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The UK's electricity network operators have joined forces to ensure those working in the agricultural industry understand the dangers of working near power lines, in a bid to reduce the number of incidents that take place each year.
Despite potentially fatal consequences, over 85% of people never worry about getting too close to an overhead power line, according to the latest research from Energy Networks Association (ENA).
Data from the Health & Safety Executive reveals that in the last five years there were five deaths.
In addition, there were also 1,140 near-miss incidents involving machinery and equipment contacting overhead electric power lines where serious injury or death was a possibility.
On average, one farm worker dies each year as a result of contact with an overhead power line. There have been five such fatalities in the last five years.
There were 39 contact incidents in just four weeks during the 2017 harvest period and with each of these a potential for the vehicle operator or persons standing nearby suffering a fatal electric shock.
That's a risk during harvest of more than one fatality per day.
The risk to farm workers is not only during harvest but all year round.
Annually, approximately 225 reported incidents occur where farm vehicles and machinery make contact with overhead lines – typically these incidents involve equipment such as tipping trailers, lorry mounted cranes, combine harvesters and telehandlers.
Not only does each incident have the potential to kill or seriously injure those workers involved, there are also financial costs in terms of damaged and destroyed equipment and lost time.
The electricity network operators are today launching a new campaign – Look Out Look Up! – in response to the scale of incidents involving overhead power lines in farms and fields.
Look Out Look Up! is encouraging people to plan ahead to avoid contact with overhead power lines and to know what to do if contact is made.
A new film has been created to highlight the potential risks and
Advice for the agricultural and other sectors, such as construction and road haulage, whose work may take place near overhead power lines includes:
Farmers Guardian has joined up with New Holland to give a lucky reader the chance to experience the new T6 DCT for 12 months!
New Holland Agriculture has enriched the T6 Series offering with the new T6 Dynamic CommandTM, an all round multi-purpose tractor.
It is a versatile tractor that will be an asset to the fleets of arable, livestock, dairy farmers, contractors and hay and forage operations.


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It's funny how some distance
Makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me
Can't get to me at all – Elsa
Dog reactivity. If your dog has it, you know how it can rule your life. You feel as if you can only go outside for a walk with your dog during "off" hours – basically between 11 pm and 5 am, when there's nobody else around. Every time you see a dog 3 blocks over, you clutch your pearls: What will Fido do? It can truly rule your life.
How did this start? Your dog probably wasn't abused, nor were they used for fighting or as a bait dog (though it isn't unheard of). There are quite a few dogs who are just naturally reactive. Remember, that other dog isn't just another dog to Fido: it's another predator who isn't Pack. Try to look at things through Fido's eyes, and you'll be amazed at how nonchalantly you've been brushing off what they're thinking and only focusing on how they've been acting. Your dog is most likely not aggressive: they're scared.
A lot of dogs are fine with other dogs until the ages of 6-12 months. Gradually your gregarious little fluffball turns into a wary and unsocial dog. The first time your dog lunges or acts crazily towards another dog may take you by surprise. Fido has never done that before! You may blame yourself, and put Fido in more and more situations where he has to be with other dogs, trying to "socialize" him. But remember, those aren't Pack members! Those are just other predators! And on top of that, you aren't answering Fido's questions: Are those predators going to hurt me? Should I protect you? Fido has no Pilot! So all you've been doing is placing him in more and more situations where you are setting Fido up for failure. The very cure you're looking for is making his symptoms worse!
A few things to keep in mind: dogs are dogs. They aren't human. Dogs are still very survival based. I truly don't think they are domesticated – we haven't dumbed survival out of them. Survival includes being wary of other predators. If you want domesticated, find a cow. You set a cow free, they go off and die. They literally can't survive without a human. Dogs on the other hand, they can, and do, make it on their own. Not necessarily thrive, but survive.
Things have probably snowballed by now. Since that first time he barked at another dog during a walk, you felt the need to wrap the leash tightly whenever you see a dog in the distance. Odds are you're making the leash tight, and pulling Fido up close as you can with no slack on the leash. You're tense. You do all those things that inherently state you are stressed and you are preparing for fight or flight. Of course Fido is going to pick up on your cues!
Relax. I know this sounds like the silliest advice ever, but just do it. If you can't, fake it. Win the Academy Award for best Actor/Actress. Convince your dog that you're bored. Yes, you still need to answer their questions, but don't start answering questions that haven't even been asked yet! You don't ground your kids because you think they're about to come home after curfew.
My Sparta is very dog reactive. There aren't many people who are comfortable walking her. I am, though. Not because she never reacts, but because I've accepted that she will, and I've let go of the tension. I don't actively walk around anticipating her getting snotty with another dog, but I have made a profession out of acting calmly during high stress situations. I fake it. I have the knowledge I need to work through the situation (take a read here for the play-by-play on leash walking). Of course I'm freaked out, but I'll never show it. Pretty soon I don't even realize I'm faking calm: I am calm.
So, let it go.
Let go of the tension. A tense situation doesn't need more tension.
Let go of the anxiety. Don't react until you need to answer the question.
Let go of the anger. You are answering a question, not punishing a dog for asking.
Let go of perfection. Your dog is a mirror of you. Are you perfect? Of course not, and nobody expects you to be.
You can do this. I know you can. I've seen some amazing things in all my years training. Like this. Or this. If they can do it, so can you. Now go show your dog that you are more than capable of Piloting them past that ferocious Chihuahua.

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Army removes the word 'negro' from regulation
The section that officials revised aims to 'provide [equal opportunity] and fair treatment for military personnel.'
A day after CNN reported that an Army regulation stated that "negro" was an acceptable term for "black or African American" service members, officials have scrubbed the word from the rule.
"The U.S. Army fully recognized, and promptly acted, to remove outdated language in Army Regulation 600-20 as soon as it was brought to our attention," Lt. Alayne Conway, a spokeswoman for the Army, said in a statement to the Military Times.
She added, "We apologize to anyone we offended."
The regulation, which is intended to "provide [equal opportunity] and fair treatment for military personnel and family members without regard to race, color, gender, religion, national origin," was last updated on Oct. 22. Army officials couldn't say how recently the word "negro" was added, however.
The word appeared in a section of "race and ethnic code definitions." The full quote was a definition of the terms "black or African American":
A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Terms such as "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black" or "African American."
An unnamed source told CNN that the term may have been included in the rule so someone could "self-report" as the racial term they wanted to use. Lt. Col. S. Justin Platt, an Army spokesman, said the word was from an outdated section.
On Twitter, there was widespread astonishment that the term was still being used in 2014.
Use of word 'Negro' removed from new Army regulation http://t.co/IbWywTCJ0I via @usatoday It took them this long.SMDH!
— PJBHAMPTONU98 (@PJBHAMPTONU98) November 7, 2014
What Dummies! U.S. Army approves use of "Negro" to describe African American personnel http://t.co/HXbjYafbiz via @wqad
— Robert D. Bullard (@DrBobBullard) November 7, 2014
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Lumiere Skin & Spa
What differentiates Lumiere Skin and Spa from other beauty and wellness havens in the metro is that they only use the best botanical, organic and medical-grade skincare products to help find your light within (as lumiere means light in French!).
This one-stop beauty and wellness haven has a wide range of services that include signature massages, anti-ageing lasers, facial and body contouring services to name more. Expect nothing premium skincare services at affordable prices.
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Lumiere Skin & Spa
Eastwood Citywalk, Libis
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Fell in love with it from the first visit.
Fell in love with it from the first visit. The quality of services and prices are impeccable. Very reasonable not to mention the hospitality of the staff and the owner. I highly recommend it.Patti Cruz
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Here, it's not just about one time beauty treatments, but more on about one's overall wellbeing.
Here, it's not just about one time beauty treatments, but more on about one's overall wellbeing. During my visit, I was so fortunate to meet their owners who told me about the importance of practising healthy habits and adapting a healthier overall lifestyle. The term Lumiere itself means, "Beauty from Within" so here, they aim to help every soul realize that true physical beauty can be achieved not just by getting treatments, but also by regularly practising healthy habits.Mae Ilagan
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The advances of modern medicine have provided benefits for many people. Our ability to treat life threatening bacterial infections (not viral illnesses) with antibiotics and our ability to surgically repair traumatic injuries are but two examples where modern medicine makes a big difference.
But there is never such a thing as a free lunch. Western medicine has excelled at dealing with acute illness and injury. If you have a broken leg you cannot meditate it better. If you have acute appendicitis, then dietary change is not going to fix it.
But when it comes to chronic conditions western medicine has not done so well. Chronic lifestyle related conditions like diabetes (type 2) and high blood pressure are not cured by medication – they are simply controlled to some degree.
And as people are living longer we tend to end up on more and more medications. Australian research has shown that 82% of those in residential aged care facilities are on at least seven different medications. And it was also found that up to 30% of hospital admissions in the over 75-age group are medication related. Of these, some three quarters were deemed to be preventable.
In the USA research was done on 5406 people aged over 85 with dementia who were in residential aged care. Some 70% had a do not resuscitate order in place. Yet over 50% were on at least one medication of "questionable benefit". More than 20% were on a statin to lower cholesterol and 7% were on blood thinners.
The pattern may be similar in other counties. The purpose of any medical intervention is to improve the quality of life or to extend life expectancy. The closer we get to the end of our lives the less that extending life expectancy is likely to be relevant. This is underlined by the fact that virtually no research is done on the benefits of most medications in those over the age of 65.
I have personally seen 90 year olds sent out of hospitals on three new medications, which will achieve neither of the two key aims of any treatment.
Both the American and Australian reviews called for a reassessment of the use of medications in the elderly. The Australian group called for a greater emphasis (there is none at present) on "de-prescribing".
The sentiment is absolutely correct. However, this is an awful jargon term! How about we focus on prescribing medication only if there is a benefit to the person. Or, to be even more precise, only take medication if the benefit outweighs the risk.
For example lowering blood pressure to "target" levels in the elderly may sound good. But if the blood pressure falls and the person faints and then breaks their hip we have done far more harm than good. The same applies if someone is dizzy as a side effect after taking an antidepressant (prescribed because they were grieving) and falls over.
There are countless more examples.
The bottom line is this. Too many of us (and not just the elderly) are taking too many tablets for too long. Every time a prescription is due for renewal, fundamental questions needs to be asked. Is the reason this medication was commenced still valid? Is this medication still doing more good than harm? Ultimately, is there still a valid reason to be taking it?
We will only get answers if we ask the questions.


