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Manor House has medieval origins and is a Grade II listed building. Originally a peasant house in the 14th century, it became the Bailiff's house in the 15th and 16th centuries. After that it was a yeoman farmer's house however it has never been a Manorial House.
Adam Brown, a merchant of considerable standing, lived in the house which later became known as Manor House although it is shown in Merton College archives as 'Brown's Place' no doubt because Adam Brown and his family lived there during the 14th and 15th centuries.
Dendrochronological investigation when the Story of England TV series was being filmed showed that the oldest part of the house dates from somewhere between 1320 and 1350.
Manor House was occupied in 1558 by a courtier of Queen Mary, Sir Thomas Ray and it remained in his family until 1706 when the Foxton family lived there. The next occupant was the Reverend Thomas Thomas, incumbent of Isham and Curate of East Farndon followed by his nephew, John Philips who carried out rebuilding works in the mid 19th Century. It was sold by Merton College, owners of the surrounding land, in 1972 to Mr P Thurnham.
The Manor House was originally a timber-framed building on an ironstone base. Its main front faces east and its south wall abuts on the village street. The house may be medieval in origin but, apart from its internal timbers, it shows little sign of antiquity. The exterior has been faced with brick and much altered, both at the end of the 17th century and in 1860. The exposed ceiling joists in the front ground-floor room of the south wing are tenoned into a diagonal 'dragon' beam. This indicates that this side wing originally had a timber-framed upper story, jettied on two sides.
An unusual feature is the letter box in the wall of the house on Main Street, and the Sun Insurance Company's insurance plaque higher up. The garden wall, built by John Philips is decorated in a distinctive pattern of bricks known as diapering, while to the left of the garden entrance gateway are three terracotta plaques with the dates thereon of 1475, which indicates the first stone building on the site; 1695 when the building was faced in brick and 1860 when further additions were built, together with the present garden wall.
Michael Wood 'The Story of England'
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The old centre of Kibworth Harcourt lies 200 yards east of the present main road where the principal street, known as Main Street, leads into Albert Street and has remained much the same since mediaeval times and is the main part of The Kibworth Harcourt Conservation Area.. The principal route along Main Street was bypassed by the present A6 Leicester Road in 1810. (see Modern/ TheTurnpikeRoute through Kibworth Harcourt).
Main Street runs from Leicester Road in in an easterly direction until it reaches The Old House (see Early Modern/The Old House) when it turns right to return to the main road near the old Rose and Crown Hotel. The dog leg pattern of roads by the present Main Street and the Nook existed in 1484.
Main Street was very much the heart of Kibworth Harcourt and as one travels along the road from the old Rose and Crown Hotel the historical significance of the road becomes apparent.
Taking a walk down Main Street from The Rose and Crown the first section of the street was formerly known as the King's Highway, or Berry's Hill and used to have several shops and Inns (see Modern/A Journey Inn the Past). Berry's slaughterhouse and butcher's was at no. 10 and gave this part of Main Street the name Berry's Hill after 'Beefy' Berry, the butcher between the two World Wars.
15 Main Street was 'The Smithy', housing the local wheelwright, a vitally important trade in the days of horse drawn transport. The forge was still in service until the 1940s. Legend has it that the wheel of a wagon belonging to the famous preacher John Wesley was repaired here when he passed through the village on one of his evangelical journeys.
Turning to the left this section of Main Street boasted three Inns, thFoxInn at 16, the Navigation Inn at 24, opposite was the Admiral Nelson at 31 which had a skittle alley at the rear and ceased trading in the 1930's.
No 18 was the Old Bakehouse, this was a baker's complete with delivery yard at the rear of the building. The end of the Old Bakehouse used to be perfectly square but several coaching accidents occurred at this spot and the end wall was rebuilt at the angle you can see today. At least one accident resulted in a fatality when a coach overturned and several outside passengers were pitched through the windows of nearby houses.
A barn, formerly situated to the rear of 25 Main Street was, it is believed, in the early 19th century, the setting for the Kibworth Theatre (see Modern/Kibworth Theater).
As Main Street reaches the Old House we turn to the left back towards the Leicester Road.
The abundance of Inns continued with The Red Lion at 78 Main Street and at 88 The Three Horseshoes Inn, now trading as Boboli's, an Italian style restaurant.
The Inn was once owned by Merton College and was sold in 1935 to The Northampton Brewery Company.
On the opposite side of Main Street is the Manor Farmhouse which has medieval origins and is a Grade II listed building. (see Medieval/ Manor House /Manor Farmhouse).
Next we come to Priory Farm at 41 Main Street which is a 16th Century Grade II listed building, formerly known as Ivy Cottage. It is a rectangular house built partly of ironstone with a timber framed upper storey, later faced with brick. The use of differing materials indicates that the house was built in stages over many years.
Continuing towards Leicester Road and on the left is no. 43, The Limes built on the site of an older property. The Limes is an extensive villa dated 1880. In amongst much older buildings, this imposing house, which had extensive stabling and paddocks at the rear, is a good example of Victorian domestic architecture.
Leicestershire's first turnpike road was a section of the main road between London and West Scotland which is now the A6. The road was built in 1726 and ran through Loughborough, Leicester, Kibworth Harcourt and Market Harborough.
The Turnpike Acts authorised Trusts to levy tolls on those using the road and to use that income to repair and improve the road. Trusts could also purchase property to widen or divert existing roads. The trusts were not-for-profit and maximum tolls were set. In 1726 the first Turnpike Trusts, in Leicestershire were the Market Harborough to Leicester and the Loughborough to Leicester Trusts
The Kibworth Harcourt section ran along the current A6 Leicester Road from Leicester turning left into Main Street then following the dogleg of Main Street back onto the Leicester Road at the Rose and Crown Coaching Inn. At first the turnpike road was surfaced with gravel and small stones, but towards the end of the 18th century granite chippings from Mountsorrel began to be used.
In 1766, a fast public stagecoach service commenced from Leicester to London. Coaching Inns were built along the road examples being the Rose and Crown Inn and the Coach and Horses Inn in Kibworth Harcourt.
Travelers were often fearful of being robbed by highwaymen and the Leicester Journal for 12 December 1775 reported that: 'On Sunday night last the coach bound for London was stopped by a single highwayman near to the second milestone on the Harboro' Road. He took from the passengers about £14; told them that necessity obliged him to do that or go to goal'.
The first mail coaches passed through Kibworth Harcourt in 1785 and were apparently quite a spectacle. The carriages had emblazoned arms, the coachmen and guards in scarlet and gold. A blunderbuss slung over the guards' shoulders, with pistols in their belts.
