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'Secret Life of Pets 2' beats 'Dark Phoenix' at box office
Los Angeles — After nearly 20 years and a dozen films, the current manifestation of X-Men movies is going out with a whimper.
Scorched by poor reviews, the $200 million "Dark Phoenix" earned a franchise low of $33 million from 3,721 North American locations over the weekend for a second place finish, according to studio estimates Sunday. First place went instead to "The Secret Life of Pets 2."
The Universal Pictures and Illumination sequel, featuring the voices of Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish and Harrison Ford in his first animated role, grossed an estimated $47.1 million in ticket sales. Although less than half of what the first film opened to in 2016, it's still a major win for the studio, considering the production budget was around $80 million. Including international grosses, its global total is already sitting at $97 million.
With decidedly less stellar results, "Dark Phoenix" trailed behind the talking animals. Directed by longtime X-Men scribe Simon Kinberg, it focuses on Jean Grey who is played by Sophie Turner fresh off of her "Game of Thrones" run as Sansa Stark. It also brings back James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence. It's the de facto conclusion to the modern X-Men movies that started in 2000, and also the first major 20th Century Fox film to be released by the Walt Disney Co. following the acquisition.
But the quality wasn't there and it scored even worse reviews overall than the widely-disparaged "X-Men: Apocalypse." Audiences who showed up seemed to concur with the critics, giving it a deadly B- CinemaScore.
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At a low point in the Cold War, three men walk into a bureaucrats office at Gosteleradio, the state broadcaster of the Soviet Union. Two are Americans: an astronaut, and a researcher of psychic phenomena. The third is a Russian utopian with a notebook full of phone numbers hes not supposed to know. The three want approval for something thats never been tried before: a two-way, simultaneous satellite link between the enemy empires of the US and USSR.
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Everyday, I think, "This residency can't get any better, today was the perfect day."
And I'm proven wrong.
I got more sleep last night and I owe it all to that walk on the beach… I'm still having trouble sleeping because I miss popzilla and kidzilla terribly.
After breakfast, I wrote from 9-12. I ate lunch. I wrote a little more…. The more and more I write the better I feel about where the story is going and my use of language. I feel like I am remembering how to ride a bike – not just any bike – but a bike of my own making. It's familiar and comfortable and welcoming…
Yesterday, Mae, Mia and I planned to meet up with Jessica at her cottage to talk about issues specific to asian american women writers. I had a few questions to ask but when we got started talking, I have to admit that I actually got sorta star-struck and totally blanked my questions.
The only question I could remember was as an asian American writer should you take responsibility for the asian American community and write to empower them or should you just write? I didn't really phrase it that way but sorta like that… I kinda thought I knew what she would say. I mean the title of her book is "dogeaters". But, I was curious. And she was honest - she doesn't write to please others. She doesn't write to hurt others either. She just writes. She's sensitive and sympathetic to people who read the book and are still hurt by it, but that's her book. She's not going to apologize for it. She's not going to force you to read and support it. But, she's not going to suppress who she is for a larger agenda. This is pretty much what I thought she would say and what I had hoped to hear. I needed to hear that. This work that I'm creating is so important to me and I know it's not going to please everyone who reads it, but I am sensitive to the asian American people and what hurts them, hurts me. But, I have to be true to who I am and what my experiences are.
Jessica talked to us about who her audiences are and how her work is perceived by Filipinos and non-filipinos. It was so interesting to listen to her stories of past readings and the past productions of plays. She's lived such an amazing life and has met extraordinary people and experience life so passionately. I really can't believe I'm here spending time with this force of nature… I'm getting so tired now, I'll try to elaborate on what else we talked about some other time.
The other thing that happened today that blew my mind… I had to read my excerpt from my little work in progress. I read about 6 pages. The group seemed to really like it. Of course there's that part of me that thinks everyone is just so freaking nice and supportive here that they're just blowing sunshine up my *ss… But, my associates seemed genuinely interested in what I had written and where I was going. If I remember right, Jessica said it was "elegant". (woo hoo! J) I think she mentioned there were a few places where I wrote some intricate details about events and characters that really moved her.
I got some really great feedback and advice re: questions I had about narrative in the 1st person vs. the 3rd person. For example, I really love the 1st person that eugenides uses in Middlesex. The original draft that I sent to Jessica was in the first person. But, as I wrote it I began to feel really self conscious and uncomfortable with it. So, I started another draft in the third person and it really is much better. The group seemed to agree that I should indulge myself and try it when I felt it was necessary – not to push it for external reasons like an audience. Stephanie said it best when she said, "Write the book that you want to read."
I'm still struggling with deciding if the work will ultimately be a memoir, a fiction novel or a collection of short stories. Again, the group was pretty much in agreement in that I should just go with the flow and cross that bridge when I got there.
Lastly, I've been worried about the cast of characters and whether or not I can handle their different immigrant voices with care and complexity. Again, the group was satisfied with what I had to show so, I will just have to wait and see.
Such a great day… *sigh* J
Tomorrow sounds pretty busy around here. In the morning, a bunch of the associates (all disciplines) are going to help steed with his installation of a road tattoo in town. Although I would love to help, I really have to keep on writing. After some deliberation, I had to eliminate three characters which was a setback. I'm glad I did it. It needed to get done but I have to catch up.
After lunch, we're all going back into town to shop for provisions for the weekend. The chef is off on the weekends so we have to fend for ourselves. Jessica thought it might be a good idea to go out on Saturday night and cook Filipino food on Sunday night.
After shopping, I'll probably write some more and then we have to go to dinner off ACA. Apparently a gallery in town is holding an opening for david rakowski and Jessica. Should be interesting. J


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DEPARTMENT: Security
REPORTS TO: Security Manager/Director
CLASSIFICATION: Exempt
Position Summary:
Under the directions of the Manager and higher-ranking officials, the Security Supervisor performs all levels of Security supervisory management and exercising essential daily Security operations. This position requires supervisory skills whether the purpose is to prod, praise, persuade or reprimand, also, to promote a work atmosphere of respect, loyalty and cooperation.