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grid reference TM 478 705
opened 18th/19th century
owner Chestnut Group
Data from the Food Standards Agency live feed.
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opening hours:
- 11-11 (all week); 12-10.30 Sun
food times:
- 1200-1500, 1800-2100
regular real ales
Adnams Bitter, Broadside + Green Jack range
listed building grade II
Local licensing authority for Dunwich is East Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated 30/12/2019
Dunwich Ship
previously known as: Barne Arms Hotel
Real Ale is available here
St James St, IP17 3DT
01728 648219
Once a haunt of smugglers, the Ship at Dunwich isn't just a great place to eat, drink, relax and get away from it all; it's also part of a great local story.
The pub is set in a quiet, idyllic village, surrounded by nature reserves, heathland and beach, and only the romantic ruins of Dunwich monastery hint at the fate of this once thriving medieval town and port, that was claimed by the waves because of coastal erosion - in particular during a couple of terrible medieval storms.
The romantics say that you can still hear the peal of the church bells from beneath the waves, and up to 9 churches were lost in the Saxon township, but whilst nobody can guarantee that, there are certain more earthly things that the current pub owners are always happy to provide. Real ales, real food and a real fire. Comfortable, traditionally furnished rooms, some with views across the sea or marshes. An enormous garden, dotted with fruit trees (including a 300 year old fig tree) and a beach that really is just a couple of minutes walk away.
Beers from local brewers including Adnams, Green Jack, Earl Soham and Nethergate.
Beer Festivals in March and September.
Beer served through handpulls
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Evening meals
Restaurant or separate dining area
Separate public bar
Traditional pub games available
Real fire
Dog friendly
Family friendly
Accommodation available
Pub is accessible to disabled customers
Quiet pub - no electronic games, piped music or jukebox
WiFi available (a charge may apply)
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic book information from Bob Mitchell)
The Barne family once lived at Shrubbery Hall and owned much land locally. They also once levied tax on coals landed on 6 miles of beach (3d per chaldron) and claimed small sums (fines and fees) for ship wrecks.