Examples of Royal Mail Coaches
A report by the Turnpike Trust on the route along the dogleg section of Main Street concluded that; 'The man who could gallop a four in hand through such lanes must have been hard to find'. This report followed a number of accidents and at least one resulted in a fatality, when a coach overturned and several outside passengers were pitched through the windows of nearby houses. The report resulted in a new turnpike route bypassing Main Street which followed the line of the current A6 Leicester Road between the Main Street junctions. This bypass was opened in 1810 and built at a cost of £1,500.00. Such improvements were funded by the payment of tolls by the road users, Examples of the annual income from tolls for the Market Harborough to Loughborough Trusts are: 1834 £5592: 1835 £6798: 1838 £5911.
In 1822 the whole road was surfaced in tarmac. The volume of traffic began to increase until the railway between Leicester and London opened in 1875 when turnpike traffic dwindled and the Turnpike Trust was wound up in 1878.
Writteb by David Adams
The Leicester Journal
Kibworth is the birthplace of two people who changed the course of English literature and English education: Anna Letitia Aikin, who published mostly under her married name, Barbauld, and her brother, John. They were born here, in 1743 and 1747, because their father, the Reverend John Aikin, kept a school in the house now known as the Old House. His son was one of his pupils. Anna Letitia, being a girl, could not enroll in her father's school, but she learned much on the side, foraging in her father's library and picking up knowledge from her brother. Eventually she persuaded the Reverend Mr. Aikin to teach her some Latin. She and her brother were very close from childhood until his death in 1822. In a poem addressed to him she remembered that "hand in hand with innocence we stray'd / Embosom'd deep in Kibworth's tufted shade." It was in Kibworth too, probably, that Anna Letitia developed a deep lifelong love of History. The passion for History, she wrote many years later, is awakened by curiosity about our own surroundings. One bit of her surroundings that she must have seen many times from her front door was the Munt, a local mystery. Was it Roman? Medieval? A fort? A tomb?
In 1758 the Aikin family removed to Warrington in Lancashire, for the Reverend John had been invited to join the faculty of a new Dissenting academy there. At Warrington Anna Letitia began to write, and from there she published her first book, Poems (1773). The book made her famous overnight. But it might not have come to print without her brother's urging and aid. John Aikin, having taken a medical degree at Edinburgh, set out to have a literary career and brought his sister along. After her Poems, brother and sister collaborated on a volume of essays, Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose (1773). The two of them went on to be leading names in the literary world of London - and Anna Letitia became a famous name in the early United States as well. She did so through her books for children, published under her married name, Mrs. Barbauld: Lessons for Children (1778-79) and Hymns in Prose for Children (1781), written while she was teaching school with her husband in the village of Palgrave in Suffolk. Lessons initiated treating the child reader as the main character in a story that is completely realistic because it is based on the child's life. Hymns in Prose encouraged the child reader to love Nature as the work of a loving divinity. Both books are set in country villages like the village of Palgrave where they were written – and like the village of Kibworth, where Anna Letitia herself had learned to love Nature.
Anna Letitia went on to write further poems and essays, to engage in political controversy (a daring move for a woman in the 1790s) on the liberal side, and to work as a reviewer and editor. She could be called England's first woman of letters, something like the Virginia Woolf of her time. Her brother, John, practiced as a doctor but moved over into literature. He published on many subjects — medicine, poetry, politics, natural history - but was most influential as the editor of a national magazine in the 1790s, The Monthly Magazine, and a multi-volume biographical dictionary, a predecessor of today's DNB. He and Anna Letitia continued to collaborate; she contributed to his most popular work, a collection of tales and dialogues for young readers, Evenings at Home (1792-96, and many later editions on both sides of the Atlantic).
Anna Letitia and John were one generation older than the writers who are known today as the first of the Great Romantics, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. They knew Wordsworth and helped Coleridge get started: Anna Letitia was among the first to recognize Coleridge's genius, and John was among the first to publish his poems. John also hired young Robert Southey, Coleridge's friend and a poet, to write for his magazine. Young Walter Scott avowed that he owed to Anna Letitia his inspiration in poetry. So between them, Anna Letitia and John played midwife to British Romanticism.
Late in life Anna Letitia published her longest poem, Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1812), a lamentation over the horrors and human waste of the Napoleonic Wars. The poem was badly received by a public that had learned to view war as glorious and the war against France as necessary; today, however, Eighteen Hundred and Eleven enjoys the admiration of literary historians on both sides of the Atlantic. It is respected as one of the major poems of its time.
In 1800 John Aikin revisited Kibworth on a holiday trip, but Anna Letitia never saw her birthplace again after leaving it at age fifteen. After Warrington, John lived in Suffolk and the London suburb of Stoke Newington; he died there in 1822. After Warrington, where she married Rochemont Barbauld in 1774, Anna Letitia lived in Suffolk and the London suburbs of Hampstead and Stoke Newington; she died in Stoke Newington in 1825. She and John are buried there in the graveyard of St. Mary's Church on Church Street.
Article kindly provided William McCarthy, professor emeritus of English at Iowa State University. He is the author of 'Anna Latetia Barbauld:Voice of the Enlightment' and co editor of 'The Poems of Anna Letitia Barbauld'
On Saturday 11 May 2013 a blue heritage plaque dedicated to Anna Letitia Barbauld and John Aikin was unveiled at the Old House, Main Street, Kibworth Harcourt.
During this festive season of goodwill, we remember the inn at Bethlehem and the inn of the Good Samaritan. Our local innsserve as a resting place where travellers can stay during a journey and people can relax with a pint of ale, communicating with each other and telling their tales. Various functions and activities and many a tangled web is woven upon their premises, but the beauty and attraction is something to be amazed at. We can speculate on the origin of their colourful signs. Above all, these monuments have stood until the present time, surviving the great changes in society.
Let me take you on A Journey "Inn" the Past, back to the 18th and 19th centuries when travel by stage-coach was in its heyday - a far distant cry from the speeding cars and traffic jams of modern day life. Those were the days when only 24 ( or may be 25) stage-coaches travelled along the roads of Kibworth Harcourt and Kibworth Beauchamp. The first stage-coach from London to Leicester passed through Kibworth in 1744, the road having become a turnpike route in 1726. Before we begin our journey it is interesting to note that in the 18th century, the main road came from Leicester and went down hill to the Old House, twisting round and up hill to the Rose and Crown on its way to Market Harborough. This route was by-passed around 1809-10 by the road we now know.
If you are sitting comfortably then we will begin our journey, and just for a while, day-dream, imagining ourselves travelling through Kibworth in a stage-coach during the 1860s. To set the scene as it was, ladies you are dressed in crinoline dresses, accompanied by elegant gentlemen! Our coach, travelling from Leicester, tumbles down Main Street and grinds to a halt at our first inn called The Horse Shoes, where mine-host, George Kimbell and his two sons, Eaton and John, offer us a warm welcome. George is also proprietor of the adjoining shoe-forge.