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Please click here to view the presentation slides from the SIMS User Group meeting held on 5th December 2019.
Please click here to view the presentation slides from the SIMS User Group meeting held on 5th December 2019.
You may find the following reports useful for entering/producing attendance data during the schools closure:
Bulk Entry of # Code
Please click here for step by step instructions for bulk entry of the # code in registers.
User Defined Group for Key Worker Pupils/Students
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The SimsforSchools helpdesk will be available as usual between the hours of 8am - 5pm during term time and from 9am - 4pm during school holidays. Our contact details remain unchanged as below.
SIMS Courses/User Group Meetings
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In the meantime, we hope that you all stay safe during these uncertain times.
Parents Email Report Design
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SIMS User Group Meeting
Date: Thursday 26th March 2020
Time: 2.30 pm - 4.00 pm
Venue: St Martin's Primary School, Rowan Road, West Drayton UB7 7UF (Tel: 01895 717701)
The SimsforSchools team would like to invite you to join us for our next user group meeting where we will give an update on new and planned developments in SIMS. We would also welcome any SIMS related topics that you would like us to cover during the session. Please forward any suggestions to the SimsforSchool team and we will endeavour to include these on the meeting agenda.
We look forward to seeing you at this terms session.
Refreshments will be provided.
Please click here to access the December 2019 issue of the SIMS Newsletter.
Please see below, advice emailed to schools in relation to Validation Query 1849 which is a known issue on the School Census Spring 2020 return:
Dear Colleague
This is to advise that the incorrect generation of Validation Query 1849 – Please check: Pupil aged 3 or 4 eligible for early years pupil premium and recorded as post looked after arrangements would be expected to have reason 'EO' or 'EB' is a known issue with the school census spring 2020 return.
Fileset 1404 is due to be released imminently to resolve the incorrect generation of this query, however, Capita have provided the following explanation/advice:
"Unfortunately, the DFE did not fully correct validation query 1849 in version 1.2 of its validation file, which we made available via Fileset 1403. However, the DFE has provided version 1.3 of its validation to complete the correction of query 1849. This gives two ways forward for schools who are receiving the query after applying fileset 1403.
At this late stage schools can choose either option but will still need to create a new census return on Thursday 16th January.
In the meantime, we plan to deploy this new fileset to all our schools as soon as it is available.
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Please click here to view the presentation slides from the SIMS User Group meeting held on 5th December 2019.
Please click here to view the SIMS presentation slides from the Admin Officers Network Meeting held on 17th October 2019.
Please see below the routine for producing the required information for the whole school session attendance section of the monthly return spreadsheet:
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80 Killed in Pakistani Taliban Bombing in Retaliation for bin Laden Killing
There is a terrible inevitability about the bombing in Charsadda, Pakistan, on Friday morning.
Little about it is different from previous bombings. There is the same vicious tactic of two devices, the latter apparently arriving on a donkey cart, with one designed to kill helpers. There is a familiar target: hapless recruits to the underpaid, under-equipped paramilitary frontier corps. There is a familiar culprit: the Pakistani Taliban, who claimed the attack.
PAKISTAN'S Taliban claim a suicide attack that killed more than 80 people is just the first of many revenge attacks for the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Two bombs were detonated in Shabqadar in north-western Pakistan yesterday as newly trained paramilitary cadets were boarding buses for a 10-day leave after a training course.
Reeling from the political fallout of Osama bin Laden's death and a twin bombing that killed dozens of security officers on Friday, Pakistan's powerful intelligence chief offered his resignation during a raucous joint session of Parliament that stretched past midnight.
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Christopher Wordsworth on the 1260 days
The following is a discussion of the numbers in the Apocalypse by Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885), the Bishop of Lincoln, from his Lectures on the Apocalypse. [1]
In the Apocalyptic History of Scripture and the Church, as now revealed, we meet with repeated mention of twelve hundred and sixty days.
What is meant by this period?
It is with much diffidence that I speak concerning this difficult question, which involves another, —
1. What is the true interpretation of the Numbers used in the Apocalypse?
Many recent learned expositors, you are aware, regard each of these Days as a Year; and, having fixed an anterior limit, they proceed to date this period, so formed, from that limit; and thus they suppose that they are able to determine the times and seasons, even to the end.
This theory seems to rest on an insecure basis. It appears to contravene the express declarations of Christ, It is not for you to know the times and seasons. Of that Day and that hour knoweth no man.
Besides, it is founded on an erroneous estimate of the style of Prophecy, and of the use of the Numbers employed in this book.
If we may so speak, the numbers of the Apocalypse, and especially those which refer to future times, which are not for men to know, represent certain ideas (resting on an historical or natural basis), and not precise quantities.
2. Thus, for example, instead of saying a large part, the Apocalypse commonly speaks of a third part. For instance, the third part of the trees was burnt up: the third part of the sea became blood: the third part of the creatures died: the third part of men were slain; and in many other places.
None can imagine that this is to be understood literally. No; this is the language of Poetry, especially of Hebrew Poetry, which avoids what is vague, and loves what is distinct.
3. Thus, again, the number four is an exponent of all space. Hence we read of the four corners of the earth; and the four winds. The heavenly City, that is, the Universal Church, glorified, is four square. And to signify the universal destruction of God's foes in the mystical Armageddon, it is said that the blood from the winepress of His fury flowed to four times four hundred furlongs. This, I conceive, cannot be understood literally.
4. So, again, the number twelve in the Apocalypse, being the number of Christ's Apostles, represents the Apostolicity of the Church. Thus, the Woman, or Church militant, is displayed as crowned with twelve stars; so, the Holy City or heavenly Church, has twelve foundations, and twelve gates; the tree of life bears twelve fruits; and the Elect of God consist of twelve thousand, sealed out of each of Twelve Tribes.