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Our faculty is part of the United Nations-supported initiative for Responsible Management Education (PRME) with its six principles purpose, value, method, research, partnership and dialogue.
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Development, fabrication and characterization of novel lightweight materials and their use in safety-relevant applications is at the heart of Collaborative Research Centre 692 – "High-Strength Aluminium-Based Lightweight Materials for Safety Components". Organized in 18 subprojects the research focuses on the following three fields of activity: high-strength Al wrought alloys, Al matrix composites and Al-coated magnesium.
The objective of subproject C4 "Target Life Cycle Costing and Management" is to design instruments for the appraisal and controlling of new materials' profits. It is concerned with the conceptual development of an evaluation technique for the lifecycle and target costs of new production materials as well as a proper configuration of relating processes.
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text: Earl Owensby:We're Gonna Shoot a Bunch of People, Gonna Wreck Some Cars, Gon' Crash a Plane, Gonna Whatever-WhateverBy Mike MalloyEarl Owensby We're Gonna Shoot a Bunch of People, Gonna Wreck Some Cars, Gon' Crash a Plane, Gonna Whatever-Whatever By Mike Malloy. When you think of maverick outsider tough-guy '70s cinematic success stories – and who doesn't, on a constant basis? – you may be tempted to put Tom Laughlin on the top of your list...When you think of maverick outsider tough-guy '70s cinematic success stories – and who doesn't, on a constant basis? – you may be tempted to put Tom Laughlin on the top of your list. But, prior to making his breakout 1971 film, Billy Jack, Laughlin had already logged hours of screen time as a working Los Angeles-based film and television actor. He knew the system, even if he used that knowledge primarily to step outside it.And there were legitimate outsiders who came, seemingly from out of nowhere, to make a surprise hit, like H.B. Halicki with 1974's Gone in 60 Seconds. But they didn't sustain full-time, lifelong careers in cinema.Perhaps the figure who best embodies both maverick filmmaking and a sustained show business career is North Carolina's Earl Owensby, a colorful-talking iconoclast with an impressive knack for getting things accomplished on his own terms.Owensby had no connections to filmmaking in 1973 when he caught a showing of Walking Tall, the fact-based Southern actioner that made a folk hero out of its protagonist, Sheriff Buford Pusser. At the time, Owensby was doing work that often gets oversimplified in the press as "tool sales" when; in fact, Owensby describes it as doing "the torque equipment for the Polaris sub, Nike Zeus and Sparrow III" and providing machinery for the man-made fiber industry, among other things.That viewing of Walking Tall proved to be motivational, spurring Owensby to produce and star in a Southern revenger entitled Challenge, which was released the next year, in 1974. The film was successful enough that it transformed what could have been a one-off vanity project into what ultimately became a multi-decade film career for Owensby. He quickly phased out the tools and built a movie studio in Shelby, NC.(It's easy to read the above paragraph without absorbing the full implications. But try to envision all the ramifications that had to occur for a middle-aged North Carolina man to successfully transform himself from tool salesman to working studio head, movie producer and film star within the space of a year.)After Challenge, Earl spent the bulk of the 1970s producing – and starring in – low-budget action and tough-guy films: The Brass Ring (1975), Death Driver (1977), Dark Sunday (1976) and Seabo (1978).At the end of the decade, he broadened his horizon with his first horror film (Wolfman, 1979) and some music movies (Lady Grey and Living Legend, both 1980). In the mid-'80s, he jumped onto the 3-D revival bandwagon with such films as Tales of the Third Dimension, Hyperspace and The Great Balloon Chase (all 1984).In the late 1980s, Owensby bought a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Gaffney, South Carolina. Once converted, it became the underwater sets for films like James Cameron's The Abyss (1989).Around this same time, legendary Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis also built a film studio in North Carolina. But De Laurentiis came and went in a few years. Earl Owensby still has open, functioning studio facilities in Shelby at the time of this writing.It's clear that movie business is not booming for Earl in the way that it was back when he used to drop '70s baddies with shotgun blasts. The Shelby Star reported in 2013 that EO Studios had to fend off foreclosure by catching up on back property taxes owed. But Owensby's website still cites Wolfman 2, Back to Buckstone Mountain and Stars in my Crown as "current projects."The following is a 2006 phone interview with Mr. Owensby, one in which your writer struggled to have a personality half as big as his.Mike Malloy:I've seen the Earl Owensby: The Man...The Myth (1997) documentary and you credit Walking Tall with causing you to want to take up a film career. Was Billy Jack an influence too?Earl Owensby: Nope never was. I didn't like Tom Laughlin, to be honest with you.MM:But you used references to Billy Jack on the lobby cards I've seen for Challenge.EO: That was [distributor] Cinemation Industry that used that as one of their things. I don't know; I don't distribute, so whoever does that, they just do it. Long as they paid for it, didn't matter.MM:You're a multi-million dollar tool salesman in the Carolinas, and you decide to get into motion pictures. What's the very first step that you take towards a film career?EO: Get a script.MM:Even before starting a production company or anything? How did you go about that?EO: Very carefully. Just decided to get in the movie business and build a studio. And if you gon' build cars, you know you have to have a prototype. Don't matter if it's General Motors. (...) And that's what we did. We had to make a movie. I chose to make the one called Challenge, which fell under the genre of "man's wife gets killed and he has to go after revenge." (...)MM:I heard you pursued actor David Janssen until...EO: Yeah, I couldn't afford Mr. Janssen. He wanted too much. Abbey Greshler, who I later got to know, was his agent. And oh man, they was talking to somebody in North Carolina, and about the third time he called me "baby" I hung up on him. I ain't nobody's damn baby. Maybe I should be; I don't know.MM:Do you remember what kind of sum he was commanding at that time?EO: $500,000. That's what they asked for.MM:Did you look anywhere else for a lead?EO: Nope. He was the only one that I was interested in.MM:What ended up being the budget of Challenge?EO: I don't remember. It was around $500,000 'time I got through with it. It got its money back and made a profit. So I wasn't concerned about it.MM:Everybody considers Earl Owensby to be this big Southern drive-in phenomena, but did your films play outside the Southern drive-in circuit?EO: Yeah. That would be very true. "Did they play outside the southern drive-in circuit?" – which is a bunch of bullshit anyway, but that's okay. They did play drive-ins, but so did a lot of other stuff. So did everything. And they played... Well, my first movie, I opened in 80 theaters in North and South Carolina, and they made a lot of money. Then I sold it to Cinemation, or released it to 'em. They played it all over the world. I'm in 137 countries the last time we added it up. (...) What you saw in The Man...The Myth is probably pretty accurate 'cause ain't no use in lying to nobody about nothin', I don't feel like. That don't buy me nothin' anyhow.MM:Cinemation's Jerry Gross came to you?EO: Yep. Came to me, and Coca-Cola was putting up the money, I understand. Back then there was what's called tax shelters, and they came to me and wanted to buy. They bought The Klansman (1974) too, which was O.J. Simpson's first movie, I understand.MM:The martial artist that you have in Challenge, who is that?EO: An idiot by the name of Dave Adams, you can put that down there, it'd be fine. I don't know him. Anyway, he was local, and he was supposed to be "kung-fu karate." (...)MM:You drive a Pantera in the two Challenge films, and you have a Corvette in Challenge – some pretty fancy sports cars. Were those cars your production leased, or were they your personal cars?EO: Well, I've owned Five Panteras. Five. I like the Pantera. I had a black one, a white one, two yellow ones and a red one. The red one I wrecked at Charlotte Motor Speedway when we were doing some updates on Brass Ring.MM: How did you hire directors for your movies?EO: Interviewed who I thought would have a vision of what we were trying to put on the screen, and that's how we got 'em.MM:Were they Southeastern?EO: Mostly local. Only ones we used out of California is when Jim Cameron obviously made The Abyss with us. That's Cameron's picture. We do movies for the majors, and whoever they send as the director and their main cast, that's who we work with. We do the "below the line" – that's what we call "below the line." And we'll build the sets, and we'll have the soundstages and we'll do all that stuff.MM:Did you ever have an itch to direct back then? The director credits on your movies – none of those are pseudonyms for Earl Owensby, are they?EO: I directed on Tales of the Third Dimension1984), one segment. We had four directors; I happened to be one of them. I directed the last movie I did, called The Story of Jesus Christ. I directed/produced/wrote and made, which was like six or seven months ago. Sometimes [another director] will say, "Oh, we'll correct it in editing." Uh-uh. If you don't shoot it, you don't correct it in editing. You know, you have to sometimes go back and shoot what we call "tie in," but that's just technical stuff. That's not artistic at all.MM:It's nice to have the luxury of a studio to do the re-shoots.EO: You could shoot in a motel room if you had to. It doesn't matter. Just makin' a movie.MM:On the first film, what was the biggest lesson you learned as an actor or producer?EO: Well, the education on what not to do [came with] the second movie, because since the first one did so well, we just threw together The Brass Ring (AKA Frank Challenge: Manhunter). And that was not a smart move, although it sold. It didn't do as well as Challenge, but we moved from that. We moved on up the line. It's very important who you hire as a director. (...) Even on Challenge, I went through three people before I finally got the director. One guy, every time you turn around, he'd show up with three assistants; they were all women. And I didn't need them on the payroll. And we ended up with [only] one woman, as a script supervisor, on Challenge. And I think they kind of thought maybe I was "strange." I just didn't want to get into a situation where a guy brings his three girlfriends, and his mind ain't on [the movie]. We worked about 14 hours a day, six days a week. Don't work on Sunday, if I can help it. And I've always helped it for the last number of years. So that's where we are. That's the whole deal. I'm not a Tom Laughlin, I'm not a Clint Eastwood, I'm not a Burt Reynolds. I know some of these people, but it's not what I do. (...) I've been in major magazines – Penthouse, Playboy, Esquire, GQ – the whole schmear. But if you're not selling something... I've been on "60 Minutes" twice, and had a positive program on "60 Minutes." But it all gets down to business. The bottom line: I've never claimed to be anything but a salesman. That's the truth. I am a salesman. I've been a salesman for a long time. That's the way I approach it. I don't do art movies, because I'm not into that; I wouldn't understand [how to sell them]. People make 'em all the time, people do 'em and people sell 'em, I'm assuming.MM: The Brass Ring is just an alternate title for Frank Challenge: Manhunter?EO: Yeah. (...) Whoever picks it up and does the distribution and pays their money up front, I don't care what they call it. Long as it's not X-rated, you know.MM:Tell me about the success of Challenge, if you would.EO: (...) When I got the records back, after [Cinemation] went bankrupt and I got the movie back, I learned about [foreign sales], and that's when I started catering to the foreign market, because that was my best bet. Foreign markets like my movies for one reason, and it's not because I'm whatever. It's because in action-adventure, dialogue ain't gonna mean a whole lot. We're gonna shoot a bunch of people, gonna wreck some cars, gon' crash a plane, gonna whatever, whatever. (...) And that's what we were able to literally survive on for a long time.MM:Are you able to quantify for me the success of Challenge?EO: No. I ain't gon' give you nothing on Challenge except it was over with and done, and [Cinemation] went bankrupt, and I had to go get my movie back. That's all I can qualify. Or hell, say it wasn't a hit, went in the hole, didn't make no money, lost it all. I don't care. Doesn't matter.MM:That's obviously not the case because you did film after film after film.EO: (...) I own 20 DVD titles. They're all mine. They're all copyrighted to me. And I have the masters, and we have DVDs and we sell them all over the world too. But that wasn't available back when you're talking. (...) Hell, I'm gon' make a movie to just play drive-ins? Forget it. 