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Thomson, R.H.R.H. (Robert Holmes) Thomson, actor, director, playwright (b at Richmond Hill, Ont 24 Sept 1947). R.H. Thomson, one of Canada's foremost stage actors, is also known for his extensive work in television and film. As a youth he had a twin love for drama and mathematics, and received a bachelor's degree in science at the University of Toronto in 1969 before going on to train at the NATIONAL THEATRE SCHOOL and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in England. Thomson launched his acting career out of LAMDA, as a member of a touring Shakespearean troupe led by director Tina Packer. In 1972, he returned to Canada and began building a reputation as a versatile leading man on stage and a deft character actor on screen.
Thomson made his debut at the STRATFORD FESTIVAL in 1982 as Mark Antony in Julius Caesar and has since tackled such classic roles as Hamlet (Toronto Free Theatre, 1986) and Cyrano de Bergerac (Theatre Calgary - Manitoba Theatre Centre - National Arts Centre, 1996). However, his most distinctive performances have been in modern and contemporary plays, where his acting has been lauded for its subtle detail and passionate intelligence. These have included Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden (Manitoba Theatre Centre - Canadian Stage, 1993), David Mamet's Oleanna (Canadian Stage, 1995) and Michael Frayn's Copenhagen (Theatre Calgary, 2003). Thomson has starred in the premières of numerous Canadian plays, most notably David Young's critically acclaimed Glenn (Necessary Angel Theatre Company, 1992, and in the 2000 revival), in which his lanky physique and wryly humorous style made him a perfect choice for the part of eccentric Canadian pianist Glenn GOULD.
R.H. Thomson has had an equally long and varied career in television and film. On TV, he has become a mainstay of Canadian historical dramas. Highlights have included Charlie Grant's War (1985), in which he played the title hero, a real-life Canadian diamond dealer who rescued Austrian Jews from the Nazis; and his GEMINI Award-winning performance as insulin discoverer Dr Frederick BANTING in Glory Enough For All (1988). He has also appeared in such TV movies and miniseries as Trudeau (2002), Prairie Giant: The TommyDOUGLASStory (2006), October 1970 (as FLQ kidnap victim James Cross, 2006) and The Englishman's Boy (2008). On series television, he was bashful inventor Jasper Dale in the popular Road to Avonlea (1992-94) and hosted CBC-TV's long-running Man Alive program for three seasons (1998-2001). Feature film credits include If You Could See What I Hear, for which he won a GENIE Award (1982), Heaven on Earth (1986), The Lotus Eaters (1993), Guy MADDIN's Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997) and Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace (2000).
In the 1990s, Thomson branched out into directing, staging productions at regional theatres across Canada. He also wrote and performed a highly personal solo show, The Lost Boys, based on letters written home by his five great-uncles who fought in WWI. The play premiered at Ottawa's Great Canadian Theatre Company in 2000 and a television version won Thomson his second Gemini Award in 2003.
An outspoken advocate for arts and culture, Thomson was artistic producer (1991-92) of Toronto's World Stage and is a co-founder of ShakespeareWorks, an educational theatre project dedicated to making Shakespeare accessible to young people. He has also served as chairman (2000-05) of the Artists' Leadership Council of the International Network for Cultural Diversity. In 2008 he was the driving force in the creation of the international historical project Vigile 1914-1918 Vigil, where the names of Canadians who died in the First World War were projected onto the Memorial Wall at the University of New Brunswick. He also directed the re-enactment of the 1834 Mayors' Debate for Toronto's 175th anniversary celebrations, where Eric PETERSON played William Lyon MACKENZIE.
In addition to his Gemini and Genie wins, Thomson won a DORA AWARD for his lead performance in Hand to Hand (Toronto Free Theatre, 1983), and was honoured by the Toronto Drama Bench in 1992 for his outstanding work. In 1997, he was given the National Theatre School's Gascon-Thomas Award and the following year received an honorary doctorate from the University of Toronto's Trinity College. In 2010 he received the Barbara Hamilton Memorial Award "for excellence as well as for serving as an arts advocate and ambassador," and was named to the ORDER OF CANADA.


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On the market for an iPhone? Here's a breakdown of all the currently shipping iPhones from Apple.
TSMC Reportedly Lands Three-Year Deal for Apple's A8 Chip and Beyond
TSMC will start to manufacture Apple's A8 chips in small volume in July 2013, and substantially ramp up its 20nm production capacity after December, the sources revealed. The foundry will complete installing a batch of new 20nm fab equipment, which is capable of processing 50,000 wafers, in the first quarter of 2014, the sources said.The report claims that the A8 will appear in a new iPhone "slated for release in early 2014", although it is unclear how that timeframe would fit into Apple's usual product lifecycle. Apple has yet to introduce a device running an A7 chip, and with that chip expected to debut in an iPhone later this year, an early 2014 launch for an A8-based iPhone would seem to be too early.
A portion of the upcoming production capacity, estimated at 20,000 wafers, can later be upgraded to process wafers used to build 16nm chips, the sources continued. TSMC is scheduled to volume produce the Apple A9 and A9X processors starting the end of third-quarter 2014, the sources said.
Apple has so far exclusively used Samsung as the supplier for its A-series chips, but with the two companies emerging as bitter rivals in the mobile device market, Apple has reportedly been trying to reduce its reliance on Samsung for component supplies. TSMC has been the most commonly rumored candidate to take over supplying Apple's A-series chips, but it has taken some time for the two companies to reach an agreement and work out any technical hurdles to the shift.
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Uff, i guess i'm an analyst now.:rolleyes:
In next three years, they can switch to Intel too?
I'd be cool with that as long as they don't integrate the hd3000 gpu :D
Samsung is just opportunist. They use qualcomm SoCs in NA for their devices.
They use the best CPUs available. There is nothing wrong with that (at least for consumers).
Jeezus, I can only imagine what the A7, A8 & A9 chips will bring to the table.
You're right. I guess then, I won't be getting an iPhone until I can get one with the A9 chip. Yessuree, that'll be the one. I know I waited for the A4 and then A5, and now was waiting until the A6, but I decided to stop all this "not buying until the next chip comes out" nonsense. I'll set the bar really high and not worry about it for a few years.
But someday I will get my first iPhone. Really. Apple just has to meet my (ever moving) expectations.
This is from the perspective of the foundry. With a July chip "release" end-user hardware can start showing up in September due to supply chain lag.
To me, this means late 2014 to mid 2015 for the first "laptops" with A9 chips powering them. They will like like Airs.
Assuming they move to ARM based CPU's then I'd guess it'll be 2015/2016 in line with LLVM maturing its support for ARM64 but then again there would have to be a damn good justification for such a move other than "well, might as well standardise on a single architecture" particularly when one considers that ARM's only benefit is the ability to scale down but once you start throwing on the sorts of features found in advance processors such as x86-64 you quickly find that the 'power advantage' quickly disappears and the gap isn't significant to justify the pain and suffering caused by the architecture move. IMHO you've got a better chance of Apple moving to Intel for their embedded CPU if we're going to talk about pie in the sky ideas given that it would mean that they could deploy their hardware engineers to more useful endeavours and enjoy even juicer margins.