Assuredly it would be a very great error to imagine that the Elect of God are limited to this number. Indeed the Apocalypse itself forbids us to do so; it declares them to be innumerable; therefore the number twelve times twelve thousand is not to be taken literally. It does not express a quantity, but a quality. It teaches us the important truth, that this great, this innumerable, company, are all united in one Faith, and by the same Sacraments, that is, the Faith taught, and the Sacraments administered, by the Twelve Apostles of Christ.
The same truth is expressed in the twelve stars, twelve foundations, twelve gates, and twelve fruits.
That these expressions represent a principle may be inferred from Our Lord's own words to His Apostles: Ye shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And yet He says, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a Devil? One of the twelve was a traitor; and so the quantity was marred; but the idea remained: they were still "the Twelve," and so they are called in Holy Scripture — "the Twelve." The Apostolicity of the Church is unimpaired. It is still built upon twelve foundations; for we read, the wall of the City has Twelve foundations, and in them the names of the Twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
5. The same mode of exposition must be applied to the Thousand years, during which Satan is bound. They who thence infer a literal Millennium seem to misconceive the spirit, and overlook the manner, of St. John. They forget that the Apocalypse is not a prose History, but an inspired Poem, and a divine Prophecy.
The ancient Expositors pursued a safer course when they recognized a dogmatic truth, and not a precise quantity, in this perfect number often centenaries; by which, as we have already seen, they understood the entire time between the first Advent of Christ and the full revelation of Antichrist, whatever that time may be, which is known to God alone.
6. So again, with respect to the number seven in the Apocalypse. It indicates an idea, — that of completion.
There were many more than Seven Churches in Asia when St. John wrote; but he addresses Seven Churches, because he writes in them to all the Churches of all places and all times. Similarly we read of Seven Angels, as representing all ministers of the Gospel: seven spirits express the full effusion of the Holy Ghost: seven seals exhibit all the sufferings of the Church: seven trumpets proclaim all God's judgments on her enemies: seven vials pour out all God's wrath on the mystical Babylon: and many other septenary combinations there are, all expressive of completion; all ending in some great consummation, just as the Hexaemeron of Creation terminated in the Sabbath of God.
Similarly, in order that we may understand that the triumph of the Two Witnesses will be complete, we have a combination of the two numbers, seven and a thousand. There were slain of men, we read, seven thousand; and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
7. Let us now apply these observations to the period of twelve hundred and sixty days.
These 1260 Days are equal to forty-two months, or to three Years and a half; and they are mentioned under all these terms in the Apocalypse.
The Holy City is trodden by the Gentiles forty-two Months. It is given to the Beast, to exercise his power forty-two Months. The Two Witnesses preach in sackcloth 1260 Days. The Woman is in the Wilderness 1260 Days: and she is also said to be in the Wilderness a time, times, and half a time; that is, three years and a half.
Now, if we examine the records of Scripture, we find that the period of three years and a half represents an idea; one of spiritual toil, pilgrimage, and persecution.
First, it may be observed, that three and a half, being the half of seven, which is the number of completeness, represents a semi-perfect state; one of transition and probation.
In illustration of this, it may be remarked here, that the body of the Two Witnesses is said to remain unburied three days and a half.
The same kind of opposition to the Apostolic number Twelve exists in the half of that number, Six. It shows itself in the Sixth period, which is the time of trial, — as Christ was crucified on the Sixth day of the Week — and exhibits itself in the remarkable combination of Six Hundreds, Six Tens, and Six Units, which constitute the Number of the name of the Beast; and which indicate a profession of, but a declension from, Catholic Unity and Perfection represented by the number Seven.
Let us pass to facts connected with the period three years and a half.
Three years and a half, or forty-two months, or 1260 days, are, as we have seen, the time of the pilgrimage of the Woman in the Wilderness, that is, of the Church in her trials. This number forty-two connects her with the History of the Israelitish Church in the Wilderness. Its haltings are enumerated in the Book of Numbers, and they are Forty-two. And all these things (says St. Paul) happened to them as types of us. They foreshadow the history of the Christian Church in her pilgrimage through the Wilderness of this World to the promised land of Heaven.
Again: I tell you of a truth, says Our Blessed Lord, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land. And St. James says, Elias prayed it might not rain; and it rained not on the Earth by the space of three years and six months.
It also pleased God to strengthen the type, if we may so speak, by assigning the same duration of three years and a half to the persecution of the Church of Israel by Antiochus Epiphanes.
St. John's precursor, Daniel, had named that period as the duration of that persecution. He had also identified it with the future time of the trials of the Christian Church, which are more fully described by St. John.
Thus the very mention of three years and a half had an ominous sound to the ear of an Israelite. It was his chronological symbol of suffering.
And to us Christians there is another reason why it should be identified with a time of trial, since, as some ancient Writers assure us, and there is good reason to believe, this period of three years and a half was the duration of the earthly Ministry of Him, — the great Prophet, the Divine Witness — Who was a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and Who, as Daniel prophesied, caused the sacrifice of the Temple to cease in the midst of a Week — that is, at the end of three years and a half — by His own oblation on the cross.
Hence this period of three years and a half, forty-two months, or 1260 days (resting on a solid historical basis), is employed in the Apocalypse as a typical exponent of an idea; just as the numbers four, seven, twelve, and twelve times twelve, do not represent a precise sum, but a well-defined principle.
I do not venture to affirm, that the Church may not be called hereafter to endure severe suffering, condensed, as it were, in the period of three years and a half, and so a second, literal, fulfilment may be given to this prophecy; but, on the whole, we arrive at this conclusion, that we cannot safely deduce any precise arithmetical results, with regard to the future, from this number of three and a half years, forty-two months, or 1260 days.