'Cause number one: you gon' have a helluva time collecting from anybody, if you're not a major. (...) You caught me at the right time. I'll tell you anything you want to know.MM:Hey, I'm glad. So you were a little disappointed with Frank Challenge: Manhunter– is that why you never played the character again?EO: Didn't need to play the character again, because I wasn't trying to create a franchise as they do now. (...) I just wanted to make something that I could sell. And I did. It was harder to sell Frank Challenge: Manhunter than it was my next picture, which was called Death Driver, which was just basically a comedy of a good ol' boy. They had motor rodeos – Chip Woods and that kinda stuff. And this story was about an ol' boy that won some time ago and wanted to come back, and that was the whole story. It had a good music track to it, had a good comedic overtone to it and sold real quick.MM:Yeah. That film tied in with the Smokey and the Bandit (1977) -type of cinema of the time.EO: Yeah. It was one of them good ol' boy type things. He caught his wife running around on him, and that was it. Those things happen.MM:The moody, almost silent Dark Sunday (1976) was made around this time too.EO: Oh yeah. Death Driver was my second picture [after Challenge]. And a matter of fact, a young director that I hired for Death Driver – a young man from Atlanta, Georgia named Jimmy Huston, who is a very talented young man – he did Death Driver, Dark Sunday and Buckstone County Prison [AKA Seabo]. Buckstone County Prison, at that time, became my number-one money maker, so to speak. And Film Ventures picked it up and distributed. I had a helluva time collecting from 'em. And then they sold it – or leased it – to HBO, who showed it several times. And then I finally got all that back. Had David Allen Coe in it – and Ed Parker, who was Elvis's bodyguard and Kenpo Karate World Champion. He became a dear friend of mine. He's dead now. Sunset Carson and Don "Red" Barry – both dead now. You know, it was just an unusual movie. And I guess you can compare Cool Hand Luke (1967), the Paul Newman movie. Chain gang, you know, and the whole prison deal. It just worked. It worked for us.MM:I like what you do with your voice in that.EO: He lowered his voice. Yeah, I understand. But it did well. It did well for us, and then we moved on. And on Dark Sunday, I had a problem with the rating board because they rated it X. It had no nudity. It had only bullet hits, as Sam Peckinpah's Wild Bunch (1969) did. I didn't accept that, and we had a problem with it. So the Vice President of the rating deal was Dick Heffner, and he finally – from the Los Angeles airport – dropped the X and gave it an R. And I appealed the R and went to New York for that appeal. A whole bunch of bullshit on it. [Dark Sunday] came out the same time Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) did, Eastwood's movie. Eastwood's movie got a PG at the time, and he'd shot people, you know. So, I don't know. It's just one of those things. And finally we released it unrated and it did real well. I don't care about that nine people go to a room in Beverly Hills and say, "Well this is too violent; we'll have to give it an X." I don't care. It doesn't matter to me what they rate anything anymore. You don't have to do that.MM:Did you end up making any changes to Dark Sunday?EO: The film? Not one frame. No, I did not. I did not. Nothing. Didn't change anything. What was I gon' do? Go in there and chop it up and take out the bullet hits? Do like they used to do – just do a long fade in to the next scene? That's bullshit. Anyway, that's okay. I made it, and it's still available, and people still buy it. So, you know, that's it.MM:I've seen your name in the credits as a stuntman. What are some of the memorable stunts that you performed?EO: Well, I came off of a building in Rottweiler (1987). I wrecked several cars. I rode on top of a balloon – one mile up, ten miles out – on a hot air balloon for a movie. I don't know. I've done a lot of my own stunts. I mean if they're mine, I do 'em. If they're somebody else's, hell, let somebody else do 'em. That's all I do. That ain't no big deal. That's just PR, publicity. It ain't no big deal. I mean it really isn't. If you want to wreck a car, just grab the other side of the safety belt. I drove a car into a burning house in Death Driver – grabbed that safety belt in the passenger's seat and pull yourself to the floor when you go in, and when you raise up you coming out of it. It ain't really nothing to it. People play on that stuff. That's a bunch of bull. (...) Now watch me go out and make a movie next week and get killed doing a stunt.MM:Aw, don't say that. Now you've said repeatedly that you view it as a business. But you were already in the business of selling tools. You have to view filmmaking as more fun. Do you enjoy acting?EO: Not really. Maybe it started out as being a fun thing, but it didn't end up that way. I mean it takes a lot of time. If I'm in a movie... I made one about our Sheriff up here called Rutherford County Line (1987), and Universal picked it up, and I didn't give 'em all the rights to everything. But then Fox, which I do business with, wanted to do a Movie of the Week and change the name to Damon's Law because Rutherford County Line sounded too Southern. Well, hell, it is Southern. And it was a true story. We followed the history of a county sheriff whose brother and two law enforcement officers were assassinated. We did that, and it still does good, does real good. It's called Damon's Law. And I got some real good critic reviews on that particular part, so I guess I must have done a pretty good job of recreating the sheriff. Of course I grew up in this area, and he was the sheriff in this area, so I knew how to. I wasn't trying to mimic him. I just wanted to bring it to where he was not a buffoon. It was not "Dukes of Hazzard;" it was a serious story about a man's brother got killed, and his whole thing. So, I don't know, we did good with it. I ain't gon' make no sequel to it, and the sheriff's dead now too. He died, oh maybe six months ago.MM:And with that, you got to do a film similar to the one that influenced you, Walking Tall (1973).EO: Yeah. The thing that got me in Walking Tall – the Joe Don Baker one, not the sequels; they did two more of 'em.MM:Yeah. By the way, I've interviewed Bo Svenson, the star of those other two.EO: You did? I talked to him out in California one time. He was trying to put together another Walking Tall deal when I talked to him. But Brian Dennehey did a good job on that TV [movie. A Real American Hero, 1978] where he played Buford Pusser at one time, a Movie of the Week. And then Svenson come in and played him in a series, short-lived series. But it doesn't matter. All that stuff is water under the bridge. But, what I guess got me in Walking Tall was the fact – he was in the hospital, Pusser was – and he told a little boy "stick." And the little boy went home and got the 2x4, or whatever it was, and brought it back down the hallway and gave it to him. That was a heavy-duty dramatic scene – one that may, or may not have happened. I met Buford, by the way, later on at a golf tournament. We were there, I don't play golf, but I went. The Shriner's had one and wanted me to come sign autographs. I did. But anyway, Buford was there too. But that [movie] just kind of got me. Walking Tall was the one that really... well, it was made in McMinnville, Tennessee. Southern story, Southern town. And so I said, "Well maybe I can do that." And I did.MM:Did that previous tool business overlap at all with your filmmaking business? Or did you make a clean break of it?EO: No. It overlapped. I built 12 companies. You just build it to a certain point and move on if it's not something you enjoy. If it's profitable you can move on pretty easily; somebody will want it. But no, a little bit of it overlapped, but then the film business became the major thing. You can only do so much. Then I bought a nuclear plant – abandoned nuclear plant, a construction site – and made five movies. I made The Abyss there and Florida Straits (1987) for HBO and Probe (1988) for Universal/ABC. I did five movies there, and then I got out of it because after The Abyss I think I'd learned my lesson. That was a little bit heavy duty. Took almost a year to make that movie.MM:And I remember from the documentary that a lawsuit ensued.EO: Yeah. They didn't pay me when they left. But they did pay me, they finally did. And they were gon' have to try it in Gaffney, South Carolina instead of L.A. So, sometimes they do that. Wasn't Jim Cameron. Was 20th Century Fox. They funded it and said, "Oh, that wasn't our movie, because it was shot non-union." Well, it was. Every check I had was written by Fox. They was the ones that paid me. And then they left owing me a considerable amount of money. And if you don't go after it, you never get it. Of course, they take the attitude, "Well come to L.A., and we'll try it." They got 80 lawyers. I was able to get it moved to Gaffney, South Carolina for the trial, and [they] said, "Well, we'll probably spending more money fighting this than we would just to pay our bill." And they paid. That was it. That's what happened.MM:You say that acting ceased to be fun at some point. Did you ever consider hiring other actors for some of the lead roles you played?EO: (...) I had someone else hired to do Chain Gang (1984), and then that didn't work because the people who wanted to buy it, wasn't gon' buy it unless I was in it. So I made Chain Gang, and I'm in it. But they paid for it. (...) I'm in the middle of developing one now called Wolfman 2: The Return. I ain't gon' be in it. I don't care who's in it, but I ain't. I should say "I'm not," right? I'm talking to a writer. Anyway, I don't plan on being in Wolfman 2: The Return. I'm making the sequel to the Wolfman I made, and I'm only doing it because Benicio Del Toro is doing The Wolfman, the remake of Lon Chaney Jr.'s Wolf Man, and that's fine. There's a lot of "wolfmen-lycanthrope-man wolf-whatever you want to call 'em" movies, and this one just happened to fit in, to be one that we can sell. And somebody will be in it. I haven't finished the script yet – working on the story – but when it's done, somebody will play the wolfman. I don't know who. You can get actors that "used to be" – that think they still are – to work cheaper than they used to because once you get through with whatever [makes you a star] and you're not that magic number anymore, and they still want to act. And that's good.MM:Were you ever offered an outside role, from Hollywood or anything besides an EO Studios movie?EO: I've got offers from a lot of people wanting me to be in movies, and I don't do it.MM:Do you like to have control over your performance?EO: No. I've got a company to run, I've got everything, and I don't care about being in somebody's movie. (...)MM:Back in the '70s, what was your relationship with Hollywood? Did you ever have an office out there?EO: Nope. Never did. Still don't.MM:But the trades picked up on you and ran articles about you frequently.EO: Oh yeah. I got a lot of articles written about me. Some good, some bad. If I'm battling somebody that don't pay me. (...)MM:You mentioned Wolfman. Were you tiring of straight action pictures, or were you following the horror trend at the time?EO: A young man named Worth Keeter – who went on to California, and he did direct a lot of Movies of the Week and the "Power Rangers" things and all that – he wanted to do a movie. I said, "Well, we'll gamble on one. Whatcha wanna make?" And he picked Wolfman. And I said, "Do I have to be in it?" And he said, "Well, yeah." I said, "Fine." So, gave him that shot and it ended up doing real well. I hated the movie, I didn't like it that well, but he did it and then he went on to do other things. So no, we just picked one that would be easy to sell; I wasn't following much. I always say about Wolfman: We started out to make a horror movie, made a horrible movie. That's what we did, in my opinion. But people liked it and still buy it. So I ain't gon' worry about it.MM:It's very ambitious that with both Seabo – which was set in the '50s – and Wolfman, you did period pieces on low budgets.EO: Well, 1914 was Wolfman, and of course Seabo was, like I said, 1957. And a period piece we're working on now is called Stars in my Crown, which takes place in the South, 1865. And it's about a preacher, and it's got a good theme to it and a good story to it. So it's 1865. It'll cost a little more 'cause you have to obviously construct at least part of a Southern town in that period, and all that. But that's fine. That's just what we do. If it wasn't worth doing, we wouldn't do it anyway. That's just where it's at. This Wolfman [sequel] that we're doing is modern day. Whatever the day is today, that's now, but we bring it from 1914 forward and that's the story, and the curse is handed down, handed down, handed down – you know, that kinda theme, to tie in to the original. (...) Independent picture, and hopefully the budget will be low.MM:The modern-day setting ought to help with that.EO: Well, I think so. I think we'll be all right with it, and we'll just do it. (...) But I won't crack the cameras until I know something gon' happen with it.MM:You don't have a definite start date for it?EO: No, I do not. I'm not in any hurry. I just got the two movies I'm trying to develop, and I've got other people coming wanting to do their movie, but they have to come and bring the money. And make sure you got it before we do it. Had a group in two weeks ago. They had this movie, they had that money. They didn't have nothing. They thought we'll move in, and we'll get started, and I'll love it so much I'll finance it. No, I don't do that either. (...) Everybody comes in, got a movie gon' do $100 million without fail. If someone could predict that, just once, they'd have a job, but they wouldn't need a job; they'd be rich. (...)MM:They say that Seabo was, at the time, your biggest money maker. Did that also end up being the big financial champ of the entire 1970s for you?EO: I would say Buckstone County would be the Number One of that. Then we come along with Living Legend1980), and it's done real well – still does – and not because of myself and [Elvis Presley fiancée] Ginger Alden, necessarily. Roy Orbison did a soundtrack, and that's not bad. He ain't here no more either. But those things, you know, we just sell 'em. (...) We're still here, and we do have eight sound stages, and we do have an office complex, 12,000 square feet. We do have a recording studio. We do have an 18-room motel. We do have what we have; it's here. It's the largest independent. See, Dino [De Laurentiis] built a studio in Wilmington, and Paine Webber raised him $210 million. He went broke, took him two years. And then Carolco [Pictures, of Rambo fame] took it over. They went broke. It's at the end of an airport. See, Dino didn't give a damn where it was in. Italians shoot [without sound], and they loop. They dub the language. He didn't think anything about sound, just built it. Seven metal buildings at the end of an airport with a plane taking off every 15 minutes. And that's fine; he did that, that's him. He's Dino De Laurentiis, he can do with the hell he wants to. (...) Screen Gems now owns it, but they ain't doing nothing. They're not doing anything, which is fine with me. I don't care. They called me wanting me to buy the place. What I want with it? I don't need it. Got rid of an abandoned nuclear plant 'cause I didn't need it either. I do better with where I am, sitting in my little office and doing my thing. I really do. I just think I do better doing that, and whatever.Back to Issue 18