After drinking our first jug of beer we journey on and turn the corner by the Old House. A gallop around the winding bend leads us to the Nelson Inn (later known as The Admiral Nelson). This inn, kept by William Wright, adjoins the high brick wall of the Old House and is famous for its long-alley bowling and club feasts at Whitsuntide. We dismount from our coach and meander across the road to The Fox, which adjoins the bakehouse. This old fashioned public house, managed by Mr Searank, is attached to the brewhouse and outbuildings.
A tipple here stands us in good stead for the journey up the hill to the Rose and Crown. Our coach rattles into the stable yard; again we dismount to wine and dine and stroll in the pleasure gardens opposite this early 18th century building. Meanwhile servants rush out to change the team of horses. The Rose and Crown, run by Mr Austin, was once a celebrated Posting Inn and one of the finest hostelries in the county. The roomy stables accommodate a troop of horses. Feeling refreshed we travel a few yards down the road to the Foxhound. After quenching our thirst with a mug of frothing beer we leave Kibworth Harcourt.
I hope my fellow passengers are not too featherbrained, for the journey is not yet over! Our coach gently manoeuvres down the road to the Coach and Horses, the first inn in Kibworth Beauchamp. We are greeted by the good landlord, Joseph Coleman and his wife. This very old hostelry has a wooden pump and long trough standing in front of it. The trough not only serves as a watering place for horses, but a handy receptacle for cooling down a drunken mortal! Many waggoners, carrying coal and railway goods from Kibworth Station, stop here to water their horses. Members meet at the bowling alley at the back of the inn next to outbuildings and the harness room.
Once again we mount our coach and continue the journey, gathering up speed as we pass the Church. A sudden bump, and then a bounce, sends us hurtling over the railway bridge at the bottom of Church Hill, straight into the Railway Inn! Behind the inn is a large yard with stabling for 12 horses, pigsties and a blacksmith's shop.
Feeling in fine fettle we clamber into our coach and start to get our voices tuned up, in preparation for the next stage of our journey. Cross bank floats by and the Old Swan appears. A great pub, where we all start singing along with the proprietor, Charles Watts, a popular bass singer in his day. The principal club feasts are held here at Whitsuntide. This seems to be good excuse for getting drunk and picking a fight with an innocent bystander. If the fights gets too big, it is usually adjourned to, and fought out in Baker Innocent's field.
We stagger out of the Old Swan, happy, yet a little sad to be nearly at our journey's end. Feeling brave and singing a festive song, our great team heads for the final destination, the Royal Oak (now Beauchamps). Many free displays of tumbling, juggling etc., take place in front of this house. One of the most amazing performers is Blondin, who stretches a rope from the roof of this house to that of houses opposite. Blondin walks blindfolded; wheels a barrow across; balances a stove and cooks a pancake, which he tosses in the air, all to the gasps of astonishment from the large crowd below.
Unfortunately we are now at the end of our journey, and, hopefully, still in a day-dream and not too drunk! What a good time this is to take up the challenge and follow in Blondin's footsteps!! During the period when these nine inns flourished anyone could buy a licence to sell beer and inevitably Beer shops were set up in front parlour and back rooms. This is one of the reason why our innkeepers had second jobs, basically to keep them going. No doubt this second occupation influenced many landlords to change the name of their inn. The Horse Shoes became The Blacksmith's Arms during George Kimbell's time. So not only did Kibworth boast nine pub but beer houses too! This represents a lot of 'boozers' per head of population! The surviving inns, the Three Horseshoes Inn, the Rose and Crown, The Coach and Horses Inn, The Railway and the Old Swan continue to provide Kibworth with pleasant drinking surroundings. If you want to know more about Kibworth's past may I suggest you read the 'History of Kibworth and Personal Reminiscences' by F P Woodford, available at Kibworth Library Extinct Inns (prior to 1860s) Halford Arms, The Half Moon, The Bird in the Hand, The Crown and Sceptre, The Red Lion and The Navigation. Was this last inn known as The Blue Boar, The Blue Bell, The Sun or even The Moon?!
© Isobel Cullum December1994
Acknowledgements - Kibworth and District Chronicle 1994
The two Kibworth villages developed distinct identities throughout the nineteenth century, based in large part on their different economic character. Kibworth Harcourt remained largely agricultural with a vibrant service sector based on provisioning the A6 traffic. Kibworth Beauchamp always had a more industrial character, from when the weavers predominated and this continued with industrialisation in the nineteenth century as factory production took hold in the village.
The differing economic chracteristics was also subtley reflected in the more "advanced" politics that developed in Beauchamp in contrast to the Tory dominance in Harcourt. This is evident in the choice of street names in the expanding Beauchamp village, with new streets named after the leading Liberal politicians of the late nineteenth century, such as Gladstone and Melbourne. These political rivalries sometimes also found expression in public bitterness, as evidenced in April 1897, when a suggestion that both parish councils co-operate in planning Queen Victoria's jubilee celebrations was decisively rejected at a Harcourt parish council meeting.
What is evident from reports of the meeting is that there was a general feeling in Harcourt that Beauchamp considered themselves more advanced in their civic efforts. The meeting instead agreed that Harcourt would build something permanent to mark the Queen's jubilee, with perhaps a village hall "emphatically asserting that Merton College, the lords of the manor, would have pleasure in giving the necessary ground." Kibworth-Harcourt-Parish-Meeting-1897.pdf
On an earlier occasion, in 1885, when the new vicar, the ebullient Bangalore-born Merton man Edmund Knox, took on the ecclesiatical parish of Kibworth, the rivalry between the two Kibworths was one of the most striking, and challenging, aspects of his new living.
Beauchamp, he noted, the home of 'stockeners' and predominantly 'radical', was in stark contrast to Harcourt, 'the home of the sporting squirearchy and retired businessmen of Leicester'.
Between the two 'was kept up a half-playful antagonism', with even the most minor disagreement eliciting 'fiery eloquence' poured forth with 'passion such I had never heard in Oxford'.
On one occasion, he recorded:
The vestry debated warmly the plan of a sewer which was to run down a road that divided the two villages [Ed. A6]. It was even suggested, with a fine disregard of costs, that two parallel sewers should be constructed, that the sewage of one village should not be 'contaminated' by the waste of the other.


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Nartana Ritau
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami , 2002-05-07
Saiva Dharma Shastras talks about the Nartana Ritau and says it is a period of creation. It's key word is planning, it's teaching is Dancing with Siva. We should update our 6-year plan which gives life an updated direction. Look at last year's goals and see if anything needs to be changed.