Let us not, however, imagine that these numbers are superfluous. Nothing in Scripture is so. God has ordered all things in measure and number and weight. We cannot now understand all the harmonies of the divine Arithmetic, yet some we can. These numbers in the Apocalypse are of great use. They do not indeed gratify the illicit cravings of human curiosity. They do not enable us to construct a prophetical Ephemeris, or an Apocalyptic Almanack. But they present to us certain parallelisms. They show that the sufferings of Scripture coincide with those of the Church. They remind us of our own ignorance, and of God's knowledge. They teach us patience. They tell us that the days of man are few, and that a Millennium is a moment to the Eternal. They warn us that we are not to expect sabbatical perfection in this World. They have also an analogical value. They remind us that here we are to look for trials — trials such as were endured by the Ancient Church of Israel in her forty-two sojournings in the Wilderness; — trials such as were endured by Elias under Ahab, by the Maccabees under Antiochus, and by Christ from His own countrymen. And they encourage us with the joyful assurance, that if we are true to Christ, and maintain His cause with zeal, courage, and charity, then, though we suffer, we shall conquer also; that our sufferings will soon be over; that they will appear like a few days; then even for us there will be a chariot of fire, and a heavenly Feast of Dedication, and a cloud of heavenly glory, and an eternity of joy.
1. Christopher Wordsworth. Lectures on the Apocalypse: critical, expository, and practical, delivered before the University of Cambridge. London: Francis & John Rivington. 1852. pp. 193-204.
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Pakistan domestic cement sales fall by 17% in March 202006 April 2020
Pakistan: Data from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) shows that local cement sales fell by 17% year-on-year to 3.2Mt in March 2020 from 3.9Mt in the same period of 2019 due to a contraction in construction activity, according to the News International newspaper. Exports rose by 5% to 0.51Mt but this is expected to fall as markets decline around the world due to the coronavirus outbreak. Both local sales and exports grew in the first two months of 2020.
The government has introduced an incentive package for the construction industry which is expected to help increase local cement consumption. The cement industry is also anticipating a reduction in federal excise duty, which it described as 'very high' regionally.
Pakistan: Cement despatches fell by 9% year-on-year to 34.6Mt in the nine months to the end of March 2019 from 34.8Mt in the same period to March 2018. Data from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) shows that despatches and exports fell in both the north of the country but that despatches fell and exports rose in the south. Exports more than doubled in the south to 3.14Mt. This was due to a reported start in seabourne clinker sales in the 2018 – 2019 year. Otherwise, overall cement exports to Afghanistan and India declined.
Afghanistan/Pakistan: The share of exports of cement from Pakistan to Afghanistan fell to 24% in the first eight months of the current 2019 Pakistan financial year compared to 48% in the 2018 period. The Cement Manufacturers And Export Association has blamed this on Afghanistan opening its market to imports from other countries including Iran, according to the Frontier Star newspaper. It has urged the government to take measures to cut local production costs and force anti-dumping tariffs on Iranian cement imports.
The association said that the cement industry in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been most affected by the decline in exports to Afghanistan. Exports from these regions fell by 16% year-on-year in the first nine months of the current Pakistan financial year to February 2019.
Pakistan's export picture mixed to February 201926 March 2019
Pakistan: The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has reported that cement exports during first eight months of the current Pakistani fiscal year, from 1 July 2018, saw growth of 52.3% year-on-year compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year. Exports were 4.65Mt compared to 3.05Mt.
In February 2019 exports were up by 69.1% year-on-year at 0.51Mt. The southern part of the country, particularly the Sindh region, fared considerably better than the national picture, as cement exports from the region increased by 185% to 0.35Mt in February 2019. Local consumption in the region was also higher, albeit less dramatically, with sales of 0.67Mt as compared to 0.61Mt a year earlier. However, plants in the north continued to suffer, with exports falling by 16% to 1.86Mt over the eight-month period from 2.21Mt a year earlier. In February 2019 exports from the north declined by 8.7% to 0.17Mt
Among other factors, the export of cement to India has been suspended due to a 200% increase in the import duty, as the Indian government had announced to de-list Pakistan from the status of 'Most-Favoured Nation.' The APCMA also said that rain in almost all parts of Pakistan had also affected construction activities.
Pakistan cement despatches up by 9.4% to 46.8Mt in 201823 January 2019
Pakistan: Local cement despatches grew by 5.9% year-on-year to 40.9Mt in 2018 from 38.6Mt in 2017. Exports increased by 42% to 5.9Mt from 4.6Mt, according to data from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association. Overall, all cement despatches rose by 9.4% to 46.8Mt from 42.8Mt. By region, despatches and imports grew faster in the south of the country and exports fell by 7.8% in the north. Exports to Afghanistan fell by 12% but exports to India rose by 2% and overseas exports increased by 155%.
Pakistan cement sales fall by 1.41% to 19.6Mt in first half07 January 2019
Pakistan: Local cement sales fell by 1.41% year-on-year to 19.6Mt in the first half of the reporting year to December 2018. The decline, the first in nine years, has been blamed in a cut in development spending, according to the News International newspaper. The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) said that the decline in domestic cement consumption was more pronounced in the northern region where most of the country's production capacity is based. Cement sales fell by 5.95% to 15.5Mt in the north but they increased by 20.7% to 4.1Mt in the south. Despite this, exports rose by 48% to 3.6Mt, supported by plants in the south.
Update on Pakistan24 October 2018
As ever, there have been plenty of news stories from Pakistan recently covering the on-going fallout of the water shortage at the Katas Raj Temples in Chakwal, Punjab and an update on new production line at Maple Leaf Cement's Iskanderabad plant. The two stories present two sides to the furious pace of the local industry and the potential price this growth might entail.
