend medical school next year!!!
Bernsted took the old MCAT and scored a 33 which is in the 91th percentile of all old scores. We converted this to a 514 on the updated scale which is in the 91th percentile of the updated MCAT. We also converted Bernsted’s section scores as follows:
Bernsted scored a 12 on the Biological Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 130 on the Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems.
Bernsted scored a 11 on the Physical Science section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 128 on the Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems.
Bernsted scored a 10 on the Verbal Reasoning section of the old MCAT which is approximately equal to a 127 on the Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.
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michael ellis architects
The cook and the architect
Designing a kitchen can be a science in itself, and for Michael, it offers the opportunity to blend two of his passions – cooking and architecture.
“A familiarity in the kitchen influences my discussion with clients; from the how and why of a butler’s pantry, to whether or not a fridge is built in, and if the choice of induction technology results in the client having to invest in a whole new set of cookware,” says Michael.
Over the years, the placement and design of the kitchen has changed. Once upon a time, the kitchen was a closed room with a servery through which food was passed. The lack of extraction technology meant any aromas or smoke from cooking were contained in that room, hence the design. Today, the kitchen is a place to socialise and entertain, where news of the day is shared and the home’s inhabitants can work side-by-side as they prepare their meals or entertain their guests.
For multi-residential apartment projects, design is heavily influenced by the efficiency of the layout and the overall use of space in the apartment.
Regardless of the project, a kitchen in essence is a place to prepare meals and the arrival of new technologies can and will influence how it is designed.
For example, the availability of affordable down-draft extraction units means there is no more need for an overhead canopy exhaust, creating the opportunity for a more voluminous interior.
Kitchen and courtyard
Different elements of a kitchen can be accentuated with environmentally friendly LED lighting such as illuminating a splashback and/or highlighting skirtings and more.
As for white? Well, there are white kitchens and then there are kitchens designed to reflect both the personality of the client and the character of the home.
Island bench
A space to bathe
A bathroom in an architect-designed home should always reflect your lifestyle, no matter how much or how little time you spend in it.
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A North American Influence
A new two storey residence on a sloping block for a family with pre-teen kids looking to build their dream home, designed for the long haul.
Middle Park renewal
We used innovative techniques such as a clerestory and voids to enable light to be strategically directed deep into the rear of the building.
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Michael Ellis Architects (est. 2001) works in Melbourne Australia and its environs, delivering residential and multi-residential architectural services
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Basecamp is hiring three new System Administrators for our Operations team to help us deliver fast and reliable applications, like Basecamp and our new email service HEY. Our infrastructure exists both in colocated data centers and in the cloud, and you'll be working alongside our existing team of Blake, Eron, John, Matt, Matthew, Nathan, and Troy.
As you might gather from the names, our operations team today is not nearly as diverse as we'd like it to be, or as the rest of the company. We therefore strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds to apply. Basecamp is committed to building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best and most rewarding work of your career. We are an equal-opportunity employer and are committed to building a company that embraces and celebrates diversity and inclusion.
The job of operating fast and reliable systems is mainly about making life as boring as possible by considering and mitigating all the things that could go wrong before they do. Operations shine the brightest when there's nothing to see – systems just run. But getting there is both difficult to accomplish, and hard to sustain.
It's also impossible to get perfect all the time. So part of the work includes being available for on-call duty, which may include getting woken up in the middle of the night, when it's your turn to be first responder. We rotate that responsibility on a regular schedule.
Our standard stack includes MySQL (both Aurora on AWS and on-prem installations), Redis, ElasticSearch, S3, Ruby on Rails, postfix, Kubernetes, and local installations.
Here are some things we’ve worked on recently that might give you a better sense of what you’ll be doing day to day:
Integrate and optimize rspamd for inbound and outbound mail pipelines
Modify and extend Terraform configurations for managing AWS resources
Practice incident response procedures including service failovers
Provision and load test both on-premise and cloud-based infrastructure
Manage database schema changes using pt-online-schema-change
Upgrade production Kubernetes clusters to a new release
Migrate workloads from cloud to onprem or vice-versa
Deploy and operate database clusters built with Vitess and MySQL
You’ll be working hand-in-hand with a team that is happy to answer questions and share their collective wisdom at each step of the way. And your experience and background will join ours! We have worlds to learn and we’re eager to do it together. You can expect to teach us, coach us, and expect the same in return.
We’re looking for experienced candidates only for this role. You should have been doing this work before in a professional setting, but you also won’t know how all our systems work on day one, and we don’t expect you to. Nobody hits the ground running.
But you should be familiar with our standard stack, completely comfortable with the Unix toolchain, basic networking concepts, and be at least a passable programmer, capable of writing or amending existing systems in Go or Ruby.
If you have experience with email services in particular, that's a plus. We're new to operating a full-scale email service with HEY, so if you can bring experience and fresh, we're eager to learn. But this is not a requirement.
You might have a CS or engineering degree. You might not. That’s not what we’re looking for. We care about what you can do and how you do it, not about how you got here. A strong track record of conscientious, thoughtful work speaks volumes.
We value Managers of One. We appreciate people who can take a stand yet commit even when they disagree. We subject ideas to rigorous consideration and challenge each other, but all remember that we’re here for the same purpose: to do good work together. That comes with direct feedback, openness to each others’ experience, and willingness to show up for each other as well as for the technical work at hand. We’re in this for the long term.
You can expect a mindful onboarding process with ramp-up and time to learn. You can expect a team that listens, and to be heard. You can expect to give and provide direct feedback. You can expect to be counted on. You can expect to do your best work and build a career here. We build our apps, our teams, and our company for the long haul, with a strong eye to other teams’ effectiveness & happiness, from design to support and operations. A healthy, resilient app starts with a healthy, resilient organization.
This is a remote job. You’re free to work where you work best: home office, co-working space, coffeeshops. However, given our on-call responsibilities, we're specifically looking for someone to compliment our existing timezone coverage. We will therefore not be looking for additional team members in the central or eastern timezones of the US. We'll consider mountain time, would be happy with pacific time, and would be thrilled with candidates in Hawaii or Europe. But we also need a reasonable overlap during a normal workday with the central timezone, so we are not considering candidates from, say, India for this role.
Basecamp pays in the top 10% of the industry based on San Francisco rates. Same position, same pay, no matter where you live. The salary for this position is $134,257 (for Systems Admin) or $167,962 (for Senior Systems Admin). We assess seniority relative to the team at Basecamp during the interviewing process.
Benefits at Basecamp are all about helping you lead a healthy life outside of work. That starts with working no more than 40 hours a week on a regular basis and getting 8+ hours of sleep a night. Our workplace and our benefits are designed to support a sustainable, healthy relationship with your work.
We offer fully-paid parental leave. We work 4-day weeks through the summer (Northern Hemisphere) and take a one-month sabbatical every three years. We subsidize co-working, home offices, and continuing education, whether professional or hobbyist. We match your charitable contributions. All on a foundation of top-shelf health insurance and a retirement plan with a generous match.
Please send an application that speaks directly to this position. Show us your role in Basecamp’s future and Basecamp’s role in yours. Address some of the work we do. Introduce yourself as a colleague. Give it a deep think and take this at your speed. We’re giving you our full attention.
We’re accepting applications until Sunday, August 2, 2020, at 7PM US-Central time. There’s no benefit to filing early or writing a novel. Keep it sharp, short, and get across what matters to you.
Next: We expect to take a few weeks to review all applications. You’ll hear from us by Friday, August 21, about advancement to a take-home technical exercise. This test is offered to fewer than 20 candidates out of the usually hundreds (or in some cases, more than a thousand!) people who apply. You should expect to spend upwards of a full day (but no more) completing this test. Please consider whether you'd be willing to set aside time for that before applying.
After the written test, the top candidates will proceed to an interview. Our interviews are one hour, all remote, with your future colleagues, on your schedule. We'll talk through your background, your approach to work, and dive into your technical knowledge. No gotchas, brainteasers, or whiteboards.
We aim to make an offer by the end of September with a start date in October.
Note: We’re unable to offer feedback during most of the screening process. We tend to see over 1000 applications for our technical roles. We don’t have the bandwidth to offer personalized feedback to candidates that do not proceed to the interview round.
This is a demanding application process, and significant career move to consider. We appreciate the generosity and courage that go into giving us that consideration. Our conversation starts with this post. We look forward to hearing from you!
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Catherine Tyldesley reveals she only treats herself to a dessert at Christmas
Corrie star Cath breaks her strict diet to eat her only pudding of the year
Katie Fitzpatrick
Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley breaks her strict diet at Christmas to eat her only dessert of the year.
The Corrie beauty , who changed her lifestyle and lost weight before landing the role of Eva Price, says her Christmas dinner wouldn’t be complete without a traditional Christmas pudding.
And she enjoys it all the more because it’s the only time of year that she treats herself to a dessert.
Gym bunny Catherine, who used to be a size 22, last week completed her final training session before Christmas.
Catherine Tyldesley (Image: Manchester Evening News)
She said: “I love Christmas pudding. I don’t normally eat desserts so it’s the one time of year that I treat myself.”
Catherine, from Walkden, works out at UP Fitness in Manchester with her personal trainer nicknamed ‘Evil Steve.’
Catherine was 15 stone before she landed her role on Coronation Street
Sharing a photo of herself performing a barbell squat on Instagram , she said: “Final sesh with #EvilSteve pre-Christmas this afternoon! Thanks Viking! Right .... Bring on the turkey!!!!”
Cath, 34, says if she was to treat herself other enjoying Christmas dinner she would reach for pizza.
She said: “I’d have pizza because I’d still want to treat myself and I love pizza. My favourite topping would be meat feast, the whole hog. If I’m going to do it, I’m going to do it well!”
What Coronation Street stars are doing for Christmas
The mother of one, who has a two-year-old son Alfie with husband Tom Pitfield, has made a new year resolution “to be happier and healthier than the year before.”
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| ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.manisteenews.com/local-news/article/4-new-COVID-cases-6-new-recoveries-reported-in-15825386.php\n4 new COVID cases, 6 new recoveries reported in Manistee County\nCompiled by Erin Glynn, erin.glynn@pioneergroup.com\nPublished 4:31 pm EST, Wednesday, December 23, 2020\nWhether indoors or out, health officials recommend staying six feet apart from those outside your pod. (Infographic/DHD#10)\nMANISTEE COUNTY — Manistee County has had 543 cases of COVID-19, according to the District Health Department #10 numbers on Wednesday.\nManistee County has had 13 deaths and 303 recoveries. There are currently 25 total probable cases in the county.\nThe state shows 268 of the cases in the county listed as female, 265 were listed as male and 10 were unknown.\nAccording to the DHD#10 county profile for November, 16.9% of Manistee County’s cases involved people aged 60 to 69.\nIn the DHD#10’s 10-county region, most cases were split more or less evenly without any age group contributing an overwhelming majority of COVID-19 cases.\nAccording to the DHD#10 case rate heatmap, Manistee County continues to have the lowest confirmed and probable case rates in the department’s 10-county coverage area.\nA STATEWIDE LOOK\nHere are some quick facts from Wednesday’s MDHHS report:\n• There were 469,928 cases and 11,775 deaths statewide during the pandemic.\n• This is an increase of 3,443 cases and 70 deaths.\n• Case counts are cumulative, not reduced due to recoveries and are listed for the patients’ resident county.\n• There have been 284,731 recoveries from COVID-19. This information was published by the state on Dec. 18 and is updated weekly.\n• Recovery numbers show that a person is alive after 30 days from the onset of testing or onset of symptoms.\nNEIGHBORS AND THE REGION\n• Manistee’s neighboring Grand Traverse County reported 2,616 cases and 40 deaths.\n• Wexford County reported 922 cases and 13 deaths.\n• Benzie County has seen 546 cases and 23 deaths.\n• Lake County has seen 278 cases and six deaths.\n• Mason County has seen 872 cases and 17 deaths.\n• All counties in the state have reported cases of COVID-19.\n• Most cases in the northern Lower Peninsula could be found in Grand Traverse County. However, Iosco County leads the northern Lower Peninsula with 44 deaths.\nManistee County is considered part of region 7 for tracking by the state.\nRegion 7 includes: Manistee, Wexford, Missaukee, Roscommon, Benzie, Leelanau, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Crawford, Oscoda, Antrim, Otsego, Montmorency, Alpena, Presque Isle, Cheboygan, Emmet and Charlevoix counties.\nThe region had 88 cases of adult patients either confirmed or suspected of COVID-19 hospitalized, 11 on ventilators and 38 adults either confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases who were in intensive care.\nMunson Healthcare Manistee Hospital had no COVID-19 patients as of Wednesday.\nLOCAL SCHOOL OUTBREAKS\nCOVID-19 outbreaks associated with educational institutions are reported by local health departments each week to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.\nAn outbreak is defined as educational institutions (i.e., kindergarten through grade 12 and institutions of higher education) that have been found by their local health department to have two or more COVID-19 cases who may have shared exposure on school grounds and are from different households. This information is updated each week on the MDHHS website; it was last updated on Dec. 21.\nThere are currently no new or ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks in Benzie or Manistee County.\nContact tracing is being conducted in the state to track where cases are, how the spread can be slowed and who may be affected.\nDHD#10 reports that 121 cases of contact tracing were paused for Manistee County, 33 are listed as active and 566 are completed.\nIn the case of a confirmed or suspected infection, public health staff reach out and ask about close contacts a person has had during the time they may have been infectious.\nThe calls are considered confidential and tracers are expected to protect the privacy of patients and contacts.\nTHE U.S. AND GLOBAL PICTURE\nAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the first confirmed case in the U.S. was reported Jan. 22.\nAccording to the World Health Organization, the U.S. leads the globe by far in number of cases total and deaths.\nThe latest numbers from the CDC show the U.S. reported 18.1 million cases and 321,734 deaths from COVID-19.\nThe U.S. has the highest counts globally, and is followed by India for the number of cases and Brazil for the number of deaths.\nWHO lists over 76.8 million confirmed cases and 1.7 million deaths in the world.\nCOVID AT A GLANCE\nManistee County\nNew cases: 4\nPositivity rate: 3.9%\nPositivity rate: 13.3%"
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EVIDENCE FOR A DISTANT GIANT PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
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The Astronomical Journal (2016) 151(2) 22
DOI: 10.3847/0004-6256/151/2/22
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Recent analyses have shown that distant orbits within the scattered disk population of the Kuiper belt exhibit an unexpected clustering in their respective arguments of perihelion. While several hypotheses have been put forward to explain this alignment, to date, a theoretical model that can successfully account for the observations remains elusive. In this work we show that the orbits of distant Kuiper belt objects cluster not only in argument of perihelion, but also in physical space. We demonstrate that the perihelion positions and orbital planes of the objects are tightly confined and that such a clustering has only a probability of 0.007% to be due to chance, thus requiring a dynamical origin. We find that the observed orbital alignment can be maintained by a distant eccentric planet with mass greater than ~10 Earth masses, whose orbit lies in approximately the same plane as those of the distant Kuiper belt objects, but whose perihelion is 180 degrees away from the perihelia of the minor bodies. In addition to accounting for the observed orbital alignment, the existence of such a planet naturally explains the presence of high perihelion Sedna-like objects, as well as the known collection of high semimajor axis objects with inclinations between 60 and 150 degrees whose origin was previously unclear. Continued analysis of both distant and highly inclined outer solar system objects provides the opportunity for testing our hypothesis as well as further constraining the orbital elements and mass of the distant planet.
Batygin, K., & Brown, M. E. (2016). EVIDENCE FOR A DISTANT GIANT PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM. The Astronomical Journal, 151(2), 22. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/151/2/22
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USDA Extends Crop Insurance Flexibilities Amid Continuing Pandemic
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USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is extending crop insurance flexibilities for producers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, relief provided for electronic notifications and signatures is extended through July 15, 2021; organic certification, replant self-certification and assignment of indemnity are extended through June 30, 2021.
“We recognize that American agriculture continues to face challenges due to the pandemic,” RMA Administrator Martin Barbre said. “RMA remains committed to providing flexibility that supports the health and safety of all parties while also ensuring that the federal crop insurance program continues to serve as a vital risk management tool.”
RMA is also allowing Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs) further flexibilities for production reporting, submitting written agreement requests and obtaining producer signatures for written agreement offers. Producer signatures for written agreement offers, issued by RMA on or before June 30, 2021, with an expiration date on or before July 30, 2021, will allow producer signatures to be accepted after the expiration date with proper self-certification or documentation.
However, all documentation and signatures for these offers must be completed no later than August 2, 2021. AIPs also have 30 business days to submit written agreement requests and applicable documentation for requests with submission deadlines prior to July 1, 2021.
For more information about these and other flexibilities, please refer to Manager’s Bulletin MGR 20-030, RMA’s Frequently Asked Questions, or contact your crop insurance agent.
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For visitors with mobility disabilities
For visitors who are blind or have low vision
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MNHS statement on accessibility
State Capitol Building Visitor Map (PDF)
Map of the immediate vicinity of the Capitol building and the nearest transportation and parking options.
State Capitol Complex Visitor Parking Map (PDF)
Full map of all buildings and parking and transportation options, including disability parking spaces.
State Capitol Building Floor Map (PDF)
Map of the Capitol building including restrooms, elevators, and water fountains.
For vehicles under 8.2 feet: 20 disability parking spots are located in the Senate Office Building for no cost. Coming from Rice Street on Sherburne Ave., take a right onto Capitol Blvd. and then another right into the parking garage. The door will automatically open when you approach it. Take the elevator to access the tunnel system and follow signs to the capitol.
The distance from the parking elevator to the Capitol elevators is 425 feet, or approximately 3/4 of a city block. There are benches throughout the tunnel. Tunnel is open during capitol hours.
Public Parking page at the Minnesota Department of Administration.
Drop off and pick up
For vehicles exceeding 8.2ft: Use the bus cut-out on Cedar Ave. for dropoff.
Drop off and pick up on Cedar Street (east of Capitol) and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The ground floor entrance (under front steps) is wheelchair accessible. Drop off location is 400 feet, or approximately 3/4 of a city block, from ground floor entrance.
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Service animals welcome
First aid kits available
Staff trained in first aid
Communication accommodations available upon request 14 days in advance
Standing working elevators: 3
Family restrooms: Family restrooms are available on all floors except the basement, in the northeast section.
Restrooms with accessible stalls: 14 – Public restrooms with accessible stalls can be found in the northeast section on every floor.
The State Capitol tours are wheelchair accessible except for the Quadriga (golden horses) level. There are 63 steps on a tight metal staircase to reach the Quadriga. Tours visit this level only from April through October (weather permitting).
Two wheelchairs are available at the Capitol Information and Tour Center for visitor use in the State Capitol only. Wheelchairs are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Bariatric seats are located in each of the committee rooms.
Tactile potential: Most features of the Capitol, besides paintings, can be touched — e.g. woodwork, marble, furniture, busts.
Standard headphones, as well as T-loop neckloops, are available for use on tours. Please request at the front desk.
ASL interpreters available upon request for guided tours. Interpreter reservation must be made 14 days in advance. Call 651-259-3003.
All committee rooms have Assistive Listening Devices capabilities during normal business hours.
Captioning on media.
Printed information available on site.
To help families prepare for a visit, we've partnered with the Autism Society of Minnesota (AuSM) to create a Social Story (PDF).
The State Capitol welcomes all visitors. We recognize the diverse needs of our audience and strive to offer accessible programming to enable all visitors to explore this historic site.
However, accessibility for guests with limited mobility can be challenging at our historic sites due to historic and natural features. With advance notice, we will make every effort to respond to access needs.
Our goal is to provide as much information as possible to guests before their visit to any of our sites and museums.
If you have additional questions about accessibility or other needs, please contact the Minnesota State Capitol at 651-259-3292 or statecapitol@mnhs.org.
For general questions regarding access initiatives at the Minnesota Historical Society, please contact the Museum Access Specialist at 651-259-3480 or accessibility@mnhs.org.
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Media comment: National Numeracy Day
Michael Royce, savings expert at the Money and Pensions Service said:
“We support National Numeracy Day and these new findings from National Numeracy. Numeracy is an important building block to help people manage their money and pensions with confidence. Our research has shown that there is a strong link between numeracy and savings behaviour, particularly long term saving for pensions, as well as managing credit.
“We are also co-funding a field trial with the Education Endowment Foundation of Young Enterprise’s ‘Maths in Context’ programme, reaching 12,000 16 year old students in 130 English schools. The trial is testing whether teaching maths in real-world contexts improves teenagers’ financial capability and achievements in GCSE maths exams, with results expected in 2020.
“It is important to consider numeracy alongside other building blocks of financial capability, such as confidence and attitudes. The Money and Pensions Service is committed to improving the UK’s financial wellbeing, through money guidance, trialling new initiatives with partners based on behavioural insights, and the provision of financial education for children and young people.”
About the Money and Pensions Service
The Money and Pensions Service vision is people making the most of their money and pensions.
The new organisation brings together the free services delivered by the Money Advice Service, The Pensions Advisory Service and Pension Wise.
The Arms-Length organisation is sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions, with a joint commitment to ensuring that people have access and guidance to the information they need to make effective financial decisions over their lifetime. The organisation will also engage with HM Treasury, which is responsible for policy on financial capability and debt advice.
Working hand-in-hand with stakeholders throughout the UK, the Money and Pensions Service will ensure that money and pensions guidance is available to those that need it, adapting to people’s changing needs throughout their lives, offering services and appointments over the telephone, online and in person where appropriate.
The Money and Pensions Service will also be responsible for delivering and overseeing pensions dashboards, to help people access their pensions information online, in partnership with the DWP. An industry delivery group will be brought together by the Money and Pensions Service, which will set out a clear timetable and roadmap to drive progress towards fully operational dashboards throughout 2019.
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Written by Kylie Knight
Posted: 2pm 24 Nov 2020
The hard work has started for this year’s Dolphins Intrust Super Cup squad, with preseason training underway after COVID-19 robbed them on a season that had so much promise.
Coach Adam Mogg spoke with Moreton Daily ahead of the squad’s second training session about how the things are looking after session one and such a long break from footy.
“I was really happy with the boys, they’re in reasonable shape considering they haven’t played much footy over the last almost a year,” Mogg said.
“We’ve got plenty of time before round one. I think we’ve got 17 sessions left before round one and 22 after the break. We’ll get enough work into the guys and they’ll be ready in round one I’m sure.
“Essentially, preseason is a combination of obviously getting fit and strong – the challenge at our level is we’ve got to add skill work into that, teamwork, fitness and strength.”
Mogg said this had to be balanced with players’ day jobs.
“That balance, I feel, our staff do it really well. I’m really confident we’ll get our loads right and our management right of those disciplines to make sure those players have enough work in their bodies to reduce the risk of injury and to be able to perform.”
Squad’s shaping up
The club is still signing players – working within its salary cap, with the Vodafone Warriors and its affiliate clubs. Some of last season’s squad, which offered so much promise, has been secured for 2021.
“We haven’t signed all of them. The last preseason was certainly our best preseason as a club, since I’ve been here both in terms of the talent – we had a small squad and the players just enjoyed training. We were able to progress really quickly,” Mogg said.
“Because of having a good squad … we’ve got a salary cap … other clubs have seen opportunities, with our affiliation with the Warriors, to offer players opportunities. Unfortunately, we can’t keep them all and that’s the idea of salary caps, that’s how they work.
“At the moment, we’ve got a small squad, we’ve got a few affiliation players with the Pine Rivers Bears and Brighton Roosters training with us, but we haven’t finished signing players. Given the environment with COVID and the NRL and salary caps at that level, I want to make sure that when we sign someone going forward they’re the right person to suit our footy club and we’re in no hurry to do so.”
When asked to identify a couple of exciting prospects, already locked in, Mogg mentions two who are already in preseason with the Warriors.
“I’m excited to see Jayden Nikorima play some football. He’s really turned his life around and he’s at the Warriors doing a preseason over there and I think if he gets through a really good preseason, unscathed, he’ll set himself up for a really good year,” he said.
“I think there’s a lot of people in the football world wanting to see that. I think Jayden himself wants to see that. He’s done a terrific job with himself away from football, with a gentleman called Glenn Azar he works with.
“I’m (also) excited to see Nathan Watts play. He’ll do a preseason at the Warriors. Nathan, in my opinion, has been one of the best props in the competition for several years and it will be good to see him have an NRL preseason and how much he can improve.”
Genuine pathway for players
Mogg said the relationship with the Warriors was not only good for the Dolphins, but the whole Intrust Super Cup competition.
“You’ve seen that just by the players we’ve lost to go to other clubs. It definitely helps other clubs as well. I also think, having coached over there in the NRL myself and understanding how passionate the Kiwis are about rugby league, it will be good for other clubs when we travel. There will be more Kiwi supporters at all the games, which is exciting.”
Mogg said he was proud of the affiliation with the Warriors because it was a genuine pathway for players.
“Peter O’Sullivan has been great to work with. He does their recruitment and talk about juniors coming into the system … it’s great for them in that sense as well, not just bringing Intrust Super Cup players and players back from NRL to play,” Mogg said.
“They’ve been fantastic, very transparent with their recruitment. They’ve been helping us with our recruitment, so it benefits the NRL but also us as a footy club. More importantly I think the guys who want to play NRL, genuinely want to play NRL – not just like the idea, this is a great opportunity for them.”
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How the warming climate will turn the Boundary Waters into a barren grassland
Cody Nelson
April 16, 2018 9:00 a.m.
This photo illustration of Big Moose Lake's shoreline shows what the Boundary Waters could look like as climate changes transform it into as grassland-like region.
Courtesy of David Luke
A few hours' drive north of the Twin Cities will transport you into one of the most unique spots on the continent: a dense, green forest replete with glacial lakes.
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area's isolation and wilderness protections make it so the scent of the pines or rustling of tree branches are most likely to hit your senses before anything else.
This lack of many people and modern worldly distractions are part of what make the BWCA special to visitors.
The Boundary Waters may seem unchangeable and stoic. But humankind's actions over time are far too much for nature.
If you know where to look, you can already see the Boundary Waters transforming from a lush forest into a desolate grassland.
Warmer temperatures caused by human greenhouse gas emissions are letting maple and oak to start invading the region.
"Later on when the summers get really hot, because it's shallow rocky soil, most of the trees will die and it will end up being savannah," said University of Minnesota forest ecologist Lee Frelich. "So grassland with scattered oak trees."
This photo illustration shows how artist David Luke envisions the Boundary Waters Moose Lake trail might look in a warmer climate.
The Boundary Waters' eventual transition to a savannah, as predicted by research from Frelich and others, is a stunning example of how climate change will affect Minnesota if we continue putting carbon into the atmosphere at current rates.
Right now, the prairie-forest border runs from west of St. Cloud southeast to northern Illinois. Under a "business as usual" scenario, Frelich said, that line could move 300 miles northeast and be at Thunder Bay, Ontario, by 2100.
Even if everyone followed the Paris climate pact, it wouldn't stop the change, Frelich said. The deal's primary goal is to hold global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius.
Worldwide, "if we actually followed the Paris accords," he said, "the change would be less and I think there would still be some savannahs in the Boundary Waters by the year 2100 but there would also be patches of forest."
President Trump pulled the United States from the climate pact last summer.
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The main factor determining if the forest changes into a grassland is the balance between evaporation and rainfall, Frelich said.
The climate is trending warmer and wetter. But the increase in precipitation might be negated by evaporation caused by the higher temps, effectively making the environment drier.
"Literally it could be rainier but drier," Frelich said. "It sounds weird to say that."
There lies the fate of the Boundary Waters: "So if the evaporation, especially during summer, outpaces the increase in precipitation, then it will flip over to a grassland," Frelich said.
Scientists expect many species to go extinct or leave northern Minnesota as the climate changes it into a different habitat.
"Moose don't live on savannahs that are hot in the summer," Frelich said. "Lynx don't live in areas where you don't have six months of snow cover, so they would move out."
Among the trees that would be gone, Frelich said: black spruce, balsam fir, balsam poplar, paper birch, most aspen, white spruce. Potentially jack and red pines. Basically, all the trees that form the region's identity.
Major swaths of savannah and prairie wouldn't be new to Minnesota. There used to be millions of acres of prairie and savannah in Minnesota, just in the southern part of the state.
"That's all been turned into cornfields," Frelich said.
He sees the Boundary Waters situation as an opportunity to restore savannah.
"If the climate gonna go that direction and we're not gonna do anything about it, we might as well make it the best savannah that it can be."
Note: Images in this story are courtesy of visual artist David Luke, whose recent series of photo illustrations show how the Boundary Waters may look as the warming climate changes them.
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Forget Thunderbirds! Every child knows that if you're in need of rescue, you call Paw Patrol. The hugely successful Nickelodeon show follows the adventures of a group of brave canines, led by German Shepard Chase and tech-savvy 10-year-old Ryder, who make it their mission to help anyone in need. As their catchphrase goes "No mission is too big, no pup is too small!". Nominated for an Emmy, Paw Patrol teaches the value of teamwork and problem solving.
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Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles, LA: October 9 - October 10
CenturyLink Center, Bossier City, LA: October 12 - October 14
UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA: October 19 - October 21
Montgomery Performing Arts Centre, Montgomery, AL: October 23 - October 24
CAJUNDOME, Lafayette, LA: October 26 - October 28
U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH: November 3 - November 4
Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY: November 6 - November 7
Show Me Center, Cape Girardeau, MO: November 9 - November 11
First National Bank Arena, Jonesboro, AR: November 13 - November 14
Robinson Center, Little Rock, AR: November 17 - November 18
Cannon Center, Memphis, TN: November 20 - November 21
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN: November 24 - November 25
Central National Bank Center, Enid, OK: November 27 - November 28
BOK Center, Tulsa, OK: December 1 - December 2
Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, Wilkes-Barre, PA: December 5 - December 6
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ: December 8 - December 9
Bryce Jordan Center, State College, PA: December 11 - December 12
Tsongas Center, Lowell, MA: December 15 - December 16
Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, Indianapolis, IN: December 29 - December 30
Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, MB: January 3 - January 5
Alerus Center, Grand Forks, ND: January 8 - January 9
The Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL: January 12 - January 13
Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids, IA: January 22 - January 23
TPAC's Andrew Jackson Hall, Nashville, TN: January 26 - January 27
EagleBank Arena, Fairfax, VA: February 1 - February 3
Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence, RI: February 9 - February 10
Shea's Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, NY: February 14 - February 17
Erie Insurance Arena, Erie, PA: February 19 - February 20
RBTL's Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY: February 23 - February 24
Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI: February 28 - March 3
KeyBand State Theatre, Cleveland, OH: March 8 - March 10
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, ON: March 15 - March 17
Landmark Theatre, Syracuse, NY: March 23 - March 24
Mullins Center, Amherst, MA: March 26 - March 27
The Wang Theatre, Boston, MA: March 29 - March 31
Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA: April 5 - April 7
Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY: April 13 - April 14
Times Union Center, Albany, NY: April 19 - April 21
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Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie, Dallas TX: March 1 - March 3
Kay Yeager Coliseum, Wichita Falls, TX: March 5 - March 6
Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio, TX: March 8 - March 10
Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center, Midland, TX: March 12 - March 13
Sarofim Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston, TX: March 15 - March 17
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Comerica Theatre, Phoenix, AZ: March 30 - March 31
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Fox Performing Arts Center, Riverside, CA: April 9 - April 10
Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, CA: April 13 - April 14
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May 18th 2020 at 7:04AM
In his first big statement in the Diversity Taskforce chair role since taking over from Keith Harris, Ammo Talwar has highlighted the key areas for action by the music industry.
UK Music will launch a major survey of the music business next month to get a full picture of diversity and inclusion across various sectors.
“It is a big part of helping bring about the change we all want to see,” said Talwar.
Six months on from his appointment, Talwar has called on the industry to ensure that diversity is a key component of the planning for the post-Covid-19 recovery.
“The issue of diversity has been a box-ticking exercise for too many people for too long,” he said. “As we all consider how society and the workplace will change as we emerge from the coronavirus lockdown, it is vital that the issue of diversity and inclusion is part of that discussion.”
UK Music has warned of the economic impact on the live sector.
“Our grassroots music venues face closure, with over 1,000 UK gigs cancelled in the first two weeks of May alone,” said Talwar. “More importantly, we have lost loved ones. You might wonder if this is the time to worry about diversity.
“I believe our individual and collective responses to Covid-19 have the potential to act as agents of positive change in the UK music business.”
Talwar noted the efforts by the industry to “cushion the immediate crushing blow of the lockdown”, including emergency investment and support from PRS For Music, AIM, Musicians' Union, PPL, BPI, Spotify, Live Nation, Help Musicians, Music Venue Trust and more to help the most vulnerable.
Our individual and collective responses to Covid-19 have the potential to act as agents of positive change in the UK music business
Ammo Talwar
Talwar noted the progess that has been made, including the reform of the BRITs Voting Academy and PRS Foundation’s Keychange scheme.
“Positive change can happen and is happening,” he said. “As its new chair, I want to see our taskforce working to promote diversity and foster the business resilience, good governance and problem-solving that inclusion can deliver.”
The Diversity Taskforce will focus on five key areas:
- Produce a biennial report on progress and the impact of diversity in the music industry.
- Develop an evidence-based approach to reporting on diversity initiatives, leveraging learning through new partnerships around data.
- Create dialogue regularly with music business stakeholders to spotlight best practice and industry leadership.
- Open up the Diversity Taskforce to fresh voices and perspectives, becoming less London-centric and widening our impact.
- Dismantle ‘glass ceilings’, especially at senior management and board levels, to retain the best leaders in the industry.
Talwar is CEO of Punch, a music agency based in Birmingham that develops tours, works with artists and produces a city-wide festival.
“I became the chair of UK Music’s Diversity Taskforce because I wanted to make real change, challenge the glass ceiling, share good practice and ensure the music industry reflects the society we live in - modern, collaborative and diverse,” he said. “The vision of the UK Music Diversity Taskforce is clear. We exist to improve equality of access and retention across the music industry workforce, with a sharp focus on gender and race.
“Of course, true diversity means much more than that and we are obviously a massive home for all the protected characteristics. There are many key issues that we need to tackle to help achieve a more diverse and inclusive industry. Gender pay gaps, shared parental leave for the self-employed and more inclusive representation across all levels of the industry are all problems we need to tackle.”
The full statement by Talwar is on the UK Music website.
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The main lobby will give you a feeling of being in a resort or hotel lobby. The newly open Central Park will be an extra treat, an amenity area that will give patients and visitors the feeling of being at home in their own garden. Doctors here are the best in the country. State of the art facilities and high tech medical equipment. How I wish every Filipino can experience the medical care and assistance at Thé Medical City.❤️ March 4, 2020, I went to the Ambulatory Service Center- as usual long line but patients are comfortably seated and patiently waiting. I have been on food and water fasting for my blood extraction. Not to over fast I approached the lady at the counter 4, to let her know of my situation. She was so quick in attending to my concern and never ask for anything, not even my ID or HMO. She accompanied me at the blood extraction area and everything I need was well taken cared of because of her. Thank you very much Ms. Maria Concepcion Calayan Golla for your kind assistance and compassion. Keep up the excellent work. May your tribe increase. All the best!❤️
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St. Luke's Medical Center, located in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines offers patients Gastric Sleeve procedures among its total of 313 available procedures, across 30 different specialties. Currently, there's no pricing information for Gastric Sleeve procedures at St. Luke's Medical Center, as all prices are available on request only. There is currently a lack of information available on the specialists practicing at the Clinic, and they have multiple recognized accreditations, including: JCI AccreditedTEMOS
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General and Laparoscopic Surgery Clinic, located in Butuan, Agusan del Norte, Philippines offers patients Gastric Sleeve procedures among its total of 3 available procedures, across 1 different specialties. Currently, there's no pricing information for Gastric Sleeve procedures at General and Laparoscopic Surgery Clinic, as all prices are available on request only. All procedures and treatments are undertaken by just a small team of specialists, with 2 in total at the Clinic, and they are not accredited by any recognized accreditations institutes
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Philippine Obesity Control Surgery Team, located in Butuan, Agusan del Norte, Philippines offers patients Gastric Sleeve procedures among its total of 5 available procedures, across 1 different specialties. Currently, there's no pricing information for Gastric Sleeve procedures at Philippine Obesity Control Surgery Team, as all prices are available on request only. All procedures and treatments are undertaken by the lead specialist at the Hospital, and they are not accredited by any recognized accreditations institutes
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Gastric Sleeve Surgery is a weight loss procedure in which a large part of the stomach is surgically removed, reducing the stomach size by up to 85%, with the remaining portion of the stomach looking like a banana or a sleeve. Given the severely reduced stomach size, patients are unable to consume and digest as much food before quashing their hunger and feeling full - as a result, rapid weight loss can be achieved. This type of surgery is non-reversible and should only be considered as a final option.
A person is termed obese if their body mass index (BMI) is greater than 40 and their weight is 100 lbs / 50 kg more than their ideal weight. For these people, Bariatric Surgery is an available option. There are many associated risks concerned with Obesity that can lead to hypertension, infertility, diabetes, sleep apnea, and much more. When methods, such as dieting and exercising do not work, a Gastric Sleeve procedure can be the final solution, but not everyone is a good candidate and each individual should carefully consider the best options available to them, considering present condition, health history, cost, recovery time, success rate and pros and cons of the surgery. Alternatively, a Gastric Balloon may be preferred instead - see below for more information on this non-invasive procedure.
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What does a Gastric Sleeve Procedure Involve?
Surgery is performed under general anesthesia using a laparoscope, with several small incisions being made on the belly, a tube fitted with a camera (laparoscope) is then inserted through these incisions to give a clear picture of the insides. The surgeon will view these images, before beginning the process of surgically removing up to 85% of the stomach's volume using special surgical instruments. The remaining stomach pouch now resembles a dramatically reduced sleeve or banana. All the instruments are removed and the incisions are stitched and bandages applied to the wounds.
How Long Should I Stay in Philippines for a Gastric Sleeve Procedure?
Gastric sleeve surgery is an inpatient procedure that lasts about one hour in the operation theatre. After this, you are moved to a recovery room where your vitals are monitored. A two to three days hospital stay is required after surgery and you are discharged when your condition is stable. You should stay in Philippines for at least 7-8 days for follow up check-ups. During this period, you are kept under review and the stitches are removed after 5 to 7 days.
What's the Recovery Time for Gastric Sleeve Procedures in Philippines?
It will take two to three months to get back to normal meals and the amount of food you will eat is considerably decreased. You will likely suffer from a swollen and sore stomach for several days, with medicines being prescribed to help deal with the pain during this period. After two to four weeks, you can return to some normal activities, however, on average, six weeks of rest is required. As it is laparoscopic surgery, less time is required to recover and scars are small which fade away over time.
What sort of Aftercare is Required for Gastric Sleeve Procedures in Philippines?
The following are some points to consider after leaving the hospital:
Intake only liquids for the first two to three days. After this, you can start taking pureed food and shakes. You will have to continue with this for at least 4 weeks. After which you can start eating solid food items. Do not eat very heavy food items. Avoid drinking water with food, as it fills your small stomach immediately.
Follow a proper diet plan as you will have to fulfill your nutritional requirements with a smaller amount of food.
Take multivitamins and minerals daily. Especially vitamin B12, as pernicious anemia needs to be prevented.
Do not climb up the stairs, also, do not bend. Avoid those activities which can put stress on your abdomen.
Change your bandage regularly and do not let it get wet as this can cause infection.
Ensure you have regular check-ups and your weight loss is recorded during these visits.
Take your painkillers regularly to relieve yourself from the post-surgery pain.
What's the Success Rate of Gastric Sleeve Procedures in Philippines?
You can expect to lose 60% of your excess weight within 12 to 18 months post-surgery. The Gastric Sleeve is now the most popular form of Bariatric Surgery based on the extremely high success rates seen across the world. Patients can expect a huge decrease in weight, coupled with a vast improvement in health conditions and a reduction in such diseases as diabetes.
Are there Alternative Bariatric Procedures Available?
The following are some non-surgical or minimally invasive alternatives to gastric sleeve surgery:
Weight losing drugs: with this method, some drugs are prescribed which can help with the weight loss process. You can lose 5% to 10% of your excess weight in one year through this and it is known as pharmacotherapy.
VBLOC therapy: with this therapy, a pacemaker device is implanted into the skin of your abdominal wall. The device is connected to electrodes that are placed at the trunk of the vagus nerve through small incisions. Vagus nerve signals can be periodically blocked to reduce your eating desire and it is a minimally invasive procedure.
Are there Other Alternative Bariatric Procedures?
1. Gastric Band - Considered a reversible Bariatric Surgery option, a silicone device is fitted at the top portion of the stomach, cutting off the bottom section and creating a small stomach pouch above. The reduced stomach size now means the volume of food consumed is much smaller before the patient becomes full, thus resulting in rapid weight loss. Once the desired weight is achieved, the band can be surgically removed.
2. Gastric Bypass - The stomach is divided into two parts; a small upper pouch and a large lower ‘remnant’ pouch. The small intestine is rearranged accordingly, bypassing the large pouch and thus significantly reducing the volume of the stomach.
3. Gastric Balloon - This non-invasive procedure does not involve surgery and instead an inflatable balloon-like device is endoscopically placed into the stomach and inflated, thus reducing the capacity of the stomach. with the balloon occupying most of the stomachs volume, the patient becomes full much quicker, leading to rapid weight loss. Once the desired weight is achieved, the balloon is deflated and removed.
Whilst the information presented here has been accurately sourced and verified by a medical professional for its accuracy, it is still advised to consult with your doctor before pursuing a medical treatment at one of the listed medical providers. This content was last updated on 28/11/2020.
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The Philippines is an island nation in the heart of Southeast Asia. It extends from the south of China to the northern tip of Borneo. It is also known as the ‘Pearl of the Orient Seas’, the Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands. It comprises three main island groups, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Manila, the capital city, lies in the southwestern part of Luzon. Quezon City is the largest and most populous city in the country.
It is a prominent English-speaking country and was once a colony of Spain and the United States. It’s the most westernized country in Asia. However, its culture is a mix of indigenous Malay culture and Spanish and American heritage.
Besides being one of the top tourist destinations, the Philippines is also an emerging medical tourism destination. It rank’s in 8th position among popular medical tourism countries and more than 10,000 medical tourists visit the Philippines every year for various treatments. The following factors all contribute to the progress of medical tourism within the Philippines.
Expert and board-certified medical professionals with international qualifications and training.
Internationally-accredited hospitals with state-of-art medical equipment and modern facilities.
Affordable costs compared to advanced nations
Inexpensive accommodation
The English language is widely-spoken making communication with the Medical team and patients easy.
Tropical climate helps in the recovery and recuperation
The most common and popular procedures and treatments in the Philippines are cosmetic surgery, weight-loss surgery, dermatology, ophthalmology, and dentistry. As of late, people come here even for liver and kidney transplant surgeries, and cardiac surgeries due to the cost advantage it provides.
For example, a Breast Augmentation surgery which costs between $7,500-$8,500 in the US costs only between $3,000-$3,500 in the Philippines which would be a saving of about 58% to 60%. Also, a coronary artery bypass surgery costing $70,000-$133,000 in the US, will only cost between $11,500-$17,500 and would result in a saving of almost 83% to 86%. Even after adding travel and living expenses, it still makes it a, very good value for the patient to get medical care in the Philippines and several of the more popular Hospital and Clinics are located in Manila and are St. Luke's Medical Center, Makati Medical Center, The Medical City and Asian Hospital and Medical Center
Popular Parts of Philippines
The Philippines has a total land area of 116,000 square miles, with a large population of 107,791,044 million people. It has many pristine beaches, mountains, rainforests, islands, heritage towns, and monuments, With hotels, food, and transportation very affordable, it’s also a good budget tourism destination.
The following are some of the most beautiful places to visit in the Philippines:
El Nido –is known for its white-sand beaches, clear turquoise waters and coral reefs and is the gateway to the Bacuit archipelago which is a group of islands. The laid-back town of El Nido is a base for island-hopping tours, and kayaking trips to mountainous Cadlao Island, El Nido is situated on the northern edge of mainland Palawan.
Coron – Is also situated on Palawan and is known for its warm waters, ideal for snorkeling, kayaking, and deep diving. The breathtaking Kayangan Lake, surrounded by karst walls is a visual treat. It is the cleanest lake in the Philippines.
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park –is also part of Palawan and is situated to the southeast, in the Sulu Sea. It’s home to countless coral reefs, and expansive breeds of fish, dolphins, sharks, and whales and It is a great water destination for divers.
Banaue Rice Terraces – They lie within the mountainous region of Cordilleras. The rice terraces are about 2,000 years old, a result of the labor of the predecessors of the region and It provides efficient space for people to farm on.
Intramuros – The walled historical area of Manila contains the remains of a bygone era with its cobblestone streets, and preserved remnants. Walking tours and carromata rides (two-wheeled box-like vehicle drawn by a single native pony) are popular here.
Mount Mayon –is a 2,500-meter-tall active volcano. It’s famed for its perfect symmetry and accurate conical shape. You can enjoy the view from some distance or experience it at close quarters, by hiking for a couple of days.
Hinatuan Enchanted River – Locals believe the river has mystical qualities. They feel fairies and engkanto (other nature spirits) guard the enchanting blue-green river. The unknown source of clear saltwater is another mystery surrounding the river.
Boracay and Siargao are other popular tourist spots with their powdery white sand and water activities.
Weather and Climate in the Philippines
The Philippines has a tropical maritime climate. The general weather is hot and very humid. It experiences only three seasons:
Summer Season – A very hot and dry summer season is between March and May.
Wet Season – Rainy Season is between June and November when the south-west monsoon is most active. In this period, typhoons are common, especially during September and October.
Dry Season – There is a cool and dry season between December and February, due to the cold winds brought in by northeastern monsoon.
The average temperature of the Philippines ranges between 25°C and 32°C (78-90°F) with humidity of about 77%. High altitude areas are much cooler, with night temperatures dropping to 20°C (68°F). The average annual temperature is around 26.6°C (79.9°F)
Getting Around in the Philippines
The Philippines being an island nation, most international travelers reach the country by air. The country has many international airports in various cities including Cebu, Davao, Manila, Kalibo, and Angeles.
Many airlines operate flights in and out of Manila to several destinations. Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, and Air Asia are the national carriers of the Philippines. Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific and many middle-eastern airlines that operate direct flights to Manila. The Southeast Asian cities of Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City have wide connectivity to Manila and Cebu. You can reach Manila direct from London by flying Philippine Airlines. US travelers can fly via Japan to the Philippines.
Cebu Pacific, Tigerair Philippines, and PAL Express are some low-cost carriers that service domestic destinations in the country.
For transport within the Philippines, you have Jeepneys which are WWII- army jeeps converted into transport jeeps. They are cheap, open and usually fully-loaded with passengers which are normally cramped with 14 to 20 people sitting shoulder to shoulder depending on the length of the vehicle They operate as collective taxis, picking up and dropping passengers within cities.
Tourist Visas in the Philippines
Travelers from more than 150 countries that have diplomatic relations with the Philippines can enter the country without a tourist visa. EU, Australia, Japan, and the US are a few visa-exempt countries. In general, you can stay for up to 30 days, provided your passport is valid for at least six months after your arrival. Showing proof of onward and return journeys is compulsory.
Citizens of India, China and Egypt are some of the countries that will need to get a visa in advance to enter the Philippines.
Philippine Peso or Piso (PHP) is the official currency of the Philippines. Its subdivision is 100 centavos or centimos for a Peso. The current exchange rate for one US dollar is 51.99 PHP. You will be able to use US Dollars in Metro Manila and possibly in Cebu city. In other areas, it’s better to have Peso for exchange.
You will find all major banks and plenty of ATMs everywhere. Master and Visa cards are accepted in most businesses.
Tagalog or Filipino language is the main spoken language. English is also spoken and understood in the Philippines, due to the US influence during its colonization.
Roman Catholicism is the major religion of the Philippines. 91% of the population are Christians and about 5.5% comprises of Islam religion.
New Year’s Day, Araw ng Kagitingan, Independence Day, National Hero’s Day, Bonifacio Day and Christmas are some of the important holidays in the Philippines.
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Baaghi2 wraps up its first schedule
It's a wrap for Tiger Shroff and Disha Patani's forthcoming film Baaghi 2's shooting schedule in Pune. The actors packed the schedule with a poolside picture, which was shared by Tiger Shroff on Instagram. The picture features both Tiger and Disha from the back and has been liked over two lakh times. Tiger's well-toned body is the main highlight of the frame and comments such as, "I love you, Tiger" and "Fabulous. So hot, Tiger Shroff" have been posted. Another section of Instagram users are happy to see rumoured couple Tiger and Disha together in one picture. "You guys are made for each other," read a comment. Tiger Shroff and Disha Patani have earlier co-starred in Befikra, a music video.
Baaghi 2 went on floors in Pune last week. It is a sequel to 2016's Baaghi, in which Tiger Shroff starred opposite Shraddha Kapoor. Of casting Disha in the film, producer Sajid Nadiadwala earlier said, "When we did the look test of both of them together, we were convinced with their chemistry and about Disha being the perfect choice for the role." Meanwhile, Tiger is learning several forms of martial arts for Baaghi 2.
Baaghi 2, directed by Ahmed Khan, is slated to release next year in April.
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U.S. Has Leverage in Dealings with Iran and North Korea
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America and our allies have several ways to deter the rogue nations.
There has been a lot of misinformation about both getting out of the so-called Iran deal and getting into a new North Korean agreement. The two situations may be connected, but not in the way we are usually told.
Getting out of the Iran deal did not destroy trust in the U.S. government. Our departure from the deal does not mean that North Korea cannot reliably negotiate with America.
In 2015, the Iran deal was not approved as either a Senate-ratified treaty or a joint congressional resolution. Had the deal been a treaty, President Donald Trump could not have walked away from it so easily and with so little downside.
Former president Obama knew that he did not have majority congressional support for his initiative. Therefore, he desperately sought ways to circumvent the constitutionally directed authority of the Senate and redefine a treaty as a mere executive order
Obama got the deal approved by the Iranians in part by paying them ransom for hostages through huge nighttime cash transfers.
A cynical North Korea knew only too well that in the past, President Obama either entered into agreements or avoided them based on his therapeutic notion that human nature was both changeable and essentially noble.
The North Koreans now seem worried that a more unpredictable Trump has a quite different, pessimistic, and tragic view that humans are predictably capable of almost anything — if not strongly deterred.
After Trump’s rejection of the Iran deal, North Korea now concedes that it cannot cajole a flawed agreement with the current U.S. president, who is mercurial rather than scripted in his reactions.
North Korea is the stealthy and illegal supplier of ballistic-missile and nuclear-weapons technology to Iran. Should North Korea enter into a detente with the West, Iran might lose a rogue nuclear patron — one of the keys to its efforts to get a bomb.