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Giving some thought to the Nartana Ritau today and looking at some of the statements that Gurudeva made about it in the Saiva Dharma Shastras, I thought I would share those. We are about two weeks into the Nartana Ritau, three and a half months left.
"Nartana Ritau, the season of Dancing with Siva, begins on Hindu New Year. This is the period of creation." That is important, creation. "The warm season from mid April through mid August. Teaching is Dancing with Siva. Keyword of this season is planning." Skipping the color. "The emphasis is on seeing ahead, planning for future years. It is a time of planning retreats and other activities for youth and adults for the entire year. During this time of looking forward, the Church's six year plan is updated by the stewards and another year added."
So we are supposed to update our plan here. Has everyone planned ahead six years? How is your six year plan? A good amount of time to be planned ahead. The reason I read that was to catalyze us to those two thoughts, that it is a creative time a year and it is a good time for planning. It must be the astrology and the sun signs. The sun signs we are going through starting with Aries, is a good time to plan and be creative.
One of the reasons we can run out of inspiration in our life, is we don't plan far enough ahead. We ran out of plans. We did everything we figured out we wanted to do and we haven't created anything new to do. We have run out of plans but we don't necessarily realize that we have run out of plans. We are just going along doing our day to day routines. Coming to the Sun One Homa, doing our daily puja. Everything is great, but we don't have any plan.
So it is a good time to pull out our plans wherever they are - in our computer, in our drawer, diaries - and to look them over and to update them and as Gurudeva says, to extend them another year.
We always want to be planned ahead. If six years is too much, at least go three. Sometimes our life, we don't think it is stable enough or determined enough to go six years out. "What will I be doing six years from now? I have no idea!" But it is easy to go three and it is a worthwhile practice. It gives our life updated direction, shall we say. It gives us a chance to look at the goals we created last time. Goals for retirement, goals for career, goals for career advancement, goals for our children's schooling. See if they are on track, see if they need to be changed.
Gurudeva was a great planner and encouraged everyone to plan ahead and felt it was important not only to plan but to update the plan.
So we can do that, our stewards can do that at their level. The Kulams can look at their six year plan. Pilliyar Kulam, do we need to update it? How is the six year plan in the Lambodara Kulam?
Give that some thought.

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How safe is your Uber ride? That question has dogged the company for years, as it has faced complaints from passengers and drivers alleging they have been sexually assaulted in an Uber.
Now Uber is revealing the scale of those complaints for the first time.
The company received 5,981 allegations of serious sexual assault in the U.S. over two years, according to a new report covering 2017 and 2018. The claims range from unwanted touching and kissing to rape.
The U.S.-only report also covers deaths involving Uber rides. During those two years, 107 people died in crashes involving Uber cars, and 19 people were killed in physical assaults during or soon after an Uber ride.
As troubling as those statistics are, the incidents they capture are rare. People in the U.S. took 2.3 billion rides using Uber in those two years. For 99.9% of those trips, no safety incident was reported, while 0.1% had some sort of complaint. But the serious safety problems detailed in the report were even more uncommon.
"At the scale that Uber operates, we're going to see both the good and the bad that happens in society because we're operating so many trips every single day," said Tony West, Uber's chief legal officer.
"One of the unfortunate but sad truths is that sexual assault, sexual violence is far more prevalent in American society than a lot of people recognize," he said. "That exists in companies, it exists in classrooms, it exists on university campuses and homes. Uber's not immune to that."
Data paint a mixed, and limited, picture
The report is a window into a long-standing problemfor ride-hailing companies — not just Uber, but competitors around the world, including Lyft in the U.S., Didi in China and Ola in India. The apps have come under intense scrutiny for how they screen drivers, handle complaints and remove offenders from their platforms.
However, Uber's report doesn't present a complete picture. When it comes to sexual assaults, Uber includes what it defines as the five most severe categories: nonconsensual kissing of a nonsexual body part, attempted nonconsensual sexual penetration, nonconsensual touching of a sexual body part, nonconsensual kissing of a sexual body part and nonconsensual sexual penetration.
The report does not include other types of sexual misconduct, like masturbation, asking for sex or verbal threats of assault. Uber worked with the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and other advocacy groups to develop the report and address safety issues.
The report counts car crashes and physical assaults that resulted in a death, but not those that resulted in injuries — likely far larger numbers. The company says it will release updated figures every two years.
The rate of serious sexual assault incidents per ride went down in every category between 2017 and 2018. For example, the average rate of sexual assault reports across the five categories fell 16% from one year to the next.
"I feel comfortable that Uber is a very safe mode of transportation. And I think the data in this report actually indicates that as well," West said.
But Uber also warned that rates could go up in the years to come if more people are encouraged to report sexual assault. Reporting rates for sexual violence and misconduct are notoriously low.
The sexual assault numbers in Uber's report cover a wide range of allegations. Some of the claims ended up being investigated by police and criminally prosecuted. In other cases, Uber was unable to reach the person who reported the assault for more information.
The victims were both riders and drivers. In fact, passengers were accused of sexual assault in nearly half the reports.
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The most frequent reports were of unwanted touching of sexual body parts — the mouth, breasts, buttocks or genitals. Uber received 1,440 such reports in 2017 and 1,560 in 2018.
The company received 235 reports of nonconsensual sexual penetration — rape — last year and 229 such reports the year before.
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Among the 19 deaths from physical assault, Uber did not break down who committed the assaults. Eight victims were riders, seven were Uber drivers and four were third parties, such as people outside the cars.
Uber considers a fatal assault as related to Uber if it involved at least one person using the app — either a rider or driver — or if it involved people paired by the Uber app and took place within 48 hours of the ride.
Is Uber more or less safe than a taxi?
A question the report does not answer is how Uber's safety record compares with other forms of transportation.
There are no national statistics for how many sexual assaults or deaths happen in U.S. taxis each year.
Taxis are typically regulated by individual cities, and most police departments do not track whether sexual assaults involve a particular company or type of work, said John Boit, executive vice president of the Transportation Alliance, a trade group that represents taxi and limousine companies.
The data that are available are hard to compare directly with Uber's report. San Francisco's transportation regulator tracks complaints about taxis, mainly through the city's 311 hotline. In 2017, for example, San Francisco received 14 reports of violence or physical altercations and four reports of accidents involving injury.
But the city does not separate out sexual assault complaints. And without knowing the total number of rides taken in San Francisco taxis in that year, it is impossible to calculate how often such incidents occur.
As for the 107 people killed in crashes involving an Uber vehicle in the two years covered by the report, that compares with 74,033 people in total killed in crashes on U.S. roads during that period, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Uber's fatality rate per mile driven was about half the national rate, according to the NHTSA, in each year of the report.