Graph 1: Cement despatches in Pakistan, 2012 - 2017. Source: All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association.
Graph 1 above sets the scene with an industry that has seen total despatches grow by nearly 30% to 42.8Mt in 2017 from 33.1Mt in 2012. About four-fifths of this is based in the north of the county. The big sub-story alongside this is that exports have fallen by half to 4.2Mt in 2017 from a high of 8.3Mt in 2013. The cause of this appears to be a decline in the Afghan market and a similar drop in waterborne clinker exports. Given the higher proportion of exports to the southern market this change has likely hit the industry in south harder despite overall depatches there rising. So far in 2018 similar trends are holding, except for exports, where the clinker export market has rallied significantly in the south.
The background to all this growth domestically is Chinese investment in the form of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). CPEC-related project include integrated road infrastructure, the modernisation of railways and the development of the city of Gwadar and its related infrastructure. In addition the local Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) is also having an effect and demographic pressures, such as a housing shortage, are also expected to support the construction market.
Data from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) placed cement production capacity at 54Mt/yr in September 2018 compared to 66Mt/yr in the Global Cement Directory 2018, which includes new capacity being built. This compares to around 10Mt/yr in the 1995 local financial year to an estimated 73Mt/yr by the State Bank of Pakistan in its third quarter report for 2017 - 2018. This rapid growth can be seen in recent stories such as the Iskanderabad plant expansion, Flying Cement's mill order from Loesche, Kohat Cement's mill order also from Loesche, a new solar plant at Fauji Cement at its Attock plant and the commissioning of DG Khan's new plant at Hub. These stories are all from the last three months! The State Bank of Pakistan estimated that 11 producers hare now investing US$2.12bn on capacity expansions to add over 23Mt/yr by the end of the 2021 financial year.
One potential price for all of this growth is currently being illustrated in the ongoing legal wrangles about the use of water by cement plants near the Katas Raj Temples. What started as an investigation into why water levels were dropping at a pond at a Hindu heritage site seems to have transformed into a full scale inquiry into alleged corruption by local government around the setting up of cement plants. A report by the Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment Lahore to the Supreme Court has found irregularities committed by government departments in connection to the setting up of cement plants by DG Khan and Bestway Cement in Chakwal. It seems unlikely at this stage that this inquiry will cause too much trouble for the local cement industry but it will certainly make it more complicated and potentially more expensive to st up new plants in the future.
Read Global Cement's plant report from the DG Khan's Khairpur cement plant in Chakwal
Surprise fall in Pakistan due to weak August06 September 2018
Pakistan: Overall cement sales in Pakistan fell by 2% year-on-year to 7Mt in the first two months of the current fiscal year, which began on 1 July 2018. Domestic sales dropped by 5.3% to 5.9Mt, while exports increased by 21.5% to 1.1Mt.
A spokesperson from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) said that the industry had been expecting slower growth at home but had not expected a contraction. He added that in July 2018 overall sales had grown by 5% but they fell by 8% in August 2018.
Pakistan: Cement despatches rose by 15% year-on-year to 23.7Mt in the first half of 2018 from 20.5Mt in the same period in 2017. All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers' Association (APCMA) data showed that despatches in the north of the country rose by 13% to 17.5Mt and in the south they grew by 7% to 3.8Mt. However, despatches in the south fell by 13% year-on-year to 4.2Mt in June 2018.
Pakistan: The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) says that the capacity utilisation of the local cement industry reached 94% in the nine months of the local financial year to March 2018. Demand for cement has been bolstered by local demand and growing exports so far in 2018, according to the Business Recorder newspaper. Cement despatches grew by 14.7% year-on-year to 34.8Mt in the first nine months of the 2017 – 2018 year from 30.3Mt in the same period in the previous period. Despatches grew faster in the north of the country than the south.


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The more hardcore among Hong Kong's environmentalists who are dead-set (ba-da-bing) on saving the planet can opt for the city's first "reusable coffin", a recyclable resting place that can save 48 cubic-meters of timber a year if used at least once a day.
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The coffin is comprised of a hardwood "outer coffin", which can be kept for reuse, and a removable "inner casket", made of a strong honeycomb-core cardboard, in which the body is kept for cremation. One benefit is that the coffin burns more quickly, 26 minutes faster than a regular wooden one.[…]
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Instant Theatre
Instant Theatre is a pilot project bringing together Age UK Wakefield District and HQ Arts.
Instant Theatre will work with people recently diagnosed/or with early stage dementia and their carers and with specially trained Age UK WD volunteers to provide a structured participatory group theatre experience.
Instant Theatre will comprise a series of weekly workshops: providing opportunities for people with dementia and their carers to come together to learn theatre techniques in a supportive environment.
You will work together to share, laugh, create, perform and celebrate imagination and living in the moment.
Taking part in 'Instant Theatre' will provide a welcome opportunity for those with dementia and their carers to:
- Meet with other people in a similar life situation to share experience and support each other.
- Find ways to express feelings about the disease and its impact in a safe and supportive environment.
- Learn new skills and meet new people.
- Have a safe place where it is possible to have explore the changing dynamics in their relationship and to find new ways of managing the changes in their life circumstances
Receiving a diagnosis of dementia and learning to live with the disease is challenging for the individual and for their carers.
The purpose of the Instant Theatre Programme is not to diminish the devastating impact that dementia has; but to provide a space where it will be possible to find where there is lightness in life; to focus on what is still good in life; to reconnect to a sense of fun and enjoyment and develop strategies to help them to manage their changing relationship.
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- a series of drama games designed to build confidence, develop concentration and awaken the imagination.
- the group will use improvisation techniques to create "instant theatre" around a theme. The creation of an improvised piece of theatre allows participants to be "in the moment" without relying on short term memory. The theatre will be made in response to provided stimuli from a resource box, including props, costumes, photographs, story starters, fragments of writing and songs.
