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Admit it: it's hard to keep both your partner and your friends happy. But when the phone pings and the long-awaited message appears—it's hard to say no to a squad night out. Whether it's your best friend's stag, a team footy trip or just a Friday night on the town with your mates: the possibilities are endless.
But so is the potential to disappoint your partner.
Gone are the single university days, where no-one had to deal with your overnight antics but you. Now there are two people's dignity at stake. But you still want to have fun, right?
So do you throw caution sideways, go wherever your borderline alcoholic mates lead you, and wind up with suspicious bruises, a foggy memory and several STI's?
No: but you also don't want to spend the night tucked away in the corner, glued to your phone and killing everyone's vibe.
By following this guide you'll be the life of the party, and still be able to look your partner in the eye when you get home.
Preparation Is Key
It's rare in any group of mates for you all to be single (or taken) at once. So while you might be content to start the night with the Tinder and Tequila acolytes of the group, unless you enjoy being an awkward third wheel you don't want to share an Uber home with them. Sure: offer your services as a wingman and have a good time with everyone—but a few well placed messages early on to the other attached members of the group will ensure a smooth transition from the Pub to Casino (or home) while the Lotharios of the gang practice their R n' B at the club.
Communicate Throughout The Night
No one wants to be the lame dude who is so attached to his phone he may as well not be out, but at the same time a couple of friendly messages could be the difference between your partner feeling uneasy all night (and asking a bunch of suspicious questions the next day) and your partner curling up with a round of Netflix and making you a bacon and egg roll the next morning.
Watch Your Drinks
It's a sad moment when one of your so called mates decides to slip a little something into your drink, but it has happened. So especially if you are on a night out or a trip with a group bigger than just your close mates, keep an eye on your beer—and look after each other.
Don't Drink To The Point Of No Return
We believe if you are in a healthy relationship your partner should have no problem with you getting a little 'sideways' in their absence. But, especially if they are a bit insecure, telling them, "I was blacked out from 8pm onwards" is not going to go down as well as, "I got a bit tipsy and had an existential epiphany at the urinal." But we'll leave this one up to you.
Do Be The Life Of The Party
Initiate group sing alongs, strike up conversations with strangers and make the most of those impromptu moments that come with every epic night out. Order that espresso martini. Hug that bouncer. Put $100 (if you can afford to lose it) on red. Buy your mates a round.
Do Something Cool The Next Day
To avoid a wasted day of moping around whinging about how much your head hurts and how brightly the sun is shining, knock back a couple of Paracetamol and a Berocca, whip out your favourite hangover sunnies, and do something relaxed and fun with your partner. Just as alcohol can make you feel special, done right your hangover can work as a social crutch too, inspiring sympathy, conversation and interest—so wear it as a badge of honour.


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Why Is a Dental Crown Needed?
A dental crown may be needed in the following situations:
1. To protect a weak tooth (for instance, from decay) from breaking or to hold together parts of a cracked tooth
2. To restore an already broken tooth or a tooth that has been severely worn down
3. To cover and support a tooth with a large filling when there isn't a lot of tooth left
4. To hold a dental bridge in place
5. To cover misshapened or severely discolored teeth
6. To cover a dental implant
7. To make a cosmetic modification
What Types of Crowns Are Available?
Permanent crowns can be made from stainless steel, all metal (such as gold or another alloy), porcelain-fused-to-metal, all resin, or all ceramic.
• Stainless steel crowns are prefabricated crowns that are used on permanent teeth primarily as a temporary measure. The crown protects the tooth or filling while a permanent crown is made from another material. For children, a stainless steel crown is commonly used to fit over a primary tooth that's been prepared to fit it. The crown covers the entire tooth and protects it from further decay. When the primary tooth comes out to make room for the permanent tooth, the crown comes out naturally with it. In general, stainless steel crowns are used for children's teeth because they don't require multiple dental visits to put in place and so are more cost- effective than custom-made crowns and prophylactic dental care needed to protect a tooth without a crown.
• Metals used in crowns include gold alloy, other alloys (for example, palladium), or a base-metal alloy (for example, nickel or chromium). Compared with other crown types, less tooth structure needs to be removed with metal crowns, and tooth wear to opposing teeth is kept to a minimum. Metal crowns withstand biting and chewing forces well and probably last the longest in terms of wear down. Also, metal crowns rarely chip or break. The metallic color is the main drawback. Metal crowns are a good choice for out-of-sight molars.