I think it is more that apple doesn't want to do business with a company who is also a competitor (and can just as easily be privy to your tech and use them against you).
TSMC is just a manufacturing plant, so it is unlikely to compete in any way.
True and Samsung like to claim that there is a 'firewall' between their devisions but I wouldn't believe their claim at all - end of the day when you outsource a key component of your product that makes your product range unique then you'd simply asking for trouble in the long run.
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31 Days of Horror #10 – King Boo
on October 10, 2015 at 12:00 am
We're now into the tenth drawing for 31 Days of Horror, friends! What better way to celebrate the approach of Halloween than with King Boo from Luigi's Mansion.
King Boo has been in several Mario games, but Luigi's Mansion is where he really shines. The Boos in the Mario series have always been scary, since they can't be hurt by anything less than a Super Star. Any gamer will tell you that making it to a ghost house sends shivers up their spine!
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You can post your products directly on your Facebook page account with Social Commerce, the CoreCommerce Facebook application. Please note: Your Facebook page MUST be tied to a personal profile (i.e. a standard Facebook account). Facebook does not allow business profiles to add applications and therefore you will not be able to add Social Commerce to your page if it's tied to a business profile.
To get started you will need to do the following:
- Sign into the CoreCommerce Admin area of your store.
- Once signed in, go to Settings and then to Plug-In Apps.
- Click on the 'Facebook' tab. Once the page has updated, click on the 'On' radio button to turn on the Social Commerce option. Make note of the Callback URL. Click on Save to save the settings.
- Go to Facebook. Sign into Facebook if you are not already signed in.
- You can add the Social Commerce app to any page, but it's best to create a page specifically for your store. You can find steps on how to do that on Facebook. Also if you have already added the Social Commerce app, it's best to remove it and start from scratch.
- After you have created a page, go to this link on Facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/social_commerce
- Once the Social Commerce page has loaded, click on the 'Add to My Page' link in the left side menu. You MUST have a personal profile in order for this to work. If you do not, this link will not appear.
- A list of your pages will appear in a box in the middle of the page. You should see the page for your store in that list.
- Click on the 'Add to My Page' button for the page you want to use the app with.
- A new page will load with a box for the Callback URL. Put the URL from the Admin area of your store into that box and then click on Okay
- Now, you will need to go to your page. There is a Down Arrow icon in the upper right. Click here then choose the page you are adding SocialCommerce to.
- Verify that app was automatically added.
- The app will now pull in any items you have marked to be shared on Facebook. To send products over to Facebook, edit each product, go to Advanced > Social Networks and make sure the Facebook Integration is set to ON. You can also update this by doing a product import. NOTE: Facebook only allows approximately 90 products to be sent over, or less if you have variants. Sending more than this may result in an error and no products showing up at all.
- If you want to change what the tab says, you can do that by going back into the App section for your page and clicking on the 'Edit Settings' link
- After you have done this, when you click on the tab for the Social Commerce app in your page, items from your store will show up there!
- If it's still not working, send a ticket to Support with a link to the page and we'll check it out for you!


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November 17, 2009
USPS : Our Customers are First Class
Okay, I'll be the first to admit that some days it doesn't take a whole lot to humor me. For example, yesterday, I was leaving the Post Office when I noticed this sign on the 'out' door. I immediately found myself thinking that you'd think it would read 'Our Customers are Priority'. Then I was thinking how, when I send my customers the note indicating the 'whatever' has shipped, I almost always say, 'Shipping is by USPS First Class Mail, which quotes 2-5 days for delivery. Yep, they got that right ... that's how it feels working with the Post Office, 2-5 days to delivery; exact status unknown.
So today, I had to go back to the Post Office and I mentioned to the man helping me that I was surprised the sign didn't say 'Our customers are Priority' and he said ..... What Sign.
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Hi Shane, Thanks for this suggestion. It's high on our "to do" list so good to see this kind of request :)
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Hi Shane, Thanks for this suggestion. It's high on our "to do" list so good to see this kind of request :)
Hi Stephen.. any update on when this and other suggestions high on the "to do" list are likely to be incorporated?
Hi Shane, We´re going to release soon Tekla BIMsight 1.2 with some new features as well as great improvements to the existing functionalities. These will be presented in the Tekla BIMsight 1.2 webinar on 6th of July http://www.tekla.com/international/solutions/building-construction/Pages/wednesdaywebinarcampaign.aspx BR Heikki
Perfect timing Heikki... got it, tried it, love it! :)
Absolutely love the markup tools, but is there any way to save the markups and comments? i have spent some time marking up the model to have it crash and loose all the comments.
Hi Denis, At the moment, a project is saved to the project cache when it's closed. So, I would recommend you to close the project every now and then to limit the data lost caused by a crash. (And of course it's good to save your projects as a package as well for a backup) We're aware that this issue could be improved and are considering periodic auto saves to limit the data lost by a crash for the future Tekla BIMsight versions. Thanks, Heikki


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Medieval Ethiopia: A Colloquium
Start Date and Time:
Friday, March 10, 2017, 4:00PM
End Date and Time:
Saturday, March 11, 2017, 6:00PM
Wendy Belcher (Princeton), Gianfrancesco Lusini (Naples), Samantha Kelly (Rutgers), Habtamu Tegegne (Rutgers)
Opening Plenary
Friday, March 10, 2017 (4:30 pm - 6:00 pm)
Columba Stewart, OSB (Hill Museum and Manuscript Library): "The Pioneering Work of the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML) and How Its Challenges and Mission Endure in the Digital Age". St. Michael's College, Muzzo Family Alumni Hall, Room 100, 121 St. Joseph Street.
Saturday, March 11, 2017 (9:15 am - 6:00 pm)
All sessions held in Rom 310, Lillian Massey Building (Centre for Medieval Studies), 125 Queen's Park.
Colloquium speakers include:
Wendy Belcher (Princteon University), "The Riches of the Ethiopian Archive: Lives, Literature, and Legends".
Gianfrancesco Lusini (University of Naples), "Monasticism in Medieval Ethiopia: Holy Men, Scribes, and Scholars".
Samantha Kelly (Rutgers University), "The Ethiopians of Renaissance Europe".
Habtamu Tegegne (Rutgers University), "Ethiopia's Culture of Forgery, Problem of Document Deletion, and Strategies of Preservation".
Plus two roundtable discussions:
"Teaching Ge'ez at the University of Toronto"
"The Literature of Ethiopia, Medieval and Modern"
"The Virgin and Child with the Archangels Gabriel and Michael". Late 15th/early 16th century. Tempera on parchment. Gospel manuscript from the monastery of Gunda Gunde (Tigray, Ethiopia). Image: DSU, UTSC Library. © M. Gervers, 2002.
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MathiasPW wrote:TASTIC wrote:MathiasPW wrote:
I understand that, but that's why the draft is optional for last years' new managers.
It's hard to argue that this years' new teams managers are being penalized when it wasn't them who actually played last season. They are getting a blank canvas and a "random" draft spot, so it shouldn't really matter how the previous owner performed.