- a celebration of everyone's participation and a closing exercise to wind down, debrief and evaluate.
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From early in 2019, initially for six successive Thursdays at 10 am til 1pm.
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We will meet each week at The Lock Lane Centre, back William Street, Castleford WF10 2LW. There is a large car park adjacent to the centre, which is free.
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There are plans to hold an event, where we will share some of our work and further evaluate the project. Age UK Wakefield District has offered the space at the Lock Lane Centre free of charge so that the project might continue.
Age UK Wakefield District's partnership with HQ Arts - Age UK Wakefield District are pleased to be partnering with HQ Arts to deliver this programme to support people with dementia and their carers.
HQ Arts is a professional arts company based in Featherstone, and has over 20 years experience of delivering high quality participatory arts projects in a range of health and community settings. Working together offers a unique opportunity to provide new ways to support older people in our community.
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Harper Creek Class of 2019: See all the pomp and circumstance in our photo gallery
Harper Creek honored its Class of 2019 at graduation ceremonies at Harper Creek High School on Friday.
With graduation season in full swing, Harper Creek was just one of the Battle Creek city schools hosting commencement ceremonies over the weekend. Lakeview and Pennfield will each hold graduation on Sunday.
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The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth is a fictional novel about a 38-year-old woman named Anna who has early onset Alzheimer's disease. As soon as she is diagnosed, Anna leaves her husband and moves into an assisted living facility. Having no children of her own, she plans to live what remains of her life somewhere safe.
Due to the subject matter, this is a difficult story to read. In addition, the way the story is told through the perspectives of several characters, I found it even more confusing. The author relates the story via Anna's thoughts, Eva, a woman who works in the facility where Anna resides whose husband recently committed suicide, and Eva's little daughter named Clementine. On top of that, this turns into a love story when Anna falls for another dementia patient around her age and Eva, the single parent/widow, falls for the gardener/coworker. The manager of the facility is skimming money. And that's just the tip of the iceberg in this novel!
There were things I liked about the book; in particular the authors portrayal of someone battling Alzheimer's. What I didn't like about the book was that it bounced back and forth between characters too often for me. I thought there were too many things going on which made the basic storyline all too confusing. I kept getting lost myself! Perhaps the author did this purposefully, but kept feeling like I missed something.
I'm unable to recommend this book even though there are some good points, the structure of the novel was too confusing for me.


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SASKATOON, Sask. — The Calgary Roughnecks fell to the reigning National Lacross League champions, the Saskatchewan Rush, by a score of 15-9 Saturday evening at the SaskTel Centre.
The Rush, who outshot the Roughnecks 58-42, extended a 6-3 first quarter lead to overcome the visitors.
Dane Dobbie (3g, 4a), who led the Calgary side with seven points, now has 418 career assists to surpass the franchise's all-time record for most assists previously set by former Roughnecks star Jeff Shattler with 416.
Curtis Dickson (3g, 3a) added three goals while Rhys Duch (1g, 2a), Tyler Pace (1g) and Zach Currier (1g), shorthanded, rounded out the scoring for the Riggers.
Shattler (3g, 4a), now with the Rush, matched Dobbie's seven-point effort to lead the hosts, while eight of his teammates found the back of the net to secure the win.
The loss dropped the Riggers to 5-6 and into third place in the NLL's Western Division. Meanwhile, the Rush maintain top spot with a 6-4 record in the division.
After four weeks away, the Roughnecks return home for a two-game home stand starting next Saturday, when they host the Toronto Rock at the Saddledome (7 p.m., nll.com).


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Starring Joshua Malina, Alicia Hannah, Karen Epstein, Norman Epstein, and Kenneth Stephens. Written by Travon Free, Mikel Jollett, Randi Mayem Singer, and Danny Zuker.
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Historian and writer Jill Lepore on how writing is like cooking
Millennials are too dependent on technology and nostalgia
I wrote a Medium post last year about the Jazz Age, where I explored my discomfort with my own ideas about what life was like for young Americans during that time.I've never been a fan of nostalgia, but it occurs to me now that it is in part a reaction against my own generation's love… Continue reading Millennials are too dependent on technology and nostalgia
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We depend on our ability to share as much as we possibly can and it is worth taking a moment to reflect on why the act and means of sharing information has become as important as what information you are sharing. This is the first part of two posts on social sharing tools, specifically, retweets. Jump… Continue reading These tiny Gutenbergs (part one)


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José Luis Gomez, conductor
Pacho Flores, trumpet
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- Address
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- Promoter
- Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Pacho Flores was awarded First Prize in the "Maurice André" International Contest, the most renowned trumpet competition in the world. Trained in the marvellous El Sistema program in Venezuela, as was our guest conductor José Luis Gomez, Pacho offers an unforgettable experience to listeners with his stunning technique and communicative skill. Our program covers music inspired by the fragrant and exciting sounds of Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, and Spain.


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The Hobart City Council determined that there was potential for a Visitor Centre at a key location on kunanyi Mt Wellington, Hobart, but the nature and focus of the centre had not been considered. We did some high level investigation into the policy, planning and market context. We investigated the site and surrounds and consulted with key stakeholders familiar with the Mountain. We did research and analysis into successful visitor centres nationally and internationally and looked at the vision and purpose of centres that are being developed currently.
We developed a concept for a Centre, specific to the Springs location, connecting with existing and emerging markets, trends and the extensive existing assets in this magnificent location.


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Web Designers. Web Developers. Content Writers.
Since 2006, Matchbox Design Group has been igniting innovative ideas and building St. Louis brands. But what we are most proud of is building our agency culture. Our team is chock-full of incredibly talented people who make every day amazing. They bring their A-games to the office and pursue creative passions on the side, which all add an extra dash of awesome sauce to our mix. Learn More about our culture and how all of our different team members are able to work together so well. Get to know our team one by one and you will gain an understanding of how we work well together.