Weighing safety and privacy
In the past two years, Uber has introduced a number of safety features, including a "panic button" in its app that connects passengers and drivers to emergency services, using sensors in drivers' smartphones to detect possible crashes and performing continuous background checks of drivers.
It is considering additional safety measures, including recording rides with audio or video and sharing with other ride-hailing companies the names of drivers who have been banned from its app for serious safety violations.
These newest proposals raise questions about how Uber will balance the safety of passengers and drivers with their rights to privacy.
Sharing the names of banned drivers could help prevent a driver banned for groping, for example, from simply switching over to driving for rival Lyft.
"We're committed to doing that in a way that's fair and that is compliant with the law," West said. "But we think it is important that if someone is not deemed to be safe on our platform that that information is shared with others."
The company already shares this information in Chicago, where local law requires ride-hailing apps to notify city officials when they ban a driver for reasons including complaints of sexual misconduct and physical assault. The city then passes those names on to other ride-hailing companies.
That could flag drivers who behave unsafely or inappropriately, even if their behavior does not violate the law. Allegations may not be corroborated the way they would be in a criminal case, however, and it is unclear how much information another company would require to ban a driver for behavior conducted while using a different app.
Uber is also testing audio recording in some cities in Latin America and video recording in Texas. It allows either drivers or passengers to initiate recordings. They can choose to send the file to Uber but cannot access or save it for themselves.
Many critics have pushed for Uber to require cameras in cars.
"Having a dashboard camera for these rides would, I think, prevent a substantial portion of the assaults from happening," said Rachel Abrams, a lawyer in San Francisco whose firm represents victims of sexual assault on ride-hailing apps.
But rolling out such recordings more widely will require navigating privacy and notification laws that differ across states and countries.
Uber is the first ride-hailing company to publicly release its safety data. Lyft has also said it is working on a report.
In the meantime, victims of sexual assault are taking their claims against Uber and Lyft to court. This week, 20 people filed a new lawsuit against Lyft in San Francisco, accusing the company of putting them in danger.
Editor's note: Uber is among NPR's financial supporters.
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Left motherless by tragedy and fatherless by abandonment, high school senior Seth McArdle (Samuel Davis) is under enormous pressure to support his young twin sisters. At home, he has no one to turn to. At work, he struggles to earn enough money to make ends meet. And at school, he endures the daily bullying from members of the football team.
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Are Story Runners appropriate?
This post was originally published here.
Scott recently voiced his opinion on the validity of story runners (i.e. the xBehave tools) in an agile shop. First, let me say that I sincerely appreciate the passion Scott has for BDD, and it's that passion that will drive the community forward. Second, in recognizing that passion, I won't respond to comments about technology fetishes and code-sturbation for now, but I do honestly understand the concerns behind them.
Scott sees a tool in search of a problem, and in completely disagreeing with the problem it's trying to solve, questions the motivation of those developing the tool, which he sees as seemingly selfish and egotistical reasons. From that point of view, again, I completely understand Scott's concerns, and luckily I have a Bellwarese translator to get to the heart of those concerns.
I did feel it unfortunate that the BDD conversation revolved around tools. BDD is far too nascent to argue tooling, and instead the discussion should have focused getting the language, values, and concepts right.
So Scott's core question is:
Are Story Runners appropriate for executable requirements?
As an aside, not once in my experience have I had a BA come up to me and say "hey, while you're delivering this, it would be great if you had some automated tests for it too". I've never had anyone from the business ask me to use any kind of automated testing tool, such as NUnit, FitNesse, NSpec, or NBehave. These tools will always be pushed by geeks, as it is the geeks that see the value of these tools first.
For me personally, capturing stories in code was never about traceability. Specifically, the tangible benefits Joe and I saw were:
- Providing a more complete description of the behavior of the system
- Unit tests too granular
Even specifications can be difficult to organize
- Stories provide a better overall, macro view of the system
- Executable stories remind us of our final goal
- For us, the final goal isn't the unit tests, but that the story is satisfied.
Capturing in code helps direct us towards that final goal
- Executable stories can help capture the conversation
- Executable stories can help shape our domain model and infuse the ubiquitous language into the system
The more appropriate venue for our discussion was Jeremy's topic Sunday on executable requirements. Stories are part of BDD, as we can all agree, but should stories be used as executable requirements?
The result from the discussion was "let's see, as nothing else has worked great so far". Start with stories, end with stories. Stories -> Scenarios or Aspects -> Specifications (NSpec) -> Unit tests (NUnit) -> Integration Tests (FitNesse/NUnit) -> Functional/Acceptance Tests (FitNesse/NBehave).
I do appreciate this dialogue, as only through debate with the truly passionate can clarity be achieved.
p.s. please don't suggest exploding laptops, we've had enough problems with that here…


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Each week across the ACM network Ali and Gaby Rosenberg offer quick tips for big wins in understanding your money. The sisters are co-founders of the Blossom micro-investing app.
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Given the way human brains are wired, it's a bit difficult to truly assess risk. We tend to over-emphasise the likelihood of things that scare us, or things that have happened recently; Sometimes we miss critical information altogether because we're focused on something else.
Understanding your risk profile is one of the most important steps for investing, and basically means your ability to withstand loss. It's informed by all of our human biases, plus your personal experiences, plus stories you've heard, plus your personal view of what success looks like. So your risk profile is as unique to you as your fingerprint.
So how do you work out how much risk you can handle?
Targets and timelines
It helps to know exactly what you're aiming for, and when. As an example, having more time means you have a greater capacity for your investment to rebound from possible market downturns, so you may be able to accept a little more volatility.
Investing in order to secure a new home deposit usually has a figure and a shorter timeline attached to it, as does a holiday fund. Saving for retirement is a priority for most Aussies but may fall into longer term goals. Perhaps you're investing out of curiosity, and learning the ropes is an outcome you're willing to pay for.
It's most likely that you have both short and long term goals, so first of all, write them down.
Find your tribe
Whilst there are many ways you can slice it, your appetite for risk usually leans towards one of three categories. It's good to know which one suits you right now, because investment options are also often described using these terms.
Aggressive (Think: Leonardo De Caprio in The Wolf of Wall Street)
This approach is generally taken by a confident, informed investor or someone who can handle a lot of volatility. With Aggressive investing, you're focused on maximising investment returns and you'll ride the rollercoaster for a shot at the prize. This type of investor may consider things like cryptocurrency, hedge funds and individual stocks.
Moderate (Think: Brad Pitt in Moneyball)
This investor relies on research, and may use it to build a diversified portfolio - one that includes a selection of higher risk and lower risk investments - or invest in a fund that takes this approach. They want gains, but won't bet the house. Moderate investing might include a 60/40 approach to a total investment portfolio - 60% stocks and 40% bonds - which, according to Morningstar investment research, achieved around 10% in annualised returns between 2010 and 2020.