Agree with keeping them in their draft slots as is.
But they're choosing to take over a team? Treat it like the real NBA, there are so few openings that (the majority) of GM candidates take the first open job.
I'm really opposed to letting anyone other than first time managers the chance to basically start over. Goes against the whole point of having a dynasty league if they're just redrafting in their second year? My team for example - 2yr ago I was rolling with All NBA level Isiah Thomas and Boogie, now look where they both are. Also drafted well getting Sexton then dealing he and Griffin for Wall - then what happened to him? Point is, make trades and pick a route of either competing or compiling, don't just sit on your thumbs for a season. There are enough active and knowledgeable fantasy players in here to improve your team and theirs if need be, but not through a redraft.
Also don't like the reduction of keepers from 7/8 to 4. Why should a really good team with a core 4-5 be penalised for either nailing a late pick or grabbing 1-2 guys off the scrap heap? That's what the warriors did with Draymond and the rest of the NBA shouldn't penalise that, they should try and replicate it. It's not like a top team is signing KD, they're just keeping an investment they made during the season.
Sorry to rant but the more new tweaks we make the more difficult this will become in future years to keep consistent. This includes my own suggested tweaks which were mainly included if people got bored with the current format and more and more posters wanted to join.
This is a good, fun and competitive league with active and smart managers for the most part - keep that as the core of the league and let's not make new rules just because some of the new managers don't like the squad they inherited. What happens next season if they don't like their team again and they just go back in the pool? I've been in dynasty leagues for 15yr in some cases and have never heard of a current manager just redrafting, that's not a keeper league that's a new redraft...
Jokes aside, I get (parts of) your argument. I agree most of our managers actually make very few adjustments to their teams and sit on their thumbs too much. I do not agree so much to the "it's been always done this way" types of arguments, though.
I am trying to find solutions that keep managers motivated and active. A league that has 2 or 3 managers leaving every season is troublesome.
The PARTIAL, KEEPERS ONLY re-draft is just to level the field among new managers, who've had no input in their teams other than saying "I want to play". This is very different from your situation, which is 100% self-inflicted (with a great lot of bad luck included).
Because it seems as a fair idea to be done with the new managers, I thought it could be expanded VOLUNTARILY to less-new managers since they didn't have the chance to do so when they came in, and would participate only this one time. The pool and redraft rule would continue to exist ONLY for new managers for future seasons, if more than one team changes hands, again.
This engages new managers more as they have input on their team build from day 1. It should not affect current managers that much, as you're only moving existing pieces around, much like trades would do, and none of those pieces are in your team.
Anyway, I believe the pool and redraft for new managers is pretty much a consensus. The whole point is if we do want to let bigfoot (and wheezy, if he feels like it) join, as well. This also depends if we are able to find a new manager for our 2nd vacant team. If we don't, sunskerr takes over one, we don't do any pooling, we reduce the league to 15 players, and the extinct team's players are up for grabs under normal draft rules.
But someone who owned a team for an entire season has had enough time to draft and trade who they want, or at least make in-rows into acquiring pieces.
If this was the second season of the league and not the fourth, would we give a current owner the chance to re-draft their entire team for this upcoming season because we had 2-3 new managers coming in? We wouldn't. A year is enough time to make changes. Look at my crap squad - at the very start of last season my team was (crap):
Willie friggin Hernangomez
James WTF Ennis
Kyle Anderson
Blake G
As of now, only FOUR of those guys are on my roster, for better or worse moves on my part. If you've had your team for a year and don't like it, make moves.
Absolutely no problem with rookie managers coming in and drafting new squads, but really opposed to this other stuff...Sorry if that makes me the old guy on the porch!


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Before I start, I must apologise in advance for what may change from a benign post, to a rant about moral obligations, double standards, and equal rights. This title speaks to my initial idea for the blog post, I have now written about so much more.
Today I decided to blog about an "epidemic" which seems on the increase in Naija. Have you noticed how it is now quite common place for men to cheat on their wives? If you go into the clubs or just regular fish and drinks gardens in the evening, you see scores of older rather unfit (although sometimes youngish) men wearing wedding bands, hanging around with younger women and the body language tells you that this is no family or blood connection. They don't even hide it anymore. A good friend of mine spent Valentine's day with her girlfriends (they are all single) at an entertainment centre, and apparently, one girl came up to them sobbing uncontrollably. Her boyfriend stood her up, they were supposed to spend valentine's day together. Obviously this was a "side chick" who had been played. In the course of consoling her, this man's photo came up and he seemed to be in his late 30s.
"Is he married"? My friend asked her
"Yes, he is. But his family is in Calabar", She said
The girls just looked at each other, and bade her farewell and godspeed. Here was a side chick who knew she was with a married man, and felt entitled. She also felt it was ok because his family lived in another city. In other words, she was the non-Calabar wife. What exactly did she expect? I wonder if she expected anything different when she got married herself.
I have spoken to many men about this issue of cheating on their wives, and the answer has always been the same; men are polygamous, you do not get married planning to cheat, it just happens, the temptations out there are too strong, the wives are not supportive and are too materialistic, they need an outlet, etc. I often ask them if their wives know, and the answer is always the same; there have been close shavings, but the women always let sleeping dogs lie. I ask them if they know that it is wrong, unjustified and smacks of a lack of integrity, disrespect for their partners, and a gross let-down of their children. I ask them how they would feel if their wives did the same, the answers are usually varied, but have the same theme.
"Abeg Anne go and rest, it is a man's world, men are polygamous na, that's African culture"
"Ha how can she cheat on me? Women are usually faithful and supposed to look after the family. If my wife cheats on me, she's gone the minute I find out"
"You know women attach emotions to sex, that's when your real problem starts. To a man, a side chick means nothing. That's why it is not good for a woman to cheat, because that means that you have lost her"
"How can you even suggest that? Are you becoming western or what? If a man takes care of his family and has an affair, as long as he takes care of his family, it shouldn't matter"
"Well my wife is still number one, I don't joke with her. I make sure she doesn't lack anything"
"There is a lot of temptation out there, you may not want to cheat on your wife, but these single girls will not allow you to rest"
All these responses left me feeling amused, particularly the second and the last one. Our society is still a very unbalanced one, what is good for the goose, is certainly not good for the gander in Nigeria. Men are quite egocentric and expect submission, it is almost as though women have not come fully formed, and are lesser beings than they are. You think we do not feel exactly what you feel? We do, but do we act on it? No. You think I do not see all those hot men? They are everywhere; in the banks, in the restaurants, in church. Chai. Have you seen those types?
I follow a lot of them on instagram too o. All they do is close business deals, work out and take photos of their bodies. Their bodies make me want to sing "Imela chineke m ooo", drop out of postgrad school, and cook for them all day long. In high heels and lingerie of course. They are so hot that I want to cook all the dishes my mother taught me, like ofe onugbu, nsala, ukwa, abacha, coconut rice and pepper soup. I feel like adding a twist to all the dishes; cheese, just because I can grate those blocks on those abs, then take my clothes off very quickly. But do I do that? Mba nu. Do you think I don't want to have Bible study with that assistant pastor all day, everyday? Look, he has a lot to say about the Lord and he looks good saying it. I must find out what lipbalm he wears and the aftershave. Dear husband, I don't want chapped lips or "townsend" perfume on you. Pastor Gaf's lipbalm and aftershave are your possession and keys to the holy land.