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Cullen spent years in the architectural industry prior to starting Matchbox Design Group. Cullen is a master of process and is relentlessly monitoring the emerging development and engagement trends, UX best practices and platform capabilities.
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Brent has overseen award-winning design work for a variety of industries, such as healthcare, higher education, architecture, packaged goods, retail, technology and more. Brent sees his job as more than simply building brands. He sees his job as anticipating a client's unmet and unforeseen needs to deliver strategic solutions.
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James is a savvy digital marketing specialist with a Masters of Science in Internet Marketing. For the past twelve years, he has been specializing in website design and SEO. He has a super sharp analytical mind and a finely tuned creative eye for marketing initiatives that optimize brands. He also owns a t-shirt shop, too.
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240 Regent Street was transformed into a stunning mixed-use development in the heart of London's West End. The building combines quality retail, office and restaurant spaces. It is now a vibrant landmark.
This development is a new high-performance 50m swimming pool for the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), for use by both elite athletes and students. The centre has facilities for both Sports Science and Sports Medicine. All of the facilities are suitable for use by disabled swimmers and athletes.
The complex was extended more than doubled in size, and it was transformed through refurbishment into a state of the art fitness centre, attracting a substantial increase in visitors. A pool and changing village were added to the existing building, which dated back to the 1950's.
Cundall's specialist lighting design team, Light4 has been appointed to provide lighting design for an urban regeneration scheme on the Adelaide Riverbank.
This masterplan and mixed-use development project has created a community around a stadium of 25,000 seats, providing a new home to Al-Ain Football Club and Sports Facility.
The Arc Leisure Matlock (formerly known as Central Area Leisure Centre, CALC) scheme provides an innovative and exciting new regional sport and leisure facility for local people and visitors to the Peak District. The centre was officially opened in 2011 by Lord Sebastian Coe.
Cundall provided expert client side ESD advice to the Barangaroo Development Authority and the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority during the design competition for one of the Southern Hemisphere's most exciting urban renewal projects, Barangaroo.
The new Betteshanger Visitor Centre will be one of the UK's most sustainable buildings. It is designed to enhance the health and wellbeing of visitors and occupants. The building has been designed to comply with the WELL Building Standard® and is expected to be the first new building in Europe to achieve certification under the scheme.
The centre began as two separate projects, a leisure centre and a primary care centre (PCC) that involved two clients, two architects with Cundall being the common denominator providing multidisciplinary services for both. Through collaboration with all parties involved these two buildings combine to deliver excellent healthcare and leisure facilities to the local community.
The design intent for the BMI lounge was to create a home from home. The area was divided to provide a welcome hall, lounge, kitchen, dining area, study, restaurant and a bar.
Cundall's engineering consultancy services cover the entire life cycle of any building project. Clients find our 'total solutions' approach saves them time, money and effort.
We will add value to your project by opening our minds, exchanging ideas and thinking creatively.
Our people sit at the very heart of what we do at Cundall. Our mission is to provide great opportunities for great people, create fantastic built environments and leave a positive legacy for our communities.
It is the knowledge and expertise of our people which helps us to do this; our commitment to recruiting and nurturing great talent is what has made us successful for the last 40 years and it remains critical to our future plans.
At Cundall, we place special importance on our early careers professionals (graduates, apprentices, interns and more), understanding that they are the future of our business and the key to our long-term, sustainable growth.
Cundall's expertise extends to all major markets, so we have a deep understanding of the specific issues, constraints and opportunities facing our clients' market sectors.
Our team of creative engineers draw on our accumulated knowledge to devise the best possible solutions for your project in a fully integrated and cost-effective way.
Established in the UK 40 years ago, Cundall has developed into an international multi-disciplinary consultancy operating from over 20 locations across the globe.


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You've been working hard, and now you want to make sure your assets are preserved for your lifetime and for the next generation. But estate planning is complicated, and you need someone you can trust to give you the best advice.
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Many lawyers haven't built up the experience to know the best option for you. They may make false assumptions or cut corners which should be handled with greater care. McCarthy & Akers, however, takes your situation very seriously. We have been proudly delivering excellent service to our clients for 16 years, and we believe in doing things the right way.
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In our years of work, we've often heard about clients' frustrations with their previous attorneys. An attorney who doesn't explain the progress he or she is making, and clarify the next steps, can significantly cloud your peace of mind. McCarthy & Akers, however, holds ourselves to a high level of professionalism: we'll respond to you within 24 hours of any message and report to you regularly.
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Musk joined SolarCity's quarterly conference call Tuesday, following the approval last week by SolarCity's board of directors of Tesla Motors' $2.6bn takeover offer for the California-based distributed solar giant.
Independent shareholders will get the final say on the deal later this year.
Musk, who is the chairman and largest shareholder of both Tesla and SolarCity, and his cousins Lyndon and Peter Rive, SolarCity's chief executive and chief technology officer, claim there are myriad strategic reasons the two companies should be under the same roof.
Among those reasons is the potential to extend Tesla's manufacturing knowhow gleaned from its Gigafactory in Nevada to SolarCity's own high-stakes factory in New York.
Analysts have questioned SolarCity's wisdom in wading into the brutally competitive PV manufacturing sector, an industry which has seen many of its leading players go bankrupt, and which is now dominated by vertically integrated Chinese players like Trina Solar and JinkoSolar which own multiple gigawatts of production capacity.
SolarCity embraced the PV manufacturing game and all the risks that come with it through its 2014 acquisition of high-efficiency cell and panel maker Silevo.
The company's initial plan is to build a 1GW factory near Buffalo, New York, although SolarCity already expects to expand the plant further.
Musk says SolarCity's modules will stand out in the market thanks to their aesthetics, high conversion efficiencies, and low cost. There's no tension between the last two, he insists.