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What I Think + Spoilers: A time-travel plot. Another friend-recommended drama. Hindi ko peg ang time travelling plot coz it can get complicated. The story centers around obscure actress Choi Hee-jin (played by Yoo In-na, in her first leading role) who falls in love with Kim Bung-do (played by Ji Hyun-woo), a time-traveling scholar from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) who jumps 300 years into the future to the 21st century.
Yoo In-na is such a cutie! When I watched Goblin, I always thought she's so gorgeous. She's that girl-crush material. On this movie, In-na is an unsuccessful actress who landed her big break when she was played as Queen In-hyun in the television drama "New Jang Heebin". While filming the drama, she crossed paths with Kim Bung-do and fell in love with him.
This is my first Ji Hyun-woo drama. He played Kim Bung-do (Ji Hyun-woo) is a noble-born scholar and his family's sole survivor after they were massacred in a conspiracy. Kim Bung-do supported the reinstatement of Queen In-hyun, who was deposed due to scheming by royal concubine Lady Jang.
He was scheduled to be executed in the Joseon dynasty. When he was about to kill himself by hanging, he received In-na's call from the modern day. The call became a portal and he jumped to the modern day. Another happy-ending!


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Does Everyone Follow the IMDG Code?
- Date: 06/07/2015
TT Club's Risk Management Director, Peregrine Storrs-Fox poses the question and highlights why the correct answer is so important.
Anecdotal information suggests that some in the maritime supply chain are using out of date dangerous goods data and inspections evidence that non-compliance continues to be too high. Incidents demonstrate the results. TT Club unequivocally states that a valid version of the IMDG Code should be used and that users ensure that goods are properly classified, marked, packed and declared. It is crucial that all involved in the transport of dangerous goods are aware and comply with successive amendments to the Code
The International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code governs the processes by which classified cargoes may be transported by sea. It is updated every two years and each amendment may, effectively, be used for a maximum period of three years. All amendments prior to Amendment 36-12 are no longer valid – if you are using an older amendment, it is strongly recommended that you upgrade to Amendment 37-14 which entered transitional effect on 1 January 2015.
The IMDG Code was first published by International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 1965. Since January 2004 the Code has been mandatory for SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea Convention) signatory states, effectively making it a global rulebook for the sea transport of dangerous goods.
Although it is directed primarily at sea transport, the provisions of the Code affect a broader range of industries and services – manufacturers, packers, shippers, inland transport operators (road, rail and inland waterway), port authorities and terminal operators. The IMDG Code is based on the same 'Orange book' (UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods – Model Regulations) as other modal dangerous goods regulations. IMDG provides authoritative advice on classification, stowage, segregation, packing, labelling, terminology and emergency response action.
Use the right amendment!
The cycle of applicability of the amendments to the IMDG Code mean that any amendment older than 36-12 is now invalid and must not continue to be used. Amendment 37-14 may now be used – and is recommended – since 1 January 2015, becoming mandatory on 1 January 2016 and able to be used until 31 December 2017.
As ever, there are a number of changes introduced with Amendment 37-14, notably the completion of the significant structural changes to Chapter 7 to provide detailed requirements for stowage, handling and segregation by ship type (container, ro-ro, general cargo etc). There are new codes that split 'Stowage and Handling' from 'Segregation'.
Another change implemented in this latest amendment is the specific reference to the International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC). This has interesting significance since it means that containers carrying dangerous goods must be marked in accordance with ISO 6346 (the international standard covering the coding, identification and marking of freight containers) where there is reduced stacking or racking capability, and also that containers must be maintained in good condition. Alerting packers who are familiar with the IMDG Code but not CSC is a valuable reminder of some of the container packing basics – and reinforces what is set out in the CTU Code.
As ever, there are newly classified cargoes, mainly relating to absorbed gases and a fair number of changes to packing group details, in part picking up the risks associated with lithium ion batteries. A further summary of the changes can be found here
Of course, the key thing with any change is that those concerned with consigning dangerous goods are appropriately trained. IMDG Code training has been mandatory since January 2010 for all shore side staff involved in dangerous goods transport by sea, including shipping line booking staff, container packers, consolidators, shippers, forwarders and stevedores.
The TT Club's advice is that compliance with the current IMDG Code requires:
• Ensuring that your own relevant employees are competent
• Informing all your customers and contractors of their obligations to train to an appropriate level of competence
• Seeking documentary evidence that all relevant employees of your customers and contractors are trained to an appropriate level of competence.
'Competence' – or the ability to do a job properly – is based on both training and on-the-job experience.
Where effective training is not already in place and not easily available to you, the Club continues to recommend the easily accessible and thorough training resource 'IMDG Code e-learning' developed by Exis Technologies, in collaboration with IMO to meet the training requirement. The online IMDG Code training courses have been implemented by 12 of the top 20 container lines, and have trained thousands of staff worldwide in the sea transport chain. Exis has launched a new range of role-related function specific courses for Amendment 37-14, with content more focused on industry requirements, and a new multimodal general awareness course (integrating with road - ADR Regulations - and rail - RID Regulations – plus an overview of air transport provisions). A 49 CFR module which looks at the additional requirements in 49 CFR when shipping into/from the USA under the IMDG Code provisions is also available.
IMDG Code e-learning offers a cost-effective training solution. It is cheaper than classroom training and less disruptive than absence from work. Courses are taken at the student's own pace or to a timetable set by management. There are tests throughout the course ensuring understanding of learning topics, and marks are combined in a final course completion certificate.