Tough international sanctions work slowly. But despite occasional cheating, they do in the end work well enough to injure economies. The tragedy of the 2015 Iran deal was that an embargoed Tehran had been brought to the brink of social and economic chaos before the deal was struck.
Had the global boycotts continued, Iran might not have had either the cash or the public calm to spend vast fortunes simultaneously on nuclear proliferation, global terrorism, and proxy wars in Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen. Unfortunately, the Iran deal ensured Iranian nuclear proliferation after sanctions had been inhibiting it.
Iran looked at the sweetheart 2015 deal as a rescue. Before Trump canceled it, Iran had planned to use the deal for the next decade to regroup, to earn billions in foreign exchange as sanctions ended, to spread its influence throughout the Middle East, and to ready itself to produce bombs in 2025.
Then, when the agreement expired, Iran would have been far richer, more technologically sophisticated, far more powerful in the region — and far more likely to get more advanced bombs.
In both the Iran deal and a potential North Korea deal, the United States has enormous leverage — and it should never forget that fact.
Global sanctions can wreck the relatively small and vulnerable Iranian and North Korean economies. Even American sanctions alone and the ripples from them can injure Tehran and Pyongyang.
The U.S. can also deter Iran and North Korea in a variety of other ways.
New American efforts at missile defense can nullify some of their offensive capability.
Regional neighbors and allies of the United States — Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt — have the ability to go nuclear themselves. Yet these pro-American nations stay non-nuclear only because of the restraints imposed upon them by the U.S. That is a condition that in the future can be recalibrated to fit the behavior of Iran and North Korea.
Without China, neither Iran nor North Korea can obtain the diplomatic cover or the technological support needed to build a sophisticated nuclear-missile arsenal. And China can be convinced not to endanger its lucrative commerce with the West for the sake of irritating the United States and Europe with rogue nuclear proxies.
Finally, Russia is a regional neighbor of North Korea and Iran. It has no strategic self-interest in having two unhinged nuclear countries nearby.
Before the onset of the hysteria about Russian “collusion,” the United States and Russia discussed areas of mutual benefit, such as limiting the number of dangerous third-party nations with nuclear weapons.
For all the evil of Russian president Vladimir Putin, the potential evil of a nuclear Iran and North Korea is greater. It is time to talk about mutual strategic interests with the Russians to nullify a North Korean and Iranian nuclear threat.
In sum, for all their obnoxious bluster, the rogue governments of North Korea and Iran are more vulnerable than ever.
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PART II Talent and Career Explored Using Journaling and Art Therapy Techniques
By Dean Pappas
In Part I, a holistic approach to career planning, which includes both analytical and intuitive (left- and right-brain thinking), was outlined. Part II consists of two sample exercises which incorporate visual, non-linear thinking into career planning assessment and strategizing. In doing so they assist a client with self-exploration of creative talents and professional aspirations. Through personal experimentation with these and other nonverbal exercises the career development professional becomes capable of offering the client alternative guidance which can reveal non-analytically-based insights.
In two art therapy-based texts, "Putting Your Talent to Work" (1996) and "Visioning" (2000), art therapist Lucia Capacchione has developed a combination of art and journaling exercises designed to reveal latent career aspirations along with strategies to implement them. Capacchione's exercises assist the client in gaining insight into hidden talents and career-goals through dominant and non-dominant journaling, which are self-dialogue techniques. The goal is for the client to access her or his imagination, visualization and metaphoric thought, thus bridging the left and right hemispheres (Capacchione and Van Pelt, 2000). A partial list of issues Capacchione addresses include: a) identifying talent, b) developing talent, and, c) matching talent to needs. "Visioning" (2000), on the other hand, focuses on the single task of creating and using a Visioning7 collage. Below are two examples of exercises I have developed base on Capacchione's work.
Basic materials include: (a) a medium-to-large art pad (9x12 or 11x14), and multicolored set of felt markers, colored pencils, oil pastels, and/or crayons for Exercise 1; and, (b) magazines, scissors and glue-sticks for Exercise 2. Other materials may be included, depending on the choice of individual or group exercises, personal preferences, or other art experiences.
Exercise 1: "The Ideal Career"
Directive: With your non-dominant hand, draw a picture of yourself as you see yourself in the ideal job or career. In your drawing include where you are, what you are doing, and if you are alone or with others. On a fresh page, with your dominant hand create a list of questions such as:
Where is this job location?
What are my specific tasks?
How do I feel about myself and my work?
What talents and skills am I expressing?
Who am I working with?
Answer the question with your non-dominant hand in a journal.
(Note: Non-dominant handwriting can feel awkward at first, with misspelled words and letters written backwards. Part of the experience is to enjoy the "child within" and to let go of self-judgment).
When a client completes drawing, assist in the journaling process by initiating and reciting questions that move the dialogue forward. The task of the counselor is to provide insight as well as feedback while assisting the client to create the dialogue. By initiating questions the counselor triggers in the client's own ability for further self-exploration into personal insights.
A sample dominant- and non-dominant handwritten dialogue (use different colored markers to differentiate the writing of each hand):
Dominant Hand: "Do I like freelance, consulting or individual assignments?"
Non-dominant Hand: "I like consulting, because I value my independence."
Dominant Hand: "Do I feel better working alone or in a team?"
Non-dominant Hand: "I feel more qualified when I work with one other person or on a team."
While these sample-responses are abbreviated, the professional career counselor can easily expand upon them. The strength of this process is that it empowers the client by providing visual, concrete evidence of the client's own creativity and inner inspiration. A client's habit to rely on outside sources to validate their unique abilities perpetuates dependence and an unwillingness to own their personal generative powers.
Exercise 2: "Visioning" for a career:
Directive: Create a collage, beginning with the vision of the ideal career in mind. Cut out images and words from magazines and other sources, and pile them in front of you. The collage provides the story board where plot lines can be played out, revised and experienced. Arrange all the images and words on the collage board and edit them before gluing any down. Once the collage is completed, through a dialogue with the dominant and nondominant hands (as described in Exercise 1), dialogue with each key element or image in the collage to give it its own voice. Examples of questions include:
What part of my life does the collage image express?
How does this collage image represent my ideal career?
What instructions, guidance or advice does this collage image have for me?
The results derived from these two sample-exercises, as well as many others offered by Capacchione (1996, 2000), are to reinforce the client's self-confidence in their own intuitive processes. Clients are encouraged to trust their own ability to find direction, motivation, and awareness with regard to their career goals. Nonverbal, non-traditional resources are tools capable of revealing unexpressed and hidden agendas often not uncovered via traditional testing and coaching methods.
Capacchione, L., & Van Pelt, P. (1996). Putting your talent to work. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc.
Capacchione, L. (2000). Visioning. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam.
Dean Pappas (M.A. in Art Therapy, California State University, Los Angeles) lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. He works primarily with at-risk adolescents, providing therapy, coaching and life-skills training, including a focus on career and long-term life goals. He also provides coaching through artmaking processes to assist families focus on family goals as a unit. He can be reached at d28pappas@msn.com .
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ADIDAS BOOST BOSTON GAMES BRING OLYMPIC HYPE TO HUB
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
(c) 2016 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved
BOSTON (16-May) -- The visual is captivating: imagine Olympic medalists in
full sprint coming down one of the busiest streets in all of Boston, the
vibrant Boston Public Garden on one side and the iconic Boston Common
on the other. This will become reality on June 18, when the adidas Boost
Boston Games debut here in the Massachusetts capital. Today, Boston
Mayor Marty J. Walsh joined Mark Wetmore, meet director and president of
Global Athletics & Marketing, as well as Olympic gold medalist and
former world record holder Maurice Greene to celebrate the meet's
inaugural year.
"Boston is thrilled to welcome the adidas BoostGames," said Walsh, speaking to a small crowd at Boston Common.
"We are thrilled to witness Olympic and world-class champions racing down
Charles Street. We already know that Boston is a championship city, home
to some of the best sports teams and sports fans in the country. The
street meet will showcase our spirit and passion to the world in a new
and exciting way... We are always looking for fresh fun ways to achieve
and activate our public spaces in the City."
This summer, a slice of Olympia will come to Boston and take center stage in one of the
most popular sections of the city. The two-day meeting, which in
essence replaces the former adidas Grand Prix in New York City on the
calendar (though is not part of the IAAF Diamond League), is geared
towards reviving the sport of track and field. It will be televised
nationally, and is a key tune-up for many Olympic-bound athletes.
Splitinto two days, the meet offers two distinct themes that organizers say
will enthrall spectators. First, on Friday, June 17, events of 400
meters and longer will be held at an evening meet at Somerville's Dilboy
Stadium. While this may sound like a typical meet on the surface, it
will be enhanced by an open barbecue and fan-fest for all attendees,
complete with opportunities to meet and take pictures with athletes
after they're done competing.
Professional events on the schedule as of today include the men's 400m and 1500m, as well as the
women's 400m, 800m, and 5000m. The iconic adidas High School Dream Miles
will also play-out, in addition to youth, prep, and masters events for
local athletes.
"After the track events are done there, then we are going to have a post-event festival, a barbecue where
everybody who comes to that event on Friday will be invited to eat some good food,
hang out with the adidas athletes, do selfies. It'll be that kind of
atmosphere," said Wetmore. Wetmore noted that the adidas High School
Dream Miles will feature the traditional top-notch level of competition,
though he has no idea if a Drew Hunter-Michael Slagowski match-up is in
the works. Meet sponsor adidas selects the high school fields directly,
and they will be announced sometime in the coming month.
next day is when track takes over Boston's Back Bay and Downtown
neighborhood. A 150-meter Mondo track --currently being shipped across
the Atlantic Ocean from Italy to Boston-- will be put on top of a
30-inch platform running down Charles Street. Youth athletes through
Olympians will all take to the track and adjacent field event pits for a
four-hour long showcase meet, bringing both die-hard fans and those
walking through the city together. Charles Street has played host to
major races before --including the B.A.A. 5-K, B.A.A. 10-K, and Tufts
10-K for Women-- though never a track meet.
"We don't have a
lot of stadiums in the U.S. that could host a Diamond-level league
event. We're trying to create a stadium almost on the day, which is very
difficult to do," Wetmore said, speaking to the unique atmosphere he
seeks to develop. "We have an event here which is going to have finish
area seating, but the rest is going to be completely free and open to
the public. Just like it is in Manchester [Great Britain], you can walk
up to the side and you'll literally be an arm's length away from Olympic
heroes. The pole vault and long jump are going to be on there, too, and
[the fans] will be able to see all the events here."
Seats closest to the finish cost $50 to $100, however the rest of the straightaway will be free and open to the public.
Greene, taking part in the event as an ambassador for adidas, believes
that street meets like the adidas Boost Boston Games could lead to
increased popularity in the sport, especially if they are marketed
correctly. While he never got to compete in one, Greene thinks the
unique setting can gain fans attention in a positive light.
"This
is the first one in America like this. Why wouldn't you want to be a
part of it?" Greene said. "I think this is going to bring new energy to
it. There have been a couple of this type of meets throughout the world
and they've shown a lot of great promise. To do it here in Boston for
the first time, you're going to get some fans who are curious about it
and you're going to get the regular fans."
Later Greene added:
"When you have any type of track and field event, as long as it's
marketed and publicized, you're going to get a lot of people to come out
and see it... I think as long as people know about it, it'll be a great
event."
Interestingly, the meet only took shape a mere two
months ago, when Wetmore approached adidas and the City of Boston with
the idea. Adidas was on-board from the get-go, and was keenly interested
in the prospective of an outside-the-box type meet. While the adidas
Grand Prix Diamond League meeting was successful in many ways, it was
time for a shift in direction. Wetmore believes this meet can be an
enhanced version of that meet's legacy.
"We were really
wondering what the next generation was going to be with the Diamond
League. We've enjoyed being part of the Diamond League, but we and
adidas wanted to do something different," he said. "I presented this
idea to them basically at the end of January, without really knowing
what I was going to do, and they said sure just go ahead and run with
it. We looked at the possibility of doing it in New York, along Fifth
Avenue, and we looked at the possibility of doing it up here, and adidas
really liked the idea of doing it up here. Literally, it just kind of
started and we spoke to Mayor Walsh's office right away and things
started moving very, very quickly."
City officials praised the meet for connecting Boston's sporting tradition with the city's parks and public places.
is another way how we bring sports and culture in our city together to
inspire us," Mayor Walsh said. "When we talk about making sure we
activate our city and bring fun events to our city, this is what we're
talking about. We were able to bring this together in a very short
period of time."
In describing the meet's impact on the City of
Boston, Mayor Walsh used words like innovative, inspiring, and
world-class. Rather than sit back and host a typical track meet,
Wetmore, adidas, and the Global Athletics & Marketing team have
tried to tap into what could be a future installment of our sport.
Athletes have expressed strong support, according to Wetmore, and are
eager to try something new.
"I think that's true, that you talk
about sponsorship within the sport --people like adidas-- it's a forward
thinking way of reaching consumers," Wetmore said.
Meet director Mark Wetmore holds an artist's rendering of the track
which will be used for the first adidas Boost Games to be held in Boston
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The State Services Commission has announced the appointment of a new Treasury secretary to replace outgoing boss Gabriel Makhlouf.
Makhlouf, who is moving to Ireland to run its central bank, departs under controversy over his handling of the Budget 'hacking' scandal last month.
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Australian Dr Caralee McLiesh will take his place as the leader of New Zealand's public finance system, State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes announced on Tuesday.
"This is a big and important role for New Zealand and the public service," Hughes says.
"I am delighted to appoint Dr McLiesh. She is a highly respected, world-class economist with very strong fiscal, economic policy and financial management credentials."
Dr McLiesh's experience includes education leadership, several deputy secretary roles at the NSW Treasury, and work for the World Bank.
She was involved in developing Australia's first social impact bond, to help families at risk. She was awarded the Public Service Medal of Australia (2017) for outstanding public service to social impact investment policy and reform in NSW for her work.
"Dr McLiesh has more than 20 years' experience in the government, international, not-for-profit, and commercial sectors and has led large, complex reforms with multiple stakeholders to improve citizen outcomes," Hughes says.
"I have no doubt the public service and New Zealand will benefit from her skills and experience."
Dr McLiesh has been appointed for five years from September 16.
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DHS: Portland mayor must ‘prioritize public safety’ or feds will have ‘no choice but to protect’ Americans
by NH Politician September 1, 2020 September 1, 2020
DHS: Portland mayor must 'prioritize public safety' or feds will have 'no choice but to protect' Americans
By Jake Gibson | Fox News
Acting Secretary Chad Wolf accused the mayor of standing by ‘passively’ during months of riots.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has sent a letter to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, urging the Democrat to request federal assistance for his city after months of riots.
“I urge you to prioritize public safety and to request federal assistance to restore law and order in Portland,” Wolf wrote in the letter dated Aug. 31. “We are standing by to support Portland. At the same time, President Trump has made it abundantly clear that there will come a point when state and local officials fail to protect its citizens from violence, the federal government will have no choice but to protect our American citizens.”
Portland has seen over three months of nightly violent protests, including three recent killings, as pro-Trump groups and left-leaning protesters have fought in the streets.
Chad Wolf Wheeler Letter on Scribd
According to DHS, as of July 31, local law enforcement has made 255 arrests and declared 23 riots and unlawful assemblies.
“Despite this,” Wolf told Wheeler, “you have stood by passively, arguing that the nightly violence ‘will ultimately burn itself out.’ The evidence demonstrates otherwise.”
Wolf’s letter seemed to serve as a direct response to Wheeler’s letter to President Trump dated Aug. 28 in which the mayor rejected any federal assistance.
PORTLAND POLICE DECLARE RIOT AFTER BURNING DEBRIS THROWN INTO BUILDING WHERE MAYOR LIVES
“Dear President Trump: Yet again, you said you offered to aid Portland by sending in federal law enforcement to our city. On behalf of the City of Portland: No thanks,” Wheeler wrote.
He went on to argue that Portland didn’t need the president’s “politics of division and demagoguery.”
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, left, wrote a stern letter to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. (AP, File)
“Portlanders are onto you,” Wheeler wrote. “We have already seen your reckless disregard for human life in your bumbling response to the COVID pandemic. And we know you’ve reached the conclusion that images of violence or vandalism are your only ticket to reelection.”
Wolf’s letter urged Wheeler to reconsider. “The chaos, destruction, and suffering in Portland are evils you can stop—and must stop. Consider what happened recently in Wisconsin—where the State of Wisconsin requested and received federal law enforcement assistance and the violence and looting there ended.”
He continued, “Accordingly, I urge you to prioritize public safety and to request federal assistance to restore law and order in Portland. We are standing by to support Portland. At the same time, President Trump has made it abundantly clear that there will come a point when state and local officials fail to protect its citizens from violence, the federal government will have no choice but to protect our American citizens.”
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Reconstruction is defined as the act or process of depicting, by means of new construction, the form, features, and detailing of a non-surviving site, landscape, building, structure, or object for the purpose of replicating its appearance at a specific period of time and in its historic location.
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The Standards will be applied taking into consideration the economic and technical feasibility of each project.
Reconstruction will be used to depict vanished or non-surviving portions of a property when documentary and physical evidence is available to permit accurate reconstruction with minimal conjecture, and such reconstruction is essential to the public understanding of the property.
Reconstruction of a landscape, building, structure or object in its historic location will be preceded by a thorough archeological investigation to identify and evaluate those features and artifacts that are essential to an accurate reconstruction. If such resources must be disturbed, mitigation measures will be undertaken.
Reconstruction will include measures to preserve any remaining historic materials, features and spatial relationships.
Reconstruction will be based on the accurate duplication of historic features and elements substantiated by documentary or physical evidence rather than on conjectural designs or the availability of different features from other historic properties. A reconstructed property will re-create the appearance of the non-surviving historic property in materials, design, color and texture.
A reconstruction will be clearly identified as a contemporary re-creation.
Designs that were never executed historically will not be constructed.
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Felt reduced to a vagina: Swara Bhaskar on 'Padmaavat'
by Veena January 28, 2018 01119
Mumbai, Jan 28 (IANS) Actress Swara Bhaskar has, in a scathing comment on “Padmaavat”, said she felt like a “vagina only” after watching the Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial. However, some film fraternity members dismissed it as a “feminist debate”.
Swara believes “Padmaavat” has brought up the question whether women — widowed, raped, young, old, pregnant, pre-pubescent — have the right to live.
In an open letter published on The Wire late on Saturday, Swara has decried glorification of self-immolation customs Sati and Jauhar.
She began her note by congratulating Bhansali for being able to release “Padmaavat” despite the hurdles — something she says she even fought trolls for on social media.
The actress, who played a small part in Bhansali’s “Guzaarish”, watched “Padmaavat” first day, first show”, and decided to share her concerns as it left her “stunned”.
“That’s what I felt like at the end of your magnum opus. I felt like a vagina. I felt reduced to a vagina-only.
“I felt like all the ‘minor’ achievements that women and women’s movements have made over the years – like the right to vote, the right to own property, the right to education, equal pay for equal work, maternity leave, the Vishakha judgment, the right to adopt children… All of it was pointless; because we were back to basics.
“We were back to the basic question – of right to life. Your film, it felt, had brought us back to that question from the Dark Ages – do women – widowed, raped, young, old, pregnant, pre-pubescent… do they have the right to live?” Swara wrote.
She stressed: “Women have the right to live, despite being raped sir. Women have the right to live, despite the death of their husbands, male ‘protectors’, ‘owners’, ‘controllers of their sexuality’… whatever you understand the men to be. Women have the right to live – independent of whether men are living or not.
“Women have the right to live. Period. It’s actually pretty basic,” she wrote, referring to the “very uncomfortable” climax scene in which actress Deepika Padukone (Rani Padmavati in “Padmaavat”) leads a pack of women to commit self-immolation after attackers venture into their kingdom and kill the men.
“Women are not only walking talking vaginas. Yes, women have vaginas, but they have more to them as well.”
Swara said she was hopeful that Bhansali would offer “some sort of a critique of Sati and Jauhar in your film”.
The daughter of well-known strategic analyst C. Uday Bhaskar and professor of film studies Ira Bhaskar, signed off the letter as “Swara Bhasker, Desirous of Life”.
Her lengthy post did not resonate well with actress-singer Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, who tweeted: “Aren’t these feminist debates on ‘Padmaavat’ rather dumb? It’s a story ladies – not an advocacy of Jauhar for God’s sake. Find another battle for your cause – a real one at all. Not historical fiction.”
Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit wrote: “This is nothing but trying to grab eyeballs with zero rationale and logic. Swara Bhasker has reduced a queen of brain and might to just a female body part. Does more harm to feminism than good.”
Producer Manish Mundra commented: “Now somebody takes fiction seriously and writes open letter about a story 100s of years old. The point is if you make a film from your past, do changes suitably to reflect today’s feminism.
“Both are in same boat — those who think a film can change their history and those who think a fictional film from past should be changed suitably to represent today’s feminism.”
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The Libertarian Gamer: Arcana Unearthed, Part 1: Campaign Set-Up
August 16, 2004 Ken Newquist Game Columns, Games, Role-Playing Games, The Libertarian Gamer
Monte Cooke’s Arcana Unearthed (Amazon) is an alternative Players Handbook for Dungeons & Dragons that ditches the game’s time-honored fantasy classes in favor of wholly new classes that contain echoes of their predecessors, but represent something entirely different. It does an excellent job of breaking the fantasy molds, and it’s surprisingly well-suited for a libertarian campaign.
The game throws out D&D’s alignment system, which should come as welcome news to anyone who’s every struggled with the traditional definition of lawful good. Several of the game’s core races and classes have libertarian tendencies, offering the possibility of creating PCs whose natural inclinations tend toward individualism and love of freedom. The Diamond Throne (Amazon) gazetteer expands on the core role book, introducing oppressive villains, a primary realm ruled by benevolent dictators, and a more distant one home to a far more laissez-faire lifestyle.
Introducing the Realm
In the lands of the Diamond Throne, the greatest threat ever known to civilization — the tyrannical demon/dragon hybrids known as the dramojh — have been dead for generations. The giants, a noble, if authoritarian, race from across the seas came to this land, found that the dramojh had enslaved the continent, and went into “Chi-Julud ” mode, a war-like, ritually-induced racial mindset that compelled them to hunt down and kill every last one of the draconic spawn.
Once the dramojh were slain, they reverted to their more peaceful “Si-Karan” state. They set about rebuilding the land, establishing laws, and imposing their authority, restoring peace, but at the price of obedience to their newly-forged “Diamond Throne”. Theirs is the aforementioned “benevolent dictatorship” — they impose law and order upon the realm, and uphold the peace, but they are the ones laying down those laws, and it is to the giants that they expect individuals to pay fealty. There are advisors from among the other races, but it is the giants who rule.
There are a few lands that remain free of giant influence. The half-lion litorians remain free on the plains, while halfling-like faen retain dominion in their northern forests. Humans have managed to hold on to a few southern realms, namely the gutted Fallanor Empire and the unaffiliated Free Cities,
There are no major evil threats left on the continent — if there were, the giants would be back on the warpath — but there are myriad smaller threats, including a reach of land suffused with extraplanar dangers left over from dramojh experiments, old minions of the hybrids still hoping for a return to their diabolical glory, and lost treasures from the ancient empires pre-dating the dramojh invasion.
An undercurrent to the campaign setting is that not everyone is pleased with the giant usurpation of the realm, even if they did drive back the dramojh. In particular, there is the Order of the Axe, a knightly order that had originally sought to assist the Diamond Throne in maintaining law and order within the land. The Diamond Throne, preferring its own giantish order, disavowed them. Outraged, the Order are now “dedicated to upholding order, but not supporting the rule of those in power. They work outside the bounds of law to seek justice. They protect the innocent, but not always through lawful means”.
I can work with this.
The Freedom to Roam
Because there are no major enemies threatening the realm, my libertarian Arcana Unearthed campaign would focus on exploration, dungeoneering, and interaction with the larger realm. I foresee having a group of adventurers bound together by a common love of freedom, whose quests are split between defeating threats to liberty and dungeon delves aimed at improving themselves intellectually and monetarily.
It would be a campaign very much motivated by rational self-interest, with players actively encouraged to research specialized spells, craft unique magic items, and seek out lost knowledge while simultaneously discovering new secrets of their own. In some ways it would an old-school campaign, oriented more towards exploration than shaking the political pillars of the realm, but after running campaigns in which the PCs are constantly saving the realm from one threat or another, this would be a welcome change.
Of course, if the players tire of that, the setting offers opportunities for political intrigue as well. The PCs could join up with the Order of the Axe or another resistance and work to undermine the giants rule in the realm, fighting in the classic vein of “no taxation without representation”. Depending on how the players proceed, that could lead to an outright war with the giants, pitting individual liberty vs. the “collective good”. Or it could lead to more interesting out comes, with perhaps some of the giants agreeing to the demands of the rebels, while others — shocked at such concisions, launch a civil war to defend their nanny state. Or perhaps the Order of the Axe and their allies decide to abandon the lands of the Diamond Throne and head west to the unexplored lands to establish their own realm. Still another possibility might be an evil cult determined to sow discord in the realm by artificially inducing a corrupted version of the giant’s Chi-Julud state.
And then again, maybe not. The great thing about the Diamond Throne realm is that there are so many options, and it would be possible — and fun — to run a campaign in which players do nothing else other than pursue their own, personal goals. Regardless of the path chosen, I find the potential of an Unearthed Arcana campaign invigorating.
I’ll go into the specific races and classes I’d use for the PCs in an Arcana Unearthed campaign in my next column.
Read Part 2 of this column.
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Trump is not doing well with his election lawsuits
15 Nov, 2020 07:34 PM 14 minutes to read
By: Emily Bazelon
The president has suffered a string of defeats in pursuing legal action seeking to delay certification of his loss to President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.
It is difficult to overturn an American election result, as President Donald Trump was reminded last week, when his campaign lost in courts in Michigan and Pennsylvania and dropped a challenge in Arizona.
A losing candidate who is within striking distance — say a few hundred votes — might get lucky in a recount. Beyond that, he or she would need to show systemic fraud on a large scale.
Trump has shown nothing like systemic fraud in any of the lawsuits, 16 and counting, that his campaign and allies have filed since Election Day as they seek to block certification of Joe Biden's victory in the Electoral College. The fraud claims are a smattering of unverified accusations about the voting or counting process, usually directly affecting too few ballots to change a state's results.
Other lawsuits in the batch depend on the theory that differences among counties in verifying or including absentee ballots amount to a violation of a voter's constitutional right to equal protection. Given how decentralised the voting system is in the United States, that argument has yet to get legal traction after this election.
Here is a rundown of the cases and their statuses.
Supporters of Trump in Michigan. A state court judge in Michigan denied an effort by pro-Trump plaintiffs to delay certification of results in the Detroit area. Photo / Bryan Denton, New York Times
Costantino v. Detroit
Filed: November 9
Claim: The plaintiffs were two poll challengers — representatives of the Republican Party allowed to monitor the vote counting — who alleged fraud and misconduct during the vote count last week at the TCF Center in Detroit. The lawsuit asked the court to block certification of the election results in Wayne County (which includes Detroit), where more than 867,000 people voted.
The plaintiffs claimed that election workers were instructed "to not verify signatures on absentee ballots, to backdate absentee ballots, and to process such ballots regardless of their validity." They presented five affidavits from other poll challengers who said, among other things, that they saw election workers enter January 1, 1900, as the birth date of many absentee voters. The plaintiffs offered no corroborating evidence for the affidavits. They also falsely stated that Republican poll challengers could not observe the count.
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Context: The plaintiffs misunderstood the process for verifying and tabulating absentee votes, according to Chris Thomas, the state director of elections in Michigan for 36 years before his retirement in 2017, who submitted an affidavit for the defendants, the city of Detroit and the Detroit Election Commission. He explained that election workers entered January 1, 1900, as a placeholder when the computer system required them to type in a birth date but they could not access that information in the voter file.
Thomas also said that ballots received on November 3 were entered on November 4 after election workers discovered that they had not previously been fully processed. Finally, he explained that Detroit allows 134 challengers each from the Republican and Democratic parties, and once those limits were reached, access for a new challenger was allowed when someone left the hall.
Status: On Friday, Chief Judge Timothy M. Kenny of Wayne County Circuit Court denied the petition from the pro-Trump side. "It would be an unprecedented exercise of judicial activism for this court to stop the certification process of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers," Kenny wrote. "Plaintiffs' interpretation of events is incorrect and not credible."
Donald J. Trump for President Inc. v. Benson
Filed: November 11
Claim: This is a federal suit that repeats the pending state-court claims of fraud and misconduct in Costantino v. Detroit. The Trump campaign is similarly seeking to block Michigan's certification of the vote.
The decision to file a second case suggests that the Trump campaign is "trying to try the same case in multiple courtrooms hoping that somebody will provide an endorsement of their baseless conspiracy theories," said David Fink, an outside lawyer for the city of Detroit.
Context: The plaintiffs submitted more than 230 pages of affidavits from Republican poll challengers. But they described isolated grievances and perceived irregularities, not systemic fraud. "I felt intimidated by union people who were staring at me," one poll challenger complained. Another said the loud volume of the PA system was distracting. A third said a Democratic poll worker told her to "go back to the suburbs, Karen." A fourth found it suspicious that most of the few dozen ballots he saw counted that were cast by members of the military were votes for Biden.
Claim: During the ballot counting in Michigan, the Trump campaign sued to stop it. In an affidavit, one poll watcher said another, whom she did not name, told her that she was told by still other poll workers to change the date on which a ballot was received.
Context: This was one of a number of cases the Trump campaign filed in key states to try to stop the counting as the results swung in favour of Biden.
Status: At a hearing, Judge Cynthia Stephens of the Michigan Court of Claims characterised the affidavit as, "'I heard someone else say something,'" and said, "Tell me how that is not hearsay. Come on now!" Stephens dismissed the suit on November 5. The Trump campaign's appeal of her ruling was denied because it lacked the required attachments.
Stoddard, et.al. v City Election Commission of the City of Detroit
Claim: A Republican poll challenger and the Election Integrity Fund, a nonprofit organisation, sued to stop election workers in Detroit from hand duplicating ballots that could not be read by a machine. The suit also sought to delay certification of the results.
Context: This was an early effort to suggest that mail-in ballots were being handled to benefit Biden.
Status: Kenny dismissed the suit on November 6. "Plaintiffs fail to identify the occurrence and scope of any alleged violation," he wrote.
Ballot counting last week in Philadelphia. Trump and his allies have lost several cases in Pennsylvania. Photo / Ruth Fremson, The New York Times
In re: Canvass of Absentee and Mail-In Ballots of November 3, 2020, General Election
Claim: On behalf of a voter, the Trump campaign appealed the decision by the Philadelphia County Board of Elections to count five categories of mail-in ballots. Pennsylvania law provides that voters must sign and "fill out" an outer envelope (as well as include an inner security envelope when they return their ballots). This suit challenges a total of 8,349 ballots with outer envelopes that were signed but lacked other information, like the date or the voter's printed name or street address.
Context: The number of ballots challenged in this suit for minor errors would not be enough to change the election result.
Status: On Friday, Judge James Crumlish of the Court of Common Pleas denied all of the challenges to all five categories of ballots.
Pirkle v. Wolf
Claim: Four voters sought to block all votes from Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware and Allegheny Counties from being included in the state total, claiming that the state violated the right to equal protection by allowing differing absentee balloting practices among counties.
Before the election, Pennsylvania's secretary of state, Kathy Boockvar, advised county election officials that "curing" absentee ballots (the term for fixing mistakes like a missing signature) was permitted but not required. As a result, local practices differed to a degree. This suit claims that it was unconstitutional to allow some but not all Philadelphia voters to cure their ballots. The suit also cites Delaware County for allegedly giving in-person ballots to voters who were recorded as having received mail-in ballots without requiring them to sign the registration book at the polls. In Allegheny County, according to the suit, voters were required to vote provisionally when records showed they had requested an absentee ballot but not cast it.
Context: The election system in the United States is highly decentralised and gives considerable authority to state and county officials over how to run elections. As a result, it is common for states to allow some variation in local election practices and to allow voters to cast provisional ballots in a variety of circumstances.
Status: On Thursday night, the law firm representing the Trump campaign, Porter Wright, asked to withdraw. Previously, the plaintiffs asked Judge Matthew Brann of US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania to consolidate this case with the next one below.
Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
Claim: The Trump campaign is seeking to block the certification of the Pennsylvania election, alleging fraud in mail-in balloting, insufficient access for poll observers and varying procedures for curing ballots among different counties.
The plaintiffs said "Democratic heavy" counties allowed voters to cure their absentee ballots while "Republican heavy" counties did not. They also said ballots were processed in Allegheny County and Philadelphia while poll observers were too far away to see what was happening.
Context: On Election Day, Republican lawyers acknowledged in court that the party's observers were present at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia when votes were being counted. "I'm sorry, then what's your problem?" Judge Paul S. Diamond of US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania asked. He granted a modest accommodation, ordering the city election commission to allow poll observers to move closer to the counting.
Status: Brann scheduled oral argument for November 17.
Donald J. Trump for President Inc. v. Bucks County Board of Elections
Claim: The Trump campaign and others appealed the decision of the Bucks County Board of Elections to count 2,175 ballots that lacked the voter's printed name or street address, or the date of signing. The suit also challenged the inclusion of 76 ballots that arrived in unsealed inner envelopes or with markings on them.
Context: Like a number of other suits, this one involves a relatively small number of votes that would not change the outcome.
Status: Judge Robert O. Baldi of the Court of Common Pleas scheduled a hearing for November 17.
Donald J. Trump for President Inc. v. Montgomery County Board of Elections
Claim: The Trump campaign and others sued the Montgomery County Board of Elections for notifying voters before Election Day to allow them to fill in missing information on ballot envelopes.
Context: About 600 ballots are at issue. At a hearing, Judge Richard P. Haaz of the Court of Common Pleas asked if the suit included any accusations of fraud. When pressed, the lawyer for the plaintiffs said no.
Status: On Friday, Haaz denied the petition to disqualify the ballots. "Voters should not be disenfranchised by reasonably relying upon voting instructions provided by election officials which are consistent with the Election Code," he wrote.
Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. et al v. Boockvar et al
Claim: The Trump campaign and others challenged guidance that Boockvar provided to counties before the election, allowing them to tell absentee voters they had until November 12 to provide missing proof of identification.
Context: Pennsylvania law normally sets a deadline for six days after the election, November 9 this year, for providing missing voter ID. Boockvar, the secretary of state, extended the deadline to November 12 in light of a decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to allow absentee ballots to be counted if they were received by November 6. The extension Boockvar allowed applied to only a small number of ballots with missing ID that arrived after November 3.
Status: On November 12, Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt of the Commonwealth Court ordered this narrow category of ballots to be excluded from the state count. None of these ballots had yet been included. This is the Trump campaign's only win so far in postelection litigation.
Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar
Claim: The Pennsylvania Republican Party asked the Supreme Court to block the counting of ballots received between the end of Election Day and November 6.
Context: In September, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that ballots could be counted if they were postmarked by Nov. 3 and received by November 6. Republicans then asked the US Supreme Court to block the Pennsylvania court's ruling. In October, in a 4-4 split, the justices let the state court ruling stand. Pennsylvania's attorney general, however, ordered the late-arriving ballots segregated from the rest of the count.
On November 6, Justice Samuel Alito also ordered the late-arriving ballots segregated. In the end, there were fewer than 10,000 such votes. They have not been included in the reported state total. By themselves, those ballots would not affect the outcome in Pennsylvania.
Status: On Friday, the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the plaintiffs did not have standing to stop the counting of the late-arriving ballots. The Supreme Court has yet to say whether it will hear the Republicans' appeal.
Trump supporters outside the Maricopa County recorder's office last week in Phoenix. Photo / Adriana Zehbrauskas, The New York Times
Donald J. Trump for President Inc. v. Hobbs
Claims: The Trump campaign claimed that some ballots in Maricopa County were filled out with Sharpie pens. A handful of voters and a poll observer said they saw bleeding ink on these ballots, causing an "overvote" on the other side, and that poll workers were instructed to press a green button on the scanner to accept the votes despite the error. The suit seeks to prevent the supposed "overvotes" from being included in the tally until they are reviewed.
Context: The suit involves only 191 votes for president. At a hearing Thursday, when one witness was asked if she had a basis to believe her vote was not counted, she answered, "Uh, I'm not sure."
Status: On Friday, the Trump campaign dropped the suit.
Poll observers look on during a break in ballot counting in Las Vegas on November 5. Photo / Bridget Bennett, The New York Times
Stokke v. Cegavske
Claims: Two voters, a poll observer and elected officials, backed by the Trump campaign, claimed there were problems with an automated signature verification machine in Clark County. One of them, Jill Stokke, said at a Trump campaign news conference, "I went to vote and was told I already voted."
Context: The Clark County registrar of voters, Joe Gloria, investigated Stokke's complaint and said that the signature on her absentee ballot appeared to match the one in the voter file, but gave her the option of challenging that vote and casting a provisional ballot. Stokke refused.
Status: Judge Andrew Gordon of US District Court for the District of Nevada denied the plaintiff's request on November 6 for lack of evidence.
Election ballots are opened, sorted and scanned in the absentee ballot processing room at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo / Nicole Craine, The New York Times
Brooks v. Mahoney
Claim: Four Republican voters sued over the process of absentee vote counting in several Georgia counties, seeking to exclude all of the votes cast in them from the state total.
The plaintiffs cited isolated instances of fraud. One voter, for example, said his absentee ballot was recorded even though he voted in person. The plaintiffs also claimed that several counties appeared to have more registered voters than their interpretation of census data would suggest was plausible. They cited a study that estimated from past survey data, but without proof, that thousands of noncitizens voted for Biden.
Context: Georgia is in the middle of a recount.
Status: The suit is pending in US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Savannah Division.
In re: enforcement of election laws
Claim: The Trump campaign sued to prevent ballots from being counted if they were received after 7pm on Election Day.
Context: This was one of the flurry of cases around the country seeking to limit the counting of mail-in ballots.
Status: Judge James F. Bass of Superior Court of Chatham County dismissed the case on November 5 for lack of evidence.
Voters on Election Day in West Allis, Wisconsin. Photo / Chang W. Lee, The New York Times
Langenhorst v. Pecore
Claim: Four voters sought to exclude all of the votes cast in three counties from Wisconsin's total based on differences in absentee voting rules among the counties. The suit objected to Milwaukee, Dane and Menominee counties allowing voters who say they are "indefinitely confined" by age, illness or disability to cast ballots without proving photographic identification. The complaint also cited a handful of voters (identified by only their initials) who said they received absentee ballots without requesting them, and three absentee ballots allegedly completed after they were mailed to deceased people.
Context: This suit makes the same kinds of equal-protection claims as the ones in Brooks v. Mahoney. Both were filed by the conservative lawyer James Bopp.
Status: The case is pending in US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Green Bay Division.
Written by: Emily Bazelon
Photographs by: Anna Moneymaker, Bryan Denton, Ruth Fremson, Adriana Zehbrauskas and Chang W. Lee
© 2020 THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Let's universally acknowledge that 2020 has been a shitshow. So, I’m going to pack up the lockdowns, the anxiety, the social distancing and all the new normals, put them all in a box, and shove them to the side. Because when I look at 2020 from a writing point of view—it’s been a cracker of a year.
The year of the short story
I wrote and published a LOT of short stories this year. (You can read how I inadvertently set myself a goal to write a story based on each of the 12 zodiac here.) However, when I went back and did the tally it came to way more than I’d thought—15 overall with acceptance number 16 coming out soon.
Include a Saggitarius short story I’m waiting to hear back on and the unedited short-story turned novella—I wrote 18 short stories/novelettes/novellas this year!
I’m bloody stoked!
Year of the mashup
2020 was also the year for mixing and mashing genres. It’s been great fun and I’ve learned a lot as a result. These projects included:
A sci-fantasy climate change novelette Dingo & Sister, published in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine Issue #78.
A science-fantasy space opera novella, working title: Children of Draugr
A fantasy-western novelette, The Secrets She Eats, published in Libra (Zodiac Series #10) by Deadset Press.
A horror-western short story, Scorpion’s Sting, coming soon in Scorpio (Zodiac Series #11) by Deadset Press.
I won a thing
Okay, technically it was a three-way tie, but the world behind a writer's desk is full of rejection, so I’m 100% taking it.
'Firstborn', Pop-Up Submissions Winner, Litopia, 15 May 2020:
How does it work? Pop Ups is a weekly YouTube show where hopeful writers submit the first 700 words of a project to see how it fares under the scrutiny of an agent and a couple of writer guests. Each week features roughly five submissions.
Edited a couple of things
Shoutout to Austin Sheehan and Deadset Press for trusting me with these projects.
Gemini, Deadset Press, May 2020.
Aries, Deadset Press, March 2020.
Pisces, Deadset Press, February 2020.
Just look at those beautiful covers:
Signed my first novel
Via a Twitter pitching contest! In fact, I ended up with two publishing offers from two different pitching contests at the same time (#PitDark and #SFFpit for those who are interested). At some point, I’ll get around to blogging about this in more detail. Until then, I’m very pleased to say that The Rarkyn’s Familiar, the first of a trilogy, will be published by Parliament House in 2022.
You can read more about the announcement here.
70,000 words of book two drafted
Well, that was a wee fib. It’s actually sitting at 67,478 but 70,000 sounded much better in the heading (I’m rounding up, okay? And I still have 12 hours until midnight!). Given I only started this draft back in September, I'm pretty pleased to get this far in three months. All those short stories from earlier in the year have done wonders for teaching me to write to deadlines, even if they are self-imposed at this point.
Total words written in 2020
And for a final why-the-hell-not, I threw all my creative words from this year into a document to see the grand total:
145,455*
*Does not include editing rounds.
Other writing stats
27x submissions
13x acceptances
3x Twitter pitching events (SFFpit, IWSGPit and PitDark)
19 authors interviewed.
Yep, pretty chuffed with that. Pandemic or no. All the same, I'll be raising a glass tonight and hoping for a slightly less apocalyptic 2021.
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Junction a 'death trap'
Published: 7:42 AM September 23, 2009 Updated: 4:00 PM November 7, 2020
SIR - I agree with the many people who think that the infamous Westleigh junction on the A39, near Bideford is a death-trap. I know of many drivers who avoid using the junction for fear of being involved in a fatal accident, and make the journey to Bidef
SIR - I agree with the many people who think that the infamous Westleigh junction on the A39, near Bideford is a death-trap.
I know of many drivers who avoid using the junction for fear of being involved in a fatal accident, and make the journey to Bideford via the East-the-Water road instead.
This, of course, means that more traffic is passing through urban areas and crossing Bideford's medieval Long Bridge, as opposed to using the modern downstream bridge which was purposely built to allow today's heavy traffic to safely cross the river or by-pass the town.
Did it not make sense to build a roundabout in the first place? These types of road junctions are evidently dangerous - take the black-spots on the A361 at Landkey and near South Molton.
The council is wasting money on useless alterations and expensive road signs that obviously have not helped to improve safety, and more importantly, have not stopped lives from being tragically lost.
The statement made by Councillor Hughes, Cabinet Member for Highways and Transportation, that the location would "continue to be monitored to see if further improvements are needed " is ridiculous. How many lives have to be lost for it to be accepted that the junction is defectively designed and deadly dangerous?
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10 Calls to reject latest bid for new homes at Chivenor Cross
This junction must have a roundabout, to give drivers a clear understanding of who has right of way, and act to slow down traffic as it merges.
Looking to the future, the main trunk roads through our county will, no doubt, have to become dual carriageway, to be able to cope with increasing traffic loads. Many people believe that the A361/A39 stretch of road between Tiverton and Bideford should already be dual carriageway. This would mean that a roundabout at Westleigh would be crucial.
Let's hope that the council listens to common sense and does what it should have done in the first place - build a roundabout!
Nigel Vidler, English Democrats
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Northern Gas Networks to carry out essential upgrade work to maintain a safe and reliable gas supply at Leeds Road, Hipperholme
The North of England’s gas distributer, Northern Gas Networks (NGN), is investing £77K to upgrade to the gas distribution network in the Leeds Road area of Hipperholme, West Yorkshire. The project is set to begin on Monday 2 November and take five weeks to complete.
The project will involve the replacement of the ageing metal pipework with new, more durable plastic pipes, to ensure a safe and reliable supply of gas to customers for many years to come.
To make sure that customers, colleagues and the community are all kept safe, the work will be carried out in the street. There are also extra measures in place for safe distance working, to keep everyone safe and ensure that the project is Covid-19 secure.
Due to the complexity of the engineering works involved, and to ensure the safety of our teams and members of the public during the project, it will be necessary to introduce the following traffic management while we complete this scheme. To minimise disruption for drivers, we will also carry out the work in four phases.
Phase One will start on Monday 2 November, and finish on Wednesday 11 November. Work will start on Roydlands Street, just off the A58 Leeds Road, where a new gas main will be laid. The street will stay open through the works;
Phase Two will start on Saturday 7 November and finish on Wednesday 11 November.
Temporary two-way traffic lights will be put up first thing on the Saturday morning at the junction of Wakefield Road and Roydlands Street. Our team will work through the weekend while the roads are quieter. To maintain the flow of traffic the lights will be manned between 7am until 7pm daily;
Phase Three will start on Wednesday 11 November and finish on Wednesday 4 December. The bus stop and the bus bay at the top of Wakefield Road will be suspended on the corner opposite the Tesco Express car park, and
The last phase of the works will start on Friday 13 November and finish on Friday 4 November. Work to start on Leeds Road, at the junction with Roydlands Terrace. The parking spaces for residents of Roydlands Terrace/Leeds Road will be closed to create a space working space and maintain the flow of traffic on Leeds Road. Additional parking will be provided for the residents of Roydlands Terrace.
It’s expected that journey times will be longer, so all motorists and commuters are advised to leave extra time for travel.
Chris Nevison, Business Operations Lead at Northern Gas Networks, said: “After safety, minimising the impact of road works on our customers is our top priority.
“We have worked closely with Calderdale Council and residents to plan these works. We would like to thank all our customers for their patience whilst we carry out this essential project and apologise for any inconvenience the works may cause as we look to complete them as safely and quickly as possible. All our engineers will adhere to a Covid-19 risk assessment and distance working guidance while carrying out this essential work’’.
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Six-Figure Dropshippers Share Their Biggest Dropshipping Failures
Jessica: Successful dropshippers are going to reveal some of their biggest dropshipping failures. If you’ve ever felt like you were taking two steps forward and one step back, you’re not alone. It might be hard to believe that successful dropshippers fail when all you see on Instagram are expensive cars, […]
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Jessica: Successful dropshippers are going to reveal some of their biggest dropshipping failures. If you’ve ever felt like you were taking two steps forward and one step back, you’re not alone. It might be hard to believe that successful dropshippers fail when all you see on Instagram are expensive cars, mansions, and trips to Thailand.
But don’t be fooled, all successful dropshippers have made huge mistakes along the way. What distinguishes them from the rest of the dropshippers out there is their perseverance. They make mistakes, learn and jump back in. Ready for the pros?
Today, you’ll hear some six-figure dropshippers talk about their biggest dropshipping failures and what they learned. Before I pass it over to them though, let’s make sure we’re on the same page about dropshipping.
Dropshipping is one of the easiest ways to start an online business. Instead of buying tons of inventory for your online store, you only order products when you get sales. Your supplier ships your orders for you, so you can sell all over the world. But being a successful dropshipper requires constant learning. Okay, storytime, let’s hear from the dropshippers.
1. Dropshipping Failures With Products
Aubrey: I think one of our biggest dropshipping failures was not ordering test products before we sold something, we didn’t do it often, but the few times we’ve done it, it didn’t work out well for us.
Jeffrey: My biggest dropshipping fail is trying to sell products that I like, compared to products that people want. That’s going to be the biggest failure that I made because it’s going to prevent you from making sales. Even though you like the products that you’re offering, people might not resonate with it, and what’s most important to get sales is to offer products that people want. I would choose products that I liked and that didn’t work well, so I transitioned to selling products that people want instead.
2. Bookkeeping Oversight
Yuliya: Our biggest dropshipping fail was flying blindly for the first six months of the business and not knowing how much money we were making, and just like roughly calculating our profit in our minds and just being like, “We think we’re making money.” And then we look in our bank accounts and we’re like, “What? Where is it?”
Mike: “Where is that money?”
Yuliya: And we were just like spending so much on ads and really trying to spend our way out of the problem until we basically could not afford to go on, and we were like… I remember in the park, just sitting there and saying like, “Any sane person would quit right now because we’re like hustling 24/7. We think we’re making money but we’re not, we don’t know what to do.”
We were trying the best that we can to manually figure out our expenses and profit, but it wasn’t making sense. And we were literally just trying the same things over and over and over again, and nothing was working until we really started figuring out our numbers properly.
We got a really good app that helped us and we started trying different strategies, and we made it work with like our backs pinned against the wall. We were like, “We love our lifestyle, we love working from our laptop anywhere and working together.” And we just made it happen. So I wish this was a fail that we learned a lot quicker because it was a very slow, painful fail…
Mike: Very long six months.
Yuliya: Of like confusion.
Mike: Yeah, but then it all just kind of clicked at once, we saw where we were just bleeding money from and we saw a massive opportunity.
Yuliya: Opportunities.
Mike: Which was the best part, because you realize, “Oh, I’m doing something wrong.” So that means there is a chance to change and there’s a way to make things right.
Yuliya: Totally, and like honestly, I feel looking back so grateful that we failed while we were like flying blindly because if we had scaled like that, it would have been the worst thing that happened because scaling only amplifies what already is and we were already going down.
So we would have just dug ourselves into a lot of debt, so thank God that it happened when it did. Because once we really figured everything out, we were able to scale massively and profitably, which is like the most important thing, like there’s scaling and there’s profit and profit’s number one, so.
Mike: Profit first.
Yuliya: Profit first, that’s right.
3. Supplier Issues
Tim: The biggest dropshipping fail was actually my first three stores, I believe. So when I started with dropshipping, I actually believed that I invented dropshipping. I didn’t do Oberlo dropshipping back then. I had a private labeling supplier in Germany.
And I thought, “Okay, they can offer me the products and I only have to do the marketing.” And then, unfortunately, they tricked me and after a certain amount of sales, they asked for purchasing products in bulk, and I never saw any of the products, so I lost quite some money.
So yeah, I had to learn it the hard way. I continued because I knew the dropshipping model works, it was only the supplier who tricked me, which didn’t work. So I only had to figure out a great supplier and then everything would work again. The funny thing was that it was a German supplier and not an AliExpress supplier, and actually, I had a very good experience with AliExpress suppliers.