I have been told that I am a feminist; no arguments there. Why are we so afraid of that word? Why has it been demonised? According to the Oxford dictionary, It simply means the "economic, social and political equality of all sexes". I think this is fair, do you regard yourself as superior or less than any other human being? Do you regard yourself or anybody else, regardless of sex, as undeserving of the same opportunities? I think God is a feminist as we are all created in his image and likeness. So are the gods in traditional African religion; think about what you have read and heard about the roles of Ani, Idemili, Yemoja, Oya. Sometimes I worry that the advent of new religions in Nigeria and the subsequent interpretation has stripped us of all fairness and objectivity, with the verse about "submission" consistently quoted halfway and taken out of context.
I blame my father for my views hahaha. I was raised to believe in equality and to hold myself and others accountable for mine or their actions, regardless of sex. We were raised (boys and girls alike), to be able to cook, and clean, and carry heavy things up flights of stairs, and change tyres, and be compassionate and empathetic all at once. I was 16 before I realised that it was unusual for a Naija husband to wash his plates after his meal, to wash his clothes by himself, to help his wife out in the kitchen while she's making dinner, to cobweb, dust family photos, take the thrash out, and also be home at 6pm unless both of them were out together. Forget all those fake late meetings and constant hanging out with the mistresses, missing the vital family time.
My friends were shocked when they spent extended time at the family home and saw this. Ah it was already too late, that was my worldview, that everyone chipped in, that this was a partnership full of love and laughter and accountability and equality.
I took this worldview to the university and I still remember my first serious boyfriend. He was a great looking "corper" from Ilorin. Bros invited me to his flat one day, and this ensued.
"I bought ingredients for bitterleaf soup, come and cook", he said
To which I responded by staring at him in shock. He carried on.
"If you are worried about staining your clothes, you can wear my boxers and singlet," he said, while reclining and chilling with a football match on.
When I didn't budge or take my eyes off the Readers' Digest which I was reading, he carried on.
"Oh you don't know how to cook? Ok, come, you can do this one."
I followed him into the room where there was a mound of dirty clothes including jeans and the like for yours truly to wash. I went into the living room, chuckling to myself. I picked up my handbag, and like Lot, I never looked back, poor guy. Now tell me, who raised this man to have such expectations that a girlfriend was his housekeeper? O gini?
Anyway, enough digression. I have theories around why married men cheat on their wives and why there are such saintly expectations of women. I shall share these soon enough in my next blog post. I leave you with a thought; it is time that women started picking up some of the bills and helping out financially around the house, and ask the men to pull their weight domestically. I wrote a post last year titled "Should Men Pick Up All The Bills", there, the comments and opinion came to 50-50, some thought a man should look after the finances of his family solely, others felt women should contribute, my theory is that a partnership brings about accountability, open and honest communication, and reduces the chances of infidelity in marriage.
Unfortunately, it looks like women are now beating men to their game; your wife going to fellowship and bible study three times a week, or going for school run 30 minutes before the time, and attending all those weddings in asoebi, may be enjoying other less ideal activities. This is just something based on a survey for the most unfaithful wives in the world, carried out by Durex, which found Nigerian women to be the most unfaithful wives, emerging in first place out of 35 countries surveyed. It seems we have now overtaken Thai women who were number one in 2012 and last year. Is this true? Could this actually be happening? Why are the tides turning (besides the temptation on offer on instagram :-)?)


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5 Annoying Problems with Kitchen Backsplashes (and how to fix them)
There are so many decisions and components in a kitchen remodel. However, no single element injects style and personality quite like a kitchen backsplash. It literally (and figuratively) can create a splash (Ok, I get it, bad pun).
A backsplash can be like a statement piece of jewelry, or your favorite jazzy tie. It goes beyond the function of a backsplash (which is to make it easy to clean liquids which splash up on the walls). It adds a fashion statement everyone who visits your house can ooh and aaah about.
Although there's lots to love about kitchen backsplashes, they can also be a pain. You may have experienced these backsplash hassles:
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The challenge becomes how can you get the stylish kitchen backsplash design you desire while also getting one which is easy to clean and install, yet won't force you to take out a second mortgage or tap into your kid's college fund?
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Seeing as I've been at Casa e Bottega nearly every day since arriving in Positano, it's about time I wrote the glowing review it's due. 🙂
Just walking into this calming little oasis, you can already tell it's going to be a refreshing change from much of the standard fare in town. Half design shop, half café, there are only a few tables but my favorite place to sit is at the bar to watch Tanina, Rosalia and the rest of the lovely ladies prepare the light and delicious dishes to order. Tanina prides herself on sourcing the best local and organic ingredients and as a result, all of the food is incredibly fresh and flavorful.
Start with a detox water with lemon and mint and the amazing "sole liquido" or "liquid sun" smoothie, a combination of spinach, green apple, kiwi and lemon. Next choose from one of the huge salads either on the menu or the special salad of the day. The Casa e Bottega salad with tuna and avocado is a winner. I added chicken to a special salad with apple, beetroot and strawberries.
For aperitivo, the selection of charcuterie and cheese is delicious and satisfying. The platter comes with bruschetta made the way only the Amalfi Coast can make it, with pomodorini or cherry tomatoes so sweet they taste like candy.
And after all the healthy goodness, you can feel a little less guilty indulging in Tania's incredible desserts. My favorite is the Delizia al Limone, a lemon cake traditional to this region, but Casa e Bottega's version was more like a layered profiterole topped with lemon curd and cream. Light and luxurious at the same time. The ingredients are the star here, so even the cakes have a bit less sugar than you'd get anywhere else.
If the food weren't reason enough to make this a standby for your breakfast or lunch in Positano, the lovely ladies of Casa e Bottega will make you feel at home immediately. Tanina is a well-known restaurateur in town, with her more formal dining option, Next2, set in the hill on the Fornillo side of town. Watching her at work is like watching a dance, and you can see how much pride she takes in her business and the customer experience.
Grazie per tutto (tutti i giorni), belle ragazze! 🙂
Casa e Bottega Via Pasitea 100 84017 Positano +39 089 875225 Open for breakfast and lunch. Closed Tuesdays.
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Clothing chain C&A has taken a swipe at ready-to-wear and haute couture fashion shows with its own ad campaign, which will launch in March 2015. It is called "Today's look is" and is designed to highlight the merits of its own collections, "created for the real life".
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C&A will take advantage of the Paris Fashion Week (3 - 11 March 2015) to launch a more "practical" ad campaign, obviously meant to turn the attention to its own clothing line which is "more easy-to-wear". According to Erik Kessels, artistic director at the Dutch Kessels Kramer agency which created the campaign: "We wanted to highlight C&A's values, to create clothing designed for the real life and for everyone".