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Archive for April, 2015
First team players join in with World Book Night
Posted by ECFC FITC on April 23rd 2015 in Uncategorised
April 23 is World Book Night and we were delighted that the Reading Agency chose Football in the Community to be a volunteer "giver"...
Tiny Tots move into bigger surroundings!
Posted by ECFC FITC on April 23rd 2015 in Uncategorised
With the imminent redevelopment work at Southbrook School and the increase in numbers at our session (over 60 last weekend!), from Saturday 2 May...
Development of local female players in North Devon as a result of the FFD programme
Posted by ECFC FITC on April 21st 2015 in Uncategorised
Exeter City FC have now expanded their FFD programme into North Devon – and have seen some fantastic results. The rapid development of local...


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Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system is currently being installed in 200+ million computers and one of the cool feature is the Cortana. Cortana is currently available only to few markets but is a very popular digital assistant tool on Windows Platform. Infact , Cortana was also made available to android and iOS as well.
Here's a new app called "MyCortana for PC" which lets the users to customize the way they call cortana with a different name.
If you are a Windows 10 user and if you have used the Cortana , you would have noticed that the user can invoke cortana by saying the following "Hey Cortana" followed by the command.
MyCortana for PC is a x86 application written by the user "LazyGuyz" and lets you to customize the way you call cortana.
Currently the version of MyCortana for PC version number is v22.214.171.124 and can be downloaded from Sourceforge


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During this year's international Design Week in Milan, many recycled materials were used by designers from different countries to create original pieces for everyday life. Working as a photographer for the biggest publishing company in Italy, Mondadori, I photographed the work of three designers whose work I particularly like, and I've put together a selection of my favorites for you to enjoy. These pieces are as stunning as they are functional, and can add a touch of earth-conscious beauty to anyone's home.
I'll begin with the installation Animal House, sponsored by Marni and exhibited at Viale Umbria 42. This big and luminous open space displayed different animal sculptures of metal and bright colored PVC, made by a group of Colombian woman. Each handmade piece is unique and sculpted in different colors, sizes, and shapes to create animal forms such as rabbits, ducks, flamingos, donkeys, ostriches, and giraffes. Creating a real living space for the event, sunbeds, chairs, coffee tables and rocking chairs made of the same materials were also part of the exhibition. Marni—which will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year—has dedicated its entire last publication to this limited-edition charity project, which was such a great success in Milan.
The next designer is Alvaro Catalan de Ocon, who was born in Madrid, studied in Milan, and graduated from Central Saint Martin in London. His work has been exhibited at many well-known galleries such as OA and SimSum in Madrid, David Gill in London, and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. At Design Week, you could see one of his latest works at the renamed Spazio Rossana Orlandi. He has designed a range of wicker-style lampshades for his PET Lamps project, made by Chilean handcrafters from recycled plastic. The lamps were named after the handcrafters' city, Chimbarongo, and were displayed at the gallery's entrance to create a warm, inviting atmosphere.
Related: Sarah Turner's Repurposed Plastic Bottle Lamps Illuminate the Beauty of Upcycled Materials
Still on exhibition at the Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Giardini di Carta by Stefania Vasques has created a number of questions from the visitors. How could these cardboard outdoor pieces withstand wet weather without disintegrating? In fact, the recycled cardboard, which has the hardness of wood and a waterproof finish like PVC, is treated for outdoor use, and also gives each piece a beautiful, smooth surface.


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Los Osuna has been making 100% Blue Agave liquor in Mazatlán in Sinaloa since 1876. Mexico's laws do not allow any spirit from Sinaloa to be called Tequila, so all of Los Osuna's spirits are labeled simply as "Distilled from 100% Blue Agave". The distillery's standards, however, are far higher than those set by law and those followed by the vast majority of Tequila producers, not least that most Tequilas are 'mixtos' made from as little as 51% Blue Agave. Alfonso and Sergio Pelayo Osuna make their spirits exclusively from 100% blue agave from the Los Osuna estate, using only piñas (no heads or tails), roasting the agave in traditional, 80 year-old underground brick ovens, and fermenting the juice in open-top barrels. The first distillation takes place in modern copper pot stills; the second in traditional wooden stills.
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Sex without consent is rape. This short video helps to clarify what sexual consent means and how to get it.
Copyright 2015 Emmeline May, rockstardinosaurpirateprincess.com and Rachel Brian blueseatstudios.com
You say "hey, would you like a cup of tea?" and they go "oh my god I would love a cup of tea. Thank you!" Then you know they want a cup of tea.
If you say "hey, would you like a cup of tea?" and they're like "er you know I'm not really sure…" then you can make them a cup of tea, or not, but be aware that they might not drink it, and if they don't drink it then – and this is the important bit – don't make them drink it.
Just because you made it doesn't mean you are entitled to watch them drink it.
And if they say "no thank you" then don't make them tea. At all. Just don't make them tea, don't make them drink tea, don't get annoyed at them for not wanting tea. They just don't want tea, ok?
They might say "yes please that's kind of you" and then when the tea arrives they actually don't want the tea at all. Sure, that's kind of annoying as you've gone to all the effort of making the tea, but they remain under no obligation to drink the tea.
They did want tea, now they don't. Some people change their mind in the time it takes to boil that kettle, brew the tea and add the milk. And it's ok for people to change their mind. And you are still not entitled to watch them drink it.
And if they are unconscious, don't make them tea. Unconscious people don't want tea and they can't answer the question "do you want tea" because they are unconscious.
Ok, maybe they were conscious when you asked them if they wanted tea, and they said yes, but in the time it took you to boil that kettle, brew the tea and add the milk they are now unconscious.
You should just put the tea down, make sure the unconscious person is safe, and this is the important part again, don't make them drink the tea. They said "yes" then, sure, but unconscious people don't want tea.
If someone said "yes" to tea, started drinking it, and then passed out before they'd finished it, don't keep on pouring it down their throat. Take the tea away. Make sure they are safe. Because unconscious people don't want tea. Trust me on this.
If someone said "yes" to tea around your house last Saturday, that doesn't mean they want you to make them tea all the time. They don't want you to come around to their place unexpectedly and make them tea and force them to drink it going "but you wanted tea last week", or to wake up to find you pouring tea down their throat going "but you wanted tea last night."
If you can understand how completely ludicrous it is to force people to have tea when they don't want tea, and you are able to understand when people don't want tea, then how hard is it to understand when it comes to sex?
Whether it's tea or sex, Consent is Everything.
And on that note, I am going to make myself a cup of tea.


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WASHINGTON — A United States Navy destroyer entered waters near the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea late Monday, Defense Department officials said, directly challenging China's claims that the artificial island chain is within its territorial borders.
The Lassen, a guided missile destroyer, sailed within 12 nautical miles of the islands, making a long-anticipated entry into the disputed waters, an American military official said. American officials did not inform their Chinese counterparts as they planned the provocative maneuver, saying that to do so would have undercut their message.
"You don't need to consult with any nation when you are exercising the right of freedom of navigation in international waters," John Kirby, the State Department spokesman, said at a news conference.
Mr. Kirby said that such a challenge to what he called a questionable sovereignty claim was "one of the reasons you have a navy — to be able to exert influence and defend freedom of navigation on international waters."
China has been reclaiming land in the South China and East China Seas for several years, and the projects in the vicinity of the Spratlys have come under increasing criticism from the United States and its regional allies, including the Philippines. The United States and several Asian nations dispute the legitimacy of the islands built by China.
As news of the American maneuver circulated in Beijing, China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, urged the United States to "think twice before taking any reckless action," China's national broadcaster, CCTV, reported.
The Obama administration did not make an immediate announcement of the maneuver, and Pentagon officials would only confirm that it had occurred, as they forecast weeks ago.
The White House declined to share any details about the operation, referring questions to the Defense Department. But Josh Earnest, the press secretary, noted that President Obama stood next to President Xi Jinping of China at a Rose Garden news conference last month and said that the United States would operate, fly or sail anywhere that international law allowed.
"That certainly includes the ability of our Navy to operate in international waters," Mr. Earnest said. "This is a critically important principle, particularly in the South China Sea, because there are billions of dollars of commerce that flow through that region of the world every year — maybe even more than that — and ensuring the free flow of this commerce, and that freedom of navigation of those vessels is protected, is critically important to the global economy."
American officials had said for the last month that the Navy would send a surface ship into the waters claimed by China, a vow widely viewed as a signal to the Chinese that most of the rest of the world does not recognize its claim on the island chain. Mr. Obama approved the move this month, administration officials said.
The president signaled the Navy maneuver last month at the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, when he said that the United States had an "interest in upholding the basic principles of freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce and in resolving disputes through international law, not the law of force."
China, in what some Asia analysts interpreted as a gesture to pre-empt the American naval maneuver, sent warships into United States territorial waters in August. Five Chinese ships came within 12 miles of the coast of Alaska while Mr. Obama was visiting the state.
But American military officials said that the two maneuvers were not comparable, citing international maritime laws that allow passage such as the Chinese transit near Alaska if there is no other passageway for a ship to reach its destination.
In the case of the Spratly Islands, one American military official said, there were several other routes that the United States destroyer could have used, but the military deliberately chose to enter the waters that China claims as its territory.
In recent years, China has been claiming large parts of the strategic waterway by enlarging rocks and submerged reefs into islands big enough for military airstrips, radar equipment and lodging for soldiers, American officials said.
Although China claims much of the South China Sea as sovereign territory, the 12-mile zone around the new islands is particularly delicate because international law says that artificial islands do not have sovereign rights up to the 12-mile limit.
The United States had not traveled close to the Chinese-occupied islands in the South China Sea since at least 2012. In May, a United States Navy surveillance plane flew near three of China's five artificial islands but did not go within the 12-mile zones. Chinese Navy radio operators warned the Americans to leave the area.