Conservative (Think: Matt Damon in The Martian)
Investors in this category try to avoid risk altogether - potentially because the stakes are high and they can't afford to lose any money, or perhaps the safety of their investment capital matters most. This considered approach might include investments with lower returns like fixed deposit accounts, or higher security options like government bonds.
In a nutshell: To identify your unique risk profile, figure why you're investing in the first place, and create a portfolio that makes you, and only you, feel comfortable. We always support a diversified approach, but you might have a single focus, or include elements of all three styles. Just make sure you allow for some flexibility for your profile to change over time - because unlike your fingerprint, your portfolio is always a work in progress.
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Hunter Valley
Tour the vineyards and sample local wines at cellar doors, including Tyrrell's, Brokenwood, Briar Ridge, De luliis and McGuigan. Tours depart Sydney or join a tour in the valley. Savour wines and local produce at quality restaurants. Learn more about wine at the Hunter Valley Wine School.
Pamper yourself at a day spa, such as Château Élan. Enjoy a round of golf at a championship-level course, such as the Greg Norman-designed The Vintage, or one of many picturesque local courses. While strolling in the Hunter Valley Gardens, visit the children's favourite storybook garden.
About the Hunter Valley
Vines in the Hunter Valley's fertile soils produce some of the world's best wines. Australia's oldest wine region, two hours' drive from Sydney, is particularly known for its acclaimed semillon, family owned wineries and innovative young winemakers.
The Hunter Valley is one of the most popular destinations for visitors outside Sydney and there's a range of accommodation choices to suit your budget. You'll discover plenty of things to do, from winery tours and festivals, to farmers markets and dining at quality restaurants.
With more cellar doors than any other wine region in Australia, there are plenty of tour options. Guided tours depart Sydney and will also pick you up from your accommodation in the valley. You can also visit the wineries directly and learn more about wine at the Hunter Valley Wine School or Wine Theatre.
Broken Back Range forms an impressive backdrop to this most picturesque of Australian wine regions. Rent a bicycle, or hop on a motorcycle with Wild Ride Australia, to visit the wineries. For bird's-eye views, float above the vineyards with Balloon Aloft.
Golf in the vineyards is another popular activity. Tee off at the Greg Norman-designed championship course at The Vintage. The Hunter Valley Wine and Food Festival in May and June celebrates the region's delicious wines and fresh produce, including fruit, cheese, olive oil, chocolate and beef.


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Former Unilever exec to head global supplier company
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Unger Global has appointed William D. Ecker as its new CEO.
Before joining Unger, Ecker was president and CEO of Hartz Mountain Corporation, the leading manufacturer and marketer of pet care products in the United States and Canada. Prior to joining Hartz Mountain, Ecker was chairman of Diam International, the largest designer and manufacturer of retail displays in the nation. A seasoned consumer-products executive, he held senior positions at General Foods, Unilever and Bristol-Myers Squibb where he was the president of Clairol's U.S. retail operations prior to joining Diam.
"Unger is a premier global supplier of high quality, innovative cleaning products, and I am very proud to join the company as it seeks to extend its reach into the growing market for innovative cleaning products," said Ecker. "I anticipate exciting and rewarding days ahead for our company."
Ecker, is a graduate of Penn State University, and received his MBA in marketing from Northwestern University. He and his family reside in Stamford, Conn.
Founded in 1964 in Germany by professional window cleaner Henry Unger, who started designing products for professional use. Unger has since expanded from the professional cleaning arena into the consumer market offering a product line for at-home cleaning. Consumers can find the Unger at-home cleaning products, including Unger Pro, Unger Carbon and neatHome across the US, Canada, Europe and online.


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Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Charlie the Ranch Dog, is back with a new I Can Read story featuring our favorite bacon-loving basset hound. Charlie the Ranch Dog may have met his match in Mr. Rabbit, a sneaky ranch animal that steals from Mama's garden. Charlie tries to think up ways to stop the rabbit from eating up all the yummy carrots, but Mr. Rabbit always seems to be one step ahead!Charlie's New Friend is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. With expressive illustrations by acclaimed artist Diane deGroat and Charlie's hilarious antics, this I Can Read story will become a favorite of parents and beginning readers.
Ree Drummond is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pioneer Woman Cooks, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier, and The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays. Ree's beloved website, The Pioneer Woman, was founded in 2006 and showcases her cooking, photography, and anecdotes about country life. Her cooking show, The Pioneer Woman, premiered on Food Network in 2011. Ree loves Ethel Merman songs, Lucille Ball, and The Godfather. She lives on a working cattle ranch in Oklahoma with her husband and four children.
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A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for apostasy was freed Monday by a Khartoum court, and has rejoined her Christian husband with their two young children, her lawyer and state media said.
State news agency SUNA said the Court of Cassation threw out the death sentence against 27-year-old Meriam Ibrahim after defense lawyers presented their case. Her lawyer, Eman Abdul-Rahim, told The Associated Press that Ibrahim left prison and was with her husband. Her 18-month-old son, Martin, had been with her in jail, where she gave birth last month to a second child.
Ibrahim, whose father was Muslim but who was raised by her Christian mother, was convicted of apostasy for marrying a Christian. Sudan's penal code forbids Muslims from converting to other religions, a crime punishable by death.
Ibrahim married a Christian man from southern Sudan in a church ceremony in 2011. As in many Muslim nations, Muslim women in Sudan are prohibited from marrying non-Muslims, though Muslim men can marry outside their faith. By law, children must follow their father's religion.
The sentence drew international condemnation, with Amnesty International calling it "abhorrent." The U.S. State Department said it was "deeply disturbed" by the sentence and called on the Sudanese government to respect religious freedoms.
On Monday, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, who had met with the Sudanese Ambassador to discuss Ibrahim's case, described the release as "a huge first step."
"But the second step is that Ms. Ibrahim and her husband and their children be on a plane heading to the United States," he added. It's not clear whether Ibrahim had planned to travel to the United States.
Sudan introduced Islamic Shariah law in the early 1980s under the rule of autocrat Jaafar Nimeiri, contributing to the resumption of an insurgency in the mostly animist and Christian south of Sudan. The south seceded in 2011 to become the world's newest nation, South Sudan.
Sudanese President Omar Bashir, an Islamist who seized power in a 1989 military coup, has said his country will implement Islam more strictly now that the non-Muslim south is gone.
A number of Sudanese have been convicted of apostasy in recent years, but they all escaped execution by recanting their new faith.
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf, praised the decision to free Ibrahim and called on the government to repeal the laws to help demonstrate to the Sudanese people that their government intends to respect their fundamental freedoms and universal human rights."