The campaign is called "Today's look is" and is based on a very specific outlook: "Today's look is to stroll around, not for show", as it wants to celebrate a relaxed outfit or even "Today's look is all in the bag". The goal of the campaign is obviously to bring the company's own collections to the forefront.
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This fantasy football season I will be keeping a diary of my 2019 journey. Everyone who plays this game knows the different emotions, processes, and thoughts that speed through our heads all week as we prepare … and re-prepare … and the prepare some more. Thinking we have the best team, at least for that week, and knowing our opponent doesn't stand a chance (although we question that repeatedly all week as well).
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Interviews on "poetry & refugees" – 6 – Sjón
Sjón was born Iceland in 1962 and is an active supporter of the Cities of Refuge project ICORN. Thanks to his initiative, Reykjavík joined this international network of cities hosting persecuted writers.
Lyrikline Blog (LB): You are very active in the "Cities of refuge network" (ICORN). How come you made the issue of persecuted and exiled writers your topic?
Sjón (SJ): As a teenager I went to a talk given by the Somali author Nuruddin Farah about how it is to be a writer living under dictatorship. It had a strong impact on me. At the same time I was fascinated by Surrealism and through my readings about the movement and its poets in different countries I realised how provocative poetry can be, even in its most surreal or abstract form, and therefore how easily it can put the poets in opposition to authority, both political and religious. Then when the chance came I felt I had the obligation to practically do whatever I could to support persecuted writers. And that is what I have done through ICORN and PEN. Those of us who have the benefit of living in countries where free speech is allowed can show our true commitment to its values by fighting for those who are not so lucky.
LB: In your view, is it the task of a poet also to be a chronicler or witness of his/her time?
SJ: The poet can never be anything but a witness to his time. All good poems chronicle the times their author's lived in. This is because the poet lives at the crossroads of experience and expression.
LB: In your view, is there a relation between the power of the words of a poet and that of a dictator, since they both work with language?
SJ: Poets keep the language in its most beautiful state, (more…)


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8.557670 - HEIFETZ: Transcriptions for Violin and Piano
Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987)
Jascha Heifetz was born in Vilnius in 1901, the son of a violinist, his first teacher from the age of three. Further lessons from Elias Malkin enabled him, by the age of six, to play Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and at the age of nine he was able to enter St Petersburg Conservatory, eventually to join the class of Leopold Auer. He made his international début in Berlin in 1912, later in the same year appearing as soloist in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Nikisch. In 1917 he left Russia for a concert tour in the United States, making his American début at Carnegie Hall and his first commercial recordings, and eight years later became an American citizen. He made his first return to Russia in 1934 and for many years he continued an international career of great brilliance and distinction, earning a legendary reputation as a virtuoso, as well as for his performances of chamber music with musicians of similar fame and calibre, such as the pianist Artur Rubinstein, the cellists Emanuel Feuermann and Gregor Piatigorsky, and the viola-player William Primrose. In his later years he taught at the University of South California in Los Angeles, where the Heifetz Chair of Music was established for him, giving master-classes, but with relatively few pupils. He gave his final recital and made his last recordings in 1972. He died in 1987.
As a player Heifetz did much to develop the techniques of violin-playing, influencing many younger players through his virtuosity, his agility and speed in performance, the purity of his intonation, his handling of the bow and his use of vibrato, and providing a standard against which other performances of standard concert repertoire might be measured. He introduced new concertos, some written specially for him. This contemporary concerto repertoire included concertos by William Walton, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Erich Korngold and Miklos Rózsa. At the same time he was responsible for a large number of transcriptions for violin and piano, many of which remain in standard virtuoso repertoire.
In 1923 Heifetz acquired the instrument that he preferred, made in 1742 by the last of the family, Giuseppe Guarneri, known as Guarneri del Jesù. He also had a Tononi instrument and instruments by Antonio Stradivari. His apparent impassivity in performance concealed strong powers of concentration and interpretations that were carefully planned, with every attention to detail.
The present recording opens with a transcription of Chopin's Nocturne, Op. 55, No. 2, a work written in 1843 and dedicated originally to Chopin's Scottish admirer Miss Jane Wilhelmina Stirling. The long melodic lines of the Nocturne, with only the lightest addition of double-stopping, are in marked contrast to the energy of the Russian-Jewish composer Alexander Krein's Dance No. 4, with its suggestions of the kletzmer style that had been part of Krein's family background.
'Jeanie with the light brown hair', by the American composer Stephen Foster, author also of the words of what has all the familiarity of a long-established folk-song, is treated with idiomatic assurance. Again a contrast is provided in the famous arrangement of the much-transcribed Flight of the bumble-bee, taken from Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, where it serves as an entr'acte illustrating the activities of Prince Guidon, disguised as a bee to sting revenge on his wicked aunts. Gluck's Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from his opera Orpheus and Eurydice is given with all the serenity that the Elysian fields demand, as the legendary Orpheus seeks to retrieve his beloved Euridice from the Underworld.
Prokofiev's idiosyncratic musical language is revealed in the transcription of the March from his opera The Love for Three Oranges, a work based on a play by Gozzi in which the melancholy Prince is the victim of a curse that forces him to seek the love of the title. The perky little March is a recurrent feature in the work. Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, based on Mallarmé, created by Nijinsky and notably danced by Serge Lifar in a succeeding generation, is remarkably convincing in violin transcription, which captures the essence of the piece.
The Italian-Jewish composer Mario Castlenuovo-Tedesco found himself obliged in 1939 to leave his native country and settle in the United States, where, like many others, he found an outlet in the composition of music for the cinema. Heifetz commissioned a violin concerto from him and his Tango is a version of the composer's own arrangement derived from his setting of a song from Shakespeare's play A Winter's Tale for the shepherdess Mopsa. A measure of calm is restored with the traditional negro Deep River.
The angular musical idiom of Prokofiev is immediately evident in the excerpt from his ballet Romeo and Juliet, taken from the scene of the Masks, where Romeo first sees Juliet. Richard Strauss's early Stimmungsbilder, Op. 9, a set of piano mood pictures provides, in the first of these pieces, the evocative Auf stillen Waldespfad (Along the silent forest path), which makes an admirable singing violin piece. The breadth of Heifetz's taste is demonstrated by the following Ao pé da fogueira, a version of a Prelude by the versatile Brazilian composer and violinist Flausino Rodrigues Vale, characterized by its continued double-stopping.
Sevilla by Isaac Albéniz is an arrangement of a piano piece from his Suite Española, splendidly captured in its essence in the transcription, with its opening suggestion of the guitar and its contrasts of mood. It is followed here by one of Heifetz's most famous transcriptions, his version of the Romanian composer and violinist Grigoraş Dinicu's lively Hora staccato. Debussy's take on ragtime, Golliwogg's Cake-walk, is shown in a new light in the violin and piano arrangement of a piano piece that had formed part of the composer's Children's Corner, written for his young daughter.
Heifetz recorded the Hungarian composer Ernő Dohnányi's Serenade for violin, viola and cello with William Primrose and Emanuel Feuermann. Less familiar is the Romanza from the Suite in F sharp minor. It leads to an arrangement of one of the most popular works by the Mexican Manuel Ponce, echoes of which are heard in the same composer's violin concerto. The recording ends with one of Heifetz's arrangements of songs from George Gershwin's black opera Porgy and Bess, 'A woman is a sometime thing', into which he injects something of the drama, as he develops and varies the material.