"At Tesla we're achieving the lowest cost per kilowatt-hour for [batteries] at the cell and pack level in the world – despite having the highest energy density," Musk said in the call.
"We have the best cell and pack at the lowest price, the lowest cost. I'm confident we can achieve that at SolarCity as well."
'Strategic' cell partnerships under consideration
Musk also revealed that SolarCity is in discussions with potential "strategic partners" when it comes to cell manufacturing.
A US trade ruling this summer would force SolarCity to pay duties on any China-made cells used to make modules at its New York factory.
"There may be some merit to bringing in a strategic partner, as Tesla has done with its battery-cell manufacturing," Musk said, in reference to Japan's Panasonic, which has partnered with Tesla at its Gigafactory in Nevada.
Should Tesla's acquisition of SolarCity be approved, Tesla will be "adding considerably" to the technical team working on SolarCity's module technology, Musk says. "This will become something far more than the original Silevo."
Another potential benefit of a Tesla-SolarCity tie-up is the ability to cross-sell electric-vehicles, rooftop solar systems, and home battery packs.
While SolarCity operates in 19 US states and only recently branched out into its second country – Mexico – Tesla already operates in 40 countries around the world, Musk points out.
"We'd like to bring solar/battery solutions to all of those countries, and this would be particularly powerful in places like Germany and Australia," he says.
Musk joined SolarCity's analyst call a week after the company once again lowered its installation guidance for 2016, now set at 900-1,000MW.
That represents at least the third installation target the company has set for 2016. Only three months ago SolarCity lowered its full-year guidance to 1.0-1.1GW – having previously set it at 1.25GW.
In a shareholder letter, SolarCity said it will be right-sizing itself to suit its new target.
"As our infrastructure had been built to handle 1.25GW of annual capacity, we will be reducing our cost structure to accommodate our current forecasted volume run rate," the letter says.
SolarCity deployed 211MW of PV capacity in the second quarter – 177MW of it in the residential sector and the remainder for commercial and industrial customers.
SolarCity's net quarterly loss widened to $55.5m, from $22.4m in the year-ago period.
The company's total sales soared 81% year on year, to $185.8m, with a particularly strong performance from systems under long-term loan arrangements, where revenues rocketed more than fivefold to $46.3m.
Revenue from leased systems, still SolarCity's largest earner, rose 54% to $88.9m.


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Terror and Revenge
In the wake of 9/11
Immediately after the September 11 terrorist attacks I found myself depressed by the chest-thumping xenophobia, mob mentality and demands for revenge that gripped the American public. Given the alarming lack of dissent and critical thinking exhibited by the mainstream US media, I felt compelled to try to put my feelings into words.
Political Violence
Weapons of the weak
Violence often diminishes the power of those who employ it, necessitating the use of more violence in an attempt to gain or maintain control.
Born Killers
The myth of innate aggression
This short essay challenges the conventional wisdom that humans are naturally aggressive, violent and war-like.
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Several of the leading minds in healthcare marketing recently converged in Nashville for the second-annual Hospital Marketing and Consumer Engagement Summit. Here are a trio of ideas that top marketers are talking about.
For market leaders like Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, and Texas Health Resources, competing in today's healthcare environment demands more than data analytics and digital acumen. Those are becoming table stakes for modern marketers, while the ability to engage with your audience in a meaningful way will always be the hallmark of successful organizations.
That was the common thread during the conference, as reflected in these three areas where top healthcare brands are differentiating themselves.
You can't compromise on content.
"As we're trying to be compliant with population health programs, we're going to need a lot more content to be successful … 80% of healthcare journeys start with search and on average, patients and caregivers search 19 times for hospitals or treatment before converting. Where is our content when they're searching?"
— Cleveland Clinic Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Paul Matsen
"No matter the social media platform, the content is the most important factor."
— Mayo Clinic Director of Social Media Network Lee Aase
It's time to reimagine how we market—and measure.
"All of the changes we're experiencing are overwhelming. The transformation of healthcare is going to require a much deeper understanding of consumers, and this transformation has to be driven by marketing."
— Paul Matsen
"When it comes to measurement, we have to start evaluating success through more than single lenses."
— Texas Health Senior Vice President of Brand Experience Paul Szablowski
Speak the language of your audience.
"Clinicians are scientists, so by showing them the data you can get buy in to leverage consumer insights to effect change."
— Beaumont Director of Market Research and Consumer Insights Lawrence Wu
"As healthcare marketers, our biggest challenge is speaking the language of those we're serving. It's not 'dumbing it down'—rather, it's speaking as concisely as possible, which can be really hard when you're so familiar with the subject matter. For example, I would never say the phrase 'population health' to a patient."
— MissionPoint Health Partners VP of Marketing and Communications Nicole Provonchee
"At Cleveland Clinic, we don't call them discharge summaries—we have Good to Go Plans."
— Paul Matsen
"We have to move from the language of compliance to collaboration."
— Paul Szablowski
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Swedish club Ostersund have advanced to the group stage of UEFA Europe League after a 2-0 win over Greek club PAOK Thessaloniki on 24 August.
Both goals were scored by Swedish-Iranian striker Saman Ghoddos.
Ostersund lost the first leg 3-1 in Thessaloniki but goals from Ghoddos in the 71st and 77th minutes was enough for Ostersund to advance on away goals.
Recently I mentioned that Ghoddos should be invited to the National Team of Iran and we also heard that he went to the Iranian embassy in Sweden to apply for Iranian citizenship.
This sounds like everything is falling into place and I think it will be awesome to see Ghoddos in a Team Melli shirt.
The draw for Europa League Group Stage has already taken place and Ostersund will be in Group J with Atletico Bilbao of Spain, Hertha BSC of Germany, and Zorya Luhansk of Ukraine.
Good luck to Saman Ghoddos and Ostersund!