• Porcelain-fused-to-metal dental crowns can be color matched to your adjacent teeth (unlike the metallic crowns). However, more wearing to the opposing teeth occurs with this crown type compared with metal or resin crowns. The crown's porcelain portion can also chip or break off. Next to all-ceramic crowns, porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns look most like normal teeth. However, sometimes the metal underlying the crown's porcelain can show through as a dark line, especially at the gum line and even more so if your gums recede. These crowns can be a good choice for front or back teeth.
• All-resin dental crowns are less expensive than other crown types. However, they wear down over time and are more prone to fractures than porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns.
• All-ceramic or all-porcelain dental crowns provide better natural color match than any other crown type and may be more suitable for people with metal allergies. However, they are not as strong as porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns and they wear down opposing teeth a little more than metal or resin crowns. All-ceramic crowns are a good choice for front teeth.
• Temporary versus permanent. Temporary crowns can be made in your dentist's office, whereas permanent crowns are made in a dental laboratory. Temporary crowns are made of acrylic or stainless steel and can be used as a temporary restoration until a permanent crown is constructed by a lab.
What Steps Are Involved in Preparing a Tooth for a Crown?
Preparing a tooth for a crown usually requires two visits to the dentist — the first step involves examining and preparing the tooth, the second visit involves placement of the permanent crown.
First Visit: Examining and preparing the tooth.
At the first visit in preparation for a crown, your dentist may take a few X-rays to check the roots of the tooth receiving the crown and surrounding bone. If the tooth has extensive decay or if there is a risk of infection or injury to the tooth's pulp, a root canal treatment may first be performed.
Before the process of making a crown begins, your dentist will anesthetize (numb) the tooth and the gum tissue around the tooth. Next, the tooth receiving the crown is filed down along the chewing surface and sides to make room for the crown. The amount removed depends on the type of crown used (for instance, all-metal crowns are thinner and require less tooth structure removal than all-porcelain or porcelain-fused-to-metal ones). If, on the other hand, a large area of the tooth is missing (due to decay or damage), your dentist will use filling material to "build up" the tooth to support the crown.
After reshaping the tooth, your dentist will use a paste or putty to make an impression of the tooth to receive the crown. Impressions of the teeth above and below the tooth to receive the dental crown will also be made to make sure that the crown will not affect your bite.
The impressions are sent to a dental lab where the crown will be manufactured. The crown is usually returned to your dentist's office in two to three weeks. If the crown is made of porcelain, your dentist will also select the shade that most closely matches the color of the neighboring teeth. During this first office visit your dentist will make a temporary crown to cover and protect the prepared tooth while the crown is being made. Temporary crowns usually are made of acrylic and are held in place using a temporary cement.
Second Visit: Receiving the permanent dental crown.
At the second visit, your dentist will remove the temporary crown and check the fit and color of the permanent crown. If everything is acceptable, a local anesthetic will be used to numb the tooth and the new crown is permanently cemented in place.
How Should I Care for My Temporary Dental Crown?
Because temporary dental crowns are just that — a temporary fix until a permanent crown is ready — most dentists suggest that a few precautions. These include:
• Avoid sticky, chewy foods (for example, chewing gum, caramel), which have the potential of grabbing and pulling off the crown.
• Minimize use of the side of your mouth with the temporary crown. Shift the bulk of your chewing to the other side of the mouth.
• Avoid chewing hard foods (such as raw vegetables), which could dislodge or break the crown.
• Slide flossing material out-rather than lifting out-when cleaning your teeth. Lifting the floss out, as you normally would, might pull off the temporary crown.

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New national engineering college shows Doncaster is on the right track
Doncaster is to become the home of the new National High Speed Rail College.
Boom times beckon for the rail and engineering sector in Yorkshire and the North of England following the Government announcement today (30 September) that the elite training and research centre will based at two locations - Doncaster and Birmingham.
The college will train thousands of new engineers, who are needed to deliver billions of pounds worth of rail contracts over the coming decades, including the new HS2 high speed rail line. The successful Centre for Rail Engineering and Technical Expertise (CREATE) bid, coordinated by Doncaster Council, involved a range of private sector businesses and was supported by the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership.
Ros Jones, Mayor of Doncaster, said: I am delighted that our hard work to bring the new National High Speed Rail College to Doncaster has been a success and I would like to thank everyone who has been part of our bid, or supported it. Doncaster has always led the way in terms of cutting edge rail engineering and this decision confirms our position as the home of rail. Its a great day for Doncaster.
Mayor Jones continued: Bringing a national engineering college to Doncaster will be a game changer for the town and the Sheffield City Region, complementing the plans we have implemented to grow our thriving rail and engineering sector. It will offer local people