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Aikido is a unique form of martial art. Its emphasis lies on the harmonious fusion of mind and body with the natural laws of Nature. Aikido focuses on accepting and respecting the energy of life and nature and channeling this harmony onto techniques that expresses this energy in physical forms. Aikido is often viewed as(…)
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A Historian for All Seasons
Essays for Geoffrey Bolton
Edited by Stuart Macintyre, Lenore Layman and Jenny Gregory
The e-book is available from key e-book vendors including Apple (iBooks), Amazon (Kindle) and Kobo.
Geoffrey Bolton was the most versatile and widely travelled of his generation of Australian historians. As a scholar, teacher and commentator he enriched understanding of the country's regional mosaic, some of its notable figures and others who were just as revealing, the natural environment, social patterns and political life. He was also unflagging in his encouragement of others. The contributors to this volume take his work as a departure point for original essays on a variety of themes in Australian history.
About the editors
Stuart Macintyre was recruited to Murdoch University by Geoffrey Bolton in 1976 and worked with him on the Oxford History of Australia. His most recent publication is Australia's Boldest Experiment: War and Reconstruction in the 1940s and he has currently exchanged chocolates for boiled lollies with a study of what has happened to Australia's universities.
Jenny Gregory co-authored Claremont: a History with Geoff and remains grateful for his generosity towards a junior colleague who had criticised his view of Western Australia's interwar years. Her research focuses on urban history and heritage, but her most recent book is Seeking Wisdom: A Centenary History of the University of Western Australia.
Lenore Layman enjoyed being a colleague of Geoff Bolton at Murdoch University. She has most recently published Blood Nose Politics: A Centenary History of the WA National Party, worked on the Australian Asbestos Network website on the health disaster of asbestos use in Australia, and is currently busy on a variety of community history projects.
Contributors include Stuart Macintyre, Jenny Gregory, Lenore Layman, Carol Bolton, Mark McKenna, Graeme Davison, Carl Bridge, Alan Atkinson, Andrea Gaynor, Tom Griffiths, Tim Rowse, Lizzy Watt, Mary Anne Jebb and Pat Jalland.
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In 1996, the land was sold by GNIDA to Ansal Housing on a freehold basis. Ansal Housing sold the land in 822 divided plots. Of this, over 400 plots have been developed into residential houses, either single storey or double storey. The rest of the land still lie unused and vacant.
For those who reside at Golf Links I, life is not short of being a nightmare. Roads are almost non-existent. Craters, ditches and potholes make driving a task within the complex. The land plots which lie vacant are now overgrown with shrubs and bushes. The best part is nobody wants to take ownership. Electricity supply, water supply are both scanty.
"It was sold on free-hold basis to the builders, so the maintenance of the area is now their responsibility," Leenu Sehgal, GM Planning of GNIDA told TOI. "We have a special team looking into such issues where the builder has suddenly washed his hands off a project with no one there to take responsibility of its maintenance. But GNIDA is not in a position to take care of all such abandoned projects," a senior GNIDA officer further explained.
"The problem of Golf Links I is that of the plots that have been built upon, many are just token constructions, done to retain the land. Most people who bought the plots 10 years ago, purchased at low rates and they have parked their funds. Now they want to stay invested, so their returns keep growing. But from our end, building an entire road network is not financially feasible. Because the society already has an RWA in place, we request them to take a handover of the maintenance. They can share the cost and do it themselves," Karun Ansal, president, projects, Ansal Housing told TOI.
"The buyers, especially those of us who are residing here are now caught between the inaction of GNIDA and Ansal Housing; so finally after knocking on either doors for year, we finally went to NCDRC last year. In the last hearing in the court in July, the case has been admitted for hearing. Our main contention is that because the GNIDA had sold this land to Ansals on the basis of an understanding that the entire are will have to be developed by them; then on what basis has the GNIDA give completion certificates to the builder. Apart from roads, the community hall and many such facilities never came up. Power supply is a major problem. Often there is no water. We pay regular maintenance charges to a private maintenance agency appointed by the builder; but that is about it. We have demanded a financial compensation from the builder in the NCDRC for such gross negligence," Rajit Khanna, general secretary, Golf Links I, RWA, said.
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While the zombies to be found in Robert Kirkman's Walking Dead comic and its AMC TV adaptation may be slow-moving beasties, the same cannot be said for the folks behind The Walking Dead, The Official Magazine. The first issue of the title won't arrive in stores until October 23 — although attendees of New York Comic-Con will be able to pick up a copy next week — but they've already finished not one but two gore-splattered covers for issue #2, which isn't being published until December 18.
Below, you can check out both the newsstand cover, featuring TV show newcomer David Morrissey as The Governor, and an alternate featuring the work of Walking Dead comic artist Charlie Adlard.
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All, I am at my wits end on this issue. As of 11.0, when attempting to use layers, my cursor had the previously reported issues of density/hardness/flow not functioning properly. This was an acknowledged issue. I also had at the same time, an issue of the cursor randomly and rapidly changing from brush, eraser or grad to the cursor arrow or disappearing completely with any movement of my mouse.
I reinstalled the last 10.x in order to be able to work with layers until the 11.0.1 release, which while it did not fix the brush settings issues, at least allowed me to use the brush itself on a layer. After every update, I have had to revert to 11.0.1 in order to be able to use layers in capture one. The same issue now exists in the 11.2 release.
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn.—Meet the Beatles, Minnesota—again.
The Grammy Museum says a traveling exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' arrival in the U.S. will stop in Bloomington.
"Ladies and Gentlemen … The Beatles!" opens June 5 at the Midwest Music Museum at the Mall of America.
Beatles memorabilia, records, photographs, tour artifacts and videos will be on display.
The Mall of America is located on the site of the old Metropolitan Stadium, where the Beatles made their first and only appearance in Minnesota in 1965.
The 13-week exhibit runs through Sept. 7. Advance tickets are now available online.


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As ever, L'Occitane has done itself proud with the beautiful packaging for their October launch limited edition Shea range. I cannot wait to try this subtle violet fragranced collection. I love violet but violet that's subtle is even better.. it's one of those fragrances where usually less is more.
Rose is equally pretty, as is Jasmin Passion below:
It's worth flagging up that L'Occitane has achieved something really special – the brand has been recognised by the UN as an Exemplary Company for its Fair-Trade work in Burkino Faso. In the 1980s, Olivier Baussan, founder of L'Occitane, met a group of women in Burkina Faso who introduced him to shea butter. Since those days, L'Occitane is now the biggest importer of shea butter from Burkina Faso, purchasing a record amount in 2012 of 550 tons. The women are paid a fair price to cover production, environmental and social costs which also leaves a margin for investment. In the dry season, the L'Occitane Foundation helps the women in supporting economic emancipation, developing literacy centres and microcredit programmes.
It's days like these that I feel really so proud of what the beauty industry can do when it puts its mind to it. Butter makes it better :-).