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Forty years ago, the largest company headquartered in our fair city was, most probably, a multibillion-dollar operation hidden in plain sight in a heavily fortified two-story warehouse on the corner of East 65th and Carnegie. It might, in fact, have been the largest corporate empire here since the 1911 antitrust bust-up of Standard Oil.
The company wasn't listed on the Fortune 500 (though several smaller Cleveland-based companies were). Its CEO was almost certainly the richest man in Cleveland, but (until this magazine ran a long, intricate feature story about him) hardly anyone outside his circle of friends and business associates knew anything about him.
Reuben Sturman grew up in Cleveland, the child of Russian immigrants. He started selling used comic books out of the trunk of his car and wound up becoming the architect of the international pornography industry. He invented the peep-show booth, which created a demand for film loops, which created the boom in American porn films (mostly in California). He envisioned the VCR boom before the machines were sold to the public. He was a pioneer in logistics and off-shore banking. His vast, thriving business lurked for three decades in the underground economy, fending off attacks from law enforcement for selling goods and services that are now perfectly legal and enjoyed by millions of people all across America.
Sturman ran a sustainable, recession-proof business that was also far ahead of its time. Today, what were once called "marital aids" are often sold in drugstores and at the wholesome equivalent of Tupperware parties. Cable companies and luxury hotels have made billions from on-demand adult films.
Reuben Sturman died in prison in 1997. By then, other than the tax evasion charges that put him behind bars in the first place, nearly everything that made Sturman an outlaw had long-since gone legit.
The same might even be said for other, more sinister figures from Cleveland's gritty, seamy past.
Take, for example, two rivals to Sturman for the title of Richest Clevelander Circa 1972: John Scalish and William "Big Bill" Presser.
Scalish had been the boss of the Cleveland crime syndicate since 1944 and was one of six mafia bosses who banded together to share the skim from the Las Vegas casinos. But it wasn't until those early years of this magazine that the public came to know this retiring, media-shy don. When Scalish died of heart failure in 1976, the magazine lovingly chronicled the resulting power struggle — as well as the car-bombings with which that gang war was waged. At the epicenter of that struggle was Cleveland's greatest, bull-gonzo-loony antihero — a former longshoreman and self-styled modern-day Celtic warrior named Danny Greene.
Presser, a Scalish associate, was the longtime vice president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He was also a racketeer, responsible for sacking the union from the inside out (and, like Greene, an FBI informant to boot). His more famous son, Jackie, also a mobbed-up Teamsters leader (and informant — and, later, the president of the whole union), survived the car-bombing reign of terror only because the FBI protected him from it.
Unlike Sturman, of course, Scalish and Greene and the Pressers were criminals through-and-through. All of them, though, were colorful men whose exploits are too easy to romanticize. No question: They hurt and exploited people (y'know: the way legitimate businesspeople or revered politicians never do). But, for better and for worse, they're a living part of the Cleveland we've become.
Today, Greene's story has become a movie, Kill the Irishman; Clevelanders seem to love it, embarrassed only by the fact that it wasn't filmed here.
Today, some of the tactics that made Scalish and the Pressers filthy rich — looting pension funds, taking over companies and then exploiting their assets and lines of credit to the point of bankruptcy — look uncomfortably similar to the (perfectly legal) tactics of modern private equity companies.
Forty years ago, casinos were legal nowhere in America outside Nevada; even there, they were owned by criminals. Today, they're owned by publicly traded companies and seem no more threatening than amusement parks.
Casinos have become the supposed economic saviors of once-prosperous cities, where they operate in plain sight, in places as unlikely as the department store where Ralphie first saw that Red Ryder BB gun at the beginning of A Christmas Story — where, in real life, men like Sturman, Scalish and Presser once came to buy dark suits with wide lapels, right on Public Square.


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While still buzzing with air-plays, Splash's previous single with Cynthia Morgan "Come Over" shows she has evolved and is ready to explore a new genre of music.
The Bong House Media front-liner Splash releases a double hit combo as she features Charass in "Onye?" And a new hit for all the lovers out there "Obim".
The two singles were produced by Wisdombeat, back up vocals by Gentle, mixed and mastered by Donseth.
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Park Avenue Prince by Louise Bay
Release Date: February 13th
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Park Avenue Prince, an all-new contemporary romance by Louise Bay is now LIVE!!!
I've made every one of my billions of dollars myself—I'm calculating, astute and the best at what I do. It takes drive and dedication to build what I have. And it leaves no time for love or girlfriends or relationships.
But don't get me wrong, I'm not a monk.
I understand the attention and focus it takes to seduce a beautiful woman. They're the same skills I use to close business deals. But one night is where it begins and ends. I'm not the guy who sends flowers. I'm not the guy who calls the next day.
Or so I thought before an impatient, smart-talking, beyond beautiful heiress bursts into my world.
When Grace Astor rolls her eyes at me—I want to hold her against me and show her what she's been missing.
When she makes a joke at my expense—I want to silence her sassy mouth with my tongue.
And when she leaves straight after we f*ck with barely a goodbye—it makes me want to pin her down and remind her of the three orgasms she just had.
She might be a princess but I'm going to show her who rules in this Park Avenue bedroom.
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USA Today bestselling author, Louise Bay writes sexy, contemporary romance novels - the kind she likes to read. Her books include the novels Hopeful, The Empire State Series, Parisian Nights, Promised Nights, Indigo Nights and King of Wall Street.
Ruined by bonk-busters and sexy mini-series of the eighties Louise loves all things sexy and romantic. There's not enough of it in real life so she disappears into the fictional worlds in books and films.
Louise loves the rain, the West Wing, London, days when she doesn't have to wear make-up, being on her own, being with friends, elephants and champagne.
She loves to hear from readers so get in touch!
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A deal to freeze oil output by Opec and non-Opec producers fell apart on Sunday after Saudi Arabia demanded that Iran join in despite calls on Riyadh to save the agreement and help prop up crude prices.
The development will revive oil industry fears that major producers are embarking again on a battle for market share, especially after Riyadh threatened to raise output steeply if no freeze deal were reached.
Iran is also pledging to ramp up production following the lifting of Western sanctions in January.
Some 18 oil nations, including non-Opec Russia, gathered in the Qatari capital of Doha for what was expected to be the rubber-stamping of a deal - in the making since February - to stabilise output at January levels until October 2016.
But Opec's de facto leader Saudi Arabia told participants it wanted all members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to take part in the freeze, including Iran, which was absent from the talks.
Tehran had refused to stabilise production, seeking to regain market share post-sanctions.
After five hours of fierce debate about the wording of a communique - including between Saudi Arabia and Russia - delegates and ministers announced no deal had been reached.