4. The General vs Niche Conundrum
Harry: So my biggest dropshipping fail is probably my first store that I ever got up and running. It was a very niche store, it was selling nail products, really small nail products, completely pink website, and it just didn’t have… I was really boxed in with the products that I could sell.
So I spent kind of like $800 on adverts, I only got one sale, but it validated that Shopify works and the whole dropshipping system works. However, I couldn’t test other products that I was seeing to seem as… As deemed as winning products. So that was kind of my first store, I shut that one down, started up a general store, and started to get my initial sales through that.
So what I learned from that is if I was just getting up and running with things I’d always go down the route of a general store, so that I’m not limited to the products that I can test, rather than being boxed into a niche store and only selling a certain kind of product, and I also kinda found my winning products on a general store, I was then able to get better and better at finding those kinds of products and in scaling them further.
5. Dropshipping Failures With Marketing Budgets
Ryan: Yeah, so this was actually in the summer of 2017, my biggest dropshipping fail was just spending a lot of money on Facebook ads and not realizing that I was losing money every single day. I just wasn’t looking at the data correctly. Some of the key points you need to look at in Facebook is, number one, your cost per purchase.
If your cost per purchase is way over the amount you’re selling the product for, you’re obviously losing money. So you need to make sure that your cost per purchase is under that and you’re adding in obviously, the cost of goods to that as well. So that’s what I wasn’t keeping track of. I was very, very emotionally attached to this product.
That summer, it was these new snorkel masks that came around, they were like full face snorkel masks, that I just started seeing everywhere when I was traveling, and so I was like, “These are good products to sell.” Back then, I also wasn’t using my marketing strategy of creating videos, so I was only using the basic photo that AliExpress had, which I’m sure other dropshippers were using too.
Ultimately, I was just losing at this game and I’d spent probably about five grand over three months, thinking that I was making money, but I wasn’t. And I didn’t think I was making money, I knew I was losing money, I just was very, very hopeful that one day these ad sets would pick up and they never did. And so I should have learned from my mistake early on, killed the ad sets and just moved on to a new product, but I didn’t and because of that, I lost quite a bit of money, so don’t do that.
So the lesson and the moral of that story is don’t be emotionally attached to any product. I know there are a lot of products out there and I even have this now, where I’m like, “Oh my God, this thing is going to sell like crazy.” And I’ll launch ads and it doesn’t, and you just gotta be okay with that and know that that’s part of this game. Dropshipping, I like to think of it as a game. So it’s just part of the game, the product doesn’t work, it’s okay, move on to the next one and stop wasting your money trying to get this thing to work.
Jessica: Now I want to hear from you, have you made any of these dropshipping failures? What were some of your biggest dropshipping failures and how did you learn from them? Leave a comment and let me know, I’ll chime in with my thoughts. Until next time, learn often, market better and sell more.
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Snowy weather means snowmobile trails are open throughout Oconto County
SURING (WLUK) -- The recent wintry weather has given many people a chance to head outdoors, and enjoy some recreation a Northwoods winter typically offers.
And because of all the snow this year, people are able to hit the trails in more areas than maybe they could have before.
On a section of the Nicolet State Trail in Suring, Dan Kamps pauses from an afternoon snowmobile ride.
"Just going to head up to Mountain, and probably turn around. Get something to eat up there," said Dan Kamps, Oconto Falls.
Kamps says riding in Southern Oconto County is somewhat of a surprise.
"I live like a half mile from the trail. It's been closed the last few years. Maybe open a day or two. Then the farm fields melt off, a lot faster, so it's nice to have all this snow," he said.
Kamps isn't alone. Dan Guendert and his group rode the route all the way to Gillett and beyond.
"I love riding different places. When I get a trail that I haven't been on, in a long time, it's a lot of fun," said Dan Guendert, Oconto County Snowmobile Alliance President.
Guendert is also the President of the Oconto County Snowmobile Alliance. He says this winter provides many riders a rare opportunity.
"You can access anywhere. All sides of Oconto County are available to ride on a snowmobile," said Guendert.
Guendert says attracting more riders to the area was a topic of discussion at the monthly Oconto County Trails group meeting.
"Oconto County has 475 miles of snowmobile trails. We have a lot of establishments along the trails, restaurants, and places to stop, and we welcome the people to come to Oconto County," he said.
Back to the Nicolet State Trail, Dan Kamps is already planning his next trip.
"We're actually going to go try riding further west, check out toward Wausau, that area. The trails are good all over," he said.
Snowmobile club leaders say they hope to create a guide for those planning a trip to Oconto County. Ideas include: Places to see, places to stop, and places to stay.
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Edenderry senior footballers had to isolate after Covid case escalated
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THE entire Edenderry senior football panel have been forced to self isolate this week after a Covid-19 case involving one of their players was escalated by HSE officials over the weekend.
The player had been named to start on the Edenderry team that suffered a very narrow extra time defeat by Rhode in the Senior Football Championship semi-final on Saturday but couldn't line out after confirmation of a positive Covid test late last week.
Edenderry GAA Club immediately contacted the HSE and GAA officials, putting Covid protocols in place but were told that they could fulfill the semi-final fixture. The player had trained the previous Tuesday evening with the squad and Edenderry were initially informed that all the other players were regarded as casual rather than close contacts and as a result, they could go about life as normal.
However, on Sunday, the club were contacted by the HSE who informed them that they had looked at the case again and now deemed all players who had trained on that Tuesday evening as close contacts. As a result, the players were instructed to isolate and get tested for the virus – 27 players were named in the programme for Saturday's game, including the player who was positive, and the rest were scheduled to be tested this Monday and Tuesday.
As a result of the case, St Patrick's have been forced to concede a walkover to Na Fianna in the U-20 Football Championship this Tuesday evening – St Patrick's is a parish amalgamation of Edenderry and Ballyfore and with a number of the Edenderry senior football squad backboning their side and now unable to play, they have decided to concede.
That news will be greeted with disappointment and anger in the clubs but with a very tight schedule to get games played, it seems to be policy that postponements aren't granted for Covid cases and that it be treated the same as players missing for injuries and other illnesses. Other clubs have had to line out in games without players who were awaiting test results but this is the first case involving an Offaly club where an entire squad had to isolate and be tested.
Secretary of Edenderry GAA Club, Colm Cummins confirmed the escalation on Monday, stating: “The HSE were onto us last night. They were working with a backlog of cases, they were concerned at the rising rate in Offaly and they looked at things more closely.”
Mr Cummins is also the Offaly GAA Covid-19 officer and he outlined: “When the player tested positive, we put GAA protocols in place. Everyone assumed they were regarded as casual contacts unless notified differently and that is how the game went ahead. Last night, the HSE said they had been chatting the player concerned about his activities and he described the training session to them. They decided it was safer if all were tested and to restrict their movements.”
This has meant that many of the squad have had to take time off work, except those who can work at home.
Mr Cummins revealed that the player with Covid didn't take part in any club activity after that Tuesday night and no other player has displayed symptoms since. “This is a change of direction by the HSE in terms of identifying players as close contacts. They explained it is because they are concerned at the rise of cases in Offaly. Everything is dictated by the HSE.”
Edenderry GAA Club had also informed Rhode of the situation after the positive test and Mr Cummins stated that at the moment, the escalation doesn't impact on their opponents .This would change if any of the Edenderry players who played on Saturday tested positive and would likely mean that Rhode players would also have to isolate and be tested – something which would greatly impact their preparation for the final against Tullamore.
Mr Cummins confirmed that the change of policy has implications for Offaly GAA and getting their programme of games finished as entire teams may now have to be tested if they have been deemed to be in close contact with a confirmed case.
He also revealed that the positive player is recovering and is “okay”.
Edenderry had been very close to a famous win in Saturday's semi-final with Rhode bringing the game to extra time with a Ruari McNamee point deep into injury time – they will meet Tullamore in the final on Sunday, October 4. Tullamore ended the reign of champions Ferbane on Sunday, meeting them 9-8 in Offaly's first penalty shootout after extra time couldn't separate the sides.
The main football finals were officially fixed by the Offaly GAA Competitions Control Committee on Monday and are as follows:
JFC final, Saturday, October 3; Daingean v Tullamore in O'Connor Park 1.00pm – referee, Chris Dwyer (Clara).
IFC final: Saturday, October 3; Kilcormac/Killoughey v St Rynagh's in O'Connor Park 4.00pm – referee, Fergal Smyth (Kilclonfert).
SFC “B” final: Sunday, October 4: Durrow v Gracefield in O'Connor Park 1.00pm – referee, Eamon O'Connor (Ballycommon);
SFC final: Sunday, October 4; Rhode v Tullamore in O'Connor Park 4.00pm – referee, Marius Stones (Clara).
See Tullamore and Midland Tribune on Wednesday for detailed coverage of all last week's big games plus previews of this weekend's Senior, Senior “B” and Intermediate Hurling Championship semi-finals.
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Unlike most domestic geese which are descendants of the Greylag goose, Chinese and African breeds with their distinctive rounded knob on their heads, are descendants of the Asiatic Swan goose, reflected in their Latin name Anser Cygnoides. The first recorded poultry show in 1845 had classes for “Knobbed or Asiatic Geese” so they must have reached Britain by this time, the early years of Queen Victoria's reign. Possibly they, like so many duck breeds, had arrived via the powerful and large Dutch East India Company which brought so many breeds of poultry to different parts of the world. Melchior d'Hondecoeter was well known in the nineteenth century for his bird paintings and Chinese geese are included in his subjects.
The breed underwent a bit of a resurgence in the 1930s when enthusiasm for breeding utility birds (egg and meat production) was at its highest. The famous Reginald Appleyard was one of its fans and he recorded that Chinese geese lay 60 eggs a year and even reach up to 100 which is very high for goose egg production. The book, Utility Poultry Farming for Australasia in 1908 also acknowledged egg production of 50-60 eggs a year. In mid 1930s there were the ornamental bird and the smaller American utility strain. Christopher Marler was instrumental in importing the American strain in the 1970s. They are found world wide now. They can also be known as Knobbed geese, Hong Kong and Chinese Swan goose. It is humbling to think that these birds have obviously lived alongside people for many centuries.
The Chinese is a very active breed who likes to have a lot to do to keep busy. They are not known for flying but can range large distances, though beware as they can be taken quite easily by an adult fox. They can be described as “chatty” birds or “noisy” depending on your views, but bear in mind that they have been kept for centuries as guard geese and so they do let you and everyone else know when someone or something is about. Possibly not ideal if you have close neighbours who are not fans of geese.
They are very elegant geese, upright and with a long swan like neck. The White Chinese are pure white with blue eyes and orange / yellow legs and orange bill and knob. The brown or grey Chinese have a dark stripe from the crown of the head down the back of the neck. The body and thighs are brown to a light brown/grey and the underbody is white. They have orange feet which sometimes has brown markings.
This is a light goose breed.
Chinese Geece are reasonably easy to source although good exhibition strains are rarer.
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What are the Best Singing Canaries?
There are many different varieties of singing Canary. It’s highly unlikely that you will ever find yourself in possession of a bird whose song you don’t like, and even those birds bred for other factors (shape, colour) will produce a lovely sound. It’s still very satisfying to spend some time with the different birds on offer, though, to get an idea of the musical repertoire that lies in store when you bring the bird home.
All male Canaries sing, but it is those bred specifically for song that will deliver the greatest musical performance. The most popular types are the Waterslager, the German Roller, the Russian Singer, the Spanish Timbrado and the American Singer. There are others, such as the Persian Singer, popular in Iran and the Middle East, but these five are the ones that dominate the singing categories in Canary shows across Europe, North America and Australasia.
All male Canaries sing, but certain varieties sing better than others
The Harz Roller
Also known as the Harz Mountain, Hartz, Harzer or German Roller, this breed has been around for 300 years, and is considered by many to be the best singer. This is the Canary that conquered the world’s pet bird cages (see the Harz Canaries section, above). Harz Rollers sing quietly, with beaks closed. This unobtrusive approach to song is a key to their success – the birds are musical, but their voices blend into the background rather than shattering the silence. They come in many colour combinations, but most sport a ‘swollen’ looking throat, rather like the thick neck of a trained opera singer!
The Harz Roller is the classic songbird
The Waterslager
Developed in Belgium from Harz stock, the Waterslager is named after the watery, bubbling or dripping-water tone of its song, likened to a babbling brook. The bird is able to produce higher and lower notes than any other type. In bird competitions, a Waterslager who is unable to produce these aquatic tones is not considered a true Waterslager, regardless of his ancestry. These Canaries usually sing quietly with their beaks closed, but can also open up and let rip. Canary folklore says they are hard of hearing, hence these bursts of sound, but this is unproven. The birds tend to be yellow, although there are plenty of exceptions to the rule. To confuse matters, the Waterslager is also known as the Water Singer, Belgian Waterslager, Belgian Malinois or Malinois Canary.
A song like a babbling brook?
The Spanish Timbrado
This is a relative newcomer to the Canary choir, established as a distinct type early in the 20th century. It has the loudest song of all the Canaries, a slightly metallic but pleasingly bell-like warble, consisting of 12 distinct notes. Genetically, the Spanish birds are very close to the wild Canary, and their song is said, by the more imaginative breeder, to contain the music - the ‘timbre’, hence the name - of Spanish castanets. Hens of this type are able to sing, but not quite so impressively as the cocks.
The Timbrado - a song of 12 notes
The American Singer
Another relative newbie, these birds were developed in the USA in the 1930s and 40s, at a time when the popularity of Canaries was rising in that country. It was originally a cross between German Roller and Border Canaries (with a genetic ratio of 3:1), and is now the most commonly kept Canary type in the US. They combine good singing with a sleek body and robust health, making them easy to keep: maximum song, minimum fuss. Reflecting their mixed ancestry, American Singers combine chops and rolls to great effect, giving light and shade to their performance by adjusting the volume up and down.
The Great American Songbook - American Singers mix and match their song styles
Like the Harz, the Russian Singer has been developed over the past 300 years, the ancestral stock being the same German birds that created the Harz. Russian breeders were particularly taken with the birds’ skills in mimicry, and the Canaries were said to learn and perfect the songs of native species such as the closely-related Siskin, and Corn and Reed buntings. This earned them the nickname ‘Bunting Tuner’. Breeders used native birds, along with voice-softening training aids such as organs and flutes, to develop the Russian Singer’s voice. The voices encouraged by these teaching methods can’t be passed to the next generation, of course, but the usual process of selection and careful breeding has produced a bird open to such training, and with an inherently distinctive voice.
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Sebastian, 26 May 2020
I love animals especially birds
Ronald, 14 April 2020
I love canerys.iam 76,and want one before i die.My mother had a canery. It sang like hell. I want one.
Paul, 9 April 2020
Looking for a mature pair of singers ,Harz, Russian,Spanish etc.
Max, 6 April 2020
Iam interested in a young male canary that sing beautiful.
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Sheikh Zayed Mosque tour
A manuscript from "Memories of Hajj" Exhibition.
A very rare manuscript printed on blue leather shown at Memories of Hajj.
Beautiful calligraphy at exhibit.
University of Cambridge team enjoying collections at Hajj exhibit. Many pieces are on loan from Zayed Museum (coming soon, Inshallah)
Khalifa style manuscripts.
Beautiful mosaics at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.
Hajj exhibit.
An honor to have participated in Crown Prince His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s, Maglis’. He leads by example through tolerance, kindness and generosity.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, leads by personal interest as His Excellency, Abdul Rahman Al Owais, speaks to him about healthcare innovations at Arab Health.
His Highness Sheikh Abudullah bin Zayed Al Nayhan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, reads to children at Tawam Hospital as part of the Year of Reading initiative.
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler of the Western Region, Abu Dhabi, on a visit to the US.
His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan welcomes many to his Maglis. It is always an honor to be invited.
His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan celebrates actor Jake Gyllenhaal’s birthday at his Maglis.
It was an honor for Doug Picha and I to have First Lady Michelle Obama speak at our Children’s Circle of Care event in Washington, DC on behalf of the 26 children’s hospitals who serve kids around the world
His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan and His Excellency Saeed Al Raqbani draws a crowd at the retired military ceremonies.
It was an honor to spend time with His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qassimi and Her Excellency Sheikha Bodour bin Sultan Al Qassimi at His Highness' Sharjah Palace, and tour of the library with University of Cambridge's head of Archeology, Dr. Ciprian Broodbank, Dr. Augusta McMahon, Dr. Sabah Al Jassim and Pam King Sams. Amazing digs at Mleihe, not to be missed!
His Excellency Abdul Rahman Al Owais, Minister of Health, is helping to shape healthcare for the future in the UAE.
His Excellency Mugheer Al Khaili, Chairman of Health Authority Abu Dhabi.
His Excellency Sultan Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy, has been instrumental in carrying out the country’s 2021 vision by implementing projects that diversify UAE’s economy through innovative partnerships.
His Excellency Mohammed Al Olama, Undersecretary of Health, UAE.
With His Excellency Mohammed Sultan Al Hameli, Director General and Undersecretary of Finance.
His Excellency Humaid Al Qatami, Chair and DG of Dubai Health Authority.
His Excellency Omar Al Shamsi, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of UAE to US.
Wonderful to meet with His Excellency Nasser Al Sowaidi, Chairman of National Bank of Abu Dhabi, and introduce him to University of Cambridge stars, Dr. Mohamed Khater and Christopher Whitney.
His Excellency Marwan Al Sarkal, CEO of Shurooq in Sharjah, UAE
Talal Kaissi, Pauline Habr, Amna Al Khater, and the UAE Embassy to US team.
With Pauline Habr, UAE Embassy to the US.
His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak with CNN's Becky Anderson at Maglis.
Jake Gyllenhaal and CNN Managing Editor Becky Anderson enjoy lunch and conversation, thanks to his Excellency Sheikh Nahyan.
With actor Jake Gyllenhaal on his birthday.
US/UAE Business Council President Danny Sebright at Washington Redskins November 2015 game.
Mark Miller, my hero, Joe Robert and me.
Fun to be back in Abu Dhabi just after National Day to see all of the festive reminders of the UAE's 45th anniversary of its founding. At Shangri La Hotel-Abu Dhabi, with University of Cambridge experts, Dr. Mohamed Khater (Innovation process expert and investment technology guru) and Christopher Whitney (partnership expert).
Preserving cultural heritage is important in the UAE. Heritage Festivals are held to remember traditions of the past, like this traditional wedding hijab, niqab and necklace, which I was honored to wear.
Traditional wedding hijab and niqab.
An honor to talk with UAE Military and retired personnel thanks to Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan.
Visiting BB-8 at Twofour54 in Abu Dhabi.
Hanging with CP30 at Twofour54 in Abu Dhabi thanks to Chairwoman HE Noura Al Kaabi.
Mitch Myers of Etihad Airways at America Abroad Media awards ceremony in December 2016.
Visiting with DC’s famous Politics and Prose Bookstore owner, Bradley Graham.
One of my favorite little ones in the UAE... Reem Al Raqbani and her chocolate mustache. Mashalla
"Auntie Pam" with Baby Hind and Reem Al Raqbani.
Celebrating UAE National Day in style. Rheem, Ayesha and Hessah sporting their National pride by Hind Fashions.
Arabic manuscripts dating back to 4th century at University of Cambridge.
Amazing digs at Mleihe, not to be missed! These Alabaster vessels found at the site date back more than a thousand years.
Bonding with a beautiful White Falcon in the Western Region Abu Dhabi.
The Western Region of Abu Dhabi boasts the tallest sand dunes in the world (without rock bed below). Stunningly beautiful!
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Hannity compares Mueller investigation, deep state to “cancer” destroying nation
Ben Baird
As Special Counsel Robert Mueller seeks to wrap up his misguided and highly-partisan Russia collusion investigation ahead of the 2018 midterms, prosecutors are anxious to make deals that they hope might incriminate President Donald Trump. Exposing the lengths to which the special counsel are willing to go to take down the president, Fox News host Sean Hannity called out the “corruption” present in the highest levels of the U.S. government and pointed to “a cancer” infecting America’s intelligence agencies.
A spreading cancer
“This witch-hunt may actually be coming to an end sooner than we thought and there is one other reason that Mueller made this deal with [former Trump campaign chairman Paul] Manafort today,” Hannity explained, referring to a Friday plea deal in which Manafort agreed to plead guilty and cooperate with the special counsel in exchange for leniency in sentencing.
“Now, to be very blunt,” Hannity continued, “there is now in this country a cancer. It is now growing on every single intelligence agency that we once respected in this country.”
The conservative commentator and syndicated radio host was referring to the unsavory tactics used by the special counsel to prosecute their “witch hunt” against President Trump. Mueller has skirted a gray line of ethical ambiguity since he was appointed prosecutor by the Department of Justice last year, setting perjury traps and compelling criminal witnesses to flip by offering them various promises.
Mueller’s penchant for offering reduced sentences and other rewards to compel indicted suspects to cooperate with his investigation even prompted the president to question the morality of the prosecution’s favorite tactic. In an August interview with Fox News, Trump argued that people may “make up stories” about others just to reduce their own prison sentences, and opined that the practice “almost ought to be illegal.”
Even the federal magistrate hearing the Manafort case, Judge T.S. Ellis, questioned the special counsel’s legal strategy in July, arguing that witnesses who have been flipped are as likely to “sing” as they are to “compose” or embellish the facts to their advantage. Leveling biting criticism that was unusual for a judge, Ellis condemned the special counsel’s strategy:
You don’t really care about Mr. Manafort’s bank fraud. What you really care about is what information Mr. Manafort could give you that would reflect on Mr. Trump or lead to his prosecution or impeachment. …The vernacular is to “sing.'”
Hannity must have been considering these moments when he considered the state of U.S. federal law enforcement during Friday’s broadcast. “We are now at a tipping point,” he declared, arguing that the nation was in crisis “as a result of all of the corruption … at the highest levels. Corruption in the FBI, the DOJ, the CIA and even corruption leading straight from Steele, Christopher Steele to Bruce Ohr, right into Robert Mueller’s office.”
Hannity was referring to allegations that Ohr, a high level Justice Department official, continued to meet with former British spy Christopher Steele long after he was forced to cut ties with the FBI for leaking confidential material to the press. Steele was the author of a debunked opposition research dossier paid for by the Clinton campaign to discredit the Trump administration, and sources told Fox News that Ohr was used as a middle man to keep the special counsel “in the loop” regarding Steele’s ongoing research.
Of course, this was problematic because Steele’s information was tainted by partisanship and was even said to be supplied by Russian operatives to influence the 2016 presidential race — the very crime for which Mueller is investigating the Trump administration.
Deep state, deep hatred, deep bias
Concluding his monologue, Hannity said, “Every single institution, main institutions of law enforcement in this country have been so tainted by corruption, so tainted by a desire to take down the president, if Mueller cares at all about the future integrity of these institutions, this all needs to come to an end.”
The majority of Americans would agree with Hannity’s assessment. A Monmouth poll conducted in March 2018 determined that 27 percent of adults polled believe that an unelected group known as the deep state definitely exists, while another 47 percent believes that the deep state “probably exists.”
And we have all the evidence to prove that they’ve been corrupt,” Hannity asserted. “ A deep state, based on a deep hatred and deep bias.”
Benjamin Baird is a senior staff writer for Patriot News Alerts.
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Paragon Backup & Recovery 16 Free Edition review: Easy backup with a twist
Backup to virtual hard drive is a trick we really, really like.
By Jon L. Jacobi
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Paragon Backup & Recovery 16 Free Edition
on https://www.paragon-software.com/
Paragon’s Backup & Recovery 16 Free Edition is not only free for home users, it’s unique among consumer programs in that it backs up using virtual hard drives as the container format. This can be Paragon’s own pVHD, VMware’s, or the VHD/VHDX supported by most flavors of Windows.
What’s the big deal about virtual hard drives? Windows itself will mount VHD files, so you can grab files off of a VHD with any PC, not just a machine with Backup & Recovery installed. You can also attach a VHD file directly to a virtual machine and use it there. It’s convenient for users in a number of ways a proprietary format is not.
Note: This review is part of our ongoing roundups of the best free backup software/services and the best Windows backup software. Go to those stories for information on competing products and buying advice.
Beyond its signature VHD ability, Backup & Recovery 16 is a modernized, simplified version of Paragon’s well-established imaging technology and programs. All of the main imaging capabilities found in the company’s Hard Disk and Partition Manager are intact: imaging of entire system, whole disks, partitions, or sets of files you select.
Notice the tabs at the bottom of the Window. Once you spot these, and those elsewhere, you can navigate Backup & Restore easily.
It also has the same advanced Windows PE recovery media builder. The builder sports user-definable network and driver options and will create USB sticks or ISO files. Though not available in the free version, Backup & Recovery 16’s feature set is filled out with a simple file transfer utility for one-way mirroring of data. The file transfer utility also supports direct writing to optical discs for archiving—the only function in the program that does.
The $40 paid version of Backup & Recovery offers granular scheduling, with complete control over the type (full/incremental/differential) and allows you to save your settings as “strategies”. With the free version, you’re stuck with the four are provided by default. They aren’t necessarily the ones we would choose, but they’ll do for free. Backup & Recovery, whether the paid or free version, doesn’t sport niceties such as cloning, a recovery boot partition, or backup via FTP or to online services.
Using Backup & Recovery is simple, though it took us a few minutes to catch on to the less-obvious tabs that lead you to the various options and functions. We also aren’t quite sure why there are separate options and wizards for creating single backups and those to be run on a schedule. Normally, one-offs are taken care of by simply not creating a schedule.
Overall, however, the interface is clean, well-organized, and nicely walks you through creating a backup job. Advanced functions let you choose variables such as the size at which to split the archives, the level of compression, a password, and more, but these functions aren’t available for VMware and Windows format virtual hard drives, only Paragon’s proprietary format.
Our only workflow complaint is that there doesn’t seem to be a way to clone a job. Even if all you want to do is change the destination, you must recreate the job.
Backup & Recovery backs up to several types of virtual hard drives. VHD types can be mounted natively under Windows.
One thing we truly appreciate about Backup & Recovery is that, unlike some other programs, it doesn’t create proprietary background services (Acronis True Image installs a whopping six) that slow down your system when no backups are occurring. It uses Windows’ own perfectly adequate imaging and scheduling functions.
As to performance, the program was middle-of-the-pack: not as fast as Aomei Backupper or Acronis True Image, but not particularly slow. Backup & Recovery is pretty light on the CPU usage, and it won’t bog down your system while it’s in use.
More than adequate
Backup & Recovery is free for private use, effective, decently fast, and is probably all most users should need. It’s not quite as versatile as Aomei Backupper, but backup to virtual hard drive is a trick we really, really like. Actually, as both are free...
For business use, Backup & Recovery is $40, only $10 less than the company’s full Hard Drive Manager 15 suite, which adds partition management to the mix. But we like B&R’s interface a lot more. That’s a pick ‘em.
This program will handle all your basic disk and partition backup needs, and uses easy-to-handle and highly compatible virtual hard drives for its backup containers. But there's no FTP, file and folder, or online backup.
Backs up to highly compatible virtual hard drives
Free for non-commercial users with registration
Doesn't create any background processes
Only pre-fab scheduling and retention settings in the free version
No disk cloning or recovery boot partition (USB/CD boot media is provided)
Jon is a Juilliard-trained musician, former x86/6800 programmer, and long-time (late 70s) computer enthusiast living in the San Francisco bay area. jjacobi@pcworld.com
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The Brand Flip: Tangible » Immaterial
By Marty Neumeier
In this excerpt from The Brand Flip: Why customers now run companies and how to profit from it, Marty Neumeier explains that industry is undergoing a massive migration from a material-based economy to a digital one. A product becomes a symbol and the symbol becomes the product, which can offer tremendous value as a building block in a customer's personal identity.
Brand Flip, The: Why customers now run companies and how to profit from it
In my family, holiday presents are shrinking. Maybe you’ve noticed the same thing in yours. We used to buy each other presents like sweaters, books, toys, bath soap, and perfume. Now we buy gift cards—for clothing, media, gadgets, spa days, and charitable donations. All that awaits beneath the tree is a thin layer of envelopes. What gives?
We’re not being lazy. We know instinctively that, while sweaters and books deliver great experiences, the pleasure of a gift can be doubled if we add another experience on top of it—the intangible bonus of shopping, choosing, or having more control. As Liquid Agency chief creative officer Alfredo Muccino puts it, technology has flipped our mindset from “I need stuff” to “I want an experience.”
Beneath this trend, industry is undergoing a massive migration from a material-based economy to a digital one. We’re removing paper from books, polycarbonate from music, and physical shelving from stores. Many people would now rather travel than own a home. Some are ditching their cars in favor of services like Zipcar and Uber. And when cars start driving themselves, who will want a garage when we can just whistle for our rides?
In his thought-provoking book WHAT TECHNOLOGY WANTS, Kevin Kelly points out that in the past six years the average weight per dollar of U.S exports had fallen by half. “We are steadily substituting intangible design, flexibility, innovation, and smartness for rigid, heavy atoms,” he says.
This was foreseen by Alvin Toffler in his 1991 book POWERSHIFT. He predicted that the power of immaterial value would extend even to money, calling it nearly a “religious conversion” from “a trust in permanent, tangible things like gold or paper to a belief that even the most intangible, ephemeral electronic blips can be swapped for goods and services. Our wealth,” he said, “is a wealth of symbols,” Both our money and our goods are becoming intangible.
A recent study of the S&P 500 showed that the monetary value of intangible assets had increased from 17 percent to 80 percent over a 30-year period. The largest of these company assets were brands. What has driven the increase is an improved ability to connect emotionally with customers through qualities such as immediacy, personalization, self-identity, and empowerment.
Until we can purchase essentials like food, shelter, clothing, and machines as software code, we’ll need our industries to produce tangible goods. The goods themselves may be commodities, but the intangible benefits wrapped around them will make them unique and empowering.
A recent study shows that three-quarters of customers think companies should work to improve the quality of their lives. Only one-quarter believe that companies are succeeding. There’s plenty of room at the top.
Remember our definition? A brand is a customer’s gut feeling about a product, service, or company. But there’s more. A successful brand can become a touchstone in a customer’s life—a vivid symbol of what’s useful, delightful, and even magical. When a product becomes a symbol, the symbol becomes the product. It can offer tremendous value as a building block in a customer’s personal identity.
The Content Advantage (Clout 2.0): The Science of Succeeding at Digital Business through Effective Content, 2nd Edition
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The Living Sea of Waking Dreams
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The Living Sea of Waking Dreams is an ember storm of a novel. This is Booker Prize-winning novelist Richard Flanagan at his most moving—and astonishing—best.
In a world of perennial fire and growing extinctions, Anna’s aged mother is dying—if her three children would just allow it. Condemned by their pity to living she increasingly escapes through her hospital window into visions of horror and delight.
When Anna’s finger vanishes and a few months later her knee disappears, Anna too feels the pull of the window. She begins to see that all around her others are similarly vanishing, but no one else notices. All Anna can do is keep her mother alive. But the window keeps opening wider, taking Anna and the reader ever deeper into a strangely beautiful story about hope and love and orange-bellied parrots.
Richard Flanagan's novels have received numerous honours and are published in forty-two countries. He won the Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North and the Commonwealth Prize for Gould’s Book of Fish. A rapid on the Franklin River is named after him.
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Praise for The Living Sea of Waking Dreams
[In] the second great novel the author has sent out straight from his imagination - he explores how our failures to properly love have led us to the point of destruction. What impresses most, however, is that Flanagan's novel doesn't end in condemnation ... it concludes, astonishingly for a story about our flaws, our blindnesses ... with a message of hope, frail and tiny as an orange-bellied parrot.'
Geordie Williamson, Australian
Flanagan has delivered a book that both distils the literary qualities for which he has been celebrated for more than a quarter of a century and recasts our ideas about the kind of writer he is and what he can do. This novel is a revelation and triumph, from a writer demonstrating, yet again, the depths of his talent, while revelling in a new, unfamiliar register. It is at once timely and timeless, full of despair but leavened by hope, angry and funny and sad and a bit magical ... [Flanagan's] acuity when it comes to drawing the core relationships, the complex cross-generational patterns of trauma and intolerance, rejection and love, is masterful ... This book is Vintage Flanagan. It is urgent and angry and fierce. But it is also a kind book, a sorrowful book. It is a book that offers notes grace and gratitude in the face of beauty, asking its readers to be vigilant in how we take care of our world, of each other, of ourselves. Nothing disappears, it suggests, if we’re brave enough to pay it the attention and regard it deserves. What an astonishing book this is.
Michael Williams, Sydney Morning Herald
Flanagan never writes two books the same. [The Living Sea of Waking Dreams] is short, weird, devastating and fully able to articulate and transcend the catastrophe of our times. Literary gold with a jacket design to match.
Booktopia, on Books and Publishing
The brilliance of Flanagan’s story and the deep power of this novel is in our witnessing of the end of the world.
Tony Hughes-d'Aeth, The Conversation
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams understands the textures of silence: what is unsaid, unsayable and unheard ... 'Is translating experience into words any achievement at all?' Flanagan asks. 'Or is it just the cause of all our unhappiness?' Writers the world over are grappling with a version of this question: in the face of so much devastation, so much terror, what can fiction possibly achieve? The Living Sea of Waking Dreams is his emphatic, wrenching answer.
Beejay Silcox, Guardian
I think it’s a masterpiece … It packs so many punches ... It's blowing my mind, it's so good. I'm loving it, absolutely loving it.'
Leigh Sales, Chat 10, Looks 3 podcast, episode 149
The creative energy of Flanagan’s writing is evident throughout. The Living Sea of Waking Dreams is one of those books that returns obsessively to certain words, considers them from different angles and in different contexts, exposes their depths and complexities, the way that Shakespeare dismantles the concepts of ‘honour’ in Julius Caesar and ‘honesty’ in Othello ... [The book] is an essay on the metaphysics of love, which it depicts not in any platitudinous sense as some kind of hippie panacea but as a harrowing and elusive concept. It is a novel alert to the acute difficulty of expressing love in word and deed. It considers the ways in which love can be perverted and inverted. It seeks to affirm the reality of love, even as it is disturbed by the possibility that the conditions of contemporary life have become so estranging and degrading that we don’t know really what it means anymore ... [It] asks ... ‘Shouldn’t stories work towards something that we can’t get anywhere else?’ The novel is true to its word. It works towards an elusive ‘something’ that resists naming, but that finds its symbolic expression near the end of the novel in the form of the endangered orange-bellied parrot ... The novel’s fury and frustration at our wanton destruction of the natural world is more than warranted. The urgency of the issue cannot be overstated.
James Ley, Australian Book Review
I have been able to read almost nothing since March ... The sole more elevated exception has been Richard Flanagan's The Living Sea of Waking Dreams, not just for its necessary rage or the love letter to the old lady but the sheer beauty of its sentences which stirred the ashes of a heart still capable of gratitude and admiration for a fellow writer.
Peter Carey, Sydney Morning Herald
In fiction Richard Flanagan's novel The Living Sea of Waking Dreams has stayed with me like a hallucination.
Anna Funder, Sydney Morning Herald
Richard Flanagan is one of the greatest writers at work in the world today – I admire him and his writing immensely. The Living Sea of Waking Dreams is a haunting, urgent and important book about our broken and confusing age. If John Clare, a hero of mine and Flanagan’s, was brought back from the dead to witness our ongoing apocalypse, I imagine he’d write something very like this novel.
James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd’s Life and English Pastoral
The core of this novel is a fiercely well-observed account of the psychological twists and turns, the stress points and the double-binds, of familial love.
The Telegraph (UK)
Shortlisted • 2021 • Fiction
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams is an ember storm of a novel. This is Booker Prize-winning novelist Richard Flanagan at his most moving—and astonishing—best. https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-living-sea-of-waking-dreams-9781760899943
New Richard Flanagan novel this October
We’re delighted to announce the publication of Richard Flanagan’s new novel, The Living Sea of Waking Dreams, in October 2020.
Richard Flanagan Q&A
The Booker Prize winning author answers our questions about his strangely beautiful story about hope and love and orange-bellied parrots: The Living Sea of Waking Dreams.
Essie Davis Q&A
The Australian actress on the daunting task of narrating The Living Sea of Waking Dreams audiobook for Booker Prize winning author (and family friend) Richard Flanagan.
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Midland High School's Jessy Hays throws a t-shirt in to the stands after pinning Bay City Central's Douglas Van Paris in a match at Midland High School on Wednesday. Midland High School is celebrating its 50th anniversary of the Midland wrestling program and giving away t-shirts for every pinned opponent in Wednesday's match.
Midland High School's Jessy Hays throws a t-shirt in to the stands after pinning Bay City Central's Douglas Van Paris in a match at Midland High School on Wednesday. Midland High School is celebrating its 50th
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Outcome Health Launches “Who Saves Me?” to Bring Awareness to the Crisis of Physician Burnout
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CHICAGO – OCTOBER 13, 2020 – Outcome Health today announced Who Saves Me?, a campaign to bring awareness to the overwhelming percentage of physicians who quietly suffer from burnout and mental health struggles. Supporting the campaign are Mental Health America (MHA), the nation’s leading community-based nonprofit promoting overall mental health, Black Mental Wellness, a virtual community dedicated to the mental health and wellness of black people of all ages.
Data aggregated from research, studies and polls on mental health issues among healthcare professionals (HCPs) reveals that HCPs may be susceptible to burnout and potential depression due to a number of conflating factors that are hitting our healthcare system, including and especially related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The vast majority of HCPs (92 percent) say that they have felt burnt out at some point because of their job; nearly 75 percent of HCPs say that the pandemic has exacerbated their own and/or their colleagues’ sense of burnout*.
Outcome Health, the healthcare innovation company reinventing Point of Care to facilitate better outcomes for patients, their loved ones and healthcare professionals, is developing Who Saves Me? visual assets highlighting HCP personal stories and will provide HCPs with links to obtaining help and support. The public service announcement-style campaign will air in both Spanish and English and is anticipated to touch an estimated two million or more viewers via social media, websites, and email communications directly to physicians and healthcare workers.
“Outcome Health is committed to providing healthcare professionals with the resources and support they need so they can continue to care for us,” explained Matt McNally, Chief Executive Officer of Outcome Health. “As we kept hearing about mounting depression in the healthcare community, we knew we had to take action by creating Who Saves Me? and partnering with organizations like Sermo and Mental Health America that are able to reach and help physicians.”
More than 40 percent of HCPs are concerned about the increased risk of contracting COVID-19 themselves or giving it to loved ones. Not only are they dealing with the exhaustion of treating a highly contagious and deadly virus, but they are also contending with longer hours, lack of proper personal protective equipment and added financial stressors like repaying student loans and pay cuts. Half (48 percent) of the HCPs surveyed said they would take advantage of mental health resources if they were offered by their employer or other organization.*
“It is concerning, though not surprising, that those on the front lines of the pandemic would be experiencing higher levels of anxiety or depression,” said Paul Gionfriddo, president and CEO of Mental Health America. “We are excited to be partnering with Outcome Health on this campaign to support healthcare professionals take care of their own mental health and ensure they have easy access to tools and resources.”
Since the start of the pandemic, MHA has seen a 710 percent increase in people indicating signs of depression, and a 520 percent increase in anxiety screenings through their online screening tool. To date, more than six million people have taken free mental health screenings through www.mhascreening.org, reinforcing their mission to identify and intervene early in the disease process to avoid a point of crisis.
Outcome Health intends to carry the campaign through the end of the year and is seeking additional partner organizations that are interested in helping healthcare professionals manage their mental health.
*Leading physician insights company, Sermo, conducted all HCP research referenced.
About Outcome Health
Outcome Health is a healthcare innovation company reinventing the point of care to facilitate better outcomes for patients, their loved ones, and healthcare professionals. Through partnerships with nonprofit organizations, health advocacy groups, leading content creators and brand sponsors, Outcome Health makes critical moments more impactful by bringing relevant content into the physician’s office, where health is top of mind. Our BPA-certified digital network spans waiting, exam and infusion rooms across the country, serving impactful content when it’s most needed.
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Outcome Health Now Offering Arizona’s HonorHealth Pre-Op Patients Empathetic, Unique Content
Content Offers Choices at Moments of Care™
CHICAGO – SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 – Outcome Health today announced they are now offering Arizona’s HonorHealth pre-op patients a unique patient experience with empathetic content in the new Sonoran Crossing Medical Center in Phoenix. Outcome Health pre-operating room tablets (Tablets) will feature women’s health and orthopedics content, providing a convenient, reliable entertainment solution for patients going into and coming out of surgery. These patients can access the health-related content and feature films, as well as Headspace meditation videos for stress reduction and relaxation upon the opening of the medical center on September 23, 2020. The same type of screens currently serve Outcome Health customers at every touchpoint of the patient-physician relationship in waiting rooms and exam rooms across the country.
HonorHealth is a non-profit health system serving an area of 1.6 million people in the greater Phoenix area. The health system encompasses six acute-care hospitals, an extensive medical group, outpatient surgery centers, a cancer care network, clinical research, medical education, a foundation and community services. Outcome Health, a healthcare innovation company reinventing Point of Care to facilitate positive outcomes for patients, their loved ones and healthcare professionals, will implement a pilot program in the state-of-the-art HonorHealth Sonoran Crossing Medical Center. The pre-op holding and PACU (post-anesthesia care unit) rooms of the new hospital will be outfitted with 16 Outcome Health Tablets.
“We are excited to expand our Point of Care platform with HonorHealth and look forward to providing their patients with the support they need throughout their health journey before and after surgery,” explained Matt McNally, Chief Executive Officer of Outcome Health. “We are proud to continue expanding our service to the patient-physician relationship in Arizona.”
Customized lockable tablet mounts were commissioned by HonorHealth from HatchMed of Seattle to fit the Outcome Health specifications. An Outcome Health technician was on site during installation to ensure compatibility with the Tablets. The mounts can be adjusted to all patient positions, whether lying fully flat or sitting up, for maximum engagement with the content.
Leaning into the Moments of Care™ strategy the company launched in 2019, Outcome Health is committed to meeting the needs of physician practices and their patients by offering additional choices. The featured content on the PreOp/PACU Tablets is curated by Outcome Health, along with introductory video content provided by HonorHealth.
Outcome Health and Leading Healthcare Organizations #ShareTheScope in One-Day Social Media Turnover for Equity and Justice in Healthcare
Black Organizations to Educate on Healthcare Needs of the Black Community
CHICAGO – JULY 20, 2020 – Outcome Health and seven leading organizations in healthcare marketing, media, content creation and advocacy will #ShareTheScope in a one-day campaign on Wednesday, July 22 when they turn over their social media channels to eight organizations and influencers focused on health issues and disparities facing the Black community. By “sharing the stethoscope” and their social media space, audiences will be exposed to new voices and perspectives from those who are tirelessly advocating for equity and justice in healthcare.
Based on the highly successful #ShareTheMicNow, eight pairs of organizations, with a reach of more than one million followers, will #ShareTheScope with the aim of amplifying Black voices working toward change in America’s embedded racist healthcare system and reaching an audience they previously hadn’t.
Outcome Health, a healthcare innovation company reinventing Point of Care to facilitate better outcomes for patients and healthcare professionals, recognizes that economic instability, physical environment, inadequate education and lack of access to healthcare systems can perpetuate health disparities. Data compiled over a century by the National Medical Association, the oldest African American healthcare organization representing more than 50,000 Black physicians, shows that heart disease, diabetes, asthma, pregnancy-related deaths and COVID-19 are just a few of the health issues disproportionately affecting Black Americans. To engage and raise awareness, Outcome Health rallied industry leaders to effectively turn over their platforms for a day to demonstrate the urgency to eliminate racial discrimination in health care and create forums to educate the public.
“#ShareTheScope is Outcome Health’s call to action to the industry to educate and advocate on the deeply embedded gaps in healthcare for Black families,” stated Matt McNally, Outcome Health’s Chief Executive Officer. “Knowledge is power, so we decided to connect prominent Black organizations with our peers in healthcare who have a shared desire for justice to act together to collectively walk the walk, not just talk the talk….that’s who Outcome Health is. We intend to raise the bar on all aspects within the point of care space, which is a key piece of our mission as an organization.”
Outcome Health will #ShareTheScope with Suzet McKinney, DrPH, MPH, CEO/Executive Director of the Illinois Medical District, the second-largest urban medical district in the United States and home to four major hospitals.
“Despite the fact that healthcare in America has been a topic of debate for decades, the needs of people of color have not been given equitable consideration,” said Dr. McKinney. “The opportunity to ‘Share the ‘Scope’ with Outcome Health for education and advocacy should be a catalyst to a growing recognition of the existing health disparities suffered by Black Americans, and we trust it will encourage more people to use their voices loudly to enact meaningful, lasting change .”
“#ShareTheScope fits well with our mission to mobilize and engage women and organizations to pursue greater opportunities for gender and racial justice,” said Linda Goler Blount, MPH, President and CEO of the Black Women’s Health Imperative, “This is a great opportunity to educate and shift public perception about the needs of Black women’s health.”
Outcome Health Announces OH Virtual Waiting Room™
New Strategy Offers Choices at Moments of Care™
CHICAGO –MAY 27, 2020 – Outcome Health today announced the OH Virtual Waiting Room™, ushering the Point of Care sector into telemedicine with an empathetic, unique patient experience whenever and wherever patients are meeting with their physicians. The OH Virtual Waiting Room™ platform and original content will allow Outcome Health to serve every touchpoint of the patient-physician relationship including remote video consultations, as well as the usual in-person waiting room, exam rooms and infusion rooms.
Outcome Health is a healthcare innovation company reinventing Point of Care (POC) to facilitate better outcomes for patients, their loved ones, and healthcare professionals. Spurred by accelerated use of telemedicine solutions since the outbreak of COVID-19 and leaning into the Moments of Care™ strategy the company launched in 2019, Outcome Health is meeting the needs of physician practices and their patients by offering additional choices through personal and remote devices. A recent survey indicates that 89 percent of physicians are now using and will continue to use telehealth services to treat patients versus 17 percent before the pandemic. (Source: MedData Group, an IQVIA Business).
“The growing adoption of telemedicine over the past few months means the Point of Care space is shifting beyond the physical four walls of a physician’s office – it’s also your living room, your car, your computer screen, and your phone screen,” said Matt McNally, Chief Executive Officer of Outcome Health. “In many ways, healthcare is more personal and more about choice than ever.”
The OH Virtual Waiting Room™ is being made available to select Outcome Health providers who use telemedicine solutions. Although other virtual care platforms do not offer patient-friendly content – often a blank screen with “please wait” during hold time – the OH Virtual Waiting Room™ engages patients with a content stream tailored to a provider’s specialty. This curated experience aims to reduce a patient’s perceived wait time and keep appointment abandonment low – an intermittent problem that occurs with some telemedicine solutions.
“While Outcome Health remains present in doctor’s offices nationwide where we’ve always been, since telemedicine is here to stay, we have sped up our timetable and will begin rolling out the OH Virtual Waiting Room™ to continue serving the patient-physician relationship,” explained Nandini Ramani, Chief Operating Officer of Outcome Health.
OH Virtual Waiting Room™ launches with its first health network this month providing relevant educational and support content that is very similar to what patients would see in the physician’s office on the Outcome Health Waiting Room TV. The first OH Virtual Waiting Room™ features personalized content for a dermatologist specialty practice, addressing skin conditions, diseases, and care while proactively answering specialty-specific “frequently asked questions” to save time during the consultation.
All content presently in the OH Virtual Waiting Room™ is created and wholly owned by Outcome Health. As more telemedicine solutions become compatible with video content delivery systems, the company expects that its OH Virtual Waiting Room™ video streams will integrate content from nonprofits and health advocacy groups and sponsored content from pharma partners.
Outcome Health’s John Vaughan Named One Of The 2020 PM360 ELITE 100
NEW YORK –MAY 7, 2020 – John Vaughan, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Outcome Health – a healthcare innovation company reinventing Point of Care to facilitate better outcomes for patients, their loved ones and healthcare professionals — has been named one of the 2020 PM360 ELITE 100 in the Mentor category. Now in its sixth year, the PM360 ELITE (Exceptional • Leaders • Innovators • Transformers • Entrepreneurs) represent the most influential people in the healthcare industry today. PM360 is the premier information resource for marketing decision makers in the pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostics, and medical device sectors.
The Mentor category honors the industry gurus who serve as the role models that everyone else aspires to emulate. As the first-ever Compliance Officer for Outcome Health, Vaughan is setting a high bar for the rest of the Point of Care sector which previously had few foundational guidelines. He has set a new standard for POC by building in tenets and rigor that reflect the values he personally developed and cultivated through his advancement as both an attorney and compliance expert.
Vaughan believes that the elements of an effective compliance program should align with the customers’ expectations – even if they don’t have to – because Outcome Health’s network is in doctor’s offices and the company works with pharma partners that are heavily regulated. His appointment to the executive leadership team further underscores Outcome Health’s ongoing commitment to increase transparency and bring more rigor to its data measurement and reporting.
“John is an exceptional mentor simply by the example he sets,” said Matt McNally, Chief Executive Officer of Outcome Health. “This award honors his contributions and recognizes that they are appreciated and emulated by others, particularly to the healthcare and pharma industries. While a Compliance program so often is focused on enforcement, John looks at Compliance as an opportunity for continuous improvement. His goal is to make sure the company’s tenets of compliance, which he personally developed and organized, are embedded into our workplace culture.”
The PM360 ELITE Awards were established in 2015 to recognize individuals who have made a significant impact on the healthcare industry throughout their careers. More than 500 submissions were received and nominees were evaluated and selected by the PM360 editorial staff based on their accomplishments; testimonials from their bosses, clients, and colleagues; and supporting evidence that reflects the impact of their efforts. A total of 100 winners were selected across 18 categories, including Creative Directors, Data Miners, Digital Crusaders, Disrupters, Drug Researchers and Developers, Entrepreneurs, Launch Experts, Leaders of the Future, Marketing Teams, Master Educators, Mentors, Patient Advocates, PR Gurus, Sales MVPs, Strategists, Talent Acquisition Leaders, Tech-know Geeks, and Transformational Leaders.
“At a time when the world is being impacted by a healthcare crisis in the COVID-19 pandemic, it is nice to be able to reflect on the extraordinary work those in the life sciences do to discover, develop, and promote life-saving treatments,” says Anna Stashower, CEO and Publisher of PM360. “Our ELITE winners epitomize the very best of our industry. We are incredibly thankful for everything they do and proud to honor all of their achievements.”
The winners are profiled in PM360’s May 2020 issue. These profiles can be accessed online at https://www.pm360online.com/the-2020-pm360-elite-100.