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I had a violet scented hand cream from L'Occitane last year which I absolutely adored so I'm very excited at the prospect of picking up a new selection of violet scented goodies! Plus, that packaging is really gorgeous xx
I'm sad to say L'Occitane is now on my 'do not buy' list as they have started selling China who demands animal testing. Shame because their hand cream is simply the best hand cream ever.
I appreciate Therese's viewpointbut should the boycot not be against China as they insist on animal testing and not L'Occitane? Am I missing the point here?
Love the shea range, would not ever be without their handcream
From L'OCCITANE website….
L'OCCITANE does not and never has tested its products, its active ingredients or its raw materials on animals at any point during the product development or manufacturing process.
L'OCCITANE has always been committed to the suppression of animal testing for beauty products, along with associations including One Voice and PETA. L'OCCITANE was one of the first companies to be in the approved list of brands compiled by the BUAV (British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection) in 1997. In December 2011 the BUAV decided to remove their accreditation from all companies operating in China because Chinese authorities still request testing on all cosmetic products sold on the Chinese market, as they view it as the better way to safeguard their consumer's safety. However, the BUAV recently published the attached letter in support of L'Occitane as they understand our continuous efforts to fight against animal testing.
L'OCCITANE is fundamentally committed to the abolition of animal testing of beauty products worldwide. Unfortunately given the limited economic and political weight of L'OCCITANE, ceasing to sell our products in China will not do anything to change local regulations. Instead, to move forward we decided to develop our relationship with the Chinese authorities to pledge the case for the ending of animal testing for beauty products, through open dialogue.


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You are not alone in this world who currently needs some new furniture. Everyone with a place to live has to furnish it. That means there is a great selection in the stores. You must be certain that the furniture you choose are affordable and right for your home. The article that follows shares helpful tips to assist you can use.
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My early 20s was the most difficult time in my life. After graduating, from college, with a degree in Mass Communications I was elated and optimistic about starting my career. I had it all figured out and my plans was to have my dream job by 25, get married and build my beautiful home by 28. Well, this plan didn't work at all and in reality my life felt like a total disaster. After the many rejections in finding the perfect job, I gave up and settled for a position working at a call center for almost two years. In addition, I felt lonely living a single life and building my dream home was out the question (it was more like living home with my parents until I found out exactly what I wanted to do). I was having a quarter life crisis and the thought that this was happening to me made me I've became dissatisfied with the life.
During this time, in my life, I was filled with so much anxiety. I knew something had to change and if I wanted a better life it started with me. After coming across one of my favorite scriptures gave confirmation that even though my life didn't turn out how I plan doesn't mean it was over. It was just the beginning and it was up to me to make these changes.
For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. – Jeremiah 29:11
My first big change was creating a list of commitments that would help me overcome my quarter life crisis. After relocating and living in the beautiful city of Atlanta for almost a year, I've learn so much about myself, I gained hope again and best of all I was able to find my purpose. My commitments have truly shaped me into the person I am today and I truly believe anyone who's definitely feeling lost in their 20s can make start to find hope again by incorporating these habits into your lives daily.
Enjoy the struggle. The journey of finding your purpose is such a beautiful thing. Whether you're having trouble finding the perfect job, struggling financially or finding happiness you'll appreciate it much more.
Take risks. You will never lose taking a chance. It can be a blessing or lesson. The most successful people in this world took risks. If you don't try you'll never know how perfect somethings would turn out.
Meet new people. Hello… the secret to success is networking. Building long lasting relationships with people who have similar goals will help you achieve your ultimate goals.
Travel. Traveling is always a great way to overcome any issues. With the many benefits including broadening your horizon, building confidence and creating memories for a lifetime, you'll be able to appreciate life more with much gratitude.
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Kolkata, Nov 10 (IANS) State-run Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL) on Friday reported that its net profit jumped over four times to Rs 28.55 crore for the quarter ended September 30 as compared to Rs 6.77 crore in the year-ago period.
The miner is set to form a joint venture company with National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) and Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd (MECL) for exploration and mining strategic minerals aboard.
"Our board has approved the joint venture proposal, so has the board of MECL. Once the NALCO board approves the proposal, a company will be formed to deal in the area of strategic minerals," company's Chairman and Managing Director Santosh Sharma told reporters.
The proposed joint venture company named KABIL – Khanij Bidesh India Ltd – will be formed to explore and exploit rare metals such as titanium, gallerium and rhenium, which could be used in defence equipment, spacecraft and shipbuilding.
Sharma said the JV company would primarily deal with government to government business and would look at the African countries and Canada for the exploration of these minerals.
HCL's revenue from operations, in the quarter under review, stood at Rs 519.33 crore, up by 187 per cent from Rs 180.78 crore in the year-ago period.
The miner also reported that its total expenses in the second quarter of the current fiscal was at Rs 495.77 crore as against Rs 204.52 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.
The city headquartered company is presently implementing mine expansion scheme to quadruple its copper ore production capacity from 3.4 million tonnes to 12.4 million tonnes per annum within the next five years.
The company said its board has approved the proposal to increase the borrowing limits from consortium or other banks by way of overdraft or cash credit or working capital demand loan up to an aggregate of Rs 650 crore.
The copper sales volume in the first half of fiscal 2017-18 increased by 85.38 per cent to 20,323 tonnes compared to 10,963 tonnes in corresponding period of the last year, the company added.
The company is also in the process of investing about Rs 200 crore for extracting precious metals such as gold and silver from its copper tailings or the copper left behind after extraction from the ore.
"If we process 10,000 tonnes of copper tailings a day we can get close to 1.1kg of gold and 11 kg of silver a day," Sharma added.
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Live updates
Sansa and Harley join Cumbria Police force
Meet Sansa and Harley, the newest furry additions to Cumbria Police force. They're training to recover bodies from water and find evidence from crime scenes:
- ITV Report
Overhead line training centre opens in Cumbria
- ITV Report
Free training for Cumbrian nurses
WATCH: Lorry driver shortage
Long hours, unsociable shifts, training costs and a high demand for online goods - all factors which are leading to a growing shortage of lorry drivers both nationally and locally.
In Cumbria and the north east an extra 1,700 hundred drivers are needed. The Road Haulage Association says the situation is deteriorating fast with more and more companies struggling to recruit. Kate Walby reports.
Tourism school in west Cumbria
Young professionals from the service industry in west Cumbria have gone to tourism school to learn more about what the area has to offer visitors to the area.
The women from companies from across the west of the county were being trained by the West Cumbria Tourism board who hope the girls will become embassadors for the area, able to tell tourists what they can do when they stay.
Millions of visitors come to the Lake District every year and the West Cumbria Tourism board want more to visit the western Lakes.Winder Hall in Lorton sent along two members of staff. Antonia Dawson is the events manager and was surprised at how little she knew the ares where she works.
CUFC kick off new season
Carlisle Utd are holding their first training session ahead of new season. Our camera's will be there later on today.
Kendal hosts Olympic judo team
As the torch leaves the region, the Kendal Dojo Judo Club is now turning its attention to the Games itself. Raymond Ovinou, in red doing circuit training, is from Papua New Guinea and will compete in London 2012. He says the host club has made a big difference to his performance.