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Karzai's Plans
Afghan President Hamid Karzai outlines his terms for reconciliation. Reuters Deborah Lutterbeck reports. Courtesy of Reuters.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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The Institution is justifiably concerned for the future of the surveying profession and the spatial information industry. Even though the spatial information industry in Australia is currently worth over one billion dollars annually, at an estimated growth rate of 20% each year, there are less people entering the industry than retiring from it. For smart school leavers, this provides an enviable opportunity.
The Institution promotes the practice of surveying through Career Expos and the co-production of its promotional DVD, which is available from the Institution office. The Institution supports all tertiary education establishments through membership of the Surveying & Mapping Industry Council of NSW and the presentation of scholarships and prizes.
The formation of the Institution's Young Surveyors Group is testament to the Institution's focus on the future of the profession. This Group provides a forum for young surveyors to air their views and be heard by the older members of the profession. The Group puts young surveyors in contact with surveyors who can mentor them and provide them with opportunities for development.


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Kate Gold, Mia Angel, Donna Joe are enjoying in a festivities. They have blonde hair and their eyes are opened. Their clothes are lifted up and assets are shown. Babes are passionately making love on a white couch. Their men have short black and blonde hair and one man has a huge tattoo on his left hand. Babes are sitting on the white couch. Mia split her legs wide open and her left leg is lifted up. Her man is kneeling on the floor and he is licking her pink pussy. She is holding his head. Donna is lying on the couch and her man is fucking her harder.


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The weather is warming up, the nights are getting longer, the smell of bbq is starting to fill the air. It's GRILLING SEASON ladies and gentlemen! Memorial Day is coming up and you're probably trying to make some plans with family to celebrate. A bbq is always a go to celebration. Forget the same old boring bbq and I'll show you how to slay a summer family bbq!
Hamburgers and hotdogs are great for bbq's but why not ditch the tradition menu and spice things up and have some fun to make this family bbq unforgettable! I'll give you some awesome menu ideas, unique decor ideas, fun games and more! Are you ready to start planning?
Menu ideas:
1. Mexican street tacos + all the works!
Most grocery stores sell premartinated carne asada and pollo asada or you could marinate your own!
Set up a taco station with the following:
- Tortillas warmed
- Beef/chicken chopped
- Lettuce or cabbage shredded
- Onions diced
- Pico de Gallo
- Pineapples grilled and chopped
- Cilantro chopped
- Lime wedges
- Hot sauce/salsa
- Mexican cheese shredded
- Corn on the cob grilled and seasoned (Mexican corn)
- Refried beans
- Mexican rice
- Chips & salsa
- Ceviche
- Guacamole
Add some party lights to an umbrella to make dinner magical!
2. Grilled brats & Italian sausages
Get some bratwurst and Italian sausages from mild to hot + all the fixings!
Set up a station for serving the following:
- Brats, mild & hot Italian sausages
- Buns
- Yellow onions & bell peppers sliced and sautéed in butter until soft and caramelized
- Relish
- Sauerkraut
- Mustard
- Ketchup
- Jalapeno diced
- Cheddar cheese shredded
- My Classic Pasta Salad would go great with this dish
- Baked beans
- Cole slaw
- Potato salad
- Garlic mashed potatoes
- Green beans
- Egg salad
Serve drinks in mason jars to give your bbq a more rustic look!
3. Grilled Hawaiian Steak/Chicken Kebabs
Make some super easy Hawaiian kebabs that your guests will love! Set up kebabs on a large platter for serving.
How to make the kebabs:
- Steak cut into 1 inch cubes
- Chicken cut into 1 inch cubes
- Red onion diced into 1 inch pieces
- Bell peppers (any color) diced into 1 inch pieces
- Pineapple canned chunks or dice your own into 1 inch chunks
- Slide onto skewers and brush with teriyaki sauce
- Grill until charred and cooked through
- Macaroni salad
- White rice
- Spam musubi
- Mixed green salad
- Sweet potatoes
- Creamed corn
- Fruit salad
String up some beautiful party banner flags!
4. Drinks
- Serve lemonade with sliced strawberries & mint leafs + you can add some booze to it for the adults!
- Serve ice cold punch for the kids
Serve the lemonade and punch in these gorgeous 1 gallon mason jars!
Use tin cans for utensils and even for centerpieces filled with sunflowers on the tables.
5. Desserts
- Boozy watermelon – Cut a small hole in the watermelon big enough for a vodka bottle neck to fit. Stick the bottle into the hole and let the booze pour out. Once it's finished refrigerate for an hour and slice to serve
- My recipe for chocolate dessert skewers would be perfect for this!
- S'mores bar – Set up everything you need for s'mores along with some skewers for marshmallow roasting!
Here's what you can add to your s'mores bar:
- Graham crackers
- Chocolate graham crackers
- Hershey"s chocolate bars
- Hershey's cookies and cream bars
- Reeses peanut butter cups
- Marshmallows
- Skewers
Now you can't forget the most important part, LAWN GAMES!! You just wouldn't slay a summer family bbq without epic, giant lawn games. Check these out!
Last but not least, a parting gift! Give your guests a couple sparklers tied with a cute ribbon. I mean, who doesn't love sparklers?
I hope you enjoyed my ideas on how to slay a summer family bbq. Good luck and enjoy your party!!
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Musicians Honor Apollo Missions And Maestro Schwarz
Twenty SSO musicians donate their time to Museum of Flight Event
by Susan Gulkis Assadi - Principal Viola, Seattle Symphony
On November 14, 2009, I participated in a historical and very special event at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. The event was a celebration of the Apollo missions to the moon, and the 25th anniversary of Maestro Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony. The event took place forty years to the day (November 14, 1969) of the launch of Apollo 12, which was the second US manned lunar landing mission.
One hundred and thirty local musicians played at the celebration, helping to make this a very special day for the honorees and visitors alike. Twenty musicians from the Seattle Symphony Orchestra participated. Other musicians came from the Boeing Concert Band, the Marysville High School Band, Lake Union Civic Orchestra, Sammamish Orchestra, Microsoft Orchestra, Cascade Symphony Orchestra and students from the University of Washington.
After brief speeches, a replay of the actual countdown for the liftoff of Apollo 12 was heard over a loud speaker throughout the Museum. When the countdown reached one, the orchestra played the opening bars of Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra. It was probably the best and most unique introduction of this piece that I will ever play!!
We also played Mars from The Planets by Gustav Holst and the final movement of Antonin Dvorak's New World Symphony. They were very appropriate pieces for the occasion. The passion and excitement of the orchestra was contagious… everyone was invigorated and felt good to be part of this wonderful community. Performing for astronauts that have traveled into space was the icing on the cake for the musicians!
December 13th 2009Musicians Honor Apollo Missions And Maestro Schwarz
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Free money with no strings attached doesn't happen very often. So when it does, we want the people who need the money the most to get the windfall.
The Canada Learning Bond is a national program to help lower-income families save for their child's education. We found out about the program and the low uptake while doing research and delivering financial literacy workshops. Only about 8% of the eligible NWT children receive the Canada Learning Bond!
More than 90% of the eligible children are missing out in up to $2,000 of free money in a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) by the time they are 15 years of age.
To be eligible for the Canada Learning Bond, a child's family must receive the National Child Benefit Supplement, or what we used to call the family allowance. The child must also have been born after December 31, 2003.
We are planning an information event on the Canada Learning Bond in Yellowknife on May 12 at Northern United Place from 3 to 7 pm. The federal government mailed notices of the event to eligible families across the NWT. We're delighted to already get phone calls from families looking for more information. We hope there are los more.
You can help us get the word out about the program by sharing this infographic. We are happy to do brief staff orientation sessions about the program in Yellowknife and when we travel to communities. We know there are barriers to families accessing the Canada Learning Bond that social agencies, teachers and others might be able to help families overcome.
The rewards are amazing. Young people are 50% more likely to go on to further education after high school if they know there are savings to help with school expenses. This is just one way we can help break the cycle of poverty.
One of the big barriers in the NWT is that you can only set up an RESP in person at a bank, credit union or other RESP provider. Most NWT communities don't have a bank. And, many of the lower-income people in the NWT live in those small communities without banks. As well, the person setting up the account, and the child, must each have a Social Insurance Number.
What could help families take advantage of the Canada Learning Bond in the NWT? We would love to hear your ideas!
-- Katie Randall
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The Call To Discipleship
Matthew 28:18-20. "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."
The call to make disciples, like the great commission, is a command not a suggestion. We have the greatest privilege in the world to go forth and demonstrate the Lord Jesus Christ in love and in power and to reproduce others to do the same. Just think, we can give the person and power of the Holy Spirit to anyone, any place, and at anytime and we don't need anyone's permission because our Father has given us pre-permission to do so. That's what authority is. We have the greatest message in the world concerning dominion, the new creation, the New Testament and it's all by God's grace. Jesus paid it all and he freely gave it to us. All we have to do is to show up and open our mouths and extend our hands. All we have to do is to let our light to shine forth in a world of darkness.
Luke 9:23-26. "And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life will lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it. For what is a man advantaged if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels." Usually, when we hear scriptures like this we cry "legalism" yet these are the words of the Master himself. The problem is we have not denied self. We have not yet experienced the freedom of being dead to self and alive to God. We can get as many people saved, healed, delivered, and disciple as many as we want , but we don't do it because we have not denied self. My observation of the church today is we are too busy with ourselves and "stuff", that we've missed the greatest opportunity given to mankind and that is to show forth His glory on this earth. We make time for what we want to make time for. We do what we want concerning what is important to us. I'd have to say with the multitude of excuses heard as to why we can't do what we are commanded and commissioned to do that the majority of the church is lost. Lost in themselves and their own little world of us four and no more.
Philippians 1:20-21. "According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." The apostle Paul was the most contented man on the face of the earth apart from the Lord Jesus Christ. He gave it all up for the sake of the gospel. He gave it all up to know Him and the power of His resurrection. Today people sing and shout and pray and do everything but what is needed to see God's love and power manifested through their life. They do everything but what is necessary to experience Him in the fullness of His life. We are to live Jesus Christ every second of every day and to die to self which is gain. If we want His life then we must lose ours. I am not saying and God is not saying that we cannot vacation and enjoy our families or do things of recreation or enjoyment. But when we enjoy those things more than living Christ and dying to self, when those things bring us more pleasure than winning souls, healing the sick and making disciples and preaching the gospel then something is seriously wrong.
The Lord did not save us to go to heaven or not to go to hell. He certainly didn't save us to be nice quiet church people that just mind their own business and not rock the boat. He saved us to be lights shining in a world of darkness, to turn this world upside down, to GO and make disciples of all nations. And He said He would be with us as we Go and do this even unto the end of the age.
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I just finished the first draft of my latest story, An Eye for Eligos. A dark musket and magic tale set during the American Revolution, where I attempted to channel the darker aspects of Howard's writing. Violence, black magic, sinister monstrosities, all of the pulpy stuff I enjoy.
I did a quick editing pass, then read it to my wife. She usually mercilessly tears my stuff apart so her input is priceless. She liked it but pointed out that it was darker, a whole lot darker, than my usual stuff.
Tomorrow I'm going to run a few more in-depth passes, let it sit, then send it to WotF. The contest right now is a bit of a placeholder, I don't particularly feel that this piece will place, mostly due to its horror vibe and the higher level of violence. But that's ok because I wrote it for my planned story collection that will have a dark sorcerous pulp theme.
I also intended to knock out something for the Baen contest but I don't think I will make the deadline. I might dig through my digital closet and pull out some old story, spiff it up real quick, and hope it magically impresses.
This weekend I will begin on something for the 21st Action Pulp anthology I posted earlier. Something about Mexico, tequila, cartels, Santa Muerte, and mustaches. When that's done I'm planning on moving on to space babes, sentient techno-bears, and space mutants, something I believe will be sent to Cirsova if it opens up.
In between all of this I will try to squeeze in some blog posts. I devoured a bunch of Leiber, read Vance's Lyonesse, and have Cirsova 5 loaded on my Kindle. Posts need to be written and discussions need to be started