About PM360
PM360 is the premier, must-read magazine for marketing decision makers in the pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostics, and medical device industries. Published monthly, PM360 is the only journal that focuses on delivering the full spectrum of practical information necessary for product managers and pharmaceutical marketing professionals to succeed in the complex and highly regulated healthcare environment.
The journal’s targeted and insightful editorial focuses on issues that directly impact critical decision making, including: Planning and implementation of cutting-edge strategies, trends, the latest technological advances, branding/marketing, advertising/promotion, patient/professional education, sales, market research, PR, and leadership. Additionally, the “360” in the title signifies the span of this critical, how-to info with personal and career insights for an enjoyable and thought-provoking read.
By providing the full circle of enriching content, PM360 is truly an indispensable tool for busy and productive marketing professionals to stay at the top of their game.
MOMENTS OF CARE™ NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES OF 2019 BY PM360
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Chicago, IL, December 13, 2019 — PM360, a leading trade magazine for marketing decision makers in the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and diagnostics industries, has named Outcome Health’s Moments of Care™ as one of the most innovative Strategies of 2019.
Outcome Health is challenging the industry to create content and experiences that wrap patients with empathy, education and support at the “Moments of Care” when they are most vulnerable and most in need. This transition from “point of care” to “Moments of Care” prompted Outcome Health to launch In These Rooms, a campaign which reveals the raw, authentic emotions and range of experiences that can happen at the point of care – from waiting rooms with patients and caregivers, and in exam rooms with patients, caregivers and physicians.
“We appreciate PM360’s recognition for our Moments of Care strategy, which addresses our findings that the point of care channel is not in touch with what patients actually experience and what they need at this critical touchpoint of the health journey,” states Matt McNally, CEO of Outcome Health. “Proper content contextualization that takes into account what actually happens in these rooms will align our content offering with the full range of experiences that happen at the moment of care, from the joy of hearing a baby’s heartbeat for the first time, to the devastation that a treatment plan isn’t working.”
Moments of Care was selected as part of PM360’s 8th Annual Innovations Issue published each December. This issue was established to serve as a guide to the year’s most innovative Companies, Startups, Divisions, Products, Services, and Strategies from within the healthcare and life sciences industries. This comprehensive overview of the year’s most innovative achievements in these six categories helps other companies in the industry to find potential partners and offerings that can help them advance healthcare and life sciences.
“For the past eight years, we have worked to help the industry identify the latest and most exciting advancements that facilitate change in the industry, how it operates, or offer new advancements that better serve patients, doctors, payers, and others involved,” says Anna Stashower, CEO/Publisher of PM360. “We hope this guide can serve as an important resource for the industry throughout 2020 as we all work to improve the healthcare experience for everyone involved.”
PM360 received hundreds of submissions from across the healthcare and life sciences industries. The editorial staff of PM360 evaluated each submission and selected their picks for the most innovative, regardless of category. Ultimately, 60 total innovations were featured in the issue. Within the Strategy category, a total of 8 strategies were featured.
All of this year’s selections can be found at: www.pm360online.com/pm360-presents-the-2019-innovators.
PM360 is the premier, must-read magazine for marketing decision makers in the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and diagnostics industries. Published monthly, PM360 is the only journal that focuses on delivering the full spectrum of practical information necessary for product managers and pharmaceutical marketing professionals to succeed in the complex and highly regulated healthcare environment.
Outcome Health Reaches Favorable Resolution with the DOJ Related to Past Misconduct by Former Employees
Company has established and continues to make significant investments in industry-leading compliance protocols and reporting standards
CHICAGO – OCTOBER 30, 2019 – Outcome Health, a healthcare innovation company focused on supporting patients, caregivers and healthcare providers at the point of care, today announced it has entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that resolves, with respect to the Company, the DOJ’s criminal investigation related to past misconduct by former employees. As described in the agreement, after reviewing the Company’s cooperation and remediation efforts, among other considerations, the DOJ determined not to prosecute Outcome Health for the past misconduct of the Company’s founders and select former employees, all of whom are no longer affiliated with the Company.
“We’re thrilled to resolve this matter, as it enables us to move forward and focus on our mission to be the indispensable partner to patients, providers and industry partners during moments of care,” said Matt McNally, Chief Executive Officer, Outcome Health.
“Over the past two years, Outcome Health implemented a comprehensive overhaul of our compliance and campaign-reporting policies,” said McNally. “These actions included engaging third-party auditors to ensure reporting accuracy, investing in partnerships with organizations like BPA Worldwide to validate key performance indicators, overhauling internal controls to improve the reliability of reporting, and forming an all-new leadership team, myself included.”
Assuming the conditions of the agreement continue to be satisfied, no monetary penalty will be imposed. Among other things, the agreement obligates the Company to continue its improvements to internal controls and compliance and to continue cooperating with the DOJ, and it credits the company’s extensive cooperation and remediation efforts. As described by the agreement, the Company has already paid or committed to pay approximately $65.5 million in restitution to its customers and set aside another $4.5 million for any potential future claims. This resolution does not alter any agreements currently in place with industry and content development partners.
“Over the past two years, Outcome Health has focused on doing right by our customers. In short, we are a completely new Company,” said McNally. “As the DOJ agreement acknowledges, we have new management, new owners, and new controls in place. We are excited to turn the page from this inquiry and focus on providing valuable content to physicians’ offices everywhere.”
Outcome Health Launches “In These Rooms,” a Thought-Provoking Campaign to Transform Point of Care through Moments of Care™
CHICAGO – SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 – Outcome Health, a healthcare innovation company focused on supporting patients, caregivers and healthcare providers at the point of care, launched In These Rooms — a bespoke campaign to transform the strategy of the industry from “point of care” to “moments of care™.” The campaign debuted at Digital Pharma East with a poignant, thought-provoking :90-second video depicting moments in waiting rooms with patients and caregivers, and in exam rooms with patients, caregivers and their physicians. In These Rooms captures their life-changing range of experiences in a way that updates, educates and immerses healthcare marketers and physicians in the patients’ reality during those “moments of care.”
In These Rooms reveals raw, authentic emotion when a patient is at the doctor’s office, enabling physicians, marketers and those in the healthcare industry to think differently about content: the right content at the right moments during the patient journey.
The long-form video is on Outcome Health’s website, and engagement with physicians and healthcare marketers will be driven with shorter spots that bring Outcome Health’s transformational point of view to life. These compelling shorter videos are being distributed with the support of selected healthcare trades. A companion social media campaign launches on September 23.
The Rooms and patient moments featured in these stories include: a waiting room, a pediatrician visit for an asthma check-up, an OB-GYN ultrasound room to hear a baby’s first heartbeat, a standard exam room for a long-overdue physical, and a doctor’s office to learn about treatment results.
“In pharmaceutical brand marketing, the role of most channels is to encourage patients to go to their doctor. However, the point of care channel is different; patients are already at their doctor’s office and they need something else,” said Matt McNally, CEO of Outcome Health. “In These Rooms challenges all pharma marketers and their agency partners to think differently about point of care and is the first step in our commitment to the ongoing understanding of the needs in this space. Today, we call on our industry to create content and experiences that wrap patients with empathy, education and support at the ‘moments of care’ when they are most vulnerable and need it most.”
Outcome Health is the leading point of care content provider with unrivaled scale and curated content dedicated to the patient experience at the point of care in the most physician’s offices plus waiting rooms, exam rooms, infusion centers and health systems across the United States. Their content reaches more patients and caregivers per week across the largest digital network at point of care via TV monitors, patient Wi-Fi, touch-screen wallboards and tablets. Outcome Health helps create better patient health outcomes at point of care by improving the patient experience and helping to strengthen the doctor-patient relationship.
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Outcome Health Announces Aurora Archer As New Board Member
Appointment Demonstrates Company’s Commitment to Leadership and Investment in the Preeminent Industry Platform
CHICAGO – August 13, 2019 – Outcome Health, a healthcare innovation company focused on making the point of care experience more meaningful for patients and physicians, today announced Aurora Archer as its newest board member. Her guidance and oversight, working in partnership with executive leadership, underscores the company’s commitment to governance, transparency and operational excellence.
Ms. Archer joins Outcome’s Board of Managers with over 25 years of experience in results-driven leadership across four different industries – health & wellness, content publishing & media, technology, and retail. She currently serves as CEO and Co-founder of Bellatrix Group, a marketing consulting start-up focused on health and wellness.
“I’ve always admired Aurora for her intellect and passion, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to have a talent like her join our board,” said Matt McNally, Chief Executive Officer at Outcome Health. “Aurora brings a unique perspective to Outcome, and her background in technology, pharmaceutical marketing, digital publishing, and innovation will help accelerate our plans for growth.”
Before founding Bellatrix Group, Ms. Archer spent 7 years at AstraZeneca and led the organization through rapid change driven by evolving technologies and corresponding shifts in consumer behavior. She created new digital marketing initiatives that spanned web, social, and mobile channels at the enterprise and brand levels. More recently she served as Senior Vice President of Marketing Strategy at Everyday Health.
“I am passionate about brands that can deliver engaging and meaningful experiences, and Outcome Health is doing this for audiences at the point of care,” said Ms. Archer. “I am thrilled to join the Board of Managers during this exciting new chapter in the company’s history.”
Outcome Health plans to announce more appointments to its board in 2019.
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Outcome Health and Verywell Announce New Partnership to Deliver Trusted and Empathetic Content at the Point of Care
CHICAGO – AUGUST 6, 2019 – Outcome Health, a healthcare innovation company focused on supporting patients, caregivers and healthcare providers at the point of care, today announced a new content partnership with Verywell, one of the largest and fastest-growing online resources of health and wellness content. The partnership brings together Outcome’s leading point-of-care resources and Verywell’s empathetic and human approach to health and wellness content.
Verywell’s award-winning expert-created content will be featured across Outcome Health’s suite of devices in healthcare providers’ offices across the country, and marks the first time that their content will be featured in a partnership of this type. This relationship comes a few months after Outcome Health announced a new approach to content with a focus on empathy and education and is now the company’s largest content partnership.
“Verywell understands that clinical accuracy and empathy are not mutually exclusive. Their focus to deliver the best and most trusted content to patients perfectly aligns with our commitment to elevate the patient experience with high-quality health content anchored in empathy,” said Heidi Anderson, chief growth officer at Outcome Health. “We are thrilled to work together to effectively wrap our arms around patients and their caregivers during the moments when supportive content is needed the most.”
Verywell covers a full spectrum of health and wellness topics from medical conditions such as diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, to advice on fitness, nutrition, pregnancy and more. As part of the partnership, Verywell will produce videos, animations and patient stories, along with doctor discussion guides, tools and resources for use across Outcome Health’s Waiting Room TV screens and Exam Room Wallboards and Tablets.
“At Verywell, we provide trusted health information online to help facilitate the learning process around complicated medical topics,” said Rob Parisi, general manager at Verywell. “Working with Outcome Health now allows us to serve those patients who are talking with their doctors at those critical moments when a person’s health is their only priority.”
About Verywell
The Verywell family of brands, including Verywell Health, Verywell Fit, Verywell Family, and Verywell Mind, take a human approach to health and wellness content and are a welcome alternative to hyper-clinical health sites. More than 30 million people use Verywell sites each month to feel better and be healthier. Verywell is part of the Dotdash family of brands.
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Namboole stadium declines to host Bobi Wine’s Kyarenga show
Mandela stadium management has turned down the Kyarenga concert citing that the venue will be fully booked (FILE PHOTO)
KAMPALA – The much anticipated Kyarenga music show to be staged by Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulamyi, aka Bobi Wine may not take place after all after the management of Namboole Stadium said the show venue is booked for other events.
In an October 12 letter, the stadium manager, Mr Jamil Ssewanyana, advised Bobi Wine to reschedule the show to another day for the concert because on October 20 when Kyarenga show is to be held, the venue has been booked for a wedding reception and an Athletics event that runs from October 20th to October 26.
“Kindly note the stadium has two pre-booked events namely Uganda Athletic Federation workshop from 15th October to 26th October and a wedding ceremony on 20th October 2018”, the letter reads in part.
The letter sanctioned by the Management of Mandela National stadium Namboole revealing that the venue is fully booked
Besides, Mr Ssewanyana added, that whereas Bobi Wine’s Fire Base Crew had booked the venue for the concert on October 20th, but as part of other requirements, the organisers were expected to obtain clearance from police, which they did not present to the venue managers in time.
He thereafter suggested that Bobi Wine and his team select another date for their concert and then seek clearance from the Uganda Police Force, in order to host an event at the stadium.
Ssewanyana confirmed that the venue has other events scheduled for the same day but also have the capacity to host all of them as long as they are cleared by police.
The deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police commander Denis Namuwooza added the police will not allow the show to proceed because Namboole Stadium has already been booked for other events.
He added that police will have no option but to arrest Bobi Wine and the organizers of the show if they insist on holding an unlawful concert.
Emma Sserugo of Emma Promotions, the organizers of the concert said they are in final stage of getting all the necessary clearance from police.
He noted that they are currently engaged in meetings with various security agencies to reach a harmonized position.
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Campaign Kanye
Talk about what you've seen in the news today.
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Re: Campaign Kanye#15129994
By annatar1914 - 25 Oct 2020 04:10
- 25 Oct 2020 04:10 #15129994
ness31 wrote: I just watched the Rogan podcast with Kanye.
The guys a genius. He’s basically saying, get me in the White House, give me all the information and I will make the right decision. It’s so ridiculously rational it makes the whole 2 party bullshit we got right now look even more disgusting.
@ness31
He's pretty interesting, and I actually find myself agreeing with him and his platform more than even I thought. He's not a joke, he feels called to do what he's doing right now, which is running for President of the United States.
Look at his party platform;
https://kanye2020.country/
But man is a fickle and disreputable creature and perhaps, like a chess-player, is interested in the process of attaining his goal rather than the goal itself.
annatar1914
By ness31 - 25 Oct 2020 12:55
What is his religious background? Was he always so evangelical?
The real problem of humanity is that we have Palaeolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology - Edward Wilson
ness31
annatar1914 wrote: @ness31
Here's a copy of Kanye West's political platform or statement of principles;
Kanye West Presidential Platform
1. Restore faith and revive our Constitutional commitment to freedom of religion and the free exercise of one’s faith, demonstrated by restoring prayer in the classroom including spiritual foundations.
We will not hide the truth from our children, but will declare to the next generation His praises and wonder. Psalm 78:4
2. Restore the sound national economy. Reduce household debt and student loan debt.
God has plans to give us hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
3. Provide leadership to restructure our country’s education system to serve the most at-risk and vulnerable populations allowing the widest possible range of educational and vocational paths to job opportunities and career success.
Direct your children on the right path. Proverbs 22:6
4. Maintain a strong national defense, fully prepared, but not so quick to tie up our country’s young men and women in foreign quagmires that do not advance our national interest, and which last for decades.
Through God we shall do valiantly. Psalm 60:12
5. Reform the legal system to provide true justice, equitable for all citizens, regardless of race or ability to defend oneself in court. Recognize the disparity in verdicts and prison sentences, caused by the lack of financial resources or legal assistance.
There will not be differing weights and differing measures. Proverbs 20:10
6. Reform the approach to policing in a manner that treats all Americans the same, regardless of race, color, or ethnicity. Refocus police forces on real crime. Eliminate federal sentencing guidelines that tie the hands of judges, resulting in ridiculous sentences for the most minor offenses.
We will speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. Proverbs 31:8
7. Take care of the environment, diligently pursuing clean air and water as a national security priority and making renewables top priority.
The past is forgotten and everything can be new. II Corinthians 5:17
8. Ensure that we always place Americans’ best interest first and foremost in dealing with foreign affairs. We must project strength, not aggression. We want trust, but we must also verify. We want fair trade, not one-sided deals that hurt American workers.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Matthew 5:9
9. Support faith-based groups to provide vital local services, giving communities a shared purpose in government.
We will provide ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. Hebrews 10:24
10. Creativity and the Arts can be an important source of innovation and development of other national strengths and resources.
He has given them skill in all kinds of work done. Exodus 35:35
He's sincere and idealistic, and not a puppet of others, just has a vision that what he is doing in running is the right thing for him to do, the will of God.
By late - 25 Oct 2020 22:07
annatar1914 wrote:
Putin, not god.
Of course, perhaps one thinks he is divine?
Facts have a well known liberal bias
late wrote: Putin, not god.
Three points to make in response to your comment;
1. It's Racist, in that usual White Liberal paternalistic manner. As if; ''Mr. West as all black people, cannot make decisions like this without some white man behind him in some way''. It's evil of such people to deny any intelligence or wisdom to Mr. West's decision to run for President, just because it might run counter to their own political goals and aspirations.
2. It's hysterical and unhinged. It seems highly irrational to blame every single bad thing Liberals don't like on sinister machinations of the Russian government and Mr. Putin, and it is actually a form of racist demonization in itself. And it's highly irrational.
3. Mr. West is a spiritual man, and comments like this assume as a matter of course that God does not exist and that Mr. West couldn't have been inspired spiritually to run for President.
So shame on anyone who makes these kinds of racist and hysterically deranged remarks.
EDIT; and besides since I can't vote for Biden or Trump, I'll likely perform my civic duty by voting for a man of principle like Mr. West, and certainly a third party vote.
He doesn’t admit to being divine, but he has no problem describing himself as a genius...which he is. Is it rude to say he has Aspergers or something?
By Unthinking Majority - 26 Oct 2020 00:50
He's a music genius but also an absolute moron.
Never let facts get in the way of a good narrative.
Unthinking Majority
I imagine he isn’t to everyone’s taste, but if I had to choose between Yeezy, Biden and Trump for President, it would be a no brainer. No brainer I tell you!
Unthinking Majority wrote: He's a music genius but also an absolute moron.
How bold of you. Knowing that most people on this board are Liberals in the tank for Biden, and knowing therefore that it's ''okay'' to say things about West that you couldn't say against P-Diddy with his politics for example, you unload on West with a personal attack...
Are you really just like one of them, though? Like i've noticed almost all my life, inside most white liberals is a racist misanthrope dying to come out, like Biden and his ''Cockroaches'' during his lifeguard experience, and ''Predators''.
All someone has to know to see that West is genuine and a good man is to read his program, and listen to him talk. He's no politician, sure, but for many people in America that's no longer such a respectable position.
annatar1914 wrote: How bold of you. Knowing that most people on this board are Liberals in the tank for Biden, and knowing therefore that it's ''okay'' to say things about West that you couldn't say against P-Diddy with his politics for example, you unload on West with a personal attack...
Kanye is a good person but he's also crazy as hell. His crazy makes him make good music, and also say really stupid stuff constantly. Kanye as POTUS is a joke and would be a disaster.
ness31 wrote: I imagine he isn’t to everyone’s taste, but if I had to choose between Yeezy, Biden and Trump for President, it would be a no brainer. No brainer I tell you!
That's like choosing to eat vomit over shit.
Unthinking Majority wrote: Kanye is a good person but he's also crazy as hell. His crazy makes him make good music, and also say really stupid stuff constantly. Kanye as POTUS is a joke and would be a disaster.
He's running for President. It's quite possible to my mind that his running is a good thing and he may well see that too.
As far as a West Presidency being a ''joke'', I look at outright presidential traitors like James Buchanan, Pierce, and others, and a West Presidency would not be so bad by far. And, he may well make some good creative choices in cabinet officials and the like that would be good.
At any rate, for right now the problem as I see it is that he's catching a lot of evil and racist flak for having the temerity of not staying on the Democrat plantation and for having different political ideas, for running for President without being vetted for having good liberal ideas or not, for not being a ''good boy'' like all these Atticus Finch wannabee types like their blacks to be in their paternalistic racism.
Unthinking Majority wrote: That's like choosing to eat vomit over shit.
Remarkable how you turn your nose up at such an individual. Says a lot about what you’ve come to expect from your elected officials.
What have you got to lose? Your country is disintegrating as we speak, but you would rather hold out for the next generation of career politicians to take their rightful place on the throne. Yuck.
Poor America.
By Verv - 26 Oct 2020 05:30
He honestly has good hot takes and his very weird flexes combined with his political illiteracy and naivete would be a healthy way to double down on the pretty wild Trump years we've had. It'd be great watching the liberal columnists try to rail against him for four years without sounding racists but still calling him an incompetent.
Of course, this is seemingly never going to happen -- not in 2020, for sure...
But this is certainly a very fun protest vote.
This may be the first time that many Democrats & Republicans will vote for the exact same candidate as their go-to protest vote.
Verv
What a load of crap.
Putin wants division, and you're trying to help.
Why can’t we ever take things at face value? I know most of you on PoFo don’t have that ability because you’re far too ‘aware’, but every now and again, it would be nice, and dare I say simpler.
late wrote: What a load of crap.
You're absolutely unhinged in your delusion, and double down on your racism. Shame on you.
Calling that racism is unhinged. In case anyone wants to know why, I voted for Obama twice, and Kammy once (so far). I would vote for her for president in a heartbeat. She's my second favorite politician, after AOC, who I wuv.
A pertinent discussion is whether I am correct in my deduction. Because it's an old trick, it could have been just as easily been Republicans. Or he might just be a silly kook, that's possible.
But, having seen this before, I recognised the pattern, and wanted to comment on what seems to be going on here.
By Prosthetic Conscience - 26 Oct 2020 16:31
That's not 'genius' or 'rational', it's moronic and contradictory. Putting prayers in the classroom is forced exercise of a single faith. And following it with a quote from one scripture is just pandering to one religion. If that's how he starts his platform, it's no wonder everyone is completely ignoring him. It's like he's the wannabe troll in a bad thread (the successful troll being, of course, Donald Trump, who says much the same thing, but started earlier and thus has all the gullible evangelicals' heads turned).
Prosthetic Conscience
But anyone of color who disagrees with your politics is fair game for racist attacks...
Again, you're side-stepping your basically racist deduction that a black man can't run for president on a program you oppose without some ''evil'' white man there to guide him, when ''good white men'' like yourself should be doing all the guiding, of course...
Right, the ''pattern'' is in your head, and indicative of the paternalistic racial mindset that you know the truth and that persons of color need to be guided back into that ''truth'' when they go astray without the guidance of you and people like you-white liberals.
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Is NHS occupational health at breaking point?
By Nic Paton on 7 Dec 2018 in Clinical governance, OH service delivery, Return to work and rehabilitation, Sickness absence management, Occupational Health, Personnel Today
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An NHS England consultation on how to spend extra funding announced by the government last summer has cast a spotlight on the intense funding and capacity constraints NHS occupational health and occupational medicine practitioners are working under. Nic Paton investigates.
The NHS may be celebrating its 70th anniversary this year but, as highlighted in last month’s edition of Occupational Health and Wellbeing, a dire warning from leading occupational and occupational health practitioners has questioned how long NHS occupational health services can be sustained against the backdrop of the NHS’ ongoing funding crisis.
Ironically, the joint submission by the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Society of Occupational Medicine and NHS Health at Work Network was made as part of a consultation process carried out by NHS England following the government’s announcement in June of a five-year funding plan.
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The consultation Developing the long-term plan for the NHS, which ran from August to September, was designed to help NHS England formulate a plan as how best to spend this extra money.
However, the submission makes it clear that NHS occupational health and occupational medicine still faces a hugely challenging operational, capacity and financial environment.
So, what do the three bodies say, and what does their submission tell us about the current state of NHS occupational health and occupational medicine provision?
The submission, first, provides a valuable snapshot into the sort of numbers that need to be supported within the NHS, and the capacity available to deliver this.
The NHS workforce in England is currently 1.2 million directly employed staff, it highlights, with 7,454 GP practices in England, 174, 000 GPs and employed staff. There are 24,000 dentists plus dental nurses and other employed staff.
“All these staff should have access to occupational health (OH) services, as recommended by NHS Employers, but current provision is not uniform and standards are not mandated,” the submission points out.
“The majority of NHS OH services are in-house, based in one NHS trust but often providing to other trusts and to primary care and dental practices. There are 135 in-house NHS OH services in England, most (120) belong to the NHS Health at Work Network, which seeks to raise standards and share best practice. 39 NHS trusts outsource their OH provision to external, non-NHS, providers,” it adds.
Return on investment of NHS OH
These services, it argues, provide a significant return-on-investment (ROI), citing research by Dr Julia Smedley demonstrating a 4 x ROI in a peer-reviewed account of a case management approach to facilitate rehabilitation and early return to work in the OH department at University Hospitals Southampton.
It also cites the 2009 Boorman Review, which indicated a £2.5-£5 ROI for each £1 spent on OH services for NHS staff. “NHS figures suggest an average per capita spend of £93 on OH but this figure is neither accurate nor optimal. Comparisons are difficult because investment in related services, e.g. access to physiotherapy and counselling is not included as part of the reported OH budget in all trusts. An average per capita spend does not necessarily indicate that the level of investment is optimal,” the submission highlights.
The core functions of an NHS occupational health service should be, it argues:
prevention of ill health caused or exacerbated by work;
timely intervention, facilitating easy and early treatment of the main causes of sickness absence in the NHS;
rehabilitation to help staff stay at work or return to work after illness;
health assessments for work supporting organisations to manage attendance, retirement and related matters;
promotion of health and wellbeing using work as a means of improving health and wellbeing and using the workplace to promote health; and
teaching and training promoting the health and wellbeing approach amongst staff and managers.
These functions should be delivered by, it argues:
organisational involvement, for example infection prevention and control, health and safety, workforce and organisational development, contributing to policies, research and practice which maximise staff health, wellbeing and “good” work; and
direct clinical contacts between the OH team and individual members of staff or students.
The submission also argues that all NHS trusts should access their OH support from fully accredited services, especially SEQOHS accreditation. Currently, however, only 86 NHS in-house services have SEQOHS accreditation, it points out.
So what, then, do the three bodies want to see change?
First, given that the consultation is all about cash, it is perhaps unsurprising that a call for a slice of this extra money is key.
As the submission says: “We call for investment in OH services, ensuring that all NHS staff and organisations have access to OH delivered by a multidisciplinary team, ideally with clinical leadership from an accredited specialist in occupational medicine.
“OH services to NHS staff cannot be sustained against a background of annual reductions in funding, top-sliced for cost improvement. Continual reduction in NHS OH budgets within trusts is reducing staff health and wellbeing,” it adds.
It then highlights the serious capacity challenge currently facing the profession within the NHS. “There is a serious shortage of specialists in occupational medicine – numbers of NHS consultants have declined from 80 to 60 over the past two years,” it says.
The submission also calls for “core OH functions to be provided to all NHS staff to a standard which meets SEQOHS accreditation, as recommended by NHS Employers but never enforced by NHS England.”
It then calls for further investigation to be done in the shape of a fuller workforce survey across NHS OH “to identify and understand the current skill mix and an academic study to look at the optimal funding for OH to give the best ROI.”
The submission calls for all healthcare professionals to “recognise the value of occupational medicine and consider the interrelationship between work and health during consultations with working-age patients. Knowledge of occupational health enriches these consultations giving GPs, other doctors and health professionals a better understanding of how to meet the needs of their patients.”
It adds: “We believe that the importance of work and an understanding of the relationship between work and health should be built into every stage of medical education and training, and be a fundamental in the curriculum delivered to all student health and social care professionals.
“Work should be recognised as a positive clinical outcome, with return to work recorded as a clinical end point and included in measures of performance. Keeping people in well-designed jobs, promoting good physical activity and mental health, has a positive impact, enhancing the health of the NHS workforce and also the general population,” it says.
Role of primary care
Finally, the submission highlighted the important role of primary care within occupational health and return to work. As it states: “We acknowledge that the GP surgery is often the first point of call when an employee is unwell. We recognise that it doesn’t necessarily need to be a GP who goes through the fit note with the patient. We agree that a range of health practitioners, not just GPs, could potentially take on a role in certification.
“The crucial requirement is that they should first have undertaken training and demonstrated the competencies required for this role, including an understanding of the principles of assessment of fitness for work and facilitating return to work, with reasonable adjustments if appropriate. We support the work of the joint WHU at DH and DWP [Work and Health Unit at the Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Work and Pensions] in exploring a competency framework for the extension of fit note certification,” it says.
Beyond this, the submission calls for a best practice model to be developed that “would include a health professional with training in OH, such as the diploma in occupational medicine, linked to every GP surgery/confederation.”
And it concludes that: “There should be a stepped system of access to further specialist OH assessment and advice, including referral to accredited specialists in occupational medicine for those with complex problems.”
Of course, whether this aspiration or, indeed, any of the recommendations on the profession’s wish-list get taken on board remains an open question at time of writing. But at the very least, there has been a strong case made for greater investment in, and more recognition of, occupational health and occupational medicine within the NHS going forward.
‘FOM responds to future of NHS consultation’, 28 September 2018, http://www.fom.ac.uk/press-releases/fom-responds-to-future-of-nhs-consultation
Developing the long-term plan for the NHS, NHS England, 24 August, 2018, https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/consultation/developing-the-long-term-plan-for-the-nhs/
Prime Minister sets out 5-year NHS funding plan
Department of Health and Social Care, Treasury, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt, 19 June 2018, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-sets-out-5-year-nhs-funding-plan
NHS Health and Wellbeing: final report 2009 (The Boorman Review), http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130124052412/http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/dh_108907.pdf
Smedley J, et al. Evaluation of a case management service to reduce sickness absence. Occup Med (Lond). 2013 Mar; 63(2): 89–95. Published online January 30, 2013, doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqs223 and available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3633198/
Cuts are putting a question-mark over future of NHS occupational health, Personnel Today, October 03, 2018, https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/cuts-are-putting-a-question-mark-over-future-of-nhs-occupational-health-leading-bodies-warn/
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Richard Heron 7 Dec 2018 at 10:25 pm #
Excellent summary of the issues, challenges and direction for inward investment for a return. Couldn’t be more timely with every major health and care sector seeing burnout and retention issues.
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Latin America: Hidden costs mount up
On 1 Oct 2001 in Pay & benefits, School Fees
Gaining a foothold in many of the expanding Latin regions can prove to be an expensive business for companies. Jacqueline Vitali discovers that expats expect to receive high standards of care as part of the deal
Latin America’s economic upheavals have not put the brakes on multinationals wishing to expand their business in the regions, but when sending employees to the main countries of the region the prices for relocation costs are likely to surprise HR directors.
According to a survey of leading Fortune 1000 companies conducted by KPMG’s international executive services practice, the cost of administering expatriate programmes is continuing to rise. Goods and services allowances, housing allowances and tax equalisation/protection programmes are the three expenses that have the greatest impact on the total cost of an international assignment. They also pose the most complications and challenges for HR directors when managing international assignees.
Latin America is a costly region as a whole – although countries’ costs differ, the main destinations such as Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Venezuela can be very expensive.
"The expatriate expects to be protected from the undesirable aspects of living in Latin America," says Alison Birkett of Expatriate Essentials. "They expect to have a high standard and good quality lifestyle with a high salary, excellent accommodation, the ability to send the children to international schools, to protect the family’s comfort and safety as well as to have domestic help.
"It is the norm for all this to be provided to a foreign national employee at company expense. Brazil and Argentina are good examples of this. A British national who recently relocated to Buenos Aires with his family was able to rent a suitable property in a desirable area within easy distance of the chosen international school at a cost of US$2,500 per month for a lease of three years.
"The employer is funding the property plus a car and school fees for the two children. In addition, the family were given an orientation programme to find the accommodation and school, as well as generally settle the family into the assignment. This included language tuition at home and in the host country once they had arrived," Birkett says.
It is essential for HR to provide an across-the-board mobility allowance in addition to other benefits as an incentive to expats. "In Brazil and Colombia there is the issue of personal safety and the need to provide cars and drivers to expatriate families in order to safeguard their personal security," says Birkett. "Additional payments may not come in the form of specific allowances but more in the value and approach to the whole package".
International assignments are an expensive business, and it is important to secure successful transition. A cross-cultural preparation programme for expats adds to the high costs of relocation but companies have to bear in mind that this kind of training is vital for employees heading overseas. Mary Conti from Berlitz International explains, "Training allows employees to succeed professionally and personally. These are extremely important considerations that can make or break an overseas assignment."
Costs of living in Latin America
Brazil continues to be the main Latin American destination for expats. According to Mary Beth Transue from CRP CitiCapital Relocation, "An employee on assignment in Brazil should receive a hardship allowance equivalent to 5 per cent of their base salary. This can be paid fortnightly, monthly or quarterly. The amount of the hardship allowance is suggested by the US State Department."
Housing costs per month can range from US$2,900 for a two-bedroom apartment to US$7,000 for a four-bedroom house. Typically, a maintenance fee equal to 10 per cent of the monthly lease amount is also added. The cost for a chauffeur-driven car can range from US $400-950 per month.
When costing an assignment, accommodation is one of the largest expenditures. The average cost for a two-bedroom apartment is:
Destination Countries Rental Cost per Month (US$)
Buenos Aires, Argentina 1,000-2,104
Sao Paulo, Brazil 1,100-3,000
Mexico City, Mexico 1,300-2,500
Schooling is another primary concern for families. The following table shows the average tuition rates for primary grades at some international schools.
Country City School Cost (US$)
Argentina Buenos Aires Asociaci¢n 10,350
Escuelas Lincoln Brazil Rio de Janeiro American 15,000
School of Rio Chile Santiago International School 7,225
Nido de Anguilas Mexico Mexico City Greengates School 5,750
Guatemala Guatemala City Equity American School 4,550
Expats with children will also have to consider hiring a nanny but the cost of childcare is very accessible compared to the cost of Europe. Here is a brief list of what nannies are paid per hour:
Brazil (live-in) $3.50 Argentina$2.49 Mexico $0.88
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Phnom Penh Post - Party law changes clear Senate
Party law changes clear Senate
Meas Sokchea and Erin Handley | Publication date 19 July 2017 | 06:43 ICT
Senate President Say Chhum speaks during the vote on controversial amendments to the Law on Political Parties yesterday in Phnom Penh. Heng Chivoan
Meas Sokchea and Erin Handley
The Senate, as predicted, passed contentious changes to the Law on Political Parties yesterday in a bid to erase – in some cases literally – opposition figure Sam Rainsy from Cambodia’s political scene.
The move came a day after Moody’s Investors Service – one of the world’s “big three” credit rating agencies – warned the amended law betrayed the ruling Cambodian People’s Party preoccupation with holding on to power at the expense of cultivating favourable business conditions.
The amendments – which prohibit a party from using the image, voice or written materials of a convicted criminal – were passed by the National Assembly last week following a request from Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party’s 50 senators, 42 were present and unanimously supported the entirety of the controversial changes, which were sent to the Senate floor as a matter of “urgency”.
The changes target former Cambodia National Rescue Party President Rainsy, who has a slew of politically tinged convictions to his name for defamation and incitement.
Rainsy was forced to resign his presidency earlier this year or face his party’s forced dissolution following a previous round of amendments to the same law.
The proposed new changes align with “free multiparty democracy” and would “strengthen the rule of law”, according to a Senate press statement.
“This law proposal also refers to the promotion of rights and the duty of every Khmer citizen . . . [and] the rights, obligation and responsibility of every political party to guarantee proper respect according the constitution and the law,” it read.
However, in a statement on Monday, Moody’s appeared to disagree, calling the amendments a “setback to efforts to strengthen governance”. While the CPP has long made rising economic development and foreign investment a key part of its platform, Moody’s analysis said the latest development was “credit-negative”.
“The amended Law on Political Parties follows other attempts to centralise power and suggests the government has a negative-credit focus on consolidating its electoral position ahead of July 2018 elections, putting reforms to address institutional weaknesses, particularly corruption, on the back burner,” Moody’s analysis read.
Chak Sopheap, executive director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said the amendments “would entail multiple, blatant violations of the Cambodian Constitution” and “would leave Cambodian democracy hanging by a thread”.
“We call upon the Constitutional Council and the King to reject this attempted subversion of democratic principles,” she said via email. “The typically rushed legislative process and lack of consultation – a standard tactic of the Cambodian government when pushing through unpopular or unconstitutional legislation – is depriving Cambodian citizens of their right to participate in public life.”
The Sam Rainsy Party’s 11 senators chose to boycott the vote, said SRP Senator Teav Vannol. “The political amendments are not serving the Cambodian people. That law just targets individuals,” he said.
“We send a strong message when we boycott. For myself, I attended the Senate Standing Committee meeting [last week] and I raised my hand to request not to send [the amendments] to the floor.”
Apart from forbidding collusion with convicts, the law also prohibits political parties from being named after any individual, so once the amendments become law, SRP senators will be required to select a new party name for the remaining six months of their term.
The CNRP has already begun the mammoth task of replacing their signage across the Kingdom – swapping the soon-to-be-banned image of Rainsy and current CNRP President Kem Sokha for its rising sun logo.
The changes to the law also ban using the image of an individual in a party’s logo, and could potentially impact the royalist Funcinpec party, whose leader, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, is prominently pictured in the party’s emblem. Spokesman Nheb Bun Chin yesterday said he had received no clarification from the government on that point.
Even before the controversial changes, the law also banned the use of religious iconography in party logos, though the CPP has insisted that the devada angel featured in its emblem is “not related to anything religious or non-religious”.
The new amendments will be sent to the Constitutional Council today, and must still be signed by the King before they come into effect.
Contact authors: Meas Sokchea and Erin Handley
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Samsung Wants Bixby Voice Assistant in All of its Products by 2020
Zainab SaeedLast Updated: May 24, 2018
Samsung has announced and confirmed that it will bring Bixby voice assistant into all of its product by 2020. We have heard about it that the company is working on Bixby to introduce it to all products but after the company’s announcement now its has also been confirmed.
It seems that after the success of Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri, and Microsoft’s Cortana, now Samsung is seriously thinking about its Bixby voice assistant. The company wants that every product of it must be able to talk to you.
Samsung Bixby Voice Assistant to Come in All of its Products by 2020
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Samsung’s head of consumer electronics Kim Hyun-suk said that:
“The company will include internet connectivity and its virtual assistant in all of its products by 2020. The goal is to turn Samsung’s army of devices into a legitimate ecosystem that will be centralized with the SmartThings app”
Kim further added that due to a lack of cohesion with the products it shipped, the previous efforts of AI by company did not work. However, this time Samsung does not want to repeat all those mistakes.
For better Bixby Samsung has delayed the launch of virtual assistant launch over its struggles with the English language.
Samsung AI research center head Gray G. Lee has confirmed in a separate interview that Samsung Bixby 2.0 will include enhancements to its natural language processes, noise resistance, and response times. He also confirmed that the Bixby 2.0 will launch along with the next flagship device.
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10 things the jewellery industry learned from 2011
FeaturesJewelleryOther by Staff Writer on 29th November 2011
As the year draws to a close we look back at lessons learned in 2011.
As the year draws to a close Rachael Taylor looks back at the events and trends that shaped the UK market in 2011 and asks what we can learn from this year and how these lessons can be used to push business forward in 2012.
1. DON’T PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET
If this year has taught us anything it is don’t put all your eggs in one basket. It can be tempting when a booming product sector or a strong brand starts to generate sales over and above initial forecasts to put everything else on the back burner and pour all your attentions and funds into this shiny new revenue stream, but trends and brands tend to enjoy highs and suffer lows in rolling succession. Focusing your entire business plan on just one brand or product will leave you exposed when the fad starts to fade. Even if it is not a fad but a successful brand with a long lifespan, focusing too much on it is dangerous. When business is booming for a brand, it is unlikely to be satisfied with its lot, instead brands tend to look at how to push forward further. This often involves bringing distribution back in house and cutting back on independent stockists to favour the opening of brand boutiques in successful areas. We have seen this happen numerous times in 2011 with major leading brands in the jewellery and watch sector, such as Pandora and Omega. However, there can be ways to cash in on a single brand safely through franchising, if this is an option your desired brand offers. Southeast of England retailer Emson Haig has successfully opened a number of franchised stores including Links of London, Pandora and Swarovski right next to its main Emson Haig shop. This strategy has helped it successfully capitalise on strong individual brands without allowing them to cannibalise the the core business. Another example of how to handle this issue can be found at Pressleys in Sussex. The jeweller recognised the vogue for fashion-led silver jewellery, but rather than mixing it in with its main Pressleys store it opened up a shop next door called Pressleys Etcetera with a glass wall between the two, keeping fine jewellery on the Pressleys side and fashion-led silver jewellery on the Etcetera side.
2. IT’S A GREAT TIME TO BE BRITISH
2011 brought with it an unexpected sales peak when two young things in love called Kate and Wills got married in April. While the nuptials landed cash orders – we presume – for Wartski for the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding ring and Robinson Pelham for jewellery for the whole Middleton family on the big day, other jewellers benefitted without a sniff of a royal warrant. The Duchess’s engagement ring led to a boom in sales of blue stone rings, from The Natural Sapphire Company’s exact replicas to Debenhams’ £6 replica that became its fastest-selling piece of jewellery of all time. Welsh gold jewellery brand Clogau Gold claimed the royal wedding created a bigger trading peak for it than Christmas thanks to the Duchess choosing to have her wedding band crafted out of Welsh gold. Clogau Gold appeared on QVC shows on the day of the royal wedding in the UK, US, Canada and Italy. And the good news is Rule Britannia mentality is set to blow up again in 2012 thanks to the Olympics.
3. ETHICAL JEWELLERY IS NOT JUST FOR HIPPIES
On February 14 the Fairtrade Foundation hallmark for gold was unveiled to the public, offering jewellery shoppers an accessible in to the ethical jewellery market. The first hoard of Fairtrade gold was divided up amongst 20 jewellers in the UK and while there were sceptics at first, the rise of ethical jewellery in the months since has been noticeable and it is no longer just a niche product sector. Leading companies such as Garrard, Weston Beamor, Stephen Webster and Ingle & Rhode were among the early adopters and new ethical companies have continued to pop up including Chavin and Foundation Jewellery. Ethical diamonds have also started to gain some market share with conflict-free brand Canadian Ice being picked up by a major multiple.
4. SILVER JEWELLERY IS A LUXURY ITEM
Silver jewellery was once the reserve of the gift shop, but as precious metals prices have shot through the roof, silver has come up in the world. It is now commonplace to find the best jeweller in town dedicating a large proportion of its stock to silver jewellery. Retail prices have escalated with some brands, such as Shaun Leane (pictured), breaking the £1,000 mark for a piece of silver jewellery. With such cataclysmic changes it has been necessary for jewellers to retrain staff and re-educate their customers to view silver jewellery as a luxury purchase. Those who have failed to reset their mindsets and offers have suffered as silver sales have dominated the gap left as 9ct gold priced itself out of reach.
5. BRANDING IS KING
In a price sensitive market, unless you want to get into a down and dirty pricing war, retailers need to be able to add value to jewellery some other way. Some have very successfully gone down the high quality bespoke route, but the strongest, most marketable way to make one gold ring stand out from another is branding. As a result, major brands such as Ti Sento (pictured) have prospered this year. At any trade show in 2011 the dominance of branded product over unbranded was unmissable. Even more traditional jewellery companies are getting in on the act, such as Weston Beamor which launched a branded jewellery distribution arm called Advalorem at IJL this year. But it is not just about product branding, it is also about making your store a brand. Retailers that have done this have registered a much deeper level of customer involvement, the key to repeat business.
6. WE ARE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR HALLMARKING
When the government included hallmarking its Red Tape Challenge in April this year the industry was outraged. A band of industry big shots signed a joint letter to Prime Minister David Cameron and Business Secretary Vince Cable urging them to remove it from the initiative set up to detect and remove unnecessary legislation. The request was denied but the industry was invited to give feedback online. The result was more than 6,000 comments, overwhelmingly in favour, and hallmarking has been kept as vital consumer protection.
7. JEWELLERY IS A FASHION BUSINESS
The jewellery industry has long loathed to see itself paralleled with the fashion industry; something it saw as fast and fickle. But attitudes have been steadily changing. Even the most traditional of jewellers now recognises that fashion and trends have a huge part to play in jewellery sales. Trends still do not move as fast in jewellery as they do in fashion, and they may not be as directly associated with the catwalks, but they are shaping consumer purchasing decisions, from whether to opt for a palladium gents wedding band rather than platinum, or a silver Pandora charm versus gold. Trends can be as simple in jewellery as metal choice or sizing. Professional Jeweller understands that this is still an area that some jewellery retailers find daunting, which is why we team up with jewellery trends analysis service Adorn Insight every month to give you a digestible insight into the trends influencing the jewellery market.
8. PEARLS ARE BACK IN VOGUE
Over the past couple of years pearls have enjoyed a resurgence as the fashion industry embraced faux pearls on everything from clothing and hair clips to jewellery and Lady Gaga’s face. As we mentioned in Point 7 of what we have learned from 2011, the jewellery industry is influenced by fashion and as a result younger shoppers who have liked the look of a £5 string of plastic pearls have upgraded to cultured pearls. Pearl companies such as Jersey Pearl, which has enjoyed phenomenal business growth since opening its wholesale division two years ago, have reported increasing demand from retailers. And that demand is not just for classic strings of pearls but also for everything from 1920s-inspired Art Deco earrings to Tahitian pearls set on diamond encrusted gold bands. While pearls have always formed an important art of a jewellery retailer’s offer it seems that the once reserve of retired ladies is now opening up jewellery shops to a younger demographic with money to spend.
9. IT IS NEVER THE RIGHT TIME TO INVEST
If you need an excuse not to invest in your business it will always be easy to find one: the economic climate, poor consumer confidence. The list is long. And while not corner-cutting in place of investing can feel shrewd and in line with what the rest of the industry is doing, it is in fact sometimes better to buck the trend and invest when others are not. Not only because investing in your business is always a positive, as long as you can carry the financial burden, it is perhaps the perfect time to do it: excel your business while others are standing still. If you invest in the recession, when times are better and your competitors start investing again you will have made it harder for them by putting a lot more distance between your business and theirs. Rox, Laings of Glasgow, Aurum and Pressleys are among the retailers that have launched serious investment programmes this year, while there have been a raft of new jewellery retail businesses popping up this year including Black Box Boutique and SH Gallery in Scotland and Hersey in Surrey-on-Thames.
10. CASH FOR GOLD IS NOT JUST FOR PAWNBROKERS
This year has seen a continuation of jewellery retailers introducing cash-for-gold services into their business models. Once only the territory of pawnbrokers, cash for gold has dominated the high street. While it is by and large still a pawnbroking business, with major pawnbrokers running most of the cash-for-gold pop-up counters in shopping malls and the like, jewellers, and even designer-makers including Sophie Harley, have been slowly offering in-store cash- or credit-for-gold services as rising prices have led to a boom in the scrapping of precious metals. Scrap services are now offered by pawnbrokers, independent jewellers, multiples including Signet and even Tesco got in on the act and caused a stir earlier in the year by offering seriously high prices for any gold scrapped through a dedicated website.
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Registrations hit record high for first-time-buyer portal
First-time buyer property portal, Share to Buy, has reported its highest number of registrations in a single day in 2020, following the Government's easing of restrictions around England's property market last week.
Volume of registrations on Wednesday 13th May was over 55% higher than typical daily averages for 2020, with the website also reporting its highest levels of traffic since January.
Following an initial fall in traffic immediately after the UK entered a lockdown, the portal, which specialises in Shared Ownership and Help to Buy homes, has seen sustained growth in registrations and traffic throughout April and May, with engagement now exceeding pre-lockdown levels. May's results to date have been 15% up year on year, despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Nick Lieb, Head of Operations for Share to Buy, comments: “First-time buyers have not put their homeownership dreams on hold, and it's encouraging that prospective purchasers have continued to register their interest and view homes online throughout lockdown, with a surge in demand following the latest Government guidance.”
A number of housing providers listed on Share to Buy have reported that demand for Shared Ownership has been out-performing other homes on offer, demonstrating the resilience of the scheme, which is designed to help first-time buyers and those who do not currently own property onto the ladder.
Eloise Robins, Director - Head of Shared Ownership Sales for JLL comments: “JLL have seen a rise in the number of Shared Ownership enquires for the months of March and April, with those homes offering outdoor space, being most favourable. Our data has shown us that this end of the market has been less impacted and is where we are seeing most traction, in terms of conversion rates. Those who qualify for Help to Buy and Shared Ownership appear to still have motivation and appetite to move. We have been able to utilise virtual tours to assist with selling properties on behalf of our clients, which has proven successful and resulted in a number of reservations across the JLL portfolio.”
Helping buyers continue to their home buying journey throughout lockdown, like JLL, the majority of housing providers on Share to Buy now utilising virtual and video tours.
Nick concludes: "It's clear that Shared Ownership buyers have been quick to embrace new technology, and lockdown will undoubtedly impact the way we buy homes forever. Our registrants have been actively watching virtual tours, arranging digital one-on-ones with sales teams and reserving homes remotely. Share to Buy's weekly webinars are also seeing upwards of 500 eager first-time buyers attending live sessions and submitting hundreds of questions via social media."
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by Matt Kelland
Viruses are a persistent problem. Every week, we see people whose computers have been rendered inoperable by viruses. You’d think we’d all know better by now, but many people still fall for the same old tricks and click on things they shouldn’t. Email is one of the most common ways for viruses to spread. Here’s how to stay safe.
Install an anti-virus program
Anti-virus software isn’t expensive and it can save you a lot of grief. There’s no real excuse for not having an up to date anti-virus program on your computer: if you’re running an unprotected system, you’re simply providing a vulnerable target for bots and spammers to exploit. If you’re unsure what to do, talk to us. We offer great deals on anti-virus tools and will help you set them up.
Always be skeptical about the source of your email. It’s not just the obvious porn or credit spam you need to watch out for. Those emails from your bank asking you to confirm your password? From Fedex telling you that you have a package to sign for? From PayPal telling you to log in and resolve a dispute? From a refinancing company telling you that you’ve qualified for a lower mortgage? From a company offering you a work-from-home job? From a weight-loss company offering you a free trial of a new drug? From a lottery company telling you you’ve won a million dollars? All fake.
Check the To: field. If you’re just one of a dozen random people on the list, then it’s probably a fake. Be especially wary if the email is going to lots of people with the same first name.
Check the From field. If the email address looks suspicious or makes no sense, mark it as junk. A home security system may be just what you need, but do you really want one from getmoregirls@besthookups.info? Why’s your bank posting from an address in Russia? And why would you reply to a job ad that appears to come from your own email address?
Check the spelling and grammar. Most spam originates from non-English speaking countries. There’s even some evidence to suggest that spammers deliberately misspell words in order to ensure that they’re targeting less educated victims who don’t know how to protect themselves.
Any email that comes from an unexpected source should be treated with extreme care, even if they look official.
Don’t open untrusted attachments
Email viruses are usually spread through attachments. They may look like a photo, a zip file, or a document, but when you open them, they install malware on your system. Don’t ever open an attachment from an unexpected source, and if you’re suspicious about a file from someone you know, ask them to verify it before opening it.
If you’re sending a file, then write your email in such a way that it’s obvious it’s legitimate. Include details that spammers wouldn’t know, and give your file a useful name that makes sense.
This, for example, is highly suspicious.
Here is the file you requested. <photo.jpg>
Try this instead.
Hi Jim, here’s the pic of Mary at last night’s awards ceremony I promised to send over for the website. Let me know if you need any others. <Mary-awards-2014-08-11.jpg>
Don’t blindly click links
The other favorite technique for spammers is to get you to click on a link to an infected site.
If you’re on a computer, then you can usually hover over a link to see the URL. If it doesn’t look legit, then don’t click it. Don’t trust the URL in the text: it may say it’s going to your PayPal profile, but the actual link may take you to another site that looks just like PayPal and will collect your login details.
The bad news is that this rarely works on a phone, so our best advice is simply not to click the link unless you’re sure the email has come from a legitimate source and is going to somewhere you want to go.
Always be suspicious, and if in doubt, mark the email as junk without reading it.
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GAME FOR A LAUGH
One Monday morning a postman is walking the neighbourhood on his usual route. As he approaches one of the homes he noticed that both cars were in the driveway. His wonder was cut short by Bob, the homeowner, coming out with a load of empty beer and liquor bottles.
"Wow Bob, looks like you guys had one hell of a party last night," the postman comments.
Bob in obvious pain replies, "Actually we had it Saturday night. This is the first I have felt like moving since 4:00 am Sunday morning. We had about fifteen couples from around the neighbourhood over for Christmas Cheer and it got a bit wild. We got so drunk around midnight that we started playing 'Who Am I.'"
The postman thinks a moment and says, "How do you play that?"
Well all the guys go in the bedroom and we come out one at a time with a sheet covering us and only our "privates" showing through a hole in the sheet. Then the women try to guess who it is."
The mailman laughs and says, "Damn, I'm sorry I missed that."
"Probably a good thing you did," Bob responds. "Your name came up four or five times."
A guy goes to the supermarket and notices an attractive woman waving at him.
She says hello. He's rather taken a back because he can't place where he knows her. So he says, "Do you know me?"
To which she replies, "I think you're the father of one of my kids."
Now his mind travels back to the only time he has ever been unfaithful to his wife, and he says, "Oh, are you the stripper from my bachelor party that I did on the pool table with all my buddies watching while your partner whipped me with wet celery?"
The woman looks sternly into his eyes and says very calmly, "No, I'm your son's teacher."
A big city lawyer went duck hu...
A big city lawyer went duck hunting in rural North Wairarapa. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing.The litigator responded, "I shot a duck and it fell in this field, and now I'm going to retrieve it."
The old farmer replied, "This is my property, and you are not coming over here."
The indignant lawyer said, "I am one of the best trial attorneys in New Zealand and, if you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue you and take everything you own."
The old farmer smiled and said, "Apparently, you don't know how we settle disputes in North Wairarapa. We settle small disagreements like this with the 'Three Kick Rule.'"
The lawyer asked, "What is the 'Three Kick Rule'?"
The Farmer replied, "Well, because the dispute occurs on my land, I get to go first. I kick you three times and then you kick me three times and so on back and forth until someone gives up." The attorney quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old codger. He agreed to abide by the local custom.
The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the attorney.
His first kick planted the toe of his heavy steel toed work boot into the lawyer's groin and dropped him to his knees!
His second kick to the midriff sent the lawyer's last meal gushing from his mouth.
The lawyer was on all fours when the farmer's third kick to his rear end, sent him face-first into a fresh cow pie.
The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and remaining strength and very slowly managed to get to his feet. Wiping his face with the arm of his jacket, he said, "Okay, you old fart. Now it's my turn."
The old farmer smiled and said, "Nah, I give up. You can have the duck."
willo said:
:hihi
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Richo's last lap
Q. Why do farts smell ?
A. So people with hearing difficulties can enjoy them too.
COLLINGWOOD :hihi
TigerForce
Richmond has a better list.
craig said:
Joke of the world. Hang on a sec.....does joke rhyme with choke? :hihi
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We were the 2018 prelim final chokers
LeeToRainesToRoach
In 2007 a Carlton mate send me a wooden spoon accompanied by a mock letter from the club celebrating our achievement. This year the gesture was returned with a blown-up & laminated version of the below.
LeeToRainesToRoach said:
Good one LTRTR. :hihi
I never understood 'what' their mascot ever was......what noun is a blue?
tigerman
It's Tiger Time
Thinking with whats going on around the world, I thought it might be a good time to kickstart this thread again.
Did you hear about the constipated mathematician...............he worked it out with a pencil.
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Why did the gay chicken cross the basketball court?
He heard the referee was blowing fouls.
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Came in from outside, the missus had the pet goldfish in a freezer bag, and said we need to take it to the vet, because I thinks got epilepsy.
I said it looks ok to me, it's swimming around like it normally does, she said yeah, you wait till I take it out of the bag.
From my Year 3 daughter (and 8 consecutive year Tiger member)
Why was the toilet roll sad?
Because everyone kept ripping him off!
Women only call me ugly until they find out how much money I earn.
Then they call me poor and ugly.
It would be much easier to forgive, if we were able to realise that some people are born idiots.
What’s the differenc between a magicians wand and a policeman’s baton?
One’s .for cunning stunts and the other’s for stunning *****.
The Big Richo
The home of Dusty
Continuing the theme......
What do you call a magician who's lost his tricks?
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Gamer’s Pad Most Anticipated Game of 2014
Agus January 1, 2014
From bringing the seventh generation of gaming towards it’s end (that’d be the Xbox 360 / Playstation 3 generation), to the dawn of the eighth generation and exciting new evolutions in the realm of PC gaming (Steam Machine anyone?), the next 12 months are set to be an exciting time in the history of video gaming. While the majority of what this year holds is still a mystery, there is some information we already know, particularly regarding a selection of games we can expect to hit our platform of choice sometime in 2014. It’s with this in mind that TheGamersPad crew are setting their sights to the future. We’re asking ourselves “What excites us?”, “What are we going to purchase on day one?”, and “Will Dark Souls 2 be the game that finally breaks my spirit and leaves me weeping in a dark corner?”…
So without further delay…
The Gamers Pad presents Most Anticipated Games of 2014
Agus Berry – Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
The Metal Gear Solid V reveal did two things to me: made me confused to what actually was being showcased and the fact that it made my jaw drop to the ground. It’s been a long time coming but we definitely need a new Metal Gear game following Snake and what better to show it off on next-gen technology like the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is part one of the fifth entry to the series serving as a prologue and Kojima promises an open world landscape running in real time with new ways of stealth combat. Not only does the game look more open and realistic, the visuals running on the new FOX Engine literally made me wipe the drool off my desk – it just looks incredible.
Heck… any Kojima game looks incredible. Definitely my pick for the year 2014.
Special Mentions: The Division, Quantum Break
Rowland Norris – Murdered Soul Suspect
There are a lot of games i’m looking forward to in 2014. I can’t wait to relapse into Trials addiction with the release of Trials Fusion, and i’m hoping to see some exciting new titles come to WiiU, but when i was tasked with choosing my most anticipated game of 2014, i carefully considered all my options and eventually settled on Murdered: Soul Suspect. Murdered doesn’t exactly have me chomping at the bit to start playing, but i’m thrilled at the potential of what it may hold. I know what i’m getting when i think of a new Halo or Titanfall, but Murdered seems to be something a little bit different, and that’s exactly why i’ll be keeping a close eye on it.
Special Mentions: Trials Fusion, Quantum Break
Ben Campbell – Dark Souls 2
The 100 plus hours I put into the first Dark Souls was incredibly well spent. So naturally the sequel and 3rd in the series is high on my list for games to look out for in 2014.
I had a chance to play Dark Souls 2 at the EB Games Expo, and from that experience, mixed with the speculation that comes from being an excited fanboy; I can’t wait to get my hands on more punishing Japanese ridiculousness.
Hard-core fans have been worried that the game will be too easy after the word “accessible” was thrown around by the developers. Fortunately, new game director Yui Tanimura has denounced this assumption multiple times. In a Forbes interview early this year, he was quoted saying:
“I would like to clarify here that we do not have any plans to make the game easier,”
Aside from keeping the essential DNA of the series intact, From Software is also striving to make everything better than before.
The developers have said that the PC version of Dark Souls 2 has been handled with more care than the first, which had several issues and required modding for a good experience.
Character models, lighting and texture quality seems to have been improved, and more gameplay options are being given to the player in terms of how they approach a challenge or boss.
If you’re new to the franchise, now’s the time to get invested; lets prepare to die.
Special Mentions: Dragon Age Inquisition and Transistor.
Jay Ballzup – Tom Clancy’s The Division
There’s a reason that everyone was so excited for Next Gen. Often the primary focus of games marketing, graphics are usually the least significant contributor to the quality of a game. And while I strongly believe that visuals don’t make a game, I also have a true appreciation for the level of detail that developers are putting in to even last gen titles.
A short while ago Ubisoft released a video showing off what the Snowdrop engine is capable of in the next Tom Clancy game and it’s simply spectacular. Even if the game itself sucks it’s destined to sell well based on eye candy alone.
Aside from the sexyness of the game though The Division is the first new IP that has bared Tom Clancy’s name since H.A.W.X in 2009. As we all know these were okay…ish. On the other hand, the Splinter Cell games for which he is most well known (in gaming) have almost always been great and many of the other IP’s that use his name have had varying degrees of success. It will be very interesting to see how The Division fares in comparison when it’s released in Q4 2014.
But I have to ask… am I the only one that thinks it’s a little odd that Ubisoft are using Tom’s name even though he died in October?
Special Mentions: Destiny, Oddworld New & Tasty
Christiaan ‘Sp4dez’ Miranda – The Witcher 3
Looking at the list of games to be released in 2014, there are so many gems out there but the one that stands out for me is CD Projekt RED’s The Witcher 3. The Witcher 3’s predecessor gave me an experience like no other, it tackled topics such as political alliances, racism and oppression in a very mature and adult manner. Which is very refreshing to see in this particular entertainment medium. CD Projekt RED describes their game as “a living open world larger than any other in modern RPG history.” “Skyrim is HUGE though!” some of you might say but The Witcher 3 boasts of a map that is “20% bigger than Skyrim” and its is anticipated to take approximately 100 hours to complete the main story line and the side-quests. The Witcher 3 will feature CD Projekt RED’s brand new engine, REDengine 3. Designed specifically with large non-linear open world RPGs in mind, this new engine will give the player the vast and complex multi-thread story, without having to sacrifice the visual beauty of the world of Geralt of Rivea.
With every piece of artwork released, my excitement builds. With every new trailer my adoration grows. Even if it just turns out to be almost exactly like The Witcher 2 but with better graphics this masterpiece will still be brilliant.
Another game I am looking forward to is Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD……because Final Fantasy X/X-2 in HD!
Chris Norris – Titanfall
With a plethora of intriguing and impressive titles delighting gamers at this year’s numerous E3 presentations, it goes without saying that 2014 is shaping up to be an extremely prosperous and fulfilling year for gaming as it enters the early stages of a bold new chapter. The year’s spoils continue to gather more and more momentum and prestige however as numerous titles previously slated for release this fall have fallen victim to deadlines and are now staring down the barrel of a 2014 release window. As well pull the curtains closed and reflect on another stellar year our gaze becomes firmly fixed upon the future.
Few of these titles however has managed to conjure such an immense amount of excitement and anticipation like Titanfall has during the course of the last 6 months. With newly formed studio Respawn Entertainment at the helm, Titanfall is shaping up to be a revolutionary multiplayer phenomenon. Opting to do away with the stagnant and somewhat stale modern warfare setting, Respawn’s entertainment’s maiden venture into the multiplayer arena see’s supercharged and agile battle mechs piloted by soldiers, ignite the conflict online mixing the fast paced close quarters infantry combat of the Call of Duty franchise with a fresh and engaging new vehicular combat component. With studio founders Jason West and Vince Zampella backed by an experienced team, playing such a huge role in shaping the face of the modern FPS experience, there’s no doubt this title has a tremendous amount of promise. Prepare for Titanfall on March 11
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Sunday, 11 April 2010 00:23
Bad Company 2 Needs You!
Over the last couple of weeks, our friends over at Cadred have spotted a number of articles introducing Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Rush-Zone's very own Martin ‘nKM’ Bowman has written an article for them that explores why modders and devs should pay attention to the BC2 community and wonders what BC2 fans can do to help themselves. You really do need to read this so make yourself comfortable and click read more.
Bad Company 2 PC R9 servers are live
Today Dice sent out the BFBC2 PC server update known as "R9" to all server providers. They will be bringing up servers during the day and into the weekend. Stability of the servers is of course our main focus and we have some server crash fixes in place as well as the following changes:
Sands Of Fire
It's been a long journey for digital-warriors but finally they have done it, probley the best Battlefield 2 movie ever, and maybe the best game movie ever. ?
Finally its here, with the most epic sounds and editing i have ever seen please check it out over at digital-warriors and show them your support.
Are Consoles the end for pc gaming ?
Over the past decade some of the most exciting developments in processors have come not from the CPU makers but the graphics guys. Graphics hardware has evolved significantly from the original dream of implementing OpenGL in hardware to the multicore parallel processing chips that drive today's offerings.
The big question that hangs over the industry is whether gamers actually need the kind of performance delivered by the latest hardware such as NVIDIA's long awaited Fermi GPU.
Despite constant delays, the Fermi architecture, also know by the GF100 moniker, is getting closer to release. With current estimates putting it around April 12th, this is a generational shift in NVIDIA's hardware design. At the moment a huge number of details are still up in the air, such as card speeds and the number of processing cores that will ship. This hasn't stopped the hype machine as excitement builds over NVIDIA's offering in the DirectX 11 space.
Need for Speed MMO hits beta
After 14 installments over the last 15 years, the most ambitious and innovativeversion of Need for Speed is on the horizon. EA is working on a free-to-play massively multiplayer online racer, exclusive to the PC. Joystiq notes that an MMO version of the game could be the last Need for Speed title EA will have to make, offering a potential platform for "limitless updates."
Called Need for Speed World, the title has only just reached beta but already boasts over 150 miles of open road. Joystiq says the game follows the arcade-inspired mechanics of previous NFS entries, and should be widely accessible with hardware requirements including a 2.0GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, and a 512MB graphics card.
Bad Company 2 needs four cores?
A lot of users report that they have difficulties getting a smooth experience in the Bad Company2 Beta with a dual core processor. The final version will be better optimized, but it appears that you need a quad core in the beta to get high FPS.
This is what "Contagion" can tell us from testing the beta with both a dual and a quad core.
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Lindsey Graham keeps begging Fox News viewers for donations: 'They're killing me money-wise'
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (screengrab)
Embattled Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham went on Fox News multiple times on Thursday to beg their right-wing audience for campaign donations.
Graham started his day on the Fox News show "Fox and Friends" -- where he begged for money.
“My opponent will raise almost $100 million in the state of South Carolina,” said Graham.
“The most money ever spent in the state on a Senate race was by me in 2014 when I spent $13 million. He raised $6 million from the time Justice Ginsburg passed away, within 72 hours and God bless Justice Ginsburg. We’re celebrating her life. I appreciate waiting ’til Saturday to announce her replacement. But I am being killed financially," he admitted. "This money is because they hate my guts.”
His appeal apparently didn't raise enough, because he tried again with Sean Hannity later on Thursday.
"I’m getting overwhelmed," Graham complained, asking viewers to go to his website.
"Help me, they're killing me moneywise," Graham begged, noting he had asked for donations during the same show only days earlier.
While an incumbent Republican senator from a state as conservative as South Carolina wouldn't not normally be so agitated about winning re-election, Graham is facing an energized campaign from Democrat Jaime Harrison.
Harrison has been running huge sums of money and is has been running ads nationwide asking for contributions to beat Graham. One ad that aired on MSNBC on Thursday called out Graham's flip-flopping on whether President Donald Trump is a "xenophobic, race-baiting, religious bigot."
Lindsey Graham: I’m getting overwhelmed... help me, they’re killing me moneywise. Help me https://t.co/xaY9S6uaYM
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn Torabi)1600997173.0
White House communications aide Hogan Gidley whined to Fox News on Sunday that President Donald Trump would really like to apologize to the American people for last week's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol but he can't because he doesn't have Twitter anymore.
"On the one hand, [media says] he should be censored by big tech and not be allowed to talk," Gidley said. "He also shouldn't say anything because it's divisive. And then when he doesn't say anything and can't say anything because the platform(s) have removed him, they says, 'Where's the president? Why aren't we hearing from him?'"
<p>But CNN reporter Jeremy Diamond double checked on the press room and everything there seems to be in working order. </p><p> "The idea that the president's lack of a Twitter account now prevents him from making statements is absurd," he said. "You can see the White House podium there still in working order though it hasn't been used in weeks now at the White House. The president could step out at any time. He has a press corps ready and willing to listen to his comments and report them out but the president not doing that. Staying behind closed doors in his final days in office."</p><p>See the video below: </p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube"> <span class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="18cd89defc841c1e820d545f7386bd59" style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="auto" type="lazy-iframe" scrolling="no" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S0kcXTVLFH4?rel=0" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" width="100%"></iframe></span> <small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">The embarrassment of Hogan Gidley</small> <small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit..."> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0kcXTVLFH4" target="_blank">www.youtube.com</a> </small> </p>
It's hardly a news flash that Donald Trump's approval numbers have been cratering since the political meteor of the Capitol riots hit. His previous bottom of above 36 % approval has been lowered in several recent polls.
Recent findings reported by the Pew Research Center were stark:
<p>"Donald Trump is leaving the White House with the lowest job approval of his presidency (29%) and increasingly negative ratings for his post-election conduct. The share of voters who rate Trump's conduct since the election as only fair or poor has risen from 68% in November to 76%, with virtually all of the increase coming in his "poor" ratings (62% now, 54% then). </p><p>But even more ominous for Trump in the poll was <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/15/donald-trump-leaves-white-house-lowest-ever-approval-rating/4173571001/" target="_blank">an indicator of long-term damage to his standing</a> among his dreaded political base. By that same 68-to-29% margin, respondents said "no" to the question, "Would you like to see Trump remain a major political figure for many years to come?"</p> <p>In normal times, one might quarrel with the wording of that question. But in the context of <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/trumps-presidency-is-a-cult/">Trump's cult-like cadre of followers</a>, it's a spot-on indicator of atrophy. It would appear that <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/sedition/">the sedition of January 6</a> may have driven away even some supporters who would have been cool if he shot someone on Fifth Avenue.</p> <p>Even within the Republican Party, respondents wanted Trump to remain a major political figure by just a margin of just 57-to-40%. Compare that to the 90-%-plus stranglehold he's held on the party through the worst Presidency in American history. As further evidence of the Republican civil war to come, those describing themselves as "moderate or liberal" want him out of their lives by 56-to-41 %. His long-term presence is only desired by 68 % of self-described conservative Republicans.</p> <p>(In case you're wondering, Democrats described as liberal were apparently unanimous in saying "no" to Trump in this context, which those labeled "conservative-moderate" wanted him gone by 90-to-9%.)</p> <p>To be clear, Trump's fall from grace does not imply that he hasn't done lasting damage to the American political system. Even among those who have had their eyes opened by the Capitol riots, <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/fact-check-trumps-claims-of-georgia-election-fraud/">the fraudulent claims of election fraud </a>have left a stunning percentage of Americans with lingering doubts.</p> <p>"Deep divisions extend to opinions about the election result itself. Biden will be inaugurated Jan. 20 with a large segment of Trump voters viewing Trump as the winner of the election, despite scores of failed court challenges to the election brought by Trump's lawyers and Congress' confirmation of Biden's Electoral College victory in the early morning hours of Jan. 7," the Pew Research Center reported.</p><p>"Among voters overall, 65% say Biden definitely or probably "received the most votes cast by eligible voters in enough states to win the election"; 54% say he definitely won the most votes. But 34% incorrectly say Trump definitely or probably was the rightful election winner."</p> <p>Pew also said the great ideological divide applied to how much Trump was to blame for the Capitol riots:</p><p>"Only about half of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (52%) say Trump bears any responsibility for the violence and destruction in the Capitol and 79% do not think he should be removed from office before Jan. 20. Virtually all Democrats and Democratic leaners (95%) say Trump bears at least some responsibility for the riot– and 83 % favor his removal as president."</p><p>With no disrespect to Pew, the fact that Trump is blamed at all for the Capitol riots by slightly more than half of those categorized "Republicans and Republican-leaning independents," should not be described as "only." After four-plus years of enduring the grunts of Trump's base, that number seems like progress.</p>
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Home » Blog » Rick Bisher Recognized As Top 10 Attorney In Oklahoma by NAOPIA
Rick Bisher Recognized As Top 10 Attorney In Oklahoma by NAOPIA
February 13, 2019 | Ryan Bisher Ryan & Simons | News
Rick Bisher, one of the partners of Ryan Bisher Ryan & Simons, has been recognized as one of the Top Ten Attorneys in the State of Oklahoma by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys.
The National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys is dedicated to recognizing the top personal injury lawyers in the nation. The NAOPIA applies its unique selection criteria to identify the best attorneys in each state and recognizes them with the honor of being named “Top 10”. Less than 1 percent of the attorneys in a state receive the Top 10 Attorney designation.
Receiving the NAOPIA’s recognition as a Top 10 Attorney in Oklahoma is a reflection of the determined effort that attorney Rick Bisher has made on behalf of many Oklahomans in need of assistance. He is thankful for the many clients who have placed their trust in him.
With his extensive legal experience, Rick Bisher has been widely recognized for his achievements as a lawyer. Some of his other recognitions include:
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Top 100 Trial Attorneys – National Trial Lawyers Association
Oklahoma Super Lawyers
Sterling Who’s Who Executives Directory
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
AV Rating, Martindale- Hubbell
Life Member Acceptance in National Registry of Who’s Who
As a personal injury attorney at Ryan Bisher Ryan & Simons, Rick Bisher always seeks positive outcomes for clients. He is a lawyer who is committed to serving his clients with a high level of respect and professionalism.
Despite his successful legal career, he remains humble and always treats people with compassion and respect. He is a very down to earth person who aims to help people who are hurt and victims of unfavorable circumstances.
Bisher is the son of a construction worker and factory seamstress whose passion and dedication to work are the reasons why he has attained success in the business. He never fails to accommodate the legal needs of his clients and fight for full recoveries for them.
The attorneys at Ryan Bisher Ryan & Simons work with integrity, honesty, and fairness to reach their goals in serving their clients.
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Not Just Another Italian Acronym: 1955 Siata 300BC
1955 Siata 300BC barchetta for sale
Photos: Seller, eBay
We live in a world of acronyms, and any reasonable acronym likely has three or more possible meanings. We see dozens of acronyms every day, and usually just come to ignore them all together. But when it comes to Italian cars, there’s whole world of small manufacturers that lived and died under their respective acronyms. OSI, ATS, OSCA, ASA and Siata are a few Italian manufacturers under acronyms, with most of these firms springing up around the 1960s.
The latter firm, Siata, or Società Italiana Auto Trasformazioni Accessori, got its start back in 1926, and built this wonderful open-cockpit racer through the 1950s. It’s incredibly rare, stylish and was a serious performer in its period, seen as a worthy alternative to the best four-cylinder Ferraris. With most of its restoration completed, this 1955 Siata 300BC Barchetta is sensationally styled, and sure to be a valuable classic in the coming years.
Siata built most of its cars on modified Fiat mechanicals, and they were so good at it, that they became to de facto race tuner for Fiat for years. Following the Amica and Daina models, Siata unveiled the 300BC Barchetta, also called the 750 Spider, aimed predominantly at the road/race spyder market in the U.S. Around 50 examples were built starting in 1951 with bodywork by Bertone and Motto. For the price, the 300BC was seen as a popular alternative to the four-cylinder Ferraris of the day, and many liken its appearance to early Ferrari barchettas.
This 300BC listed on eBay has undergone a partial restoration, and is offered with a choice of engines. The Crosley 750cc engine currently installed, as well as the Fiat 1,100cc engine, were both installed in the 300BC in period. The 1,100cc Fiat engine was known to supply nearly as much power as four-cylinder Ferraris of the day.
The seller notes that all metal work has been completed on the Siata and it has the correct Borrani wire wheels and Marchal headlights. With period racing history and an elemental appearance, the Siata is a beautiful sight, even without paint. The seller states that the car can be sold as is, or finished in the buyer’s choice of paint colors.
If the little 300BC were mine, I’d keep it exactly as is in raw metal, and add the racing numbers on the side, as they were in the seller’s photos.
The seller is asking a healthy $172,000 for the car here on eBay. According to Hagerty’s price guide, that’s too much, as the average #4 condition 300BC is worth just $136,000 — and in its condition, this car isn’t quite a #4. But 300BCs have sold strong in recent years, like this example hammered away by RM Sotheby’s for $258,500.
For its stunning looks and race-bred history, we’d say the Siata is a solid buy for around $150,000 to $160,000, and has great future value on the auction block, and at historic events like the Mille Miglia as well.
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Our guide to clay pigeon shooting on the Isle of Wight
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If you enjoy being out in the picturesque British countryside and enjoying aiming at moving targets, clay pigeon shooting on the Isle of Wight could be for you!
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The sport involves aiming and shooting at special flying targets called 'clay pigeons' which are fired into the air from a number of firing machines called 'traps'. The shooter attempts to hit as many of them as possible.
Even if you've never tried clay pigeon shooting before, it is a great activity to try on holiday as all the equipment is supplied for you and there are plenty of places offering coaching a training to all levels and abilities. Instructors help make this a safe yet fun activity.
As the game shooting season begins, the echo of shotguns can be heard throughout the valleys and rolling hills of our Island. Amazingly there are 43 organised ‘shoots’ on the Isle of Wight – perhaps the largest number per square mile in any part of the country.
We also boast the Bowcombe shoot, which is noted as one of the top ten in the country. It has been recognised nationally and internationally for many years and has been managed for game for the past 150 years. Three years ago barns on the estate were converted into luxury accommodation, with swish decor by upmarket interiors company Oka and there’s even a helicopter landing pad. “If you’re lucky enough to get an invitation to Bowcombe shoot you drop everything and get there,” said an experienced ‘gun’ that I interviewed for this article. This shoot is the business.
So with this in mind we thought we’d pull together a Guide to Shooting, giving those who’ve never had the chance the inside gen on etiquette, attire and how to get on your first shoot…
Types of Shoot
Top notch shoots such as Bowcombe do not come cheap with a day’s shoot costing perhaps £25,000 shared between a group of eight to ten ‘guns’ on this type of managed estate. Bowcombe shoot employs two full-time gamekeepers along with 35 casual staff, including beaters.
On private land a group of guns, often including the landowner, may jointly run a shoot and pay towards its upkeep and the provision of birds to shoot. Or they may sell places on the shoot and these too can be expensive – usually around £1,000 a day.
Farmers too will often organise their own shoots, with a slap up meal at the farmhouse at the end of the day and all shoots will culminate in a hearty meal, but not usually of the game you have been stalking: roast beef or lamb are favourites.
Bowcombe is described as a high shoot because the hills mean that birds can be put up above the guns below making it easier to see the birds but much more challenging, especially if the sun is in your eyes. A rough shoot is one where birds are put up from scrub or hedgerows and the land is rougher to negotiate, such as stubble.
Partridge and Pheasant are the predominant quarry here on the Island, although the dogs will put up woodcock from time to time, and in estuary and riverside areas there are many duck. Rabbit and pigeon are not shot on organised shoots as a rule. It’s considered to be peasant food, not pleasant dining. Both pheasant and partridge are reared for release on most organised shoots, usually bought as day old chicks. Eggs can also be hatched in an incubator and the chicks fed and watered until just before the season begins. Neither of these birds is particularly good at flying…
It is usual for ‘guns’ to wear plus fours and this tradition is kept even on the lowliest of shoots. Bright colours are not advised – greens and browns are favoured – and it’s a good idea to have waterproofs on or with you. It is seen as bad form if you do not kill the bird with your first shot, thus saving it further pain, and you shoot it in the head if you can.
On a top end shoot each ‘gun’ will have two guns and a loader who will load one while the other is being fired. Beaters are paid an average of around £15 per day but usually take their payment in braces (a cock and hen) of pheasants or partridge, which they may sell on.
It is illegal to shoot on a Sunday.
If you are not shooting you stay behind the guns, for obvious reasons, and there are rules as to when you can shoot in order to keep the beaters safe. Beaters are the people who move through the undergrowth and/or trees ‘putting up’ the birds for the guns to shoot and they may have pointer dogs with them who will ‘point’ at a thicket where the birds are hiding.
You do not shoot into an area where the dogs have been loosed or the beaters are rousing the birds and you do not fire at birds that are on the ground, but wait until they are at least ten feet off of the ground to ensure that you don’t hit any dogs or partners.
Once the birds have been shot the retrieving dogs will be loosed and these are usually Labradors, Retrievers (obviously) and Spaniels – the latter are particularly good for ducks as they are able swimmers.
Joining a shoot
It is preferable to know someone who has a shoot or who attends in order to get a foot in the door as places are highly prized. www.gunsonpegs.com is another way to bag a place on a shoot but you do have to prove that you’re up to the challenge.
Or why not try…
Despite looking nothing like pigeons, the round clays that are shot by those learning the art of shooting have this name and are popular with novices and experienced shots as an extra test of prowess. You can join the Isle of Wight Gun Club at Godshill and arrange coaching but you might first like to take a taster lesson for only £40. Or you could take a lesson at Cheverton Shooting Ground just outside Shorwell. Island Clay Breaks at Compton Fields Farm at Atherfield Bay offer special packages to those wishing to have a shooting holiday and have their own range at Shepherd’s Chine. Once you’ve mastered the art of clay pigeon shooting you are ready to try the real thing and you may make useful contacts at these clubs if you’re looking to join a shoot.
Air Rifle and Pistol Shooting
There are three of these on the Island and whilst they are a different type of shooting altogether you can learn to aim and fire with accuracy with an air rifle or pistol. Cowes Rifle and Pistol Club is in a disused railway tunnel in Cowes, Shanklin Rifle and Pistol Club meet at Middle Barn Farm in Bathingbourne Lane and West Wight Rifle and Pistol Club have an indoor range in Yarmouth.
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Avoid it: 172 feet of orange track for $60 on Amazon
redlinederby Monday, 2/10/2020
UPDATE: See the thread below, but in short, I canceled my order for this box of track. I did some more review digging on Amazon and the blue button connectors are riveted to these segments and look to cause all sorts of problems for cars. Bummer.
The alternate headline could also read, "I just bought a shit ton of track and I'm not really sure why."
Okay, so I know kinda why...first off, that's a lot of track for the price. It breaks down to about 60 cents per segment, not bad. Second off, I'll never have to worry about orange track again. If my math skills are still close, 172-feet of track would let me build a 4-lane track at 43-feet for each lane (which is ridiculous).
This box-o-track is an Amazon exclusive (for now) that comes with 100 pieces of track, which means each track is about a foot-and-a-half long...basically the same length as the track segments Toys R Us used to sell individually for a $1 each.
It's nice to see Hot Wheels putting the basic Track Builder stuff back out there. I know playsets and trick tracks are fun for everyone but sometimes you just want a nice, big track to watch your cars go.
The other thing that helped me pull the trigger (if the photo isn't lying) is that the segments appear to be the older style "high wall" track, not the thinner low-wall track you'll find in the $4 packs on the pegs. Yet this track does have the blue button connectors which I'm not a big fan of but I've accepted it.
I was thinking about rebuilding my track this summer in an effort to not only make it run better and more fair, but also get all 4 lanes up and running, and this treasure chest will help make that happen. I have seamless orange track right now but only on 2 lanes. I don't have enough seamless to get the other 2 lanes up and running. I could mix-n-match but I don't like how that feels...I'd be happier knowing all lanes are the same.
I'm also thinking about building a travelling track that I could setup at local events, which might be happening later this year. The 172-feet of track is plenty to build two, 4-lane tracks so I could have one that's permanent and one that moves around. Oh the possibilities!
We'll see...or maybe I'll just have a box of track that sits around and does nothing. Or I'll try to make a track and it'll suck. Hopefully neither will happen.
Nonetheless, if you're in the market for some orange track, this box seems like a good deal. You'll never have to look at another track pack again. Keep the laned track dream alive!
Expect a follow-up once the box arrives.
Orange track
Orange track over the years
A look at how Hot Wheels track evolved over the past decade
That's a lot of track.
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Mattman213 2/10/20
It appears to be the blue connector that is removeable from each piece which is WAY better than the 172 ft case my Dad randomly bought on Amazon that comes with a blue connector that is riveted to one of the tracks so it cant come off. Good idea BUT the rivet is so big that lower cars hit them. Its completely worthless. Let us know how yours come because if its good stuff Ill likely be snagging some to get my track up to snuff as well.
redlinederby 2/10/20
Hmmm...it's probably the same case since it's only on Amazon. Not sure if having one end with a perma-connector would be so bad, I mean, I'm doing straight lanes anyway. Plus there's nothing a little sanding and Dremel can't solve.
I'm not a fan of the blue connectors either but that's where they all are now anyway unless I got seamless which is twice as expensive. My choices are either the flimsy track packs or this and they all have the blue connector now.
Meh...for $60 I figure what the heck
If it's the removable blue connectors then let us know I'll likely buy some too. It would be alot of cutting to get the giant rivet head off but once you did it all you would be golden they are food track pieces otherwise. — Mattman213
I did a little more digging on this one and Matt is right...not the track segments I thought they were, and the photo is quite misleading. I decided to cancel my order.
They're kind of hidden but reviews for just the 100 piece box backed up the disappointment. The perma-rivet looks crazy loose and janky.
I'm bummed but probably dodge a bullet purchase on this one. Thanks for the heads up, Matt. I guess my plans for redoing the track will have to wait, or I'll just suck it up and use the peg track packs or the 40-foot pack which I've purchased before and no is more reliable.
Dang! My dad is annoyed too and hea not big into racing just wanted to build some long tracks with my son and nephew and now he can't unless they run a truck or taller casting. Hate that crap — Mattman213
Yeah, that's stupid for sure. I find it weird that Mattel would make such a design flaw, makes me wonder if that's even a legit HW product. Those rivets do luck cut-able but I'm not too interested in sawing off 100 pieces of track. — redlinederby
Honestly, I would rather. Deal with the headache of the Vintage track and having to put it on boards in order to straighten it out then to deal with that blue connector track — Chrisw
Heres a shot from my Dad's set. You can easily see the rivet and even see where cars have chipped away at it on the right edge.
The rivet looks easy enough to drill out honestly...but you would have to do it for every single piece and then Im not sure if it would become an issue with coming loose down the road.
I might try to redeem these for my Dad's (and my Son's) sake but I dunno. I wouldnt buy them.
Saw the same pictures in the Amazon reviews, some cases even worse on the rivet popping up. Such a shame. I'd be interested to know if even after the rivet is cut off, if the track itself is consistent using normal connectors. — redlinederby
Ill try a piece after work if I remember and report back — Mattman213
Wow that is a horrible design... — WorpeX
I'm just starting in this hobby and picked up this kit from Amazon and can confirm that the rivets cause a lot of issues. I used a pair of side cuts to clip the top of the rivet off and am working on using some 3d printed track connectors for assembly. The track itself is nice, as it has the tall sides unlike the small packages I've seen at the department stores which are shorter pieces with the very short sides. — trav99ss
RIVERA_RACING 2/11/20
Target also has a deal if you buy $25 on any HotWheels items, you get a $5 gift card.
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QUALI-DEC is a research project aimed at designing and evaluating a strategy to implementing non-clinical interventions targeted simultaneously at clinicians, women and health organizations to reduce unnecessary C-sections in Argentina, Burkina Faso, Thailand and Vietnam. Despite long-lasting international concern and debate, the proportion of births by caesarean section (C-section)continues to increase. This trend is not confined to high-income countries, but it widely affects low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). When medically indicated, a caesarean can effectively prevent maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity; however there is no evidence of the benefits of a caesarean delivery for women and infants who do not need the procedure1-3As with any surgery, a C-section has short-and long-term risks that can even affect future pregnancies4. These risks are higher and more severe in low-resource settings that lack the capacity to conduct safe surgery or treat surgical complications5. Particularly in low-but also in middle-income countries, overuse and underuse of C-section co-exist, widening health inequalities and further weakening health systems in these countries6. Overuse of C-sections can no longer be seen only as the result of inappropriate clinical practices during labour. Non-clinical factors such as social, cultural and organisational influences have emerged as potential drivers and need to be considered to effectively tackle this growing issue7Non-clinical interventions have been shown to safely reduce C-section rates, predominantly in high-income settings8. These interventions are applied independently of patient care in aclinical encounter, and they may target clinicians who are involved in caesarean decision-making (doctors and midwives), women and families, or healthcare organizations or facilities. Among interventions targeted at clinicians, implementation of guidelines combined with audit and feedback as well as physician education by local opinion leaders are the most promising strategies.
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Alliance Spacesystems Delivers Robotic Arm
PASADENA, CA - Alliance Spacesystems LLC has delivered to the Naval Research Laboratory, in support of DARPA’s FREND program, the flight prototype robotic arm for a possible future satellite that could extend the lives of orbiting spacecraft by conducting on-orbit repairs or towing fuel-depleted spacecraft to new orbits.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), via the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), contracted with Alliance Spacesystems to design and build the robotics that would allow a servicing spacecraft to dock with satellites not originally designed for servicing. Alliance is best known for designing and building the robot arms crucial in the exploration of Mars, such as those on the Mars Phoenix lander and the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
The newly delivered flight arm and electronics, including first-level control algorithms, is part of the Front-end Robotics Enabling Near-term Demonstration (FREND) program. The 2 meter-long FREND arm offers the potential for spacecraft salvage, repair, rescue, repositioning, de-orbit and retirement, and debris removal. The arm would eventually be equipped with end effectors such as an adapter-ring clamp or bolt-hole gripper.
“Alliance Spacesystems is helping the DARPA/NRL team to advance the state-of-the-art to enable autonomous satellite rendezvous, grappling and docking with any legacy satellite on orbit today.,” said Jess Sponable, DARPA program manager for the FREND program. “This service offers potential for satellites to operate 5, 10 or 15 years longer, to be salvaged if they are in an inoperable orbit, or to be transferred to a new orbital position if they are unable to make that transit on their own.”
According to DARPA, the goal of the FREND program is to develop, demonstrate and fly technologies designed to increase the survivability and operational effectiveness of military and commercial spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit.
The overall FREND system is designed to provide the hand-eye functionality and coordination for future servicing spacecraft. It combines detailed stereo photogrammetric imaging with robotic multi-degree-of-freedom manipulators. The Alliance-built arm will be part of a spacecraft payload that could be flight-tested later this decade. Last year, the DARPA/NRL team successfully completed full-scale laboratory demonstrations of the FREND system
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The No. 1 cause of forest fires is trees. Votes: 1
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My son thinks I'm hilarious, but he's only 1. Votes: 1
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Part 1- In search of Hot Chocolate-Chip Cookies Votes: 1
There is no such thing as #1 in art. Votes: 1
Mike Birbiglia
In terms of segments, I think we've done 1,200. Votes: 1
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A journey of 1,000 miles starts with just 10 digits. Votes: 1
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I did about 50 pull-ups and 1,000 crunches a day. Crazy. Votes: 1
Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write. Votes: 1
1. Your heart starts hurting when you think about him. Votes: 1
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Liu Yang
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I try to wear $1 million a day. At least. Votes: 1
Chesterfield 1, Chester 1. Another score draw in the local derby Votes: 1
Des Lynam
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Peru score their third, and It's 3-1 to Scotland. Votes: 1
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America is still the No. 1 killer in the world. Votes: 1
Destiny's Child will always be No.1 on my list. Votes: 1
O teach me how I should forget to think (1.1.224) Votes: 1
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Fred L. Turner
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The much-hyped Ares 1-X was much ado about nothing. Votes: 1
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There are 1,000 lessons in defeat. But only one in victory. Votes: 1
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Mark Foley
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Don't interpret anything too much. This is time waster number 1. Votes: 1
Dee Dee Artner
It's not ok when around 1 million New Zealanders don't vote. Votes: 1
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Lawrence Korb
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Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business Votes: 1
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Alan Hirsch
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John Wooden
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Sallie Krawcheck
People confuse being world No. 1 with winning a Major championship. Votes: 1
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Paul Levine
Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1. Votes: 1
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Save the taxpayer's money by canceling the Ares 1 and V. Votes: 1
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw) Votes: 1
Bill Shankly
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Bruce Campbell
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Sabrina Bryan
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T. Boone Pickens
Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your life. Votes: 1
Steven Wright
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Angela Cope
Evil Dead 1' was never supposed to have a sequel. Votes: 1
The hard part is getting to the top of page 1. Votes: 1
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I learned my ABCs, 1-2-3 from 'Sesame Street.' Votes: 1
Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result Votes: 1
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Niklas Zennstrom
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Nicolas Massu
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America is not better off than it was $1.8 trillion dollars ago. Votes: 1
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. Votes: 1
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George S. Kaufman
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Lionel Trilling
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Build something 100 people love, not something 1 million people kind of like. Votes: 1
Common programmer thought pattern: there are only three numbers: 0, 1, and n. Votes: 1
Joel Spolsky
Formula to live your dream: 1. Be bold. 2. Begin now, 3. No exceptions. Votes: 1
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Graham Russell
Legalized gambling cost taxpayers $3 for every $1 in state revenue to government Votes: 1
John Warren Kindt
iMac is next year's computer for $1,299, not last year's computer for $999. Votes: 1
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Natalie Cook
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Mariel Zagunis
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Grace is not just enough, it is more than enough. 2 Peter 1:2 Votes: 1
John Paul Warren
We probably release 1% of the products that we are working on. Votes: 1
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Steve Cotterill
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John Avlon
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1% of the population has all the money and the other 99% have nothing. Votes: 1
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Lou Holtz
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Ann K. Howley
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I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4. Votes: 1
Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it. Votes: 1
1 billion people in the world are chronically hungry. 1 billion people are overweight. Votes: 1
There ain't no problem that some other dude didn't have 1,000 years ago. Votes: 1
From Day 1 I wasn't planning to run until I am very old. Votes: 1
Asafa Powell
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In sub-Saharan Africa, fewer than 1 in 5 girls make it to secondary school. Votes: 1
Nancy Gibbs
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I go by records and Bob Paisley is the No 1 manager ever! Votes: 1
Alan Hansen
Soul brother number 1+1 Gettin' fed like where drugs and guns come from Votes: 1
Ab-Soul
Leadership requires a non-stop demand of fortitude from Day 1 to the end. Votes: 1
Bill Hybels
There will be no new architecture for computing for the next 1,000 years. Votes: 1
I believe a No. 1 song starts happening when it's believable and validating. Votes: 1
Personally, I have already turned down the Downing St thermostat by 1 degree Votes: 1
One percent improvement in 1,000 things is better than 1,000% improvement in one thing. Votes: 1
If you improve 1% a day, then in 100 days, guess what? You're 100% better. Votes: 1
Ken Carter
Coe has smashed the world record, 1:44.92 seconds has never been run easier Votes: 1
Ron Pickering
Obviously, (winning the division) is big. To be No. 1 is always important.. Votes: 1
I love letters from little kids. Adults never proclaim themselves 'your #1 fan! Votes: 1
Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Leader, bandits at 2 o'clock! Roger; it's only 1:30 now-what'll I do 'til then? Votes: 1
Cantare amantis est ... Singing belongs to one who loves." (s. 336, 1 " PL 38, 1472). Votes: 1
My shoes are size 2 and a 1/2, the same size as my feet Votes: 1
Elaine Paige
I want to work, but being a mom is my No. 1 priority. Votes: 1
To be the world No. 1 has always been a dream for me. Votes: 1
I think the @Colts should be the #1 team in the power rankings. Votes: 1
Today, only about 1% of the World Wide Web is written in Arabic. Votes: 1
Lisp is still #1 for key algorithmic techniques such as recursion and condescension. Votes: 1
Verity Stob
If you turn the other cheek, you can be enslaved for 1,000 years. Votes: 1
I'm a man, and I think every man wants to be No. 1. Votes: 1
Masayoshi Son
Two basic rules of life are: 1) Change is inevitable. 2) Everybody resists change. Votes: 1
Guitar is easy, all it takes is 5 fingers, 6 strings and 1 a**hole Votes: 1
Done right, a strategic intent is really one decision that makes 1,000 decisions. Votes: 1
From Day 1 I wasnt planning to run until I am very old. Votes: 1
The artist in our time has two chief responsibilities: (1) art; and (2) sedition. Votes: 1
I dream of a Digital India where 1.2 billion Connected Indians drive Innovation. Votes: 1
Naked Gun 33 1/3 I think made me laugh more than anything ever made. Votes: 1
Horatio Sanz
Unbelievable how silly this Formula 1 is these days, with this stupid overtakes. Votes: 1
Trailing 5-1, the Padres added an insurance run in the eighth inning. Votes: 1
One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code. Votes: 1
Ken Thompson
I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play. Votes: 1
The human body is not designed for swimming in minus 1.7 degree centigrade water. Votes: 1
Lewis Gordon Pugh
You cannot improve one thing by 1000% but you can improve 1000 little things by 1%. Votes: 1
Jan Carlzon
John 1:5"Light shines into the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it Votes: 1
Three principles of prayer: 1. Keep it honest. 2. Keep it simple. 3. Keep it up. Votes: 1
Nicky Gumbel
I tell you very honestly, 1 billion percent, I have never regretted leaving Metallica. Votes: 1
Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes. Votes: 1
Cathy Rigby
There are two ways to be rich: 1. Acquire great wealth 2. Acquire few needs. Votes: 1
Doris Janzen Longacre
There are two obstacles to enlightenment: 1. Thinking you know. 2 Thinking you don't know. Votes: 1
1 billion people are permanently and seriously malnourished. Every five seconds, a child dies. Votes: 1
Jean Ziegler
If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea"¦does that mean that 1 enjoys it? Votes: 1
Hammond is insisting SG-1 needs a sociopolitical nerd to offset our overwhelming coolness. Votes: 1
Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don't be an asshole. Votes: 1
Stamford Bridge holds 42,000. So ten per cent of that would be about 4.1 thousand Votes: 1
Mike Parry
Human beings are about 1,000 times dumber and meaner than they think they are. Votes: 1
Twitter is currently valued at $8 billion, or $1 for every hour it has wasted. Votes: 1
I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts. Votes: 1
It's better to have 100 people love you than to have 1,000,000 people like you. Votes: 1
1 in 5 people have dandruff. 1 in 4 people have mental health problems. I've had both. Votes: 1
Some players when they become No. 1 they put too much pressure on themselves. Votes: 1
America has only 100 Senators for 309 million people, but Stormont has 108 members for 1.7 million. Votes: 1
Frank Carson
A stage space has two rules: (1) Anything can happen and (2) Something must happen. Votes: 1
I can't stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We'll see what happens. Votes: 1
In the office, the mail that came in was always 10 to 1 for me. Votes: 1
I never thought about being No. 1. I just kept trying to be No. 1. Votes: 1
We teach offense 5-0/5-5 (whole method) and defense by part (1-1/3-3). Votes: 1
Dick Bennett
I'd rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort. Votes: 1
J. Paul Getty
I'm a huge, huge sports fan, and Marquette basketball is my No. 1 thing. Votes: 1
My neighbor is now an 18-wheeler who comes by here 1,000 times a day. Votes: 1
It is better to win ten times 1-0 than to win once 10-0. Votes: 1
Vahid Halilhodzic
Each week set 1 day aside to do something you've always wanted to do. Votes: 1
My health is the No. 1 concern and my longevity is the No. 1 concern. Votes: 1
Alonzo Mourning
We came out to get Game 1 but we also want to get Game 2 Votes: 1
Marcus Camby
Neil Sullivan has stopped absolutely everything have thrown at him...Wimbledon 1, Manchester United 1. Votes: 1
Mike Ingham
God presents the Sabbath rest as a shelter we can enter. (Hebrews 4:1-11) Votes: 1
A rose on time is more valuable than a $1,000 gift that's too late. Votes: 1
The No. 1 rule in duck hunting is to go where the ducks are. Votes: 1
Jase Robertson
Holland gets by on a total of four food additives; we have over 1,400. Votes: 1
Fred Richmond
I didn't want to make a man the No. 1 quest in my life. Votes: 1
It is better to let 100 criminals go free than to imprison 1 innocent man. Votes: 1
My No. 1 goal in racing was never to be the most popular driver. Votes: 1
One and one make 2. But if you bring 1 and 1 close together they make 11. Votes: 1
Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield
If I stay healthy, I have a chance to collect 3,000 hits and 1,000 errors. Votes: 1
How can you rank BYU No. 1? Who'd they play - Bo Diddley Tech? Votes: 1
My dad left when I was 3 1/2, and he left my mom and I. Votes: 1
Today we have 1 billion users on the Net. By 2010 we will have maybe 2 billion. Votes: 1
On her daughters: I have a 5 year old and I have a 1 year old. Votes: 1
It takes a bee 10,000,000 trips to collect enough nectar to make 1 pound of honey. Votes: 1
Love doesn't keep a score of wrongs. Love doesn't bring up past failures. (1 Cor 13:5) Votes: 1
You know, you've got fans and 99.9 percent of them are great-and .1 percent are jerks. Votes: 1
Metta World Peace
The Three Keys to Success by Ken Poirot: 1) Goal Setting 2) Time Management 3) Life Skills Votes: 1
Gaza has 1.2 million Palestinians living in crowded places and the resistance will be strong. Votes: 1
Ahmed Yassin
Never measure literature by accounting statistics. A quarter of working authors earn less than $1,000. Votes: 1
Rita Mae Brown
Vint Cerf
1 Timothy 3 lists only one gift, teaching, then follows w a list of character traits. Votes: 1
Derwin L. Gray
Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even. Votes: 1
Everett Dirksen
Most women do not realize that heart disease is the #1 killer of American women. Votes: 1
You can't be great if you don't feel great. Make exceptional health your #1 priority. Votes: 1
scapegoat, n. I think our top two are: 1. Not enough coffee. 2. Too much coffee. Votes: 1
I love Goodfellows and I love Nick Palleggi, but no, it's The Godfather, 1 and 2. Votes: 1
It's estimated for every $1 billion we spend on road construction, nearly 48,000 jobs are created. Votes: 1
Dennis Hastert
You cant run a football game in Tiger Stadium without 1,500-1,600 people to help, Votes: 1
Skip Bertman
There are only two types of speakers in the world. 1. The nervous and 2. Liars. Votes: 1
Philippians 1:21 is very special to me because it helps to keep my life centered. Votes: 1
I can change a No. 1 diaper in 30 seconds and a No. 2 in a minute. Votes: 1
Everyone knows that (1) happiness is the goal of life, and (2) happiness is a chimera. Votes: 1
Clint Dempsey scored a last-minute winner to earn Tottenham a 1-1 draw against United. Votes: 1
Alan Brazil
I'm actually a Type 1 diabetic, so growing up, I had to eat pretty healthy. Votes: 1
Derek Theler
There are writers who go their whole lives and never hit that No. 1 spot. Votes: 1
Everything in Formula 1 has been sterilised now, the whole thing is controlled too much. Votes: 1
Even Silicon Valley investors have put well over a $1 billion in new energy technologies. Votes: 1
I have 4 bedrooms in my house. 1 is for guests, the other 3 are for closets. Votes: 1
Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.- Lucullus (Act III, scene 1) Votes: 1
The extra daily social time of 1.7 hours in weekends raises average happiness by about 2%. Votes: 1
Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure. Votes: 1
Reality is the #1 cause of insanity among those who are in contact with it Votes: 1
The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend. Votes: 1
It's hard to be a No. 1 when you're not even No. 1 on your team. Votes: 1
If I could afford it, I'd buy 1,000 acres and put my house right dead-center. Votes: 1
The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home. Votes: 1
I'm not sober. I haven't done drugs in 3 1/2 years, so I call myself clean. Votes: 1
When you're No. 1 or No. 300, you still get to play and write the songs. Votes: 1
Health is a function of three things. 1. Luck 2. Genetics and 3. Choices in your lifestyle. Votes: 1
Bill Walton
To speak algebraically, Mr. M. is execrable, but Mr. G. is (x + 1)- ecrable. Votes: 1
A person who can, within a year, solve x2 - 92y2 = 1 is a mathematician. Votes: 1
Brahmagupta
I'm big in my faith. I try to keep God No. 1 in my life. Votes: 1
Will Compton
I wouldn't have a No. 1 record or song if I wasn't a hardworking person. Votes: 1
Out of 1.6 billion Muslims, perhaps only 300 million actually understand the language of the Koran. Votes: 1
Mosab Hassan Yousef
To ensure marital bliss, a man needs to be 1.09 times taller than his partner. Votes: 1
Parker's grand slam is the same as going 4 for 4, even though he went 1 for 4. Votes: 1
I Came To Mumbai With Just Rs. 1,500 ... My Mother Gave Me Before She Died Votes: 1
Local television is still the No. 1 source for news and part of the family. Votes: 1
Customers should be number 1, Employees number 2, and then only your Shareholders come at number 3. Votes: 1
Health care is the No. 1 concern of small businesses and the status quo is untenable. Votes: 1
Karen Mills
I made a 1,600 minus 800 minus 200 on the SAT, so I'm very intelligent when I speak. Votes: 1
The average income in France is $1,000 a month, and you can't live decently on that. Votes: 1
The future of the world's film industry is in China because we have 1.3 billion people. Votes: 1
Iran's economy is now shrinking by 1 percent a year. Its oil production is down 40 percent. Votes: 1
Most people are not updated. 50 years ago 1 in 5 children died before age 5, now only 1 in 20! Votes: 1
I told you all I was going to be No. 1, and I did just that. Votes: 1
Rule 1: All rules can be broken. Many (ex-legal and ethical) should be. Most people won't. Votes: 1
I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it. Votes: 1
There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit Number2- Never forget rule number 1. Votes: 1
There are two rules for achieving anything. Rule No. 1: Get started. Rule No. 2: Keep going. Votes: 1
Shipping by sea produces 1/60 the emissions of shipping by air and about 1/5 that of trucking. Votes: 1
Jerry Goldsmith is the #1 composer working now. He's open to new ideas and always inventing. Votes: 1
I went to Midwood High School in Brooklyn and then to Brooklyn college for 1 1/2 years. Votes: 1
Success is the study of the obvious. Everyone should take Obvious 1 and Obvious 2 in school. Votes: 1
Didi Conn
The lower half of households by wealth held just 3% of wealth in 1989 and only 1% in 2013. Votes: 1
When you get knocked down you get knocked down in Round 1 of life, there's Round 2. Votes: 1
Pattie Mallette
It's time to make our government work for all of us... and not just the 1%. Votes: 1
I had a lot of fun driving race cars, but it wasn't my No. 1 priority. Votes: 1
My #1 goal is to become a successful singer and share my gift with the world. Votes: 1
Leah LaBelle
Robert Creely's poems have two main characteristics. 1) They are short; 2) they are not short enough. Votes: 1
After my first No. 1 song back in 2006, I worried I may never have another one. Votes: 1
I feel like I'm 1,000. I don't feel I'm young enough a lot of the time. Votes: 1
Less than 1 percent of the patients treated are alive at the end of five years. Votes: 1
Michael Landon
I don't intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1. Votes: 1
That's my No. 1 goal. I want to be part of (captain) Tom Lehman 's team. Votes: 1
Fred Funk
You can't be No. 1 unless you think like No. 1. You have to appear like No. 1. Votes: 1
John Sculley
Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a chicken fried steak. Votes: 1
Larry McMurtry
People who live in difficult circumstances need to know that happy endings are possible. Page 1. Votes: 1
There is no Master but the Master," he said, "and QT-1 is his prophet. Votes: 1
I don't know that we'll get into Earth 1 thru 616 in any one moment anytime soon. Votes: 1
Self-discipline is the No. 1 delineating factor between the rich, the middle class and the poor. Votes: 1
Never do anything that you don't want to have to explain to 9-1-1 personnel. Votes: 1
Fire short bursts of 1 to 2 seconds and only when your sights are definitely 'ON.' Votes: 1
Adolph Malan
After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes Votes: 1
Howard Staunton
We tried our best to buy Dhoni during IPL 1 but unfortunately failed to do so. Votes: 1
Vijay Mallya
PL/1, the fatal disease, belongs more to the problem set than to the solution set. Votes: 1
Edsger Dijkstra
Web 1.0 was making the Internet for people, Web 2.0 is making the Internet better for companies. Votes: 1
All my life, I've been a type 1 diabetic. I've always taken life day by day. Votes: 1
OLD: Be No.1 or No.2 in Your Market. NEW: Find a Niche, Create Something New. Votes: 1
It's true I don't know that much about Ligue 1, but Ligue 1 knows who I am. Votes: 1
Resolution 1: I will live for God. Resolution 2: If no one else does, I still will. Votes: 1
If fees consume more than 1% of your assets annually, you should probably shop for another adviser. Votes: 1
There are three very good reasons to travel: 1. See the world. 2. Meet new people. 3. Room service. Votes: 1
Linda Sunshine
Any sufficiently crisp question can be answered by a single binary digit-0 or 1, yes or no. Votes: 1
No. 1 thing is that life is just not as interrupt-driven as when you're running a company. Votes: 1
My current project is my band, Population 1. We are writing, rehearsing and playing in Los Angeles. Votes: 1
We once installed a $1.49 trap in a woman's toilet and she never had ghost problems again. Votes: 1
Jason Hawes
Psychiatrists say that 1 of 4 people are mentally ill. Check 3 friends. If they are okay, you're it. Votes: 1
Most importantly, love each other deeply, because love cause many sins to be forgiven. - 1 Peter 4:8 Votes: 1
Thomas Nelson Publishers
Welcome to We Day! Since last year, WE have volunteered over 1.7 million hours of our time! Votes: 1
The price of a college education should never include a 1 in 5 chance of being sexually assaulted. Votes: 1
When you get $1 billion of free advertising, it's hard not to have anybody buy the product. Votes: 1
Van Jones
If I give $1,000 dollars I deserve to get back $100,000 because I am just, that's not greed! Votes: 1
May you find good hunting, swift running, and shelter when you sleep. (Leafpool to Ashfur, page 1) Votes: 1
Now some are saying maybe $1.6 trillion in is not enough maybe we should look at $2 trillion. Votes: 1
Dennis Moore
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrew 11:1 KJV) Votes: 1
There are two important things for full success in life: 1. Don´t tell everything you know. Votes: 1
The Obama 'stimulus' plan is a $1 trillion dollar gamble more suited to Las Vegas than Washington. Votes: 1
I would guess that any criticism about Wal-Mart could have some element of truth with 1,500,000 people. Votes: 1
When you think about the NASCAR brand, it resonates everywhere. They have the No. 1 sports brand. Votes: 1
The Holy Father held a special place in the hearts of more than 1 billion Catholics worldwide. Votes: 1
Todd Akin
I have two rules I follow religiously:#1. Don't sweat the small stuff.#2. It's all small stuff. Votes: 1
R. Rose
In twenty years, the Lottery has raised over $1.4 billion. It has been run successfully and efficiently. Votes: 1
Jane D. Hull
You know, 1% of us is in the armed forces, protecting the other 99, and they're all volunteers. Votes: 1
Everybody who knows Formula 1 knows McLaren and knows that it is the greatest team in Formula 1. Votes: 1
Ninety-nine percent of singing is listening and hearing, and so then 1 percent of it is singing. Votes: 1
In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington: Today it is 1 in 4. Votes: 1
John Ensign
My philosophy is that on a scale of 1 to 10, I will go to 15. No matter what! Votes: 1
We will always make sure player health and safety is our No. 1 priority in the NFL. Votes: 1
The eiderdown of this 2-0 lead is a lot more comfortable than the blanket of 1-0. Votes: 1
George Hamilton
I've got more junk in the trunk than most 5-foot-1 blonde girls, and I like it. Votes: 1
It would be nice if at least 1/3 of the people in Korea think that I'm modest. Votes: 1
I grew up in a Chinese family where the parents' No. 1 priority is the kids' education. Votes: 1
Weili Dai
I just want to go in with the right attitude and from Day 1 make a difference. Votes: 1
Freddy Adu
Being down 3-1 [in the Finals] was the worst feeling I've ever experienced in my life. Votes: 1
J. R. Smith
It's been occurring to me I'd like to hang out with you, for my whole life.1 Votes: 1
The plan to deal with fears: #1. Fear the Lord!#2. Let the Lord deal with the rest! Votes: 1
You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 10-12 to 1. Votes: 1
Ernest Rutherford
Rule #1 always look out for yourself first don't nobody love/care for you like you do. Votes: 1
Surgeo Bell
The No.1 thing people can do to increase their wealth is to start a part-time business. Votes: 1
I grew up in a Chinese family where the parents No. 1 priority is the kids education. Votes: 1
I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m. Votes: 1
The steak ain't right without the A-1 So I stay dipped in sauce and they come Votes: 1
I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler. Votes: 1
Learning the secrets and skill of great No.2s remains the surest path to becoming No. 1. Votes: 1
David A. Heenan
It's Brazil 2 Scotland 1, so Scotland are back where they were at the start of the match Votes: 1
Barry Davies
I'm a comic, so I like to stay nocturnal. I work 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Votes: 1
Artie Lange
In crude oil trading, we have seen a 46 percent increase over 1 year in the margins there. Votes: 1
It is a lot harder when you are 4-1 down than when you are 4-1 up. Votes: 1
2-in-1 is a stupid term, because 1 is not big enough to hold 2. That's why 2 was created. Votes: 1
10-5 space 16-5-14-19-5 space 17-21-5 space 10-5 space 20-1-9-13-5. Votes: 1
There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch. Votes: 1
After black's reply to 1.e4 with 1..e5, leaves him always trying to get into the game Votes: 1
1,2,3, I'm at the Chelsey Hotel, like, Sid and Nancy, with knife, and two grams of candy Votes: 1
I scored 1.1 on my SAT, And still push a whip with a right and left AC. Votes: 1
Gisele Bundchen is a bit of a jock. 1 of my fave shoots is her playing football Votes: 1
OK, Rule number 1: Unless you're served in a frosted glass, never come within 4 feet of my lips. Votes: 1
A movie that costs only $1.6 million doesn't have to be a cultural event to turn a profit. Votes: 1
There is a video out now on how to please men. Here's tip number 1: Just show up! Votes: 1
It would be amazing to tell my grandchildren, like, 'Yeah, I was paid to sharpen 1,000 pencils.' Votes: 1
We want to enable Start-Ups and make India no 1 in this field. Start-Up India and Stand-Up India! Votes: 1
A great writer has all 4 - but you can still be a good writer with only 1 and 2. Votes: 1
I just want everyone to know that even though Hogan won at Summerslam I still pinned him 1, 2, 3. Votes: 1
I guess I'm the only guy old enough to figure him (Nolan Ryan, 1-Hitter Game in 1991) out. Votes: 1
Individual honors and scoring championships are great, but my No. 1 goal is to win the Stanley Cup. Votes: 1
I want the same thing I've wanted since I was 7 years old. I want to be No. 1. Votes: 1
My favorite part is that 1-on-1 matchup... Block out everything else and stare into that guys eyes. Votes: 1
Dwight Freeney
I was born in Taunton, Massachusetts on June 1, 1917, but I actually grew up in nearby New Bedford. Votes: 1
William Standish Knowles
Joan Rivers is 80 and she's fantastic. She lives in mortal fear of not filling that 1,500-seat room. Votes: 1
Jay Mohr
If children read 1 million words in a year, atl least 1,000 words will be added to their vocabulary. Votes: 1
Stephen D. Krashen
To be a prosperous pastor one needs: (1) a bible (2) a tailored suit; and (3) a few psychology books. Votes: 1
I'm not as surprised in going from playing 1,000 seats to 4,000 seats as I was from 100 to 500 seats. Votes: 1
There are two rules in life: Rule #1: Don't sweat the small stuff. Rule #2: Everything is small stuff. Votes: 1
Finn Taylor
I wake about 1 a.m. I'm in the office by 2 a.m. We're on the air at 5. Votes: 1
Fiat justitia et ruant coeli. Let justice be done, though the heavens may fall. See Ferdinand I 320:1. Votes: 1
William Watson
With more than 1,300 sites of care, VA operates the largest integrated health care system in the county Votes: 1
Bob Filner
With more than 1,300 sites of care, VA operates the largest integrated health care system in the county. Votes: 1
It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy. Votes: 1
Tara Lipinski
I got what I needed out of Princeton in 1 year, and I didn't think it was useful. Votes: 1
Manoj Bhargava
I think it's difficult to be No. 1. 'There's too much attention, too much expectation from other people. Votes: 1
Marat Safin
I started out in 1985, and I was Inmate #1 in every prison movie made from '85 to '93. Votes: 1
Kim Coates
And thus we see that by small means the Lord can bring about great things" - 1 Nephi 16:29 Votes: 1
How to get a seat at the table: 1. Be excellent. 2. Say a prayer. 3. Be available 4. Be you Votes: 1
Megan Alexander
People seem to think there's a magic formula to writing, i just write 1 word at a time. Votes: 1
I'm the world 'Guinness Book of Records' holder of 1,749 hugs in one hour. My arms fell off. Votes: 1
I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him from the ticket. Votes: 1
If a guy tells me the probability of failure is 1 in 100,000, I know he's full of crap. Votes: 1
But if USA has 1.3 billion people, USA would have the same human rights problem just like China. Votes: 1
Alex Chiu
1/r^2 has a nasty singularity at r=0, but it did not bother Newton-the Moon is far enough. Votes: 1
Edward Witten
The casinos are walking out of states with at least $1 billion in their pockets to Las Vegas Votes: 1
But Dad and I are the only father-and-daughter acts who have both had No. 1 songs in England. Votes: 1
The average user doesn't give a damn what happens, as long as (1) it works and (2) it's fast. Votes: 1
Daniel J. Bernstein
Remember, in China when you are one in a million, there are 1,300 other people just like you. Votes: 1
My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season. Votes: 1
Tom Osborne
Velocity is one thing, but the thing that worries me is my ball-strike ratio is about 1-to-1. Votes: 1
My #1 driving force is my lord and savior Jesus Christ. Also my family, my wife and children. Votes: 1
Day 1 -- Still tired from the move. Day 2 -- Everybody talks to me like I'm an idiot. Votes: 1
For every $5 that Boston's economy sends up to Beacon Hill, the state gives only $1 back to us. Votes: 1
Thomas Menino
I'm the No. 1 artist in the world right now ... I am the No. 1 human being in music. Votes: 1
It's really easy to create a $1 billion company - you just have to solve a $10 billion problem. Votes: 1
In the theater there are 1,500 cameras rolling at the same time - in the cinema, only one. Votes: 1
Music is my No. 1 passion. If you made me choose between music and food, it's definitely music. Votes: 1
A lost is a lost no matter if you loose by 1 point or 40 points it's still a lost. Votes: 1
Alcurtis Turner
I think I did a lot of humorous films when I was young, and they were No. 1 films. Votes: 1
There's only 1 way to get rich, quick! But not through a get rich quick scheme. There's a difference. Votes: 1
It's better to say nothing than spend 1,000 words or an hour speech saying nothing. Get to the point. Votes: 1
For every 1 fan I have 20 haters, once I can reach 1000 haters for 1 fan, I know I've made it. Votes: 1
Behdad Sami
There's no reason that America should be No. 1 in obesity; we have the greatest country in the world. Votes: 1
John Salley
The Four Rules of Life: 1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don't be upset at the results. Votes: 1
The second half was easy to sum up - and absolute shambles! (on England losing to Denmark 4-1) Votes: 1
I do have height envy. I'm 5'1 and my sisters are giants so I do have height envy. Votes: 1
1 Peter 5 - Be well balanced because Satan 'roams about like a hungry lion seeking who he can devour. Votes: 1
Politics is still the No. 1 sport in town and the scoreboard shows the U.S. attorney's office leading. Votes: 1
Bill Kurtis
Your chances of dying a violent death are 1/500th of what they used to be during medieval times. Votes: 1
In the last 1,000 years, the Arabs have translated as many books as Spain translates in just one year. Votes: 1
It's incredible how many emotions you feel when crossing the finish line and seeing that you are No. 1. Votes: 1
Its Arsenal 0 - Everton 1, and the longer it stays like that the more you've got to fancy Everton. Votes: 1
I'm a night owl for sure. I was born at 1 A.M., and that's the excuse I use. Votes: 1
I can testify that it is nearly always easier to make $1,000,000 honestly than to dispose of it wisely. Votes: 1
Julius Rosenwald
We're making the same mistakes we made 1,000 years ago. So they must be the right ones. So relax. Votes: 1
I landed in this country with $2.50 in cash and $1 million in hopes, and those hopes never left me, Votes: 1
Charles Ponzi
The only thing I know as I get older is that I don't really need to be No. 1. Votes: 1
God gave people 2 ears and 1 mouth because He wants us to listen twice as much as we talk. Votes: 1
Joshua Harris
If I learn 1,000 techniques with my luck I'll go out on the street and be attacked by number 1,001. Votes: 1
Martin J. Whitman
The speed of time is 1 hour per hour, no matter what else is going on in the universe. Votes: 1
Sean M. Carroll
Three life lessons: 1.No one will see you. 2.No one will say anything. 3.No one will save you. Votes: 1
Rule #12: The correct number of bikes to own is N+1, where N is the number of bikes currently owned. Votes: 1
The Velominati
I eat a lot of junk food, because that's what's usually available at 1:00am when I'm all done working. Votes: 1
Right now I'm on my God flow, you know what I mean? I got Job 1:21 tattooed on my chest. Votes: 1
But the point you need to know is that no president at war cut taxes $1.5 trillion, like Bush did. Votes: 1
Chaka Fattah
It wasn't that the X-1 would kill you, it was the systems in the X-1 that would kill you. Votes: 1
Chuck Yeager
The bicycle kick is not easy to do. I scored 1,283 goals, and only two or three were bicycle kicks. Votes: 1
I mean in recent years, I think you've only got to sell thirty or forty thousand to get a #1. Votes: 1
I am Warhol. I am the No. 1 most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh. Votes: 1
But I like my madness. There is a thrill in it unknown to such sanity as yours. ~ Book 1, Chapter 9, Votes: 1
I'm the number 1 target of the White House. They can't get Osama bin Laden; they're going to get me. Votes: 1
Jean Carnahan
I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over. Votes: 1
Yesterday I staked off the ground on the hill for an orchard. I want to get 1,000 apple trees agrowing. Votes: 1
Ezra Cornell
What I'm after is not living to 1,000. I'm after letting people avoid death for as long as they want to. Votes: 1
Aubrey de Grey
I'm the No. 1 developer in New York, I'm the biggest in Atlantic City, and maybe we'll keep it that way. Votes: 1
I kept a diary right after I was born. Day 1: Tired from the move. Day 2: Everyone thinks I'm an idiot. Votes: 1
Acting is a tough business, and the percentage of people who make it is very low - it's about 1 percent. Votes: 1
Lee Majors
The No. 1 thing the people I have spent time with in my life have done for fun is playing music. Votes: 1
I used to only worry about the #1's and all of the awards. But that was a long time ago. Votes: 1
Wynonna Judd
I don't just like to have 1 take, but not too many. I think it is good to keep it alive. Votes: 1
And I always laugh at that, because I think I've always been doing what I want to do since Day 1. Votes: 1
If I had a bucket list, I'd say raising my four girls to be strong, good women would be No. 1, Votes: 1
I'm the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix. Votes: 1
Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days. Votes: 1
Jack Youngblood
At home I've got 1,500 cook books and the spines have all gone, the pages are all torn - it's chaos. Votes: 1
I go home by noon, and I'm in bed by 6 p.m. I get up at 1 and do it again. Votes: 1
Our share of the vote overall rose by less than 1 per cent - yes, that's right: less than 1 per cent. Votes: 1
I think most players would love, at one stage in their career, to say, 'I've been No. 1 in the world. Votes: 1
A woman in Germany gave birth to a 13 1/2 pound baby. That baby was so fat his first word was strudel. Votes: 1
Man, I'm the No. 1 living and breathing rock star. I am Axl Rose; I am Jim Morrison; I am Jimi Hendrix. Votes: 1
Oh yeah Kurt? You plan on getting the 1-2-3? But not if I hit you first with the 6-1-9! Votes: 1
Oscar Gutierrez
It was the hardest decision of his coaching career so I accepted that I should be No 1 and that was it Votes: 1
Jimmy says he'll never tell a lie. Well, I lie all the time. 1 have to - to balance the family ticket. Votes: 1
Lillian Gordy Carter
I honestly think I am a better player than I was four years ago, when I was No. 1 in the world. Votes: 1
1. "What do you really want to get out of life?" 2. "What can you offer the world that no one else can? Votes: 1
You will kill 10 of our men, and we will kill 1 of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of it. Votes: 1
A couple times a year, I get in the car, and I'll drive 1,000 miles cross-country, going through side streets. I'll stay off the highways as much as possible. And I realize it's a huge country, and for us to be in so many places in the country is an amazing thing.
Fred DeLuca
My kids are my No. 1 priority. They're the light in my everyday life. The sunshine. The miracle. Those eyes. Those smiles. At the same time, I have an extended, amazing family that is my audience. All these people have been with me for such a long time. I have these two responsibilities.
The facilities are amazing here in McLaren. If you compare them to Sauber, who have good facilities in Formula 1, it's another level. But in terms of the people, the way they approach their jobs, is really amazing when you come into McLaren. The emphasis they have is very good and it gives you a big boost when you drive for this team.
I'm noticing a new approach to art making in recent museum and gallery shows. It flickered into focus at the New Museum's 'Younger Than Jesus' last year and ran through the Whitney Biennial, and I'm seeing it blossom and bear fruit at 'Greater New York,' MoMA P.S. 1's twice-a-decade extravaganza of emerging local talent.
Jerry Saltz
The No. 1 best-selling Christmas album of all time is from Kenneth Bruce Gorelick, the Jewish smooth-jazz legend Kenny G. American Jews have always produced a lot of holiday music, just not Hanukkah music.
We FaceTime and Skype. My two older kids got iPods for their birthdays, so they can FaceTime their dad whenever they need him. They always get a six o'clock call right after dinner, and I make sure I talk to each child. Even my 1-year-old gets on the phone and says 'Daddy.' They know my schedule by now and count the days back until I get home.
Without putting the brakes on out-of-control campaign contributions from individuals and corporations - it will be business as usual, with 1 percent of Americans pulling the strings.
Madeleine M. Kunin
In D.C., I've passed amendments to allocate $6.3 million to keep our waterways open for business, $1 million as a down payment on our wetland restoration - our natural storm protection - and $5 million to ensure that drilling permits are reviewed thoroughly and efficiently.
From 1949 to 1953, I studied towards the diploma in Natural Sciences at the Swiss Polytechnical School in Zurich. It is in the last year of this study that I made my first contacts with fundamental research, when working on the isolation and characterization of a new isomer of Cl34 with a half-life of 1.5 seconds.
Werner Arber
My No. 1 focus was on my foundation, the Tim Tebow Foundation, to bring faith, hope and love to those needing a brighter day in the darkest hour of need.
I used to say that winning the Oscar means being back at the Beverly Hills Hotel at 1 A.M. feeling empty. It's the industry voting. It doesn't come from God. It doesn't change your life, really.
I never felt the same passion for the game in the States and there were a lot of headaches, a lot of obstacles to overcome - it didn't just run itself for the love of the game because soccer is not the No. 1 sport as it is in Europe.
Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history.
John Shimkus
The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and enforcement did not reach Texas until after the end of the Civil War almost two years later.
Corrine Brown
The Iliad' is about a war 1,200 years ago that solved nothing and achieved nothing. Most of our wars achieve very little. But whatever agenda I have gets buried in a work this great. If you're being honest, you realize that, as an artist, you're not a policy maker.
Work used to be the No. 1 important thing to me. Everything revolved around it, and to have a new perspective and have something else, my family, not just being a mom but being a part of an incredible family of my own, it makes me have a different perspective on life that I think is richer.
Murders with guns are the No. 1 cause of death for African-American men between the ages of 15 and 34. But talking about race in the context of guns would also mean taking on a subject that can't be addressed by passing a law: the family-breakdown issues that lead too many minority children to find social status and power in guns.
But Dad and I are the only father-and-daughter acts who have both had No. 1 songs in England.
I hope to attend it as Japan needs to tell the world the lessons, knowledge and reflections learned from the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
Yoshihiko Noda
1 month ago the American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness, patriotism and heroism by our troops, our National Guard and Reserves.
Rosa DeLauro
At that time, I feel sad, and I feel no one knows how hard I work and how many tears. They only know the score. At that time, I feel very lonely because no one understands since they haven't been world No. 1 before.
At Reliance Foundation schools, we lay special emphasis on value-based education, sports, and overall development of students. That is why the teacher-students ratio is kept at a healthy 1:20 so that all children get proper attention in class.
Domestic travel and tourism-related spending has reached $1 trillion a year.
You need to get in studio; we're excited about the Pay 1 opportunity with Disney because those movies are not just movies. They're amazing family content that get flexed over and over again, forms great loyalty with our subscribers, and it's a real trust brand for parents as well.
Ted Sarandos
I didn't even know how to judge 'Die Hard 1.' It's not anything I know how to judge. I'd never seen an action movie. I'd never seen a Sly Stallone movie or an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie or a Charles Bronson movie. And that is the truth.
What charitable 1 percenters can't do is assume responsibility - America's national responsibilities: the care of its sick and its poor, the education of its young, the repair of its failing infrastructure, the repayment of its staggering war debts.
We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a lot of that is because of the negativity... Every story I read is Google vs someone else. That's boring. We should be focusing on building the things that don't exist.
I was born on April 1, 1933, in Constantine, Algeria, which was then part of France. My family, originally from Tangier, settled in Tunisia and then in Algeria in the 16th century after having fled Spain during the Inquisition.
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
Kids say the No. 1 reason they don't read more is that they can't find books they like. Freedom of choice is a key to getting them motivated and excited.
The 1 to 2 billion poorest in the world, who don't have food for the day, suffer from the worst disease: globalization deficiency. The way globalization is occurring could be much better, but the worst thing is not being part of it. For those people, we need to support good civil societies and governments.
I've lived in Washington now for 44 years, and that's a lot of folly to witness up close. Whatever confidence and optimism I felt towards the central government when I got here on January 1, 1970 has pretty much dissipated at the hands of the government.
In mid-May, the House of Representatives approved the full amount of money that the Veterans Administration said was needed for next year - plus an additional $1 billion increase for veterans' health care.
Doc Hastings
The launch of phase 1 Ebola vaccine studies is a first step in developing a vaccine that could be licensed and used in the field to protect not only the front line health care workers but also those living in areas where Ebola virus exists.
Under President Obama, we have spent more money - he has spent more money than any other president in this history, actually, the combined total from Washington up to George W. Bush. President Obama has racked up more spending, $1 trillion deficits. And it's time that he join us in this effort to get our fiscal house in order.
I chose 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective,' or I'll say it chose me, and it was an absolute blessing, for the experience of being in Africa for seven months and learning so many different things, from languages to foods to greetings. On so many levels, it was an incredible experience.
I do have the most adorable little Chihuahua mix. I adopted him about 3 1/2 years ago from Much Love pet adoption, and he has been the love of my life ever since. His name is Beau, or as my sister and I like to call him ' mushy mush' because he truly is just a pile of loving mush that just melts in your arms.
I like fashion. I like being in shape. I like to look nice and I like to make money, but I don't think that's the most, No. 1, important thing.
Eleanor Mondale
After 'Sports' came out in the fall of 1983, everything changed for me. Four of the album's singles became top-10 hits, and by the end of June in 1984, the album was No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It was quite a ride, and for the first time I had enough money to live the way I wanted.
Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while each new earthquake, famine or tidal wave can attract 1,000 aid organisations, from the United Nations Children's Fund and Oxfam to the 'Jesus Brigades' of the American south and other charitable adventurers.
James Buchan
I've been working at performing for five years now. I've been working in Australia and Spain and England. When I was only 15 or 16, 1 was performing in bars; I could have had legal problems, but it's also the only way to get to know what music is all about.
When I am stressed, my No. 1 reliever is my music.
I attended an extremely small liberal arts school. There were approximately 1,600 of us roaming our New England campus on a good day. My high school was bigger. My freshman year hourly calorie intake was bigger.
Sloane Crosley
Kennedy was president for only 1,037 days, but during his short tenure, he achieved much. At the Cold War's most dangerous hour, he preserved the peace. He improved relations with the Soviet Union and replaced tension over Berlin with a limited test ban treaty.
Gretchen Rubin
My band is so dedicated, everybody works very hard. The No. 1 priority is the show, and it's pretty cool because we all pull together, and it's fun. It's like being on a sports team or something.
The M-1 is the best tank in the world, if you can get it to the war in time, if you have a Saddam Hussein who'll give you seven months to move your forces in.
Ralph Peters
Modern motor vehicles are safer and more reliable than they have ever been - yet more than 1 million people are killed in car accidents around the world each year, and more than 50 million are injured. Why? Largely because one perilous element in the mechanics of driving remains unperfected by progress: the human being.
Tom Chatfield
But with a rate of return of 1.6 percent or less, or a negative rate of return, our children and our grandchildren, if we do not make changes, will in fact not have a secure retirement. Indeed, they will not have the funds when they go to retire to even minimally get by.
John Shadegg
What causes autism? As far as we know in 2013, there is no single gene or single environmental factor that accounts for the more than 1 million Americans with ASDs.
Thomas R. Insel
JR was a 1-dimensional, evil character. JR was multi-dimensional, and Larry Hagman is probably one of the greatest actors that we have. Then, you go back and look at 'I Dream of Jeannie' - I mean, he's a comic genius, as well. So, I think they should give him an honorary Emmy Award.
Charlene Tilton
Through the eight books in 'The Treasure Chest' series, readers will meet twins Maisie and Felix and learn the secrets and rules of time travel, where they will encounter some of these famous and forgotten people. In Book 1, Clara Barton, then Alexander Hamilton, Pearl Buck, Harry Houdini, and on and on.
Ann Hood
I want to have a food truck that would just be bathrooms. I would line it up in back of the other food trucks, and I'd charge $1 for use.
The world is a challenging place in terms of wars and peace, basic human rights and freedoms. The Holy Father has a major role to play in global affairs. The pope is more than a spiritual leader. For the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, he is an inspiration of holiness and goodness and, above all, the faithful proclamation of the Gospel.
I have kept a steady focus on restoring public faith in our state government since taking office July 1. Now it is time to make even bigger and bolder gains through legislative action.
Jodi Rell
So long as the global economy continues to recover, that remains Obama's No. 1 claim to successful leadership. Nothing else even comes close.
Thomas P.M. Barnett
Right now I'm on my God flow, you know what I mean? I got Job 1:21 tattooed on my chest.
I'd rather see the United States as a beacon of good work and good citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement.
With faith and gratitude to Allah the almighty, I declare that tomorrow, Thursday May 1, 2014, will see the enforcement of sharia law phase one, to be followed by the other phases.
Hassanal Bolkiah
Getting to do what I think was my fifth BBC drama with Nikki Amuka-Bird - we've done 'Shoot The Messenger,' 'Five Days,' 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency,' 'Born Equal' and now 'Small Island' - was another highlight for me. And filming in Jamaica was great, too.
Milosevic will never stop, because he is fighting for personal power in Serbia. The only way to stop him is cutting the functioning of his war machine. He is spending $1.7 million a day on his war machine in Kosovo.
Fatos Nano
The first science fiction show on television was 'Tales Of Tomorrow' using scripts from the radio show 'X-1' which used stories from 'Galaxy Magazine' as its source material.
A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime.
It's very difficult when you have $1.50 per day to spend on food and drink, but for people who live this reality, that money also has to cover medical expenses and education, fuel and shelter - sometimes for an entire family.
In this financial year we will be spending at least $1.5 billion on foreign aid and we cannot be sure that this money will be properly spent, as corruption and mismanagement in many of the recipient countries are legend.
I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing.
I have a very set routine. I work six days a week, but only half days. I work from 9 in the morning till 1 in the afternoon, without any interruptions, a fair slug.
Peter Mayle
I don't have a trainer. I have what I call 'the poor man's workout and the rich man's diet.' I run for 1 hour every day and do 500 sit-ups and 1000 crunches, and I lift weights at the Y for 28 bucks a month, even if it's 3 in the morning.
T. J. Thyne
You don't have to live on a farm to have chickens; in some places, you just need a little bit of green space and a tidy chicken coop. To me, they're nearly ideal pets. They feed us more often than we feed them! We have 2 chickens, Goldie and Paprika, and they each produce 1 egg a day, sometimes more.
Since turning professional at 18, I have travelled the world playing the game that I love and consider myself a global player. As the World No.1 right now, I wish to be a positive role model and a sportsperson that people respect, and enjoy watching.
Experience tells us that a good foundation is critical for success in the Arctic and elsewhere. ExxonMobil's Sakhalin-1 project with Rosneft is an example where we have put this experience to work.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Peace Corps as it reached its 45th anniversary on March 1, 2006.
Solomon Ortiz
So on May 1, 1987, at Gary's invitation, I agreed to see him one last time - to confront him face-to-face about his sincerity and with the intention of ending our brief relationship.
Donna Rice
Relationships are people's No. 1 priorities. They want to have good relationships, and a lot of times they don't.
I have never seen a game's graphics look so sharp and clean. The sound design for the game is also unique on the Xbox. The memory on this system allowed us to provide the user with 5.1 Dolby surround sound for home theatre owners.
Being No. 1. It's talked about all of the time in hip-hop. 'I'm still No. 1! I'm the best! I'm the greatest of all time!' It's the same mentality in sports.
Formula 1 has to be more and more also a laboratory, a centre of advanced research for innovative technologies for tomorrow's cars. The KERS is very important in this context, and Ferrari as a manufacturer had, and has, extraordinary support in Formula 1.
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo
I try to get in two runs during the week, after the 'Today' show, probably around 1 or 2 o'clock, Tuesday, Thursday. Then Saturday or Sunday, I do my longer runs and try to do it in the morning.
At the end of four years' time, at graduation, we were down to 12. At our reunion that we had several years ago, only 1 out of the 52 actually made it to ordination and priesthood. So there you go, there's your numbers.
Your chances of dying a violent death are 1/500th of what they used to be during medieval times.
In one month, the Small Business Administration does $1 billion of loans and guarantees for businesses; many of those are women-owned businesses.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
If you take a print magazine with a million person circulation, and a blog with a devout readership of 1 million, for the purpose of selling anything that can be sold online, the blog is infinitely more powerful, because it's only a click away.
Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, I realized two things: (1) guitar is a much more expressive instrument, (2) way more girls pay attention to guitar players than to drummers.
Greg Iles
So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.
Barry McCaffrey
The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.
The most interesting statistic, stunning statistic that came out of my research was that in 1942, as this war production effort is going on, the number of Americans killed or injured in war-related industries surpassed the number of Americans in uniform killed and wounded in action in the war by a factor of 20 to 1.
Arthur L. Herman
I had a very active imagination as a kid, and I was constantly performing, whether I was making money doing it or not, whether it was on a stage in front of 1,000 people or in the living room in front of my family.
I counseled many returning missionaries. I interviewed 1,700 missionaries all over the world. My advice to them is that you should study and prepare for your life's work in a field that you enjoy.
I do my best stuff midmorning and superlate at night, from 1 to 5 in the morning. Some people don't need sleep. I actually do need sleep. I just sleep all the time. I'll catch naps in the afternoon, or I'll take a 20-minute snooze in the office - just all the time. Our business is 24 hours. Our guys in Europe come online at midnight.
There is an overabundance of rational reasons to say no to factory-farmed meat: It is the No. 1 cause of global warming, it systematically forces tens of billions of animals to suffer in ways that would be illegal if they were dogs, it is a decisive factor in the development of swine and avian flus, and so on.
If I can hit No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, I'm thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere. It would be fabulous.
Recently released government economic statistics covering 2010, the first year of real recovery from the financial collapse of 2008, found that fully 93 percent of additional income gains coming out of the recession went straight into the wallets and purses of the top 1 percent.
Hurricane Katrina, coupled with Hurricane Rita, which came promptly on Katrina's heels, claimed more than 1,200 American lives. Together, they caused more than $200 billion in damage.
The Obamas, especially Michelle, have radiated the sense that Americans do not appreciate what they sacrifice by living in a gilded cage. They've forgotten Rule No. 1 of politics: No one sheds tears for anyone lucky enough to live at the White House.
It's a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I'm not going to drop the ball on my shift.
Abdallah II of Jordan
Too many families and homes remain unnecessarily vulnerable to natural disasters like hurricanes. While mitigation will never eliminate the risk to homeowners, it could reduce loss and, in many cases, save a family's home. For every $1 spent on mitigation, $4 in post-storm cleanup and rebuilding is saved.
Tom Rooney
Some 70% to 80% of all who join the military will return to the civilian workforce. They'll return to communities, and one of the things I've worried about is the increasing disconnect between the American people and our men and women in uniform. We come from fewer and fewer places. We're less than 1% of the population.
Scrooge pushed past Mary number 1 and Joseph number 2 in the wings without so much as an 'excuse me'. Typical.
William E. Geist
Civilizations may clash, but they surely fall if robbed of light from above. It could come from the 1 percent or the 99%, but a guiding light is needed to keep the United States from becoming the rubble of past great civilizations.
James A. Forbes
The average user doesn't give a damn what happens, as long as (1) it works and (2) it's fast.
If, in a few months, I'm only number 8 or number 10 in the world, I'll have to look at what off-the-court work I can do. I will need to do something if I want to be number 1.
A couple of websites I've come across credit the 'New York Times' for reporting that 12,000 women a year are arrested for breastfeeding in public. I could not confirm that number with a quick search, but even 1,200 would be too many - or even 12.
We never want to go into a tour and play 15 songs and say 'Enjoy.' We have messages: Number 1, follow your dreams. If I can do it, you can do it. Number 2, give your life to something. We say, 'Volunteer and add seven years to your life.' You can have your own personal ministry. The message we have is 'What do you stand for?'
There aren't too many principles of proper business conduct with which just about everybody will agree. Two come to mind: 1. Unless you're a professional athlete, don't offer co-workers encouragement by patting them on the butt, and 2. Don't burn bridges.
Dale Dauten
Health care is the No. 1 concern of small businesses and the status quo is untenable.
I mean it's funny, playing music, how of course you want it to do well, you want them to like it, but it's not competitive like an election, it's the Olympics, it's not a Formula 1 race. The Billboard charts are just to show you what people like.
One of the unique features of China is that, notwithstanding the fact that it has a population of 1.3 billion, around 92% regard themselves as Han Chinese. This is quite different from the world's other most populous countries, such as India, the U.S. and Indonesia, which are ethnically diverse.
Martin Jacques
We have the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. 'America, land of liberty and freedom?' You know, that's baloney. More than 2 million Americans are behind bars now. Communist China has four times the population and they have 1.5 million people behind bars.
In life, everybody faces choices between doing what's popular, easy, and wrong vs. doing what's lonely, difficult, and right. These decisions intensify when you run a company, because the consequences get magnified 1,000 fold. As in life, the excuses for CEOs making the wrong choice are always plentiful.
Detroit 1-8-7' - the numbers are police slang for murder - is filmed in that blue-collar Michigan city, providing a flavor of authenticity. Detroit offers a unique visual landscape that tells the story of the city and what it's been through.
The lesson is that, No. 1, this management has to be at the highest class possible. No. 2, they have to have a succession plan.
Al-Waleed bin Talal
I've been pretty clear about saying that I think that the No. 1 threat to our national security is our debt. And we've got to get our arms around that and head it in another - head it in the right direction - that we have to pay our fair share of this.
I have a lot of great racing memories growing up in Europe as a young boy - playing with car parts on my dad's desk, watching the races on Sunday afternoons to try and spot him on TV, even having the chance to go to Formula 1 races where he was working.
Charlie Kimball
There's the pressure of being a No. 1 on the call sheet, being a lead actor. There's almost this feeling like being captain of the team. You want to put a bit of energy into actually setting a good example.
If you are stymied as a writer, if it's just not coming together, then take the pressure off and don't feel that you need to write 1,000 words today; just write one really good sentence.
When I was working at Trio, I was pitched 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy' and I knew, whoever gets this, this is a game changer. When I started at Bravo in 2005, it was a hit, and Season 1 of 'Project Runway' was in postproduction.
If you turn the other cheek, you can be enslaved for 1,000 years.
When you're the lead actor in a drama, you have 2 1/2 months at the end of a season to do other projects, and everything has to get done in that time.
A typical agent in New York gets 400 query letters a month. Of those, they might ask to read 3-4 manuscripts, and of those, they might ask to represent 1.
By working hard we could make an average of about $5 a week. We would have made more but had to provide our own machines, which cost us $45, we paying for them on the installment plan. We paid $5 down and $1 a month after that.
Rose Schneiderman
There is the intent of the writer and the interpretation by the artist. What the writer intended and what the artist interprets is not a 1-to-1 translation. It's a crossing of ideas that generates the stories that you see in print.
Sometimes work is a bit slow, and I always wanted to be a princess at Disneyland. There were 1,500 of us who auditioned, and 11 of us were hired. I went through all of the training, but never ended up actually getting to play Belle because 'Revenge' started. It was the time of my life, though!
What I'm after is not living to 1,000. I'm after letting people avoid death for as long as they want to.
The best thing I have are 5 percent bonds from 1780, denominated from $1 to $20. As far as I can tell, they are obligations from the United States of America, so I should be able to walk down to the Federal Reserve and redeem the uncanceled ones. With 217 years of accrued interest, for a $20 bond, that's about $800,000.
Andrew Tobias
What's great about 'The Avengers' is that it's the next step. It's not just superhero fights super-villain and superhero wins. It's about superheroes that come together and interact. It's a clash of the egos. You could do 'Avengers 1' without a villain, just with all these guys coming together. They could sit down and just have a discussion.
Winning the Indy 500 in 1995 and the Formula 1 championship in 1997 are very special moments for me, and the people in NASCAR show me respect for what I've achieved so far in my career.
When it came to dire warnings about Obamacare, the Republicans were the kings of 'swing and a miss.' People would flee the health care industry to avoid Obamacare? Nope - according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, health care gained about 1 million new jobs in preparation for increased demand.
Kurt Eichenwald
In addition, California spends nearly $1 billion a year in Medi-Cal services for an average of 780,000 illegal immigrants a month, over and above emergency health services.
Elton Gallegly
Internet and mobile product development cycles are measured in months, not years. And the capital required to get a product built and into the market is less than $1 million. And the returns, when things work out, can be enormous.
If you pay your credit card off every month, get a rewards card. One that gives you airline miles or that will give you 1 percent cash back at least on every purchase.
Aaron Patzer
I'm not the No. 1 starter. I'm not the guy that's going to carry the staff for four months out of the season, but I can contribute in a lot of ways. And to me I'm very proud of that.
Our first No. 1 was 'Why' and we waited two years to have another one. It felt like forever, and now I feel like I'm celebrating one every few months, which I love.
I get up around 6:30. I work from about 8:00 to 1:00, take a break for lunch, work again until about 5:00, and then go for a long walk and have dinner. Then, if my wife and I have no previous plans, we decide what to do for the evening.
A few scattered accounts, collected and combined together, may lead us to two certain conclusions: 1. That all the American Indians are one kind of people; 2. That they are the same as the people in the northeast of Asia.
Ezra Stiles
As a dancer, I've always checked my body constantly: 'Am I having a good day, or am I having a fat day?' I am probably more critical of myself than anyone else. I am very tiny - 5'1 and a half inches - so there's nowhere for weight to hide.
Bonnie Langford
I love to fish. You can go hours without anything happening, and all of a sudden a big blue marlin comes into the spread and it's cockpit chaos. My dream is to catch a grander, a 1,000 pounder.
Wow, bad news. Mr. Obama now hates Israel because the Israelis want to build 1,600 apartments in their own capital city, Jerusalem. Russia hates Israel, too. So do the Europeans. So does Ban Ki-moon, a Korean who is secretary-general of the UN.
Over any such tangled wave of problems the S-1 secret would be dominant and yet we will not know until after that time probably, until after that meeting, whether this is a weapon in our hands or not.
Trade carried by sea has grown fourfold since 1970 and is still growing. In 2011, the 360 commercial ports of the United States took in international goods worth $1.73 trillion, or eighty times the value of all U.S. trade in 1960.
Rose George
There were 14,000 people at the rally for the president in Ohio. There were another 8,000 people in Virginia. If all 22,000 of those people opened their wallets and gave $1,000 each, that would be less than one donation from a billionaire to the super PACs. And that's why he's in for the fight of his life.
Austan Goolsbee
What Dred Scott's master might lawfully do with Dred Scott, in the free state of Illinois, every other master may lawfully do with any other one, or 1,000 slaves, in Illinois, or in any other free state.
Roger B. Taney
My judgement is not good when I am on a book tour. I am not thinking about it that much. What happens is I will go back home. I have a 4-year-old and a 1-year-old and a wife who is now taking care of them who is wondering where her husband is.
With every inch of land on Earth now catalogued by our satellites, the stars are the next place we as a species must travel. And with a booming world population that will hit 9.1 billion in 2050, large-scale space travel may become a necessity.
Ben Parr
Directing is like looking at the stars on a cloudless night. You get away from all light sources, and you look up, and you see 50 points of light. And a minute later 100 and another minute later 1,000 and then 10,000. And then this swirling gigantic carpet above you, and somehow it all seems to connect.
In 15 years we'll have all the sequence, a list of the genes everyone has in common and those that differ among people. We know only something like a tenth of 1 percent of the sequence at the moment.
My #1 driving force is my lord and savior Jesus Christ. Also my family, my wife and children.
The American people know that every day 3,000 kids begin to smoke, 1,000 of them die an early death. They're not going to allow us to go forward this year and not have comprehensive bipartisan legislation. It's in everybody's best interest.
Erskine Bowles
Yesterday I staked off the ground on the hill for an orchard. I want to get 1,000 apple trees agrowing.
I'm the No. 1 developer in New York, I'm the biggest in Atlantic City, and maybe we'll keep it that way.
Owners who buy aggressive dogs for security may be kidding themselves: The chances that the victim of a fatal dog attack will be a burglar or human attacker are 1-in-177. The odds that the victim will be a child are 7-in-10.
Jon Katz
I've lived nearby since 1981 and probably have averaged one run a week there. That's more than 1,000 repetitions, and I have yet to tire of this course.
Ending up-front fees should make it far easier for all students to go to university as they will no longer have to pay up to /1,125 out of their loans at the start of each year. Student loans will also rise to meet average living costs.
Anne Campbell
Listening to Chris Moyles on Radio 1 is the most miserable thing any human being can do, but attending awards ceremonies isn't far behind.
Diabetes is a disease that's had a deep impact on my family. My little brother has had type 1 diabetes since he was a baby and I have spent time learning about the disease and trying to bring attention to it so that one day soon we will reach a cure.
We don't do things we aren't good at by nature. I wouldn't play basketball because I'm only 5' 1". Find what you enjoy - whether it's racing, flying a helicopter, being a doctor, or stitching clothes together. Once you've done that, you have the passion you need.
You're not going to have a 1.000 batting average, but the way you get votes is, you just push and you push. I'm not afraid to do that.
We are beginning to see a fundamental outrage at the whole interconnected mess of a system: at energy companies who record massive profits, yet allow pensioners to struggle to stay warm in winter; at CEOs who can earn up to a 1,000 times the salary of their average worker; and soon, any day now, at those politicians who allowed this to happen.
Noreena Hertz
In Globalization 1.0, which began around 1492, the world went from size large to size medium. In Globalization 2.0, the era that introduced us to multinational companies, it went from size medium to size small. And then around 2000 came Globalization 3.0, in which the world went from being small to tiny.
It's very important that we keep these special, wild places. It defines the United States. Imagine our country without our national parks and our monuments. Here in California, imagine if you didn't have in Southern Cal the Channel Islands or the great Highway 1, Big Sur up to Point Reyes up to the Redwood country.
Douglas Brinkley
I learned that I suffered from bipolar II disorder, a less serious variant of bipolar I, which was once known as manic depression. The information was naturally frightening; up to 1 in 5 people with bipolar disorder will commit suicide, and rates may even be higher for those suffering from bipolar II.
Following 25 children for the TV series 'Child of Our Time' has been extraordinary. The BBC's original plan was to commemorate the new millennium. What better way than to film a number of expectant mums from across the U.K.? Coming from widely different backgrounds, all were due to give birth on January 1, 2000.
I like Chanel mascara because it has the darkest black. For my eyebrows, I brush them through to keep them groomed and in place. And for my lips, I wear lip balm. I use Kiehl's Lip Balm #1. It's really helpful during fashion week. If I keep up with these three things, I feel like I look very fresh, young, and natural.
Fei Fei Sun
You try to make the most of each day. I'm not big into setting real specific goals. I think, really, if you just focus on every day - and I know that's the oldest cliche in the book, but it really is true. Day 1 of camp means just as much as Day 17 of camp. If you really try to focus on each and every one of those days, long-term.
Scott Tolzien
I ran track in high school very competitively, and then ran it D-1 at Boston University. I ran there on an athletic scholarship and chose BU because they had both a good track program and an arts program.
Researches at Yale found a connection between brain cancer and work environment. The No. 1 most dangerous job for developing brain cancer? Plutonium hat model.
It's not just professional athletes and soldiers who are at risk from traumatic brain injury. More than 1.7 million people a year sustain a traumatic brain injury, and about 50,000 of them die each year, according the Centers for Disease Control. There are both emotional and financial costs from these injuries.
Anne Wojcicki
Marmite - like that other little black-jar job, Bovril - is so much a Mark 1 staple-of-Empire brand, so much part of the Edwardian world of enamel advertising signs, the history of grin-and-bear-it industrial food.
Am I good enough to be No. 1? Sure, but who's gonna break Tiger's legs? I want to be the best. Can I? Oh, believe me, I will be trying. Hard. You grow up in Colombia, and everything is limited. Then, I come here, and you have everything. A trainer, nutritionist, coach. I'm very lucky. Many doors open, and I have a path to take.
Camilo Villegas
I don't look at emails, Internet or newspapers before 1 P.M. I wake at 7 A.M., eat fruit, drink tea or coffee, and read what I've achieved, or not achieved, the previous day. Then I take a shower and work on my next sentence until 1 P.M. After I've done emails and so on, I write again from 3 P.M. until 8 P.M.; then I socialise.
Obviously it's my second senior event, and I'm tired obviously coming back from the British Open, from surgery, which was priority No. 1, did that successfully, and each week since the British Open I've felt in pretty good control of my golf game.
In Illinois, community, migrant, homeless and public housing health centers operate 268 primary care sites and serve close to 1 million patients every year.
Jan Schakowsky
Originally, I was in both software and in online computing. The first innovation really was sort of at that time that we're marrying the telephone and the computer so that people wouldn't have to drive to the computer center. We didn't have $1,000 computers.
Sam Wyly
If your kids attend school and grades are up that will make $1,000 contributions to some 10,000 kids across the country, are challenging kids to learn foreign languages or challenging kids to get summer jobs or seek summer enrichment opportunities?
Harold Ford, Jr.
It's incredible how many emotions you feel when crossing the finish line and seeing that you are No. 1.
Gaza has 1.2 million Palestinians living in crowded places and the resistance will be strong.
We want to set a tone going into our fiscal year that starts Feb. 1, that Wal-Mart Stores is going to be aggressive in taking care of customers, taking care of our associates, communications and merchandising.
I understand there's damage control to do on my image, but people are always gonna have their opinion of me no matter what. I understand 100 people may like me and 1,000 people may hate me. That's fine.
Darwin's theory of evolution is a framework by which we understand the diversity of life on Earth. But there is no equation sitting there in Darwin's 'Origin of Species' that you apply and say, 'What is this species going to look like in 100 years or 1,000 years?' Biology isn't there yet with that kind of predictive precision.
The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44.5 percent. In the last three, it was 48.1 percent. Give Romney an extra point for voter disillusionment with Obama, and a half-point for being better financed than his predecessors. It still strikes me as a path to narrow defeat.
Bill Kristol
My nephew has type 1 diabetes, and it's my goal and hope that in his lifetime there will be a cure for diabetes. There's no place better to give the money to than the Juvenile Diabetes Association.
I got Type 1 diabetes at 30. It hit me in 1982 when I was a White House Fellow in Washington. I had viral pneumonia. I lost 35 pounds in six weeks. And I couldn't see anything. Everything was blurry. I was always thirsty.
My African heritage is a part of reggae music roots, and the concept is that the album, 'Revelation Part 1: The Root of Life' is a tribute to roots reggae music. The fruit is what blossoms into different colors and shades, but the root has to stand predominant.
On the course, I sometimes eat a little sandwich or a slow-release energy bar - one on the front nine and one on the back nine. You're out there five hours, so you have to keep eating. You're going to burn at least 1,000 calories. I'll try to take in about 400-600 calories during a round and drink water.
It is wonderful to contemplate how the planetary forces balance each other so perfectly that universal equilibrium is maintained despite the disturbances of the 1,500 millions which inhabit the Earth alone, not to speak of other spheres.
Max Heindel
For relatively modest amounts of sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere, you could easily cool Earth by 1% or more, if you want.
Acting was just another part of my life, as it still is today. It's 1 of the 10 things I love doing. It's never just been my life. As cheesy as it sounds, all my eggs were never in just one basket. I had a thousand baskets going on.
On Dec. 1, 1948, after the triumph of the revolution, which insured the final victory of the will of the people expressed through elections, President Jose Figueres abolished the army in my country.
Notre Dame and Sydney - that was nothing. Notre Dame doesn't have a police station; it is not 1,000 or so feet high. It was a public structure, very easy to access. And Sydney Harbour Bridge was half-and-half: a bridge, in the middle of the night. The World Trade Center was the end of the world. Electronic devices, police dogs.
In 'Tintin,' it's like a live-action role. You're living and breathing and making decisions for that character from page 1 to page 120, the whole emotional arc. In an animated movie, it's a committee decision. There are 50 people creating that character. You're responsible for a small part.
I came up with the idea for what later became Paychex in 1970 when I was working for Electronic Accounting Systems, a company that sold payroll processing to companies with 50 to 1,000 employees.
Tom Golisano
I grew really fast. It's true I went from 5'6" to 6'1" in six months in 8th grade. By the end of 8th grade, I was 6'1". Everyone was freaking out.
Dot Jones
No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up. They try hard, they don't complain about things - and I'd just like to be with them when things are good, and hopefully we can win a pennant together.
The real estate agent had to go door-to-door in the apartment building we wanted to rent, asking if it was OK for this interracial family - my mom is white and I was a 1-year-old half-African kid - to live in the apartment building.
I would supplant the ox with the automobile and pave instead of plowing the fields. 1 have a theory that if a corn field were paved, leaving out a brick for each hill, it would increase the yield, do away entirely with the mud, and give the farmer plenty of time to meditate on lofty subjects. That is only one theory. I have many others.
Susan Glaspell
And as a director, you make 1,000 decisions a day, mostly binary decisions: yes or no, this one or that one, the red one or the blue one, faster or slower. And it's the culmination of those decisions that define the tone of the film and whether or not it moves people.
I don't consider myself bossy, but I do know what I want. You know, I have a gut feeling about a piece of material, but I've never envisioned myself as the director on top of the hill with a megaphone in my hand, screaming at 1,000 extras.
When I came to M.I.T. in 1960, only 4 percent of the students were female. Today, it's about 40 percent of undergraduates. At Lincoln Lab, they had 1,000 men and two women. But we had a very good boss, and he treated us just like everybody else.
Mildred S. Dresselhaus
I am the father of twin sons that were born in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1983. They were 13 weeks premature. Gerry weighed 1 pound 14 ounces, and Zachary 1 pound 11 ounces. They were the first male twins to ever survive at Pennsylvania Hospital.
H. G. Bissinger
Our 1 million members across the country will be watching closely to see if the video game industry hides behind a First Amendment veil in order to exploit children for the sake of corporate profit.
Connie Sellecca
Hmm, the best thing about being in the NFL? In America it's the No.1 sport; it's exciting, fun, so to me the best thing is the buzz that surrounds football on and off the field.
When I play discos in Belfast or freshers' week in Oxford, there are 1,800 kids dressed as me. It's odd, it's funny, and it pays really well.
I define genuine full employment as a situation where there are at least as many job openings as there are persons seeking employment, probably calling for a rate of unemployment, as currently measured, of between 1 and 2 percent.
William Vickrey
Once I grew from 6'1' to about 6'6', by that time I was going into 12th grade, and that's when I started wanting to play basketball, because, pretty much basketball players always got the girl.
Even though now I'm pretty popular in my country and tennis is the No. 1 sport, and I'm very flattered that the people recognise me and come up and give me compliments, I'm more a person who likes to have privacy and peace.
General reader feedback is usually pretty worthless. 99% of people give feedback that is irrelevant, stupid, or just flat out wrong. But that 1% of people who give good feedback are invaluable.
Tucker Max
I did a TV show called 'Unit 1.' It wasn't a bad experience, but yes, the first season I didn't have a good time because I was coming from Nicolas Winding Refn films where the corners were sharp and radical, but now we had round corners.
I think a lot of my dreams have come true, and my next dream is to have a No. 1 selling album. A Grammy-award-winning album.
The price of imported oil in the US doubled between summer 2003 and summer 2005, reducing consumers' purchasing power by more than 1 per cent of gross domestic product.
Martin Feldstein
I'm the world 'Guinness Book of Records' holder of 1,749 hugs in one hour. My arms fell off.
After 'Heart Skips A Beat' hit No.1, I barely had a chance to celebrate 'cos it was straight over to the judges' houses for the 'Xtra Factor,' filming in Greece, L.A. and Spain.
The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma.
As a consequence, the Court ruled that the limits on campaign spending violated the First Amendment, but it accepted the $1,000 limit on individual contributions on the ground that the need to avoid the appearance of corruption justified this limited constraint on speech.
James L. Buckley
When the Taliban captured Kabul in 1996 after a searing, four-year civil war, they immediately instituted laws which fit their utopic vision of the time of Islam's founding more than 1,300 years earlier. Afghan women's lives offered the most visible sign of the imagined past to which Afghanistan's present was to be returned.
Math and science fields are not the only areas where we see the United States lagging behind. Less than 1 percent of American high school students study the critical foreign languages of Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Russian, combined.
I can't see myself leaving the club I grew up supporting... it's one of those things, the money's great but I still get paid reasonably well from the Lions and at the end of the day I think job satisfaction is the No.1 priority and I just love it up here.
Don't sweat it if you are stuck in the corporate job right now. But begin to plan ahead. I know from much personal experience that it takes 1-3 years to transition from total scratch to making a living from home in any career you want.
James Altucher
My parents are OK with me wearing a small heel, up to 1.5 inches high. Heels give me height when I wear such long dresses. For me, they complete the outfit.
I've always said the key to killing a lot of mallards if you live on the East Coast is to move west. The No. 1 rule in duck hunting is to go where the ducks are.
In 1976, Kodak's first digital camera shot at 0.1 megapixels, weighed 3.75 pounds, and cost over $10,000.
There's no question that homophobia is rampant among the world's 1.5 billion Muslims - but that doesn't negate the fact that there are huge groups of Muslims who have easily reconciled their faith and sexual orientation, like LGBT people in other faith communities.
Making the best-seller list is a big deal; it's like being nominated for an Oscar. Hitting No. 1 is like actually winning the award. It's very gratifying.
Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team.
I love Logic Audio and have been using it for years. All my track outputs used to come up on my old board in the same order as in the old Mac G4 - 1 through 32, came up as 1 through 32, for instance.
Tony Visconti
As a CEO, you get sucked into dealing with all the tasks of being a CEO. There's a big meeting, a big discussion, and you get into all the big issues, which is your job. But what CEOs often lose sight of is that it's all about the people who work for you. For every 1,000 decisions, 999 were being made when I was not in the room.
Douglas Conant
My No. 1 priority, and it always has been this, is keeping our team together and making sure we have the right guys in the right positions to make a run at this for a long time.
We're making the same mistakes we made 1,000 years ago. So they must be the right ones. So relax.
This much I'm sure of. Chances for winning = 1 - (# of math students playing)/ (# of math students cheering). That's a fraction.
When you take a look at the problems our country is facing, debt is No. 1. The math is downright scary and the credit markets aren't going to keep on giving us cheap rates.
The day after the prison was transferred to the military intelligence command, they had an entire battalion - 1,200, 1,500 soldiers - arrive at Abu Ghraib just for force protection alone.
Janis Karpinski
I think any student of military strategy would tell you that in order to attack a position, you should have a ratio of approximately 3 to 1 in favor of the attacker.
Norman Schwarzkopf
On the morning of January 17, 1966, a real-life dirty bomb crisis occurred over Palomares, Spain. A Strategic Air Command bomber flying with four armed hydrogen Bombs - with yields between 70 kilotons and 1.45 megatons - collided midair with a refueling tanker over the Spanish countryside.
If you compare NASA's annual budget to explore the heavens, that one year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years.
Robert Ballard
There are three kinds of people in this world: 1) People who make lists, 2) People who don't make lists, and 3) People who carve tiny Nativity scenes out of pecan hulls. I'm sorry, there isn't really a third category; it's just that a workable list needs a minimum of three items, I feel.
People perceive me as a commodity. They just don't think anything of asking for five minutes of my time. It never occurs to them that if they're asking for it and another thousand people are asking, I don't have 1,000 five minutes to give.
New York has arguably become the quintessential 1 percent city, a city that has been so given over to the rich that you now have to be rich to live here. Or not live here: New York's also a preferred destination for foreign money spent on vast, lifeless apartments in the sky that are occupied a couple of weeks a year at most.
Graydon Carter
The best thing about New York is working late into the night. At 1 in the morning on a Saturday, to be still working, there's an immense satisfaction in being enclosed by it.
I'm a night owl for sure. I was born at 1 A.M., and that's the excuse I use.
For no. 1, it's great writing, super writing. The second thing is that it's great chemistry with all the actors. We just all got along from the very start. Very get-go, we all got along. We just - it was just like we were all meant to be there together.
No tennis player is perfect. Even if you're world #1, I don't think, you still have things to improve on, and I'm not even close to that. So I am going to have weaknesses in my game; I am going to have strengths in my game, but I still have time to develop a lot of things, hopefully, and we'll see how it goes.
Living on $6 a day means you have a refrigerator, a TV, a cell phone, your children can go to school. That's not possible on $1 a day.
The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics - just as inequality has been a permanent part of our economic system. This is true of virtually all political and economic systems.
Number 4 should have been number 1. Thanks, Honey.
Sunscreen is my number 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 tip. I'm a fanatic, partially because I live in L.A. and have fair skin and freckles, and partially because of my kids. My mom always made me wear sunscreen and I'm trying to be that mom for them.
During the campaign for re-election, Barack Obama at least made vague references to a willingness to accept $3 trillion of reduced spending in exchange for a $1 trillion dollar tax increase.
Bob Beauprez
It's fine if you're making 1,000 or 2,000 of an electric car, and I think there is value in that in a lot of ways, but it's not going to have a big dent in oil consumption in the country, or CO2 emissions.
Rick Wagoner
The older you get the more realistic it is that you're significant other is your significant other. I mean, you'll always have your girlfriends or your guy friends, but the person you're married to is usually your No. 1.
Does anybody think Steve Jobs should not be in the 1 percent? He made life better for the 99 percent of the rest of us. You want to create opportunities for people with their unique gifts.
Clark Durant
India made a big mistake by signing up to TRIPS. With a population of 1.3 billion, India can't afford a monopoly in healthcare. Monopolies lead to higher prices and we can't allow them in a country like India with so much poverty and misery. It was like signing our own death warrant.
Yusuf Hamied
These days, newish art can be priced between $10,000 and $25,000. When I tell artists that a new painting by a newish artist should go for around $1,200, they look at me like I'm a flesh-eating virus.
Every story was being made up. My true friends weren't the ones speaking. It was people who never knew me, making up stories. Even my local paper put a $1,000 bounty out for information about my whereabouts.
The most abundant resources that we possess amongst the 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States are passion and knowledge, yet our most scarce resource is collaboration.
A $1.7 billion average increase in electricity costs is estimated to result in a $1.3 billion decrease in personal income and a loss of 13,000 more jobs in the region.
Greg Walden
My personal opinion is that, if you're a professional writer, that you do have quotas. So every day I do try to write 800-1,200 words. I don't always achieve it, and the reality is that a lot of the words I write will end up on the cutting-room floor.
I have about 1,000 hours of myself on tape in a vault in Los Angeles. But I also have a photographic memory about my jokes, because they're really about me; they're my stories.
Louie Anderson
I did, although I didn't read from page 1 to page 187 but I read chunks of it. I did a little bit of science when I was in the university so I was able to understand the graphs and pie charts and stuff like that. It was extremely dry.
When I'm playing the 1-guard, teams do a great job of just loading up and preparing for my drives and preparing for my three-point shots.
I understand popular entertainment better than anyone. I want to have the world's No. 1 tennis player, the hottest movie, the biggest artist.
What I love about 'Mockingjay, Part 1' is that President Coin or Cressida could have easily been played by a man, and if you look at 'Interstellar,' the Anne Hathaway or Jessica Chastain roles would have been men years ago.
For every $1 billion we invest in public transportation, we create 30,000 jobs, save thousands of dollars a year for each commuter, and dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions.
If US per capita income continues to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent a year, the country will have plenty of money to finance comfortable retirements and high-quality healthcare for all citizens, including those at the bottom of the wage ladder.
William Greider
I try to write 1,000 words. Some people say it's not about the quantity but about the quality. I disagree. You need to write a lot in order to figure out what's good and what's crap.
Nathaniel Rich
Most of my readers think I'm obsessed with time management, but they haven't seen the other - much more legitimate, much more extreme - obsession. I've recorded almost every workout I've done since age 18. Since 2004, I've been tracking everything from complete lipid panels, insulin, and hemoglobin A1c, to IGF-1 and free testosterone.
It's estimated for every $1 billion we spend on road construction, nearly 48,000 jobs are created.
I'm interested in a lot. Like right now, I'm just really excited for 'Catching Fire' and 'Mockingjay' Part 1 and 2. But I love playing characters like Prim - I mean, Prim is like my dream character - but after 'The Hunger Games', it would be fun to look and see what else I could do well. But right now, Prim is like my dream role.
Mmmmmmmm. Anderson. He's dreamy. Just dreamy. I've been a fan of his since season 1 of 'The Mole.' I just thought he was so cool when he talked in this cool, low, secret-agent voice.
When I'm playing the 1-guard, I'm kind of seeing everything that's going on. When I play the 2, I have a more broader understanding of what's going on and where the screens are being set in order for not only myself to get open, but for my teammates.
I was with Ted Turner when he came to see Kofi Annan - the Secretary-General of the UN - to announce his decision to put $1 billion to the service of UN projects and programs.
What I think about is what people spend their time on this planet doing. So No.1 is sleep, No.2 is work, and No.3 is sight, sound, and motion video consumption. Basically, four to five hours a day is what Americans spend consuming video.
I think it was when I was 12 when I entered a singing competition. I sang my own original song for an audience of 1,000 people.
It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, 'Well, yeah,' but you start to think, 'Why not, though?' What makes one more valuable than another?
There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.
Every now and then you think about your life, what you would like to be, you start at Number 1 and you go down to 100. And down at the bottom, 100, was - Stage. Go figure. That would be the last thing. It terrified me, man. But I had to do it.
Alan Vega
Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems absurd because we know that college in America is supposed to be about creating citizens and leaders in a diverse nation.
Eric Liu
When I write for 'n+1,' I begin by doing a lot of reading, to try to convince myself I'm not stupid. Then I scribble down a paragraph here, a paragraph there, when a notion strikes. Then I see if I can arrange those notions in a way that yields an argument.
The people who I grew up making music with, we've all grown up and become successful in different ways. My manager supported me since I was 16 and believed in me as a musician. He's been there since Day 1, and there's so much to be said about doing something with people that you love.
I think we can launch - successfully, high quality - around 20 original scripted shows a year, which means every 2 1/2 to three weeks you're launching a new season or a new show on Netflix meant to be for really diverse tastes all around the world.
If you're totally sedentary and eat 2,500 calories a day, don't instantly go to 1,200 calories and hours of aerobics - your weight loss will be sudden and violent, but also fleeting.
Martha Beck
I take my son to school and then I drive 45 minutes to practice with my ABA team, the Florida Pit Bulls, from 10 to 1. In the afternoon, I have meetings.
Tim Hardaway
I had actually finished the manuscript of 'The Wild Trees' and turned it in to Random House when all of a sudden word came. Michael Taylor and his colleague, Chris Atkins, another explorer, have just knocked one out of the park. They found the world's tallest tree. The tree is named Hyperion, 379.1 feet tall.
I hate fame. There's this assumption that everyone wants it - that by being a musician, I've signed up for it at some point. But personally, what I signed up for is sharing my music. I've always said I'd rather have four No. 10 songs than one No. 1 hit.
I competed with Yahoo for 15-1/2 years, and the one thing I tried to do over the years was desperately try to get a deal with them.
Ross Levinsohn
For me, the amazing thing was entering into this amazing world of 'Sesame Street.' We'd be in the kids' room, and there was a door into the soundstage that said '1-2-3 Open Sesame.' I remember pushing that door open and going into this incredible magical world of make-believe. In one episode, I was playing football with Joe Namath.
Kim Raver
My history has been to grow the roots as deeply as you can before going on to the next thing. That's why it took 10 years to go from Union Square Cafe to Gramercy Tavern, and another 10 years to go from Blue Smoke's first location to its second, and five to go from Shake Shack 1 to Shake Shack 2.
Danny Meyer
You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is.
Historically, large-scale global trade has served two functions: 1) the exchange of goods between willing sellers and buyers described in Econ 101 textbooks; 2) as a tool of state aggrandizement, in which the private parties are stand-ins for governmental interests.
Women in America cannot achieve our full economic and personal fulfillment as long as the concentration of wealth and power in the top 1% continues to stifle democratic voices and progressive policies.
Christine Pelosi
Here's the truth. The proposed top rate of income tax is not 50 per cent. It is 50 per cent plus 1.5 per cent national insurance paid by employees plus 13.3 per cent paid by employers. That's not 50 per cent. Two years from now, Britain will have the highest tax rate on earned income of any developed country.
With the newspapers cheering, Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt chose a top-notch regiment of more than 1,250 men. They were first called Teddy's Texas Tarantulas and went through three or four other monikers until Roosevelt's Rough Riders stuck.
Our typical Western diet is full of inflammatory fats - saturated fats, trans fats, too many omega-6, inflammatory, processed vegetable oils like soy and corn oils. These increase IGF-1 and stimulate pimple follicles.
Mark Hyman
To attain the rank of grand master of memory, you must be able to perform three seemingly superhuman feats. You have to memorize 1,000 digits in under an hour, the precise order of 10 shuffled decks of playing cards in the same amount of time, and one shuffled deck in less than two minutes. There are 36 grand masters of memory in the world.
Joshua Foer
It was a tough year for me, '89, losing two Slam finals and losing another five finals. It wasn't until I won the Masters, or what's now called the ATP Finals, that things changed again. Suddenly I won seven tournaments in 1990 and became No. 1.
Stefan Edberg
Talent is the No. 1 priority for a CEO. You think it's about vision and strategy, but you have to get the right people first.
Andrea Jung
Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days.
I've been wanting to have a child since Dashiell was 1, but I was working too much, and there was a lot going on in my relationship.
I have 1.4 million followers on Twitter. I get very interesting, sometimes very diverse input from my followers. So it's sort of like this water cooler, digital water cooler, if you want to think about it, where you go and you listen to conversations that are happening that perhaps will shape your thinking.
Padmasree Warrior
I came out wanting to be an actor. From my first view of the world, that's what I wanted to be. I'm made of 99 percent ham and 1 percent water. I was just cooked that way!
Personally, when I don't feel like working out, I put on my workout clothes and pump up some music. It's definitely my #1 inspiration.
I don't speak Spanish. I've done Spanish 1 and 2 classes. My grandma asked me when I was young if I wanted to learn Spanish, and I guess I was young. I should have, because it would have helped me a lot.
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Independence Day: Resurgence FILM REVIEW
20 years later and Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman return in 'Independence Day: Resurgence.'
As the Fourth of July nears, satellite engineer David Levinson investigates a 3,000-mile-wide mother ship that's approaching Earth. Fortunately, 20 years earlier, nations across the world started to use recovered extraterrestrial technology to develop an immense defense program. When the alien invaders attack with unprecedented force, the U.S. president, teams of scientists and brave fighter pilots spring into action to save the planet from a seemingly invincible enemy.
*1/2 Stars
Director: Roland Emmerich
Screenplay by: Nicolas Wright & James A. Woods and Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich and James Vanderbilt
Starring: Liam Hemsworth, Jessie T. Usher, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Vivica A. Fox, Maika Monroe, Sela Ward, Judd Hirsch, Brent Spiner, William Fichtner
Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci - fi action and destruction, and for some language
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Project xCloud warms up engines: 50 games for xCloud Preview, launch in 2020
Just one month after the launch of the Public Preview (and just a few days after the launch of competitor Google Stadia) here comes news about xCloud, Microsoft’s streaming platform.
A few hours ago, Microsoft held its X019 London Event. A moment of stardom in which the company based in Redmond took the opportunity to talk about what will come with Project xCloud, its proposal to fight for the game in streaming and compete with Google Stadia.
xCloud: 50 games now and launch in 2020
It is best to detail the 50 new titles that will reach the platform. A list that includes titles for all tastes and signed by both Microsoft and other studios and third-party developers. Sports, driving, fighting and everything has a place. Also, remember that Stadia will only have 12 titles at the time of launch.
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
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Dead Island: Definitive Edition
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World of Final Fantasy Maxima
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
Overcooked!
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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
ReCore: Definitive Edition
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The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut
Microsoft has announced that access to these games will remain free and limited to only users who have been invited to try the service can use them.
In addition, it was announced that throughout the year 2020, Project xCloud will be integrated with Xbox Game Pass. In this way, subscribers of this service will be able to play the games of the platform via streaming on compatible devices.
The preview phase that has so far involved the United States, the United Kingdom and South Korea will be extended in early 2020 to the territories of Canada, India, Japan and some Western European countries (at the moment it is not known which ones). The official launch is planned for an unspecified period next year.
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Israel leaders blamed arsonists for some of the blazes and branded them terrorists. “Every fire that was caused by arson, or incitement to arson, is terrorism by all accounts. And we will treat it as such,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told to the media. Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan also referred to “arson terrorism” and said there had been a small number of arrests. Schools and universities were evacuated, and two nearby prisons transferred inmates to other jails. Hundreds of homes have been damaged or destroyed but no deaths or serious injuries have been reported. Meteorologists said the atmosphere will remain very dry, at least until Monday or Tuesday, facilitating fire spread.
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Chris Christie's latest indignity: Re-election campaign subpoenaed
The latest news shows that federal inquiry into Bridgegate scandal has expanded
By Luke Brinker
January 8, 2015 7:32PM (UTC)
(AP/Mark Humphrey)
Embattled New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie sustained a major political and legal setback on Wednesday, as it emerged that federal prosecutors have subpoenaed his 2013 re-election campaign.
The subpoenas, part of U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman's federal inquiry into politically-motivated lane closures on the George Washington Bridge in September 2013, concern government meetings that were canceled with Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop after Fulop, a Democrat, refused to endorse Christie's re-election bid. As the Wall Street Journal observes, the subpoenas "are another sign that the yearlong probe into former allies of Mr. Christie has broadened beyond matters directly related to" the Bridgegate scandal.
Fishman's subpoenas come one year after Fulop publicly charged that days after he declined to endorse the governor, Christie's office nixed meetings he was scheduled to hold with administration officials.
The Journal reports that Fishman's inquiry has focused in large part on the activities of the New Jersey Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, which functions as a liaison between the Christie administration and lawmakers and is said to have been wielded as a source of political intimidation as Christie sought a second term.
Two months before it was revealed that Christie's deputy chief of staff, Bridget Kelly, ordered the lane closures following Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich's refusal to endorse Christie, the governor defeated Democratic challenger Barbara Buono by 22 points.
The expansion of Fishman's inquiry represents merely the latest setback for the governor, whom most observers expect to mount a campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Beyond lingering questions over his role in Bridgegate, Christie confronts firestorms surrounding his state's troubled pension fund and -- most recently -- favors reportedly awarded to a company co-owned by the Dallas Cowboys, whose owner has lavished gifts on Christie, a longtime fan.
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Kanye West Is Officially Cancelled
by Sa'iyda Shabazz
May 3, 2018 Updated May 4, 2018
Twitter / @kanyewest
Saying that Kanye West is no stranger to controversy would be an understatement. Among other things, he will be forever known as the guy who jumped on stage during the VMAs and interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech to declare that Beyonce had “the best video of all time.” He has never been one to back down from his convictions, calling one of his albums “Yeezus,” a play off Jesus.
He may be arguably one of the best rappers and producers of all time, but his behavior in the last few years has been absolutely mind boggling. How did the same man who declared on national television that “George Bush doesn’t care about black people,” turn into a MAGA hat-wearing, card-carrying member of team Trump?
And after his most recent stunt, Kanye West is officially cancelled. This week, in an interview with TMZ, he said “When you hear about slavery for 400 years … For 400 years? That sounds like a choice.” Yep, he said that.
Kanye West, one of the most outspoken black men in the entertainment industry actually said that slavery was a choice. I literally do not even know how to respond to that, other than to say: Cancelled. CAN-CELLED. Apparently we’re living in the goddamn upside down, because I just can’t think of a better explanation for the shit show that is unfolding before our very eyes.
First, let’s just talk about facts. I don’t know how someone who is as (seemingly) smart as Kanye West could actually believe that slavery was a fucking choice. Where did Africans have the choice to be laid in the cargo storage of a ship, chained to the floor, unable to even sit up? Where did they have the choice to be stolen from their homeland, forced to learn a new language, adopt new names, give up their traditions and be converted to a religion they knew nothing about?
Where was the choice to not be allowed to fall in love, to marry, to have a family without the fear of being ripped apart and sold as property before being shipped to different parts of the country? Where was the choice to be raped, forced to carry the child of the man who owned you, forced to have sex with the boss’s wife, whipped, bloodied, and broken for minor infractions and perceived inability? Was it a choice to not be educated? Where was the choice in any of that? I don’t fucking think so.
Not surprisingly, people came out in force to disagree with Kanye’s ridiculous comments. Everyone from journalists to other rappers to historians lined up with facts to refute his bullshit statement, and harsh words for his flippant remarks.
Musician https://t.co/LVkFhdVrGP says Kanye West's comment on slavery 'broke his heart'.#IfSlaveryWasAChoice
Read more on @iamwill's interview: https://t.co/kIy8AD60bJ pic.twitter.com/KeR7m5W7BE
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) May 2, 2018
I don’t have the energy for nonsense but Kanye saying slavery was a choice reiterates my previous statements about how dangerous his trite, shallow ramblings are. He is not a free thinker. He is a free moron who doesn’t read. Do not @ me.
— roxane gay (@rgay) May 1, 2018
Filmmaker Matthew Cherry and journalist Philip Mwaniki thanked and praised TMZ reporter Van Lathan for stepping in to shut that shit down in real time:
Years from now, the question will be; where were you when this dude shut Kanye West up? pic.twitter.com/wTG83siGuz
— Philip Mwaniki (@Mwanikih) May 1, 2018
Man @VanLathan thank you for saying what you said to Kanye. pic.twitter.com/IxYvA7FYVJ
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) May 1, 2018
And of course, some people took the humorous route, because sometimes things are so wild and ridiculous and absurd that all you can do is laugh:
What @kanyewest is doing and saying right now on @TMZLive is so wild, @HarveyLevinTMZ put his cup down.
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) May 1, 2018
Want to feel old? This is Kanye West now. pic.twitter.com/BWRBm1ld5p
— Mat Johnson (@mat_johnson) May 1, 2018
And Kanye’s assertion that slavery was a choice did lead to a pretty hilarious hashtag on Twitter, because if there’s nothing else black folks have during times of absolute confusion, they got jokes.
Here’s the thing though, Kanye’s “thoughts” about slavery are dangerous. Because his comments will be seized upon like red meat by anyone just looking to advance the white supremacist agenda.
As soon as I saw Mr. West emerging from Trump Tower way back in 2016, I have been waiting for some off-the-wall, white supremacist bullshit to come spewing out of his mouth. In an interview in The New York Times, West elaborated on his affection for the cotton candy haired menace allegedly running the country: “I can tell you that when he was running, it’s like I felt something. The fact that he won proves something. It proves that anything is possible in America.” Well, yes, anything is indeed possible, but the possibilities here are not ones that make me hopeful, Yeezy.
But on a way more serious note, someone whose last name is not Kardashian or Jenner needs to go check on Kanye West. This is all very unsettling. Cancelling Kanye may be what’s best for him at this point.
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Queenstown’s ‘lockdown anthem’ goes viral
Could it become Queenstown’s lockdown anthem?
In an amazing video collaboration, local choir Southern Soul posted American singer-songwriter Andra Day’s stirring song, Rise Up, on its Facebook page, on Tuesday night.
And by this afternoon it had generated about 4800 views – and rising.
The choir, only formed six months ago, originally sang the song for a local Cancer Society ball last November.
“I just thought it was a really powerful song with the perfect kind of message for that particular concert,” choral director Natasha Wilson says, “and now, more than ever, it just seems to be so appropriate.
“We’ve all got to rise up to the challenge that the whole world is facing.
“A lot if us have got family all around the world and it’s just a really difficult time for everybody.
“But we always find that, singing together, it’s just so uplifting and always makes us feel better.”
Of course, with everyone house-bound during the Covid-19-induced lockdown, getting the choir to perform in unison was quite a challenge.
All 14 singers video-recorded themselves in front of a laptop, with piano accompaniment by Liz Green in their ears.
One singer, Sarah Cannon, who’d gone to the UK to visit her family before the lockdown, even sent her recording from the other side of the world.
The recordings were then put together by choir member David Oakley, who’s also a videographer.
“It’s a really weird, awkward concept when you’re doing it on your own,” Wilson says, “but then to see it all put together like this was really moving.
“We were all kind of really emotional when we saw the finished product.”
Wilson says, for her singers, performing Rise Up was “like our therapy”.
“Although we can’t sing together and have that energy of all being together, doing it this way has just made us all feel so kind of invigorated and positive.”
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Cirrhilabruswakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (Teleostei, Labridae)
Y. Tea, H. Pinheiro, B. Shepherd, L. Rocha
Abstract Cirrhilabruswakandasp. nov. is described on the basis of the holotype and four paratypes collected between 50 and 80m depth over low-complexity reef and rubble bottoms at the east coast of… Expand
Navigobius kaguya, new species of ptereleotrine goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the West Pacific.
Navigobius kaguya is described on the basis of two specimens from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, and Luzon, Philippines. It differs from other described species of the genus in live coloration, and in… Expand
Chromis tingting, a new species of damselfish from mesophotic coral ecosystems of southern Japan, with notes on C. mirationis Tanaka (Teleostei: Pomacentridae).
Y. Tea, A. C. Gill, H. Senou
Chromis tingting sp. nov., is described on the basis of the holotype and three paratypes from Sagami Bay, Japan. The new species likely belongs to a complex consisting of C. mirationis, C. okamurai… Expand
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Big Ben: we meet the Clockmaker at the Palace of WestminsterOut
By sewyoursoul on July 24, 2013 in Animal
Reblogged from Time Out, you can read the original post here: http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2013/07/24/big-ben-we-meet-the-clockmaker-at-the-palace-of-westminster/#more-100799
A couple of weeks ago, myself and Time Out London put our heads together and thought of a series we could put onto the blog which would encapsulate London and warms peoples’ hearts. This is so incredibly timely as I’m moving to London next week so I’m about to get even more well acquainted with the city. So I started with London’s possibly most famous landmark and to go with it, we thought it would be lovely to include an interview which someone who had a very special relationship with that building.
The ‘Ministructures’ project was born.
Keep an eye out every week on the Time Out blog and Sew Your Soul for a new building and interview.
In the coming weeks, artist Lucy Sparrow is making mini versions of London’s iconic buildings out of felt. Our new Ministructures series, in which we interview Londoners with a connection to the big buildings of the capital, kicks off with Big Ben and Big Ben’s caretaker Paul Roberson, photographed holding ‘Little Ben’.
Paul Roberson, 53, Clockmaker at the Palace of Westminster, Chairman of the British Watch & Clock Makers Guild
‘When I was young I wanted to be a motorcycle mechanic – I’m always playing around with anything mechanical. I’ve just finished restoring a classic jukebox. I do like my music. My favourite artist is Galia Arad – you can Google her.’
Looking after Big Ben must be pretty awesome…
‘When you’re up there it’s a strange feeling. It can be quite lonely – it’s just you, a colleague and the clock. But then you look down at the crowds and realise it’s a real responsibility. It’s cool. I started work in a basement in east London – if someone had told me that one day I’d be working on the most famous clock in the world, I wouldn’t have believed them.’
Is it a round-the-clock-job?
‘When you’re on call, you always have to be within an hour and a half of the palace. There are two of us on call all the time.’
In case it stops?
‘It’s never stopped since I’ve been here.’
‘Though occasionally the chime might stop playing. It’s rare, but it can happen. In the ’50s the clock stopped when a flock of starlings landed on the minute hand.’
Tell us something we don’t know about Big Ben.
‘We keep it running with a stack of old pennies. The clock has a pendulum that swings every two seconds. Adding a penny speeds it up by 2/5 of a second, removing a penny slows it.’
What do you think of our model?
‘It’s cute. Let me know if you’re ever getting rid of it.’
You collect cuddly Big Bens?
‘No, but in my garden I’ve got a five-foot concrete model of the clocktower. The dials light up at night.’
Isn’t that a bit weird?
‘I suppose when you work on Big Ben it gets under your skin a little. I still get a buzz when I go up there.’
Do your family think your job’s cool?
‘They don’t like clocks as much as I do.’
Why do people love Big Ben so much?
‘I’ve no idea. It’s no longer got the biggest face, dial or bell, but it’s the most famous clock the world over. It’s got a place in people’s hearts.’
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Check out Lucy Sparrow’s latest creations in felt at sewyoursoul.co.uk.
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Anna Quindlen writes the Introduction for this edition of the classic comedy of manners between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet.
From the front Cover It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's witty comedy of manners--one of the most popular novels of all time--that features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of eighteenth-century drawing-room intrigues. Renowned literary critic and historian George Saintsbury in 1894 declared it the most perfect, the most characteristic, the most eminently quintessential of its author's works, and Eudora Welty in the twentieth century described it as irresistible and as nearly flawless as any fiction could be.
Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations Series In Order - By Jane Austen
Oedipus the King
Gareth Hinds
Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front
J.D. Salinger's the Catcher in the Rye
William Golding's Lord of the Flies
Mark Twain's the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Toni Morrison's the Bluest Eye
Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot
Homer's the Odyssey
The Man Without Qualities
Other literature books you might enjoy
Animal Farm and 1984
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Love Story - The Last: Naruto The Movie @ GSC Paradigm Malaysia
Selina Wing Movies
After shopping at Paradigm, James and I tried to watch movie, "The Last: Naruto The Movie" Japanese movie, so we are lucky this movie get English subtitle! James missed to read manga, "Naruto" but he will read it when he are free! I shocked that this movie bring a love story between Naruto and Hinata before I watched it! So cool! Good job!
Two years after the inevitable battle between Sasuke and Naruto, The Village Hidden in the Leaves prepares for its destruction; the moon is on a collision course with the Earth. Naruto is now a teacher, is very popular and kind to all girls students, wow! Hinata has been struggling with her feelings for Naruto and has used that love to knit every thread of a red scarf that she interested to give to him. But, Hinata misunderstand that Naruto get a girl who he likes so much! Sakura encouraged her to confess her feeling, but Hinata is too afraid to speak up and Naruto is failed to get it!! I felt Naruto still be fool and silly!
During their mission to moon, Hinata tried to give her best to confess but she also hold it first! Until Naruto are realizing her feelings, he becomes quiet and seriously thinking, but his normal personality is cheerful... funny him! They are shy each other!
A moon want to destory the earth, there are Sasuke still protect Kakshi and everyone in village when Naruto are not around them! I happy to see the Sasuke become matured adult! I always wonder how Sakura and Sasuke's romantic life?
The ending showed us that Naruto and Hinata finally be married, then they got a son and daugther in new family! Their son and daughter are very cute! Sasuke and Sakura become daddy and mommy too, wow! This manga still make us to remember Naruto and Sasuka in their journey to be good & evil Ninja so mostly! It lead to you get to know how he can change Sasuka who is very selfish and believe in his own theory...
I managed to finish this manga as I felt the emotional relationship between Naruto and Sasuke as "best friend" as they are strongest enemies in Ninja world! But, I always wish that Sasuke come to help Naruto and Hinata in the movie! But, Sasuke don't appear in this movie, sad!
"If you don't like your destiny, don't accept it. Instead, have the courage to change it the way you want it to be!" - Uzumaki Naruto
So, the "Naruto" manga are THE END! The fans sure cry and don't want to missing their favorite characters in "Naruto" manga! That is why they give thanks so much for the readers so they give away the love story about "The Last: Naruto The Movie" in worldwide!
Again, they revealed that the next movie will feature Naruto’s son, Boruto Uzumaki, to premiere in August 2015. But, come Spring 2015, fans will be treated to a sequel mini-series featuring the next generation of Hidden Leaf ninjas. These all means that there are still more from the Narutoverse to feed all you old hungry fans out there! Or we can give Kishimoto sensei a break, let him spend more time with his kids.[Source: Altunit]
...Wait! We are very happy to get see new Kakashi's story! The first book is about Kakashi Hatake and will be titled "Kakashi Secret: Lightning of the Frozen Heaven". The story revolves around an an unspecified incident that features a somber Kakashi Hatake, who is the Sixth Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village. The book will be 226 pages long and make its debut on February 4, 2015 in Japan. Take a look at the cover below.
Love Story - The Last: Naruto The Movie @ GSC Paradigm Malaysia Reviewed by Selina Wing on February 24, 2015 Rating: 5
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Explore the Traditions of Shiva and Jewish mourning.
The Learning Center offers answers to your questions about shiva and the Jewish mourning process.
The Learning Center provides answers to your questions about shiva and the Jewish mourning process.
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What is Shiva?
A primary purpose of the shiva tradition, or "sitting shiva," is to provide structure during a time of loss by creating an environment of comfort and community for mourners. LEARN MORE >>
Find guidance for making a shiva call, along with appropriate ways to enter the home. LEARN MORE >>
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We have worked with rabbis and psychologists to provide helpful advice and alternative viewpoints, appropriate for Jewish and non-Jewish individuals. In the Learning Center, you will find information on all aspects of shiva and Jewish mourning, including a more comprehensive explanation of shiva, the protocol following a death in the workplace, suggestions on what to bring or send to a shiva and additional articles about mourning within Judaism.
Each topic in the Learning Center presents the traditional religious or fundamental perspective with the option for additional viewpoints when available.
Judaism provides a structured period of mourning that may last up to one year, allowing the mourner to gradually heal by experiencing different stages of grief. This section will give you a basic overview and understanding of shiva and Jewish mourning.
"Sitting shiva" is a term used to describe the traditional ritual of the mourners during the seven days after the deceased has been buried. Traditionally, during the period of shiva, mourners sat on low stools or boxes. This is how the phrase "sitting shiva" evolved.
Mourning in the Jewish faith is a very personal process: Each individual mourns and reflects differently. In many instances, extended family, friends and general members of the community – including those who belong to the temple at which the decedent was a member – visit a shiva home.
When considering what to bring or send to family, friends and co-workers of the Jewish faith, a couple of the most commonly asked questions are: How do I express condolences for someone of the Jewish faith? What is appropriate to bring or send to those in mourning during a shiva?
In Judaism, similar to many other faiths, there are many decisions that are made relating to the planning and coordinating of a funeral, burial and shiva.
In Judaism, there are many traditional steps that are taken when one is faced with the death of a loved one. From choosing a funeral home to planning the unveiling, the process of mourning and burial in Judaism contains various elements.
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A minyan, or prayer service, is held for the mourners every day during shiva. Traditional Jews may hold a morning and afternoon/evening service. Mourners are comforted by family and friends who participate beside them in this prayer service.
Here you will find both traditional and modern ways to commemorate and memorialize loved ones. This section will introduce you to the different ways to preserve their memory both in prayer and in your own home.
From a practical standpoint, the shiva process and practices associated with Jewish mourning add structure to the life of a mourner following a death. In the period after suffering a loss, a mourner may be comforted by this structure and the various routines prescribed by traditional Jewish mourning laws.
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We have worked with rabbis and psychologists to provide helpful advice and alternative viewpoints, appropriate for Jewish and non-Jewish individuals. In the Learning Center, you will find information on all aspects of shiva and Jewish mourning, including a more comprehensive explanation of shiva, the protocol following a death in the workplace, suggestions on what to bring or send to a shiva, and additional articles about mourning within Judaism.
Judaism provides a structured period of mourning that may last up to one year, allowing the mourner to gradually heal by going through different stages of grief. This section will give you a basic overview and understanding of shiva and Jewish mourning. Read More
'Sitting shiva' is a term used to describe the traditional ritual of the mourners in the seven days after the deceased has been buried. Traditionally during the period of shiva, mourners sat on low stools or boxes. This is where the phrase 'sitting shiva' came from. Read More
Mourning in the Jewish faith is a very personal process; each individual mourns and reflects differently. In many instances, extended family, friends and general members of the community – including those who belong to the temple at which the decedent was a member – visit a shiva home. Read More
When considering what to bring or send to family, friends and co-workers of the Jewish faith, a couple of the most commonly asked questions are: How do I express condolences for someone of the Jewish faith? What is appropriate to bring or send to those in mourning during a shiva? Read More
In Judaism, similar to many other faiths, following the passing of a loved one there are many decisions that are made relating to the planning and coordinating of the funeral, burial and shiva. Read More
A minyan, or prayer service, is held for the mourners every day during shiva. Traditional Jews may hold a morning and afternoon/evening service. Mourners are comforted by family and friends who participate in this prayer service. Read More
Here you will find both traditional and modern ways to commemorate and memorialize loved ones. This section will introduce you to the different ways to preserve their memory both in prayer and in your own home. Read More
From a practical standpoint, the shiva process and practices associated with Jewish mourning add structure to the life of a mourner following a death. In the period after suffering a loss, a mourner may be comforted by the structure and routines prescribed by traditional Jewish mourning laws. Read More
Tools and resources to support and assist you with planning or contributing to a shiva.
Browse to find traditional foods, baked goods, and more to express appropriate condolences.
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Georgia to face Texas in 2019 SEC/Big 12 Challenge
Photo: Cory A. Cole/UGA
The Georgia Bulldogs will face the Texas Longhorns in Athens next season on Saturday, Jan. 26 as part of the 2019 SEC/Big 12 Challenge, the SEC announced on Thursday.
Georgia and Texas previously squared off in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge during the 2016-17 season. The Bulldogs defeated the Longhorns in that contest 59-57 in Athens.
“We have great respect for Shaka Smart and the entire Texas program,” head coach Tom Crean said. “Bringing a program of that prestige to Georgia will be a tremendous challenge for us, and it will be a great opportunity for Bulldog Nation to help us meet that challenge head on.”
Ten SEC members will compete in the 2019 Big 12/SEC Challenge. The same ten teams played in the challenge last season.
The 2013-14 season was the first for the challenge between the SEC and Big 12. Due to the SEC having 14 teams and the Big 12 only having 10, four SEC teams do not play in the challenge each season. Georgia did not play in 2013-14 or 2014-15.
In Georgia’s first appearance during the 2015-16 season, the Bulldogs fell at Baylor 83-73. UGA defeated Texas in Athens 59-57 in 2016-17 and lost at Kansas State last season 56-51.
Game time and network for Georgia Texas will be announced at a later date, but the contest will be televised by either ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPNU.
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5 Reasons We’re Excited For The iPhone 6
Posted by Joel White on 11th Jun 2014
With a scheduled fall release, the iPhone 6 is on the horizon. It wouldn’t be Apple if they didn’t have some big new features in store for their coveted flagship. Today we want to explore some of the things that we’re most excited about.
1. iOS 8
Apple’s newest OS was recently announced at their 2014 WWDC and aims to blaze the trail as the biggest update to their mobile operating system since the App Store was launched in 2008.
Users will immediately notice new features such as the new Health app, expanded Siri functionality, interactive notifications, and more. Developers now have the new Swift coding language to work with, which is promised to be both powerful and efficient. While there are no changes in looks, iOS 8 is heavily focused on functionality and ease-of-use.
2. Bigger screen
Apple has never been a big fan of following trends, and they aren’t trying to change that now. The iPhone 6 will come in two versions: a 4.7-inch screen model and a 5.5-inch screen “phablet” model. Both of these are bigger than previous iterations, but not quite as big as many of their Android counterparts.
This is nice because the 4.7-inch model can be great for someone with small hands, while the 5.5-inch phablet will satisfy those looking for a bit more screen real estate. It’s always nice to have options.
3. It’s faster
Supporting the improved 64-bit A8 processor, this phone aims to give Usain Bolt a run for his money (completely intended). Last year Apple released the A7 chip in the 5s and will undoubtedly include the next version in the iPhone 6.
Rumor has it that this new processor will primarily focus on power consumption efficiency, which is great for anyone annoyed with the 5s’ less than stellar battery life.
Fingerprint ID security is here to stay it seems. At least that’s what Apple thinks. The fingerprint sensor is already embedded in the home button of the iPhone 5s and with its current popularity, it only makes sense that this feature will be in the next version too. After an estimated 36 million iPhone 5s units with Touch ID shipped out last year, it seems that this technology is securing its place in Apple’s flagship.
5. Sapphire Glass Screen
Say goodbye to screen protectors. The once useful protectors will soon fade into obscurity as sapphire glass becomes more commonplace in portable devices. Supposedly being so tough that only a diamond is capable of scratching it, sapphire glass is clearly where the future of the iPhone is headed. Apple is already using this technology to cover its camera lens and Touch ID sensor, and soon the entire screen.
Apple’s major tech partner, GT Advanced Technologies, have recently announced that it was ready to produce a high quality commercial volume of the stuff. Coincidentally, this lines up perfectly with the production timeline for the new iPhone.
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SLS Client Caffeinated Capital Joins Virta Health’s $65MM Round
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Page Speed and Business Metrics: The Relationship
By Robert Morris
Your design team developed a great prototype for the upcoming iteration of your website’s homepage, and it’s all good according to the best practices of usability and design. It was approved by your testers, so you implemented the changes into your site… only to face inexplicably disappointing results.
How could this that happen when you did everything by the book?
There are three common design mistakes that can affect the loading efficiency of your pages, which will ultimately have a negative effect over the page views and any other business metric important for your website’s success.
You are probably familiar with the idea that web application speed is directly associated with its effectiveness in achieving intended goals.
There are many proofs demonstrating the clear connection between the speed of a page and its performance indicators, such as the customer satisfaction, sales, cart size, bounce rate, page visits, and all other business metrics that come to your mind.
An in-house study at Walmart.com came out with the results that saw an up to 2% increase in conversions on the site for every single second of improvement on the load time. The accumulative growth of revenues went up to 1% for every 100 milliseconds of load time improvement.
.. an up to 2% increase in conversions on the site for every single
second of improvement on the load time
Just like the speed improvement flows through to positive effects on the site performance, delays result in penalties from e-commerce clients: the bounce rates increase, the number of page views decreases, the cart size drops and the conversion rate goes down.
When good practices become bad
So, how to these types of mistakes escalate?
The reasons are sneaky. Firstly, you need to understand how they are disguised by different design best practices, in order to realize why they occur in the first place. These mistakes are incredibly common, so the drop in performance shouldn’t be taken as an unbearable shame for the site owner.
These are three best practices that can have an undesired outcome in terms of site performance:
1) Feature banners/carousels occupying screen real estate
The practice of placing a feature banner or carousel with the intention of promoting and enhancing of sales is so established that many site developers take it for granted. Often website owners don’t put a lot of thought into the way feature banners are placed on the page.
How does this best practice become a worst practice?
The feature banner is typically the last element that loads on a website. The QVC.com home page, for instance, features a filmstrip view that’s typical for many pages. You have to wait for the navigation elements to load for about five seconds, and then you’ll see a progress indicator in the feature area for five more seconds before the banner image appears.
The QVC typical site load
This loading sequence generally isn’t appreciated by users, which shouldn’t come as surprise to the website owners.
A user who has to wait for the page’s feature content to appear won’t spend more than 1% of their time on this site being visually engaged with that content; whereas a user who sees the feature content within a second after they open the page will spend nearly 20% of their time on the website within the feature area.
In plain language, one certain way for the visitors to miss out on the most important content is to render it last.
How do we solve it?
You can fix this issue with few straightforward enhancements to the website. First of all, you need to optimize the order of rendering objects on the page. It may seem silly to recommend such an obvious fix, but the number of sites that failed to pay attention to priorities is even more obvious.
Another thing you can do is to optimize the images that are featured. You don’t need images that consist more than 50% of the total payload of a typical page.
There is another basic technique many developers forget about: image compression. That simple performance trick will enable you to reduce the payload and still feature the images effectively.
Most websites fail to benefit from progressive image rendering, and the reason for that is the awful reputation progressive JPEGs got during the ’90s. This technique involves loading an image in low-resolution version before the increasing resolution reveals the full version. If this progressive rendering is properly implemented, it will introduce visual content for the visitor earlier.
2) Primary CTA (Call To Action) links/buttons are located at the bottom of the feature banner
The layout of a typical banner is predictable: an image in the background , header copy, text with description, and a CTA button.
This is a practice used by many websites, without understanding some of the unexpected effects it can have on performance.
Though there are feature banners that are interactive before being completely rendered, most don’t become interactive until the image is fully loaded. If the user isn’t sure whether they can click on the feature banner until the button renders, they’re unlikely to wait and see.
On the Costco home page, for example, the link to the online-only coupon offers is buried at the banner’s bottom, although it’s considerably important for online shoppers. The Costco home page takes 5 seconds to fully render, and the call-to-action button is last to become visible.
Costco’s call to action is the last element to load.
The solution isn’t much different from what we previously mentioned. Again simple optimization of the rendering order of the objects on the website would be a nice solution when accompanied with image optimization and progressive rendering of buttons.
If the call-to-action button is that important, the easiest solution would be to reposition it on the top of the banner. It doesn’t get any simpler than that!
3) Testing usability and design in an ivory tower
During usability testing, many web developers are guilty of this mistake. Developing prototypes and bringing testers into the lab to put the site through all stages is a proven recipe of overseeing obvious deficiencies. This leads to lack of necessary revisions and improvements to the prototype before implementing it into practice.
When you design and test prototypes and wireframes in the lab, you have insight of how the site functions in a perfect model of setting, which includes a preloaded browser cache, a fast connection, the latest browser and a speedy system.
A real site viewer is far from this setting, and you can expect for their computer to be at least five times slower than the system you’re using for testing.
On the other hand, the problem of third-party scripts that inhibit the page rendering can be experienced only when your site goes live. When these issues are neglected, the page can easily take up to 20 seconds to load for a real user. You don’t want that!
Every person who touches a page is responsible for its performance, no matter which stage of the process they covered. The performance will be lost when each separate team assumes that the mistake is someone else’s responsibility. The last person who works on the page is usually the one who gets blamed about the performance failure, which is completely unfair.
Every phase of the design, testing and development stages has to involve performance as one of the main factors to success. All teams have to see the pages from the aspect of real visitors.
One solution is to artificially choke the connection prior to the deployment, during the phases of designing and testing. This will give you insight of the points where things get delayed and the rendering order of the pages. After the deployment stage, WebPagetest can help when you combine it with real-user tools for monitoring.
The only way to have happy users is to fix all above-mentioned issues. It’s ridiculous to see how common those mistakes are when they have such simple solutions.
Take this example as an inspiration: on every 400 ms of improvement, the traffic at Yahoo! was increased by 9%.
Being a happy site owner means that you have to make your users happy; and that can only be done by fixing the problems.
Robert Morris is content manager at NinjaEssays. He provides consulting services to clients from various industries such as social networking and user experience.
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iOS 10.3.3 Sixth Beta Preview Comes Out
By Roger Ebert On Jul 6, 2017
Everyone and their cat have heard by now that Apple will release iOS 11 in the fall. The newest version of their beloved operating system promises to bring a myriad of new features, especially for tablets. In fact, iOS 11 aims to turn tablets into full-fledged mini laptops, which means that their functionality will be increased dramatically. And not only newer tablets such as the freshly unveiled iPad Pro 10.5 and 12.9-inch are getting the star treatment with the new iOS, but older models from other lines as well.
Meanwhile, we’ve still got iOS 10 on our hands, and iOS 10.3.3 will come out sometime soon. The new version of the OS is at its sixth beta developer previews. The sixth preview has just been released, so let’s have a look at it and see what’s up with it.
About iOS 10.3.3
If you’re a registered developer in Apple’s developer beta testing program you can get the sixth beta of iOS 10.3.3 right now. If you’ve gotten your hands on the previous five, then you know that they don’t make much of a difference, just some minor bug fixes and performance tweaks here and there.
The sixth beta isn’t much different. However, seeing as iOS 11 is in the making and it plans to be radically different than anything that has been done before, it’s easy to understand that why Apple is no longer doing anything new with newer variants of iOS 10. If you want dramatic changes, you will need to wait until this fall for iOS 11 to launch. In the meantime, iOS 10.3.3 is just an upkeep version, much like iOS 10.3.2 before it.
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Review: Splatoon 2
Like the first Splatoon, Nintendo’s sequel to their smash hit isn’t your average multiplayer online shooter.
Jed Pressgrove
Photo: Nintendo
Like the first Splatoon, Nintendo’s sequel to their smash hit isn’t your average multiplayer online shooter. You play as an inkling, a humanoid/squid hybrid that uses different items, like guns and rollers, to spread colored ink on the ground and other surroundings. The primary competitive mode is Turf War, a four-on-four battle where the goal is to spread more of your team’s ink on the environment before the clock runs out. As in other shooters, players can take each other out with weapons, and the fallen must leave the battle temporarily before being re-spawned at a starting point, but dispatching opponents won’t win the match if a team loses sight of the ultimate goal of splatting ink everywhere as quickly as possible.
Splatoon 2 offers other multiplayer modes, including a new Salmon Run challenge in which players work together to advance through waves of enemies. (Unfortunately, I couldn’t get an online Salmon Run match to occur at the time of this review.) But the primary components of play are the same: Spread ink all around the playing field and shift from human to squid form to swim through the right-colored ink, an action that makes for faster travel, enables defensive options, refills your ink bar, and allows you to reach new areas. There’s something uniquely appealing about the rhythm of transforming from one body type to another at critical moments, and the motion-control aiming (which can be turned off) is suitable for the twitchy reactions of players as they dive in and out of ink-covered areas.
Deciding which weapons and armor you will utilize throughout is another appealing aspect of Splatoon 2. Each weapon has its own strengths and super moves, and each kind of attire comes with bonuses, such as faster movement in squid form or more disposable ink. The possibilities are quite varied and thus make team play fairly dynamic in that you don’t know what bells and whistles opponents will exploit at any given moment.
The catch is that equipment must be unlocked through leveling up (more points are given when your team wins a match) and buying items at a shop, which can only be reached by exiting the online lobby and walking your character across a puny hub. In Splatoon 2, as in the original, having to gain levels feels like the result of Nintendo deliberately throwing in an RPG-like element into the game experience in order to extend playtime. More preferable would have been to make all weapons and armor available at the start of the game in order to reward strategic thinking and skill immediately and make battles more fascinating in general. This more open approach would also have made the shop unnecessary and thus reduced the amount of time a player has to spend with menus and the game’s garrulous merchant.
Perhaps Nintendo includes the busywork of a leveling system to distract players from the fact that they’re limited to playing on a paltry number of maps for arbitrary periods of time. In any case, the developer could have made a better game if it had increased the variety of environments one might interact in within a given slot of time. Theoretically, you can break up the repetition of the same old maps by checking out Splatoon 2’s single-player mode, but completing that campaign is more of a foregone conclusion than a challenge given the frequent checkpoints and tutorial-heavy narration. When it comes down to it, there are too many things Nintendo could have cut from Splatoon 2 to turn it into a faster, more furious, and more focused game.
Developer: Nintendo EPD Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Switch Release Date: July 21, 2017 ESRB: E10+ ESRB Descriptions: Cartoon Violence Buy: Game
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My Health Record's privacy chief quits amid claims agency 'not listening'
By Ben Grubb
November 9, 2018 — 4.00pm
The director of privacy at the agency behind My Health Record has quit amid claims the organisation and Health Minister Greg Hunt's office have not been taking the concerns of internal privacy experts seriously enough.
The resignation of the Australian Digital Health Agency’s director of privacy, Nicole Hunt, last month comes at a crucial time for the agency, which has faced criticism over its security and privacy policies, as it prepares to automatically enrol all Australians into having the online digital health file unless they opt out by November 15.
ADHA's former director of privacy Nicole Hunt. Credit:LinkedIn
Ms Hunt has worked in roles across federal and state governments, including at the NBN, NSW Police, and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. The ADHA refused to confirm the resignation despite Ms Hunt's LinkedIn profile showing she now works in privacy at ANZ Bank.
Ms Hunt declined to comment for this story.
It is further understood that from December only one existing, dedicated privacy staff member will remain at the organisation, with one leaving the business to move overseas and another going on 12 months leave. At its peak, the privacy team consisted of four people.
“The agency as a practice does not comment publicly on staffing matters,” an ADHA spokesperson said. “The agency has an experienced and well-resourced privacy team."
Asked if ADHA would replace Ms Hunt, the spokesperson said it had restructured its privacy team to report to another director.
Tim Kelsey (centre), head the Australian Digital Health Agency, which is rolling out My Health Record. Credit:ADHA
“The agency … has recently announced an internal restructure ... to ensure the agency is the right size and shape beyond the opt-out program," they said.
"These changes have not significantly changed the staffing profile or resourcing of our privacy team, but has brought the policy and privacy functions under one director position."
ADHA declined to state which director the privacy team would now report to, saying: "The agency has nothing further to add."
Two sources close to Ms Hunt confirmed that she had left the business out of frustration that privacy and security concerns her team had raised with senior management were often ignored.
“ADHA's privacy staff are very disillusioned that their advice and that of external privacy experts has not been listened to,” one source said, adding that there was a pattern of “not listening” at senior levels at ADHA and within Health Minister Greg Hunt's office, and that concerns were treated simply as management or public relations issues.
Said a second source: “I don’t think you are on the wrong track with the 'not listening'. They are hearing, they are listening to something, but they are reconfiguring it into another conversation; and it is not the conversation the Australian public want to have."
Anna Johnston, director of privacy consultancy Salinger Privacy and a former NSW deputy privacy commissioner, said the resignation and claims of not listening were not a good look, nor was consolidating the role of privacy director with another director with other responsibilities.
“No longer having a director leading a separate privacy team outside of the broader policy area suggests to me that ADHA does not properly value the critical judgment and expertise that an independent chief privacy officer can bring to an organisation,” Ms Johnston said.
Following publication of the news of Ms Hunt's resignation on Friday, Labor's shadow health spokeswoman Catherine King said it was "extremely concerning" and showed "why we need a Privacy Commissioner review of the My Health Record".
About 17 million Australians will be automatically enrolled in the My Health record if they do not opt-out by next Thursday, despite lingering significant privacy concerns.
On Tuesday, Health Minister Hunt unveiled long-awaited changes to the government's My Health Record legislation to address privacy concerns, protect young people and domestic violence victims.
Separate legislation that would enshrine a patient's right to permanently delete their record, and ensure that police may only access a person's medical history with a court order, is yet to pass Parliament but politicians will not get a chance to debate the bill before the opt-out deadline.
A Senate inquiry into the rollout of the e-health system last month recommended that the opt-out period be extended by 12 months, but the extension was refused.
with Dana McCauley
Australians who want to opt-out can do so using their Medicare details and personal identification through the My Health Record website, help line 1800 723 471 or print forms at post offices.
My Health Record
Ben Grubb
Ben Grubb is a Desk Editor/Locum Homepage Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Laurel Heilman Fisher
August 08, 1925 ‒ November 12, 2016
In Laurel's Memory
Snyder Funeral Home, Marion Avenue Chapel (Formerly Finefrock’s) 350 Marion Avenue , Mansfield Ohio , 44903
Tuesday, Nov 15, 2016 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm
MANSFIELD: Laurel accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior when she was just 8 years old. She had a heart for others and fervently supported missionaries, shut-ins, and prisoners with letters, packages, and—most importantly—prayer. She used her natural teaching abilities in storytelling. Junior Church children waited spellbound for each week’s installment of her continued stories. Laurel made special connections with every child she met. She also shared her love of the Scriptures as a Sunday School and Bible study teacher.
Laurel went home to be with the Lord Saturday, November 12, 2016, surrounded by her family. She was 91 years old.
Laurel was born in Mansfield on August 8, 1925, to parents Donald R. & Jesse Margaret (Offerle) Williams. She graduated from Ontario High School and then the Mansfield General School of Nursing in 1947. Laurel worked as an RN for the hospital and later as a private duty nurse.
Voted Ohio’s Grandmother of the Year in 1996, she was very active in her grandchildren’s lives, including painting, playing games, and baking pies with them. Her homemade apple sauce and potato soup were their favorites.
In her spare time, she took pleasure in gardening, sewing, and cooking. Even into her 90’s she was making quilts and dresses to aid in missions work. She enjoyed hosting dinners for family and friends, which ended with the table games she loved.
Laurel was actively involved with several area churches including First Alliance, Westwood Alliance, and New Liberty Church.
She is survived by children Joseph (Lana) Heilman of Seminole, FL, Barbara (Richard) Metcalf of Mansfield, Patricia Brewster of Mansfield, Kathleen Heilman of Mansfield, and Thomas (Jodi) Heilman of Pickerington; grandchildren Mike Nestich, Joey Horton, Cara Geib, Elizabeth Metcalf, Andrew Metcalf, Jared Krenrick, Chad Krenrick, Justin Heilman, Zachary Heilman, and Noah Heilman; great-grandchildren Josh, Corey, Elijah, Alexis, Chase, and Parker; a brother James K. Williams of Tuscon, AZ; lifelong precious friend Debbi Vitcusky Conrad of Mansfield, and extended family.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husbands Harold Heilman in 1991, Dr. Wesley Lanker in 2001, and Russell Fisher in 2011; and a sister Jo Anna Halliday.
The family will receive friends 5-7 p.m. Tuesday November 15, 2016, in the Marion Avenue Snyder Funeral Home (formerly Finefrock). A funeral service honoring her life will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 16, 2016, Pastor Larry Hulver will officiate with music provided by pianist Dr. Randy Fagan and vocalist Chris Bailey, and burial will follow in Mansfield Memorial Park.
For contributions in her memory, make checks payable to Evangelism Resources and bring or send to the funeral home: P.O. Box 3085, Mansfield, Ohio 44904.
Snyder Funeral Homes is honored to serve Laurel’s family and encourage you to share a fond memory or message of condolence to them—and watch her tribute video—at SnyderFuneralHomes.com
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Rev. Tom Allen says:
Laurel had a life-long impact on my life. She was the best story-teller during Children’s Church at Mansfield Alliance Church when I was a little (and rambunctious!) boy! She always had a smile and the love of Jesus just poured out through her! She will be missed down here, but welcomed to her eternal reward. Praise God, “we will meet again!”
Kathleen Heilman says:
Thanks,Tom!
monica boliantz says:
Laurel loved singing hymns to praise her Lord, and I have fond memories of her joining our song services on Sunday evenings. A lovely lady whom I wish I could have know like her family and friends did. I’m thankful I got to know her in the past couple of years.
Cindy Peterson Hillier says:
I don’t know anyone that could tell a story and keep kids spellbound like Laurel. Week after week, the best part of children’s church were the stories about Bible characters and mission adventures told to us by Mrs Heilman. She always had a beautiful smile and a sweet tilt of her head, along with sincere interest in talking about anything that was on your mind. Can’t wait to hear her stories in Heaven.
Deborah Bender says:
I remember Laurel always being apart of my life – as a child hearing her read exciting stories, encouraging me as a teenager and her faithful prayers and support of my family as missionaries. It meant a lot to us as a family to know we were her missionaries. She always went out of her way to see us when we were home on furlough, have us over to eat. When she lived across the street from my mom, we saw her when we stopped in town. Her prayers will really be missed. Thanks for sharing your mom with me.
Thanks for sharing, Deborah!
Roger Ward says:
Barb and Dick
Sorry to hear of your mothers passing.
Sorry we missed her service. I didn’t see her obit till thursday
She was a very kind and caring person.
Roger & Linda Ward
Jon and Mary Mould says:
Your mom always took an interest in our work overseas. She wrote us letters, sent us gifts, and most importantly, faithfully prayed. She was an encouragement to us and I will always remember her greeting us with a huge smile on her face.
Jon and Mary Mould
Thanks for those memories!
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Bloomberg: Billionaire to auction more of wine cellar - Spear's Magazine
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Bloomberg: Billionaire to auction more of wine cellar
Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) — Albert Frere, a Belgian billionaire, is planning to sell more of his private wine cellar to boost a charity named for his son who died in a car crash 10 years ago.
Frere, 83, is expecting to raise as much as 983,480 pounds ($1.6 million) with the sale of more than 3,000 bottles of Bordeaux and Champagne. The Sept. 23 London event will be the third held by Sotheby’s to benefit the Charles-Albert Frere Foundation, which supports children in difficulty and disadvantaged adults.
“Frere buys straight from the chateaux and stores his wines in the cellar of his home in Belgium,” James Reed, a director in Sotheby’s London-based wine department, said in an interview. “His contacts in the wine trade are second to none and his stocks of great wine don’t seem to have a bottom.”
Sales by the world’s wealthy have been helping charities and bringing rare items to auction. Art from the collection of the late designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge raised 342.5 million euros ($490 million) in February by Christie’s International to benefit HIV charities; a second sale, also in Paris, may fetch 4 million euros on Nov 17-19.
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Mechina
by Dewinged CONTRIBUTOR (98 Reviews)
January 2nd, 2021 | 59 replies
Release Date: 01/01/2021 | Tracklist
Review Summary: The year is saved, Mechina is back.
The project led by Joe Tiberi started the sacred tradition of releasing a new album on the very first day of the year with the release of Conqueror in 2011, a tradition that he continued until 2017’s “As Embers Turn to Dust”, with a new album seeing the light of day on a yearly base. This insane pace was interrupted in 2018, with no Mechina album to be found, and the band disappearing until its resurgence in 2019 with Telesterion and a remixing/remastering of the band’s whole catalogue titled The Conpendium. Breaking the tradition resulted in a curse upon the world known as “2020”, and no more words are needed, since we all know how that panned out.
But worry no more! Because Tiberi and co. are back like clockwork with a new album titled Siege, available since yesterday, January 1st. If that is not a sign that this year can only go upwards, then I don’t know anymore.
Mechina’s ninth album is a solid piece of work, one that continues the sound set in Telesterion, with a heavier presence of long-time member Mel Rose’s vocals and even a new addition to the fray in the flesh of Anna Hel, from Russian industrial metal squad Conflict. The first single released from the band’s new album, the title track “Siege”, actually features the harsh vocals from Anna, but it is the only track to do so. The rest of the albums is dominated by the cybernetic melodies of Mel Rose.
The sound of Mechina, or say its essence, hasn’t changed drastically from previous records, but it has naturally evolved into a more melody-centered sound, result of Tiberi’s 6 months of studying different aspects of the production process, which has made the process of crafting this new album less of a torment, with Tiberi relying also more on David Holch and Mel Rose.
The band hasn’t lost its edge on Siege either. The album preserves the heavy, low-tuned djenting, but abandon the death metal blasts of the band’s first works. Synths and symphonic elements are also pushed to the background in comparison to the previous album, but they are high enough in the mix as to feel how they wrap the songs like a cosmic storm.
Without diving too deep into the laborious lore of Mechina, the album takes place at the same time as Acheron’s opening track “To Coexist Is to Surrender”, but this time through the perspective of Enyo, the character voiced by Mel Rose, who is the center piece around whom the album is constructed. Track lengths are quite demanding too, with an average of 7-8 minutes per track, with the exception of “Shock Doctrine”, which is also one of the highlights of the album. Same as in Telesterion, the vocals flow from track to track almost seamlessly, disregarding recognizable vocal hooks found in past tracks of the band like “The Synesthesia Signal” or “Cryoshock”, with Mel’s melodies following the same robotic structure from track to track, despite her delivery being practically flawless. It’s one aspect that may affect the album’s accessibility, but that I, personally, didn’t find too grating after a few listens.
With their newest release, Mechina is back on track hopefully for years to come, with a terrific album that writes a new chapter for the band and for the elaborated universe they once created, preserving their stalwart sound and giving the reigns to Mel Rose for the time being. We won’t have to wait until January of 2022 to know the fate of Acheron, since there’s an album already telling that story, so only time will tell what awaits to Mechina next year. At this point, I just hope to be around to find out!
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As Embers Turn To Dust
Mechina: The whole discography.
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Dewinged
Contributing Reviewer
Back to reviewing after the AOTY madness! I was so happy to stumble upon a new Mechina album on January 1st that couldn't help to give it a try. Hope it's not a disaster.
The album is a treat for Mel Rose's fans (like myself), but people longing for growls will have to wait one more year or jam t/t on repeat.
Buy/support them: https://mechinamusic.bandcamp.com/album/siege
Album trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwDnnvzqzHA&ab_channel=Mechina
Listen to "Siege": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPr33ot7Qw8&ab_channel=Mechina
Digging: Beautify Junkyards - Cosmorama
TundraL5Z
Surprised you reviewed this one ngl haha
Yeah man, I'm on holidays now, so had the time. I may go back and review Telesterion too at some point.
Lord(e)Po)))ts
That album art just screams my name
Mechina need more recognition/exposure, glad you're doing em Dewi!
Pots this is as far as it gets from your taste my dear
MeatWolf
I love Mel's vocals dearly but this is as blatant and empty as it could have been. One hour long song with no dynamics and standouts whatsoever.
And I thought Telesterion was mediocre.
I knew you were not gonna like this from the moment I finished my first listen meatwolf, ;D
same haha, yeah not surprised MeatWolf doesn't like this, it really does feel like one single song, or, one singular slab, if you will, of continuous music, whether that is monotonous or not is up to the listener to decide lol
First listen was a bit underwhelming but after a few you get over the Mel overdose and start appreciating some of the riffs, and man, there's some really neck twisting stuff in here.
Well my fav post-Xenon songs are all with Mel but melody-wise Siege is unbelievably subpar. You mentioned it yourself, the harmonies in Cryoshock or Synesthesia Signal and here, aeons apart. I also think Joe got overwhelmed with criticism against his sympho overload on Compendium and Telesterion and decided cut everything (there is a SINGLE audible string passage on the whole album). So with the arrangements all gone background, the vocals are supposed to carry everything and they fail at it completely.
Ironically, the mastering is top notch, probably the best Joe ever did.
DDDeftoneDDD
2121s first listen it is
Digging: Fractal Generator - Macrocosmos
There u go, to outer space.
Meatwolf, true, less hooks but give it time, Mel's singing has improved significantly, and I really like they synthetic effect on her voice. I appreciate also the less loaded songs, I think I hear more than one string passage though, but I could be wrong.
I don't know, I do believe Dave's harsh vocals would have balanced it out but I was longing for a Mechina album centered on Mel's vocals, so now that it happened I am gonna revel on it for a while haha
Pikazilla
overrated band at this point
Nah Pika, I don't think they are overrated here in general, in fact they are pretty underrated,
I was making fun of tundra's soundoffs haha
He's got the same one for like four albums by this band
eh, my likeness for Telesterion has worn off by this point, Mechina excels most when they combine the death metal elements with the melodic elements. Something that is weirdly absent from their recent material.
Again, can't say I miss the growls per se although the growls would have made Tiberi focus on other melody creating instruments which are almost completely absent with this cleans totality. My issue is, indeed, no hooks. Shock Doctrine has SOMETHING but it's definitely not enough.
Telesterion was a mixed bag but nevertheless it had Realm Breaker and Tyrannos which were instant top tier Mechina classics that hit from play one. Several listens in, I can't find anything attractive here whatsoever. And last three songs are unbelievably boring, by the time Freedom Foregone starts I already have an irresistible yearning to move on to something coherent.
Of course I will return to it later on at some point but I don't have big hopes.
Yeah, on the previous thread I described it as clean vocals crooning over djent riffs and ambient soundscapes for an hour, which I think is accurate lol, and agree, the last 3 tracks are very dull.
Just reading some YouTube comments and they are fairly positive, although your criticism is completely fair too.
Realm Breaker was indeed closer to what I expected from them on this one, and yeah Shock comes close.
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Big Yourself Up
3 women on how they learned to network without feeling awkward
Big Yourself Up is a regular column exploring how women can increase their visibility in the workplace. Here, successful women from three different industries explain how they developed the ability to network without cringing.
Unless you’re blessed with the bulletproof confidence of Beyoncé at Coachella, chances are you feel slightly uncomfortable about networking. Circling a room with a glass of sauvignon in hand, trying to strike up conversations with people you don’t know, is not how most of us would choose to spend a Thursday night. At its worst, it can feel like the most unpleasant kind of socialising: artificial, cynical, and motivated purely by self-interest.
But while it’s sometimes tempting to turn down industry events in favour of an evening in front of Netflix, networking doesn’t have to be awful. In recent years, women’s networks and clubs like Women Who, Congress and AllBright have sprung up across the UK, joining the ranks of more established communities such as the Women in Business Network and the City Women Network. Forget stilted conversations over stale nibbles: these groups are all about enabling women to share their knowledge, successes, ambitions, contacts and frustrations, with others who just get it.
Crucially, meeting likeminded people outside of your immediate professional circle is guaranteed to make you more visible in your field – and that’s essential for career progression. Research suggests that many people find work through acquaintances, and successful networking has also been shown to be related to salary growth. In his New York Times bestseller Never Eat Alone, Keith Ferrazzi gets to the heart of the issue. “People do business with people they know and like,” he writes. “Careers – in every imaginable field – work the same way.”
Is it possible to teach yourself to be good at networking? We think so. Below, we’ve asked three expert minglers to share their advice for how to build connections professionally and productively – without feeling awkward.
Claudine Adeyemi, associate at Mishcon de Reya law firm
Networking is essential for lawyers, because the business of law requires generation of work – and that’s partly achieved through connecting with people. That might mean meeting directly with potential new clients, or building good relationships with existing contacts or intermediaries who can refer work to you.
But I have (and sometimes still do!) find traditional networking difficult. It effectively requires you to start up a conversation with a complete stranger, and that is awkward. I used to look around events and think, gosh, so many people already know lots of other people here; I’m the only one with no friends. I didn’t realise that many of them were just networking themselves and had only met those people that evening.
A few things really helped me feel more comfortable about it. I realised that in classic networking situations, everyone else is also there to network – so it’s no surprise to anyone if a stranger walks up to them and starts chatting. Everyone’s in the same boat.
Another thing that really allowed me to feel more relaxed about it was forgetting the word ‘networking’. It has connotations of generating sales or business and meeting as many new people as you can, but for me, networking is more about building genuine relationships. If you do that well, it’s likely that opportunities will arise for both of you in the future.
“I often approach conversations asking myself: ‘What can I do for this person?’”
I also get a buzz out of connecting people with others in my network, so I often approach conversations asking myself: “What can I do for this person, or who can I connect them with that can help them?” Putting yourself in a position where you’re trying to help the person you’re speaking to removes the pressure that the word ‘networking’ places upon some people.
The greatest networkers are confident and good communicators. I run a non-profit organisation called The Student Development Co in my spare time, and we often organise workshops with young people to help them develop these attributes: confidence to approach people to start conversations (and to end them), and communication skills that allow you to build a rapport, listen effectively and partake in engaging conversations beyond mere small talk. It’s also important to develop the ‘follow up’ skill. What’s the point of meeting new people or discussing new ideas and opportunities if you don’t follow up to maintain that relationship?
If you’re at a networking event where you don’t know anyone, look to start a conversation with one person or a pair – it’s easier and less daunting than trying to join a larger group. Or make it a game: challenge yourself to speak to x number of people before you leave. In terms of practice, start small. Connect with interesting people on platforms like LinkedIn and meet them for coffee, or build relationships with colleagues you don’t know well. Internal relationships can be just as important for career development, within the legal industry and beyond.
Follow Claudine on Twitter: @ClaudineAdeyemi
Molly Goddard, co-founder, Desmond & Dempsey
There are so many parts of running a fashion label – from the supply chain to logistics, e-commerce, photography and digital – that you need to work with people who are the best in their individual fields. If you try to do it alone, it will either take you a million years to launch or the work will be incredibly flat.
But I’ve definitely felt uneasy while networking in the past. We’ve initiated a series of fundraising activities for Desmond & Dempsey and it’s a bit like a first date: it’s always going to be awkward. Joel [Jeffery, Molly’s business partner] and I are also married, so people always have some concerns and don’t know how to approach the subject.
“Ultimately, being a good networker is about being curious”
I think changing my mindset about what it means to ‘network’ has helped. The word itself has unfavourable connotations, when really it should be seen as collaborating. Also, after you collaborate to make something really great with people you met ‘networking’, you’re inspired to do more of it!
My two main pieces of advice are: don’t focus on what you want from a network, focus on what you can give. You’ll not only experience more, but you’ll also have a chance to meet and work with people who are interested in your talent. Also, start where you feel most comfortable. I love meeting people in person, and I’m most at ease face-to-face.
Ultimately, being a good networker is about being curious. Everyone has a story, an idea, or a passion – by being inquisitive and interested you learn so much and in my experience find yourself really inspired and excited to work together.
Follow Desmond & Dempsey on Instagram: @desmondanddempsey
Camilla Blackett, screenwriter
The first lesson I learnt in the entertainment industry is that networking is the fulcrum on which everything balances. Now what is networking? Drinking champagne and eating canapés at Soho House? No. OK, sometimes it is – but really, networking is the art of cultivating relationships with likeminded individuals in your industry who can help you and you them.
The second lesson I learned was that Middle-Aged White Guys and their progeny had all the relationships in my industry, and if I wanted to get anything done I had to go through them. I discovered this slowly and painfully after being politely rejected by Middle-Aged White Guys. As my black, brown, Asian, northern and working-class friends surely know, this rejection is never overt. It is never shouted, but whispered. Doors are never slammed, rather gently closed in your face.
Dear Reader – I declared this to be some bullshit.
Because here’s the thing. I knew I was talented. I knew I was better at this than so many of my posh contemporaries whose dads were mates with the commissioner of the BBC, who managed to keep selling brain-sodomisingly dull rehashes of the same old dreck. I knew I worked harder and smarter -and bottom line, I was just f**king good.
Slowly, I asked myself why I was looking for the inclusion of a bunch of people who didn’t share my creative sensibilities, when I was already surrounded by talented, grinding, hustling, like-minded friends – from musicians to editors, directors of photography to location scouts, directors to other writers.
“Surround yourself with likeminded people. Help each other, note each other, bring each other up with you”
These kids hadn’t quite made it yet: they were second- and third-generation immigrants whose parents didn’t understand that entertainment was actually a job, let alone have any connections or the ability to get them an internship. But they were working like mad, making dope s**t in-between temp jobs, on borrowed cameras, broadcasting on Youtube, Soundcloud and Vimeo. And it dawned on me that if the Middle-Aged White Guys didn’t want to let us into their club, we could make our own.
So that’s what we did. We worked with our friends. When one of us needed a score for our horror short, we called a mate who needed a credit for their music course. When one of us needed a make-up artist, someone had a cousin who worked at the Mac counter in House of Fraser who wanted to get into film. When a mate’s grime freestyle needed a video, we worked for free late into the night on chilly council estates. And most importantly, when one of us made some headway, we brought the others along with us.
And now, my networks have matured. We are grown. We are directors of theatres, we are producers, we are Oscar nominees. We are the Middle-Aged White Guys now.
So my networking advice is this: surround yourself with likeminded people. Help each other, note each other, bring each other up with you and don’t let anyone trick you into thinking that you need their permission to make cool s**t.
Follow Camilla on Twitter: @camillard
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The south-west has largely been spared despite damaging winds overnight Saturday and into early Sunday morning. A State Emergency Services media unit spokesman said there were 21 calls out across the south-west in the past 24 hours. That included five at Colac, four at Dartmoor and three in the Otways with 15 of the 21 calls involving fallen trees. Statewide there were 189 calls for assistance with Sorento topping the list with 10 calls. There were also a couple of busy units along the Murray River, mostly to fallen or damaged trees. "What we are hearing is that Tuesday is the next day for damaging winds, but generally the south-west survived the night pretty well," the spokesman said. Winds in Warrnambool peaked with gusts of 72km/h at about 4.30am Sunday. Mount William at Halls Gap had a gust of 87km/h at 5am, Dartmoor up to 63km/h, Hamilton 72, Westmere 67, Mortlake 65, Port Fairy 72, Mount Gellibrand 70 and Cape Otway peaked at just 50km/h. Have you signed up to The Standard's daily newsletter and breaking news emails? You can register below and make sure you are up to date with everything that's happening in the south-west.
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There were 21 calls outs to south-west SES units
The south-west has largely been spared despite damaging winds overnight Saturday and into early Sunday morning.
A State Emergency Services media unit spokesman said there were 21 calls out across the south-west in the past 24 hours.
That included five at Colac, four at Dartmoor and three in the Otways with 15 of the 21 calls involving fallen trees.
Statewide there were 189 calls for assistance with Sorento topping the list with 10 calls.
There were also a couple of busy units along the Murray River, mostly to fallen or damaged trees.
"What we are hearing is that Tuesday is the next day for damaging winds, but generally the south-west survived the night pretty well," the spokesman said.
Winds in Warrnambool peaked with gusts of 72km/h at about 4.30am Sunday.
Mount William at Halls Gap had a gust of 87km/h at 5am, Dartmoor up to 63km/h, Hamilton 72, Westmere 67, Mortlake 65, Port Fairy 72, Mount Gellibrand 70 and Cape Otway peaked at just 50km/h.
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Wardipedia – 44. Gay patients
‘We are often asked what “makes a hotel gay friendly”. For me the main clue is in the word ‘friendly’. I don’t need a constant corporate smile and I don’t need my towels tying into flamingos. I do however expect to be treated with the same respect as other guests and their partners, and want to be made to feel relaxed and comfortable from the get go…
There is training out there to help hotels and their staff put gay travellers at their ease, avoid the wrong language and daft questions, and while that may help, it is really the ethos and values of the people who run and manage the hotel which are crucial. For me it is about whether they are genuinely gay welcoming or are they just “box ticking”…’
Simon Forrester, founder of Further Afield – Handpicked Gay Friendly Places To stay.
So much of this is transferable to a ward setting: being friendly, genuine and respectful and providing a relaxed and comfortable environment. This Idea is about gay patients but much of it (and all the values stuff) applies equally (in both senses of the word!) to gay staff. In fact, it’s all good practice for all – being open-minded, not making assumptions, being empathetic and practical. All things that ward staff are highly skilled in.
Stonewall’s Sexual Orientation: A guide for the NHS sets out clearly why gay people are particularly vulnerable to poor mental health and how this is compounded by problems accessing empathetic services:
One in five lesbian and bisexual women have deliberately harmed themselves in the last year, compared to 0.4 per cent of the general population
Three per cent of gay and bisexual men have attempted to take their life in the last year, compared to just 0.4 per cent of men in general
Half of gay and bisexual men have experienced at least one incident of domestic abuse from a family member or partner since the age of 16
One in eleven lesbian, gay and bisexual people over 55 have taken drugs within the last year compared to 1 in 50 heterosexual people
The NHS’ Choices website outlines the main reasons why gay people are so vulnerable to poor mental health. It’s worth pausing to note that none of these factors are to do with gayness itself but with the stereotyping, stigma and exclusion that being gay (whether openly or not) can inflict. Many gay people have experienced:
hostility or rejection from family, parents and friends
bullying and name calling at school
rejection by most mainstream religions
danger of violence in public places
harassment from neighbours and other tenants
casual homophobic comments on an everyday basis
embarrassed response (and occasionally prejudice) from professionals, such as GPs
no protection against discrimination at work
negative portrayal of gay people in the media
Experiencing these difficulties can mean many gay and bisexual people face mental health issues, including:
difficulty accepting their sexual orientation, leading to conflicts, denial, alcohol abuse and isolation
trying to keep their sexuality a secret through lying, pretending or leading a double life
increased risk of self-harm and suicide attempts
damaged relationships or lack of support from families
post-traumatic stress disorder and depression from long-term effects of bullying
The Stonewall report (see below) has lots of really practical ideas for and examples of helping gay patients to feel comfortable and trusting. For example, simply not presuming everyone is straight! That goes a long way. But some trusts are highly active in meeting gay patients’ needs; Kudos to Leeds Partnership Trust for the excellence of their services for LGBT patients.
BTW, we’re using gay and LGBT interchangeably here. LGBT is the currently embraced label of choice for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. As is the rainbow the global gay symbol. There we go. That’s exactly the sort of simple and disproportionately helpful knowledge provided by gay organisations and inspired by gay hotels which you can read about below.
Ward examples
Training for staff to be sensitive to the needs of gay and lesbian patients.
Sexual orientation equality is part of mandatory training.
Link nurses specialise in issues like women’s groups, and the lesbian and gay (and the BT bit of LGBT) communities, linking up with community services and specialists.
Queer Notions – local lesbian and gay mental health support group.
Volunteers increase diversity of support available to patients, especially from minority communities, like lesbian and gay patients.
Causal links between patients’ sexual orientation and their mental health problem are avoided.
Information (leaflets, posters etc) are available on LGBT related issues, services and advice.
Posters have been put up in waiting rooms that tell patients they won’t be discriminated against if they are gay.
Staff make it clear that gay patients can bring along their partner to appointments.
Patients are able to access support websites while on the ward.
The chaplaincy team are always very happy to support gay patients.
Sexual orientation is recorded in admission documentation (patients’ can opt out from answering this question).
Gay staff members mostly open about their sexuality but sensitive and mindful.
Links with local LGBT have been made.
Affirmation as an individual and specifically as an LGBT person.
LGBT advocates visit the ward each week.
Staff are aware of stereotyping clients’ character or behaviour on the basis of their own sexual orientation empathise with the challenges, views and experiences of LGB patients.
Gay staff can informally educate their colleagues about gay related issues.
Trusts are running simple but highly effective campaigns which raise awareness of the higher prevalence of self-harm and suicide attempts among gay people. Some campaigns also recognise publicly that not everyone who uses the health service is heterosexual.
Inclusive language is used in interviews, assessments and documentation.
Word from the ward
“A gay-friendly ward environment would have to be defined by each individual. You just know when it’s a friendly atmosphere, don’t you? Like in a shop or health club. I don’t think it’s possible to give a definition as such. It’s just like any other difference: being male or female, small or tall, Chinese or British. There are distinctions and similarities to acknowledge and be mindful of, but more than anything I think it’s about meeting each person where they’re at and tailoring their care with that in mind”. – Healthcare Worker
“I allow the patient to instigate the conversation about sexuality. I’m open to them talking to me about it with me just as I am with anything else. Until then we don’t assume or put people in sexuality boxes”. – Staff Nurse
“As a gay member of staff I’m happy for other staff to refer gay patients to me if they wish to talk with someone who has the same sexuality”. – Healthcare Support Worker
The Civil Partnership Act 2004
Since 2005 same-sex couples have been able to enter civil partnerships and gain the same rights as married couples. For the NHS this could cover, for example, providing patients the opportunity to declare they are in a civil partnership on forms which ask about marital status.
The phrase ‘next of kin’ doesn’t have a legal definition in Britain, so patients can nominate anyone to be their next of kin – it doesn’t have to be a civil partner (or husband or wife). NHS staff should bear in mind that a patient’s next of kin may be a same-sex partner, and may ask this person about what a patient’s wishes might be.
Civil partners have certain rights in relation to their partner’s mental health treatment, under the Mental Health Act 2007. Couples who aren’t in a civil partnership don’t have these rights.
Gay-friendly policies, practices and services
Targeting services specifically at lesbian, gay and bisexual patients where appropriate, for instance if lesbian, gay and bisexual people are under-represented in taking up a particular service.
Conducting patient experience surveys to find out the views of lesbian, gay and bisexual people
Auditing policies to examine their impact on lesbian, gay and bisexual patients
Communicating with gay people
Display gay-friendly policies where patients will see them
Use images of same-sex couples and their families in promotional materials
Make sure that preventative health messages don’t exclude gay people – for example, saying ‘smoking will make you unattractive to the opposite sex’ doesn’t include gay people
Promote the work they’re doing on sexual orientation through their website and local media
Join the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme and use the logo in recruitment advertising
Attend lesbian, gay and bisexual community events.
Training frontline staff
The organisation’s policies on discrimination, dignity and respect and patient confidentiality
The laws on discrimination in providing services
Health inequalities experienced by lesbian, gay and bisexual people
How best to encourage patients to tell health professionals they are lesbian, gay or bisexual
The diversity of the gay communities, including gay people from different ethnic backgrounds and gay people with disabilities
Categories: Generosity, Wardipedia
Tags: gay, gay friendly, homosexual, LGB, LGBT, mental health, patients, ward
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Washington forced five early turnovers and took an 11-0 lead after a Matisse Thybulle steal and breakaway dunk at the 17:01 mark.
A 7-0 run — including a ferocious dunk and-one by Carter over rim protector Kylor Kelley, then a Carter steal and dunk on the next possession — put the Huskies up 22-7 with 11:38 remaining in the first half.
Washington led 40-27 at the break.
The Huskies led by as many as 21 in the second half and late Thompson 3-pointers made the score seem more respectable.
Thybulle, the reigning Pac-12 defensive player of the year, finished with 11 points and five steals.
Washington: The Huskies last started 7-0 in league play in 1952-53, when they went 14-0 to begin conference action and advanced to the Final Four. . Washington are receiving votes in The AP poll. Three of the Huskies' losses are to ranked teams, and a road performance like Saturday's could help perception about the squad.
Oregon State: There was no "Stevie" miracle this time. The last two games against the Huskies at Gill Coliseum, Thompson hit game-winning 3-pointers, including a dagger in double overtime last season.
Washington: Hosts Southern California on Wednesday.
Oregon State: At Colorado on Thursday.
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St Mary Magdalen’s is a Catholic, Voluntary Aided Primary School with a Nursery. It is situated in the centre of Brighton, very close to the main shopping thoroughfare of Western Road.
St Mary Magdalen’s is a small, vibrant, close and happy school with a safe, caring and inclusive environment where all of the children and staff know one another. The school has a wonderfully dedicated team of staff that provide outstanding quality of care and work incredibly hard to teach to exceptionally high standards in everything that we do.
The main building dates from 1968 – we have a nursery class and then seven other classes which range from Reception to Year 6.
We have three different playgrounds and a small environmental area, but no playing fields of our own. We have a large, airy, multi-purpose hall and recent extensions have added additional learning areas, an extra classroom and a smaller room, which is used for specialist group teaching or counselling.
Children at St Mary Magdalen’s come from a wide range of backgrounds; we are a Catholic school but welcome a number of children from different faiths and religions.
We teach the children to respect and value differences, recognising that each person is created in God’s image and, as such, is unique and special.
Our Mission Statement is at the heart of our core values and ethos. We are an inclusive school guided by Gospel Values in ensuring that all pupils have equal access and opportunities for learning. Our vision is a school where every child achieves through a relentless focus on high quality teaching and learning. Ensuring all children make good or better progress in reading, writing and numeracy is one of our core purposes. All staff will consistently use the most effective methods for teaching these basic skills.
Underpinning this will be:
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first rate systems for tracking, identifying and celebrating children’s progress
an exciting, relevant and inspiring curriculum
excellent support for the needs of each child
Classrooms will be vibrant, supportive and welcoming. They will be full of children motivated by positive, well-paced and purposeful lessons. These lessons will be delivered by staff that are passionate about the children’s success. Every parent / carer will be able to feel proud of their child’s achievements and will know exactly what these are. Clear guidance will be given about the best ways to support children with learning out of school. Every child will have the best possible start. We ensure that children have a strong pupil voice in every aspect of school life.
We work in partnership with parents and carers and very much value the support and contribution they make to our school life. Our parents play a crucial role in maintaining the relationship between parish, home and school.
Our curriculum has been carefully designed to develop our five key skills;
We believe in ensuring that the children receive a well-rounded and broad curriculum where individual talents can be spotted and nurtured to ensure that all children experience success, develop confidence and are challenged to achieve their very best. We aim to help our children become lifelong learners and to foster a passion for learning and curiosity that will enable them to develop high aspirations and a lifetime of memories and achievements.
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Susy Utzinger, born in 1969, has been actively involved in animal welfare for decades, especially in the pet and domestic animal sector. For fifteen years, she headed animal rescue organisations throughout Switzerland and their emergency centres, drove animal rescue vehicles and set up two Swiss animal shelters. As a freelance journalist and animal photographer, she regularly publishes papers on animal welfare issues in various Swiss and German media and gives lectures on a regular basis. In 1993 the committed animal rights activist was awarded the Elisabeth Rentschler Foundation's Animal Welfare Prize, followed over the years by other animal rights prizes and awards from various countries.
In 1993 she also completed an ethology internship in the Wolf Park in Indiana (USA). Various specialist courses and further training followed. In 1996 Susy Utzinger completed a two-year study as an animal psychological consultant at the I.E.T. in Hirzel. After the foundation of the organization "TierRettungsDienst - Leben hat Vortritt" in 1993, the Zurich native started in 2000 with the foundation of the Susy Utzinger Foundation for Animal Welfare (SUST) to work increasingly for quality in animal welfare projects at home and abroad.
Susy Utzinger is currently Managing Director of the Susy Utzinger Foundation for Animal Welfare (based in Kollbrunn) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the foundation "TierRettungsDienst - Leben hat Vortritt" in Winkel near Bülach.
The animal protection book "Heimatlos - Tagebuch einer Tierschützerin"
In the book "Heimatlos - Tagebuch einer Tierschützerin" Susy Utzinger tells about her fascination for animals, her great commitment to animal protection, but also about her difficult childhood. In impressive stories she reviews the past twenty years, gives insights into her tireless pioneering work at home and abroad and reminds us of countless sad, touching and happy stories with her protégés. It does not forget to look also critically behind the window blinds of the today's animal protection; a topic, which experienced a fundamental change in the past years. When the 48-year-old is asked today about her most important findings in connection with serious animal protection, she answers: "Sustainable animal protection is more than just a bowl of water and enough food; it means above all a lot of work, discipline and perseverance. And so the founder of the "Susy Utzinger Foundation for Animal Welfare" tirelessly trains specialists, optimises animal shelters and is involved in countless projects, including in Romania and Hungary. The Swiss woman never let herself be dissuaded from her mission, neither by professional setbacks nor by private strokes of fate. The positive result: Together with her colleagues and volunteers, she has already made it possible for tens of thousands of animals to live a species-appropriate and better life.
You can buy the book in the trade or order here (available only in German): www.susyutzinger.ch/Shop
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Monte Generoso - Ticino
Magnificent views from the summit at 1,704m
About Monte Generoso
Available: March - December.
Swiss Travel Pass: FREE travel to Capolago. 27 Sfr for the mountain railway
Ticino Ticket: FREE travel to Capolago. 43 Sfr for the mountain railway
Half Fare Card: 7 Sfr from Lugano to Capolago. 27 Sfr for the mountain railway
Monte Generoso is the highest mountain around Lugano, standing at 1,704m above sea level. From the summit you have magnificent panoramic views over a wide sweep of the Alps, as well as the lakes of Lugano, Como and Maggiore. There is also the striking new 'Fiore di Pietra' welcome centre.
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Cogwheel railway
The cogwheel railway has been running along a 9km stretch of the picturesque mountain scenery of the Monte Generoso Natural Park for over 125 years. The journey takes around 40 minutes and transports you from the shore of Lake Lugano to the peak at 1704m. We recommend sitting on the left hand side on the journey up in order to get the best panoramic view.
On selected dates a steam train runs, dating from 1890 and the oldest one still in operation in Switzerland. There are also several Belle Epoque trains running on the route.
Enchanting views
At the summit you will discover panoramic views over the region's lakes (Lugano, Como, Varese and Maggiore), as well as the resort of Lugano. On a clear day you can see Milan and the Apennines and a spectacular mountain vista from the Matterhorn to the Jungfrau to the Bernina Alps.
Monte Generoso offers 51km of gentle walking and more challenging hiking paths through the spectacular natural scenery.
Information boards help to identify valleys, lakes, villages, and peaks as you wander.
At the top of Monte Generosa is the new 'Fiore di Pietra' welcome centre - a unique work of architecture. Within this striking building you will find the cosy Generoso self-service café with its sun terrace and children's playground, and the elegant Fiore di Pietra restaurant offering regional specialities.
From Lugano, you can take a short journey by rail or boat to Capolago, which is the small town at the foot of Monte Generoso. The cogwheel train then departs hourly.
More excursions in the region
The Ticino has a distinct Italian influence and it is a joy to cruise to an idyllic village for a lakeside lunch. As well as any number of cruises, there's subtropical gardens and an array of funiculars and cable cars to take you up to mountains which offer panoramic views over the region.
Your choice of resorts
The Italian speaking canton of Ticino occupies the balmy lakelands of the southern foothills of the Alps. There are a choice of lakeside resorts such as Ascona, Lugano, Locarno, all offering cruises, mountain visits, walking opportunities and excellent cuisine.
Monte Generoso video
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