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The Future of Conservatism—A Few Remarks
Last month Future 500 invited me to participate on a panel about the future of conservatism. You can watch the whole thing—featuring Future 500's Bill Shireman and syndicated columnist Charles Hurt, along with yours truly and moderator Stephen Jordan—here. But as a teaser, these are my remarks, ably edited into an 18-minute clip:
Also worth watching is the subsequent panel, which illustrates some of the gender and generation gaps on the right, with panelists including Norm Singleton from Campaign for Liberty, Steve Bannon or Breitbart.com, Lori Sanders of R Street, and Brittney Morrett or the Libre Initiative:


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In case you forgot, it's hurricane season in the Atlantic. (Easy to do when there's been nothing out there.)
Say hi to Ana and Bill. Ana's got a shot at a South Florida landfall on Thursday, while Bill's a bit too far out to call, though the early model guidance is encouraging for a recurvature before it hits the U.S. Time will tell — and these things are notorious for being unpredictable.
I'll be doing periodic updates on the Charleston Weather blog as we learn more about the storms' implications for our weather. TheDigitel's hurricane page is a good place to monitor as well, and if you're into maps and data and more maps and more data, I must recommend SCHurricane.com (@schurricane on Twitter) by the good guys at WCBD News 2. It's pretty much every relevant map conveniently linked in one place.
So, stay tuned. It wasn't going to stay docile out there forever.


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Orthodox Auto Company has an ongoing employment process; we accept resumes continuously for any and all positions. Please apply by completing the form below to submit your cover letter/resume. We are an equal opportunity employer and invite you to inquire about joining our staff.
Current Employment Listings:
TAKE CHARGE, MOTIVATED, Self-Starting Assistant Bookkeeper and Client Services personnel: You will prepare and maintain all aspects of the bookkeeping. Minimum 10 years of experience and proficiency in QuickBooks required. The ideal candidate will have experience in running a small office of professionals. We are not looking to train anyone. We seek someone who is a motivated, organized self-starter who is committed to learning and growth.
- Weekly reconciliation of accounts
- Quarterly reporting to owners
- Preparing financials for auditors and tax advisors
- Running monthly commission reports and coordinating with payroll
- Review sales proceeds for accuracy
- Account payables
- Family office administration
- Protecting/managing owner's calendar
Self-starter, motivated, take-charge, independent, honest, integrity, loyal, articulate, communicative, sense of humor, organized, efficient, punctual, confident, firm, decisive, nonjudgmental, polite, pleasant, non-smoker, conscientious, practical, spontaneous, thorough, diligent, intelligent, mature, problem solver, compassionate, good listener, attentive, patient, disciplined, thoughtful, flexible, multitask.
If you can commit to and live with these principles, then you're the type of person who will be successful and help our company thrive. If you feel this level of accountability is not right for you, that you're not willing or able to engage with us at this level and take the steps necessary to do what you say you are going to do and be accountable for your actions…. In other words, live "Above the Line", then we are not a good fit and you don't belong here with us. We understand that not every person is ready for this level of commitment, and we appreciate the honesty of those who decide this is not the right place for them. On the other hand, you would make an ideal candidate to join our company if you are willing to commit to the following Above the Line principles:
- Accountability…..See It, Own It, Solve It, Do It
- Become Part of the Solution
- Respect for others and their Feelings
- Act Now!
- "What else can I do?"
- "What coaching do you have for me? … What can I do better?"
- Personal Ownership
- Reject Average
- Show Others that you Care
Orthodox Auto Company is actively seeking ASE certified mechanics (or comparable) who are tired of putting vehicles back together. Why get paid to put vehicles together when taking them apart is so much more fun?? Stop working an hourly, boring job and start getting paid for your production! We are currently moving indoors and have stacked the deck in your favor with brand new Rotary and Forward Lifts, Electric Gorbel Hoists, drain tables, and convenient access to air/electric. Get where you're trying to go in life one dismantled vehicle at a time!
- Dismantle vehicles of all makes and models in a safe and timely manner.
- Recognize parts that are damaged/broken or in need or repair.
- Perform high-level testing and quality control measures on all parts prior to stocking.
- Properly prepare parts for inventory and storage prior to resale.
- Properly recycle all components of vehicle based on above average industry standards
- Create and maintain a clean and safe working environment, complying with Occupational Health and Safety standards and requirements.
All candidates will be assessed on a case by case basis however we have found the most successful candidates to possess:
- ASE Certification
- 5 years in automotive drive train mechanic or dismantler or equivalent
- Excellent team player; strong communications and interpersonal skills
- Strong problem solving skills, self-starter, motivated individual
- Organized and system driven
- Must possess own tools
- Competitive, production based pay.
- Paid holidays
- Vacation and Sick days
- $500 Voucher towards Tools
- Up to 15% discount on all auto parts
- Free yard gas
Orthodox Auto Company is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Life is more fun taking things apart!
Orthodox Auto Company is looking for its next all-star team player. If selected, the candidate will be entering one of the most exciting and unique work environments in the industry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG6owmZOjxc THINK YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?
- HS Diploma/GED is required.
- Minimum of 3yr experience in the operation of Front end Loader, Excavator, Dozer, filling dump trucks and recycling facility equipment
- Ability to drive a tractor trailer or operate and maintain a crusher is a bonus
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
- Ability to climb ladders and work in overhead positions requiring harness and safety line
- Mechanical aptitude to use tools for repairs and maintenance
- Two weeks paid vacation
- Paid holidays
- Free yard gasoline
- 15% off all automotive parts purchases
We are one of the most advanced used auto parts recyclers in the Northeast, located in Philadelphia, PA. Due to rapid growth in our sales we have a career opening in our sales department. Candidates must be able to learn at a fast pace and become proficient in sales as well as able to gain and maintain new customers. The ideal candidate would have prior experience in auto parts sales & basic automotive knowledge, however it is not required. We are willing to train the right person to become an auto parts sales rep in all aspects of our business, however, special attention will be given to candidates with the qualifications detailed below.
- Selling parts to meet personal and company sales goals
- Creating quotes, work orders & invoices in a computer based software
- Following procedures as outlined in company manuals
- Participation as a team player when needed
- Working with customers daily in person and on the phone
- 2+ years Sales experience
- Extensive automotive knowledge
- Customer service background
- Professional appearance and demeanor
- Positive attitude, excellent customer service & organizational skills
- Ability to multi-task & work well with a team as well as alone
- Computer & Typing skills
- Previous experience as an Auto Parts Sales Rep Do Apply if:
- You are willing to learn and grow
- You are self-disciplined and able to work independently
- You are confident and willing to go the extra mile
- You strive to reach goals
- You are persistent and work positively through setbacks
- You are committed to working harder to earn a higher income
- You have a tendency to over promise and under deliver
- You need direct supervision to be productive
- You have low income goals
- You are not comfortable providing references
- $75k potential yearly earnings
- Commission based pay
- Bonuses
- Incentives
- Paid Holidays