"We concluded we all need time to consult further," Qatar's energy minister Mohammed al-Sada told reporters. Several Opec sources said if Iran agreed to join the freeze at the next Opec meeting on June 2, talks with non-Opec producers could resume.
Russian oil minister Alexander Novak called the Saudi demand "unreasonable" and said he was disappointed as he had come to Doha under the impression that all sides would sign the deal instead of debating it.
Novak said Russia was not shutting the door on a deal but the government would not restrain output for now.
Russia is a key ally of Iran and has been defending Tehran's right to raise output post-sanctions while also supporting the Islamic Republic in many of its conflicts with Riyadh.
The failure to reach a global deal could halt a recent recovery in oil prices.
"With no deal today, markets' confidence in Opec's ability to achieve any sensible supply balancing act is likely to diminish and this is surely bearish for the oil markets, where prices had rallied partly on expectations of a deal," said Natixis oil analyst Abhishek Deshpande.
In December, Opec failed to agree on output policy for the first time in years after Iran disagreed over a production ceiling proposed by Saudi Arabia, arguing again that it wanted to boost output post-sanctions.
"Without a deal, the likelihood of markets balancing is now pushed back to mid-2017. We will see a lot of speculators getting out next week," said Deshpande, who added that prices could fall close to $30 per barrel.
Brent oil has risen to nearly $45 a barrel, up 60 percent from January lows, on optimism that a deal would help ease the supply glut that has seen prices sink from levels as high as $115 hit in mid-2014.
Amrita Sen of Energy Aspects said oil prices could fall below $40 on Monday in a knee-jerk reaction.
"While today's lack of a freeze deal has no negative impact on balances - since Iran is really the only country likely to raise output substantially - it has a huge negative impact on sentiment especially as the deal had been hyped up so much," she said.
Gary Ross, the founder and executive chairman of New York-based consultancy PIRA, said the failure to reach a deal was negative but would not have a long-lasting impact.
"The market has recently moved up due to tightening balances. We see geopolitical risks to supply rising, we see U.S. production declining. In many respects, the rebalancing has already started," he said.
Saudi Arabia has taken a tough stance on Iran, the only major Opec producer to refuse to participate in the freeze.
Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told Bloomberg that the kingdom could quickly raise production and would restrain its output only if Iran agreed to a freeze.
Iran's oil minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Saturday Opec and non-Opec should simply accept the reality of Iran's return to the oil market: "If Iran freezes its oil production ... it cannot benefit from the lifting of sanctions." – Reuters


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The study analyzed the answers of more than 1,800 repairers across the country, with a 95% reliability level, where mechanics were questioned about the brands they remember and prefer to buy for their garages.
Since the survey started in 2006, Dayco has been among the most remembered and purchased brands in the belts and tensioners categories, and in the 2019 edition, for the first time, it also appeared among the 15 most admired brands in the overall survey.
Dayco has been investing in its regional teams to enable it to provide a more agile and personalized service, as well as support product launches, technology, technical lectures, marketing and promotional actions, in addition to tools that assist the day-to-day work of its customers.
The company thanks the entire network of installers, retailers and distributors who, due to their partnership and trust, have over the last 20 years won the heart of the Brazilian public, to establish the global brand in the country.
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The sayings "variety is the spice of life" and "happiness isn't getting what you want, but wanting what you get" seem to have a psychological basis, according to a new study by a University of Missouri psychologist who identified two keys to becoming happier and staying that way.
"Although the Declaration of Independence upholds the right to pursue happiness, that search can be a never-ending quest," said Kennon Sheldon, professor of psychological sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences. "Previous research shows that an individual's happiness can increase after major life changes, such as starting a new romantic relationship, but over time happiness tends to return to a previous level. Through our research, we developed a model to help people maintain higher levels of happiness derived from beneficial changes. The model consists of two major components: the need to keep having new and positive life-changing experiences and the need to keep appreciating what you already have and not want more too soon."
In the recent study, Sheldon, along with co-author Sonja Lyubomirsky of the University of California, Riverside, first surveyed 481 people about their happiness. Six weeks later, participants identified a recent positive change in their lives that had made them happier. Six weeks after that, the psychologists evaluated whether the original happiness boost had lasted. For some it had, but for most it had not. The psychologists then tested and confirmed their model for predicting whose boost had lasted.
"The majority got used to the change that had made them happy in the first place," Sheldon said. "They stopped being happy because they kept wanting more and raising their standards, or because they stopped having fresh positive experiences of the change. For example, they stopped doing fun things with their new boyfriend and started wishing he was better looking. A few were able to appreciate what they had and to keep having new experiences. In the long term, those people tended to maintain their boost, rather than falling back where they started."
Due to genetics and other factors, individuals have a certain "set-point" of happiness they normally feel. Some people tend to be bubbly, while others are more somber, though individuals vary in a range around their set-point. Sheldon's research suggests how people can train themselves to stay at the top of their possible range of happiness.
"A therapist can help a person get from miserable to OK; our study shows how people can take themselves from good to great," Sheldon said.
Sheldon also noted that the best life changes don't necessarily equate to new purchases. Although a shiny new possession can boost happiness, that purchase has to be experienced anew every day and appreciated for what it brings to have any lasting effect on happiness.
"The problem with many purchases is that they tend to just sit there," said Sheldon. "They don't keep on providing varied positive experiences. Also, relying on material purchases to make us happy can lead to a faster rise in aspirations, like an addiction. Hence, many purchases tend to be only quick fixes. Our model suggests ways to reduce the 'let down' from those purchases. For example, if you renovate your house, enjoy it and have many happy experiences in the new environment, but don't compare your new decor to the Joneses'."
The study "The Challenge of Staying Happier: Testing the Hedonic Adaptation Prevention (HAP) Model" is currently in press in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.


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Transmutation | |
Level: | Drd 3 |
Components: | V, S, DF |
Casting time: | 1 standard action |
Range: | Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level) |
Target, or Area: | One 20-ft. cube/level (S) or one fire-based magic item |
Duration: | Instantaneous |
Saving Throw: | None or Will negates (object) |
Spell Resistance: | No or Yes (object) |
Quench is often used to put out forest fires and other conflagrations. It extinguishes all nonmagical fires in its area. The spell also dispels any fire spells in its area, though you must succeed on a dispel check (1d20 +1 per caster level, maximum +15) against each spell to dispel it. The DC to dispel such spells is 11 + the caster level of the fire spell.
Each elemental (fire) creature within the area of a quench spell takes 1d6 points of damage per caster level (maximum 15d6, no save allowed).
Alternatively, you can target the spell on a single magic item that creates or controls flame. The item loses all its fire-based magical abilities for 1d4 hours unless it succeeds on a Will save. (Artifacts are immune to this effect.)
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