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PROJ 595 Week 8 Final Exam
Risk and impact
Probability and urgency
Impact and probability
Decision trees and reliability of data
Transference and sharing
Exploitation and avoidance
Acceptance and enhancement
Mitigation and active acceptance
4. (TCOs A and B) You have been appointed as a project manager for a high-dollar project for a government agency, and you have been asked by your boss to identify the stakeholder groups and the individuals who make up those groups in order to start the stakeholder analysis. Identify at least six groups of stakeholders and the individuals who comprise those groups, and explain when the stakeholder identification process should take place during the planning of the project. (Points : 20)
5. (TCO B) Due to globalization within your industry, you have been appointed as the project manager for an R & D project. Your task is to create a new technologically advanced solar cell. You want to employ the PMBOK® Guide risk management process. Senior management would like you to briefly describe the process and all its steps. Please create a short briefing for senior management below. (Points : 40)
12. (TCO I) You are the project manager on a critical project for your corporation. You have decided to employ fault-tree analysis on your project. What is fault-tree analysis, and how can it be applied to your project? (Points : 25)
11. (TCO H) Senior management is concerned about risk owners on your project. What is the role of a risk owner in the risk management process? (Points : 20)
9. (TCO F) You are a project manager for a large healthcare R & D project. Senior management has asked you to utilize a sensitivity analysis and a tornado diagram to quantify risks on your project. Senior management's major concern is the price of raw materials in the development of the new drug. Describe how to perform a sensitivity analysis and use a tornado diagram to quantify risks to your project. (Points : 25)
10. (TCO G) Describe and discuss when one should use an FPEPA contract. Compare and contrast this to a typical FP contract. (Points : 20)
8. (TCO E) Senior management has just returned from a risk management workshop. One of the topics was reserve analysis. Management does not completely understand the concept and asks you what the purpose is of performing reserve analysis during the risk management process. (Points : 20)
7. (TCO D) You are the project manager for an important healthcare project. You are performing qualitative risk analysis. Below are the values of probability and impact for the top six risks that were given to you by project team. Assuming a neutral stakeholder tolerance, which risks must be addressed proactively if possible?(Points : 25)
6. (TCO C) You are the project manager for a large health information technology project. You are confronted with an important decision on your project: How much scenario testing is appropriate for this project? Employ decision tree analysis to provide senior management with the best course of action for this decision.
For this decision, you have three possible choices: no scenario testing of the design, moderate scenario testing of the design, or full scenario testing of the design. No scenario testing will incur no additional costs due to testing and has a 10% chance of a successful implementation. If it is unsuccessful, rework costs are likely to be $30 million. Moderate scenario testing will cost $5 million and has a 50% chance of success. If it is unsuccessful, rework costs are likely to be $30 million. Full scenario testing will cost $10 million and has a 90% chance of success. If it is unsuccessful, rework costs are likely to be $30 million. Which solution is appropriate for this project? (Points : 40)
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I owe a lot to Joshua Harris for writing the book "I Kissed Dating Goodbye". It challenged me to invite the Lord into my love life before I ruined it.
His books changed the course of my life for the better. He says things better than I could, so I'd like to give a review of what he teaches to either...
Give you a refresher if you're familiar with his material or
Peak your interest if you haven't gotten a chance yet.
In "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" Joshua Harris gives "7 Habits of Highly Defective Dating"
In "I Kissed Dating Goodbye", Joshua Harris encourages a very balanced approach
to relationships. He clarifies that it's not just a checklist you can
go through and get the desired results. It's not about following rules
and doing it right. It's about having the proper motive for being in a
relationship. It's about living for God as you pursue marriage through
not living selfishly and serving others instead. It's not a
self-righteous legalistic list of "to do" - it's a shift in attitude and
values. If you haven't yet, read "I Kissed Dating Goodbye." You'll certainly be blessed.
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Welcome to the Inverness City Heritage Trust website.
Inverness City Heritage Trust is an independent organisation that seeks to promote Inverness's cultural heritage and historic environment.
The objects for which the Trust was established are to promote and encourage, either on its own or in conjunction with others, the conservation, protection and enhancement of the historic, architectural and landscape heritage within Inverness and its environs by any means all for the benefit of the general public now and in the future.
The Trust's vision for Inverness's historic environment is that it should be more widely understood and accessible for residents and visitors, sustained in a good state of repair and used as a catalyst for environmental, cultural, economic and social change for the better for all that live in or visit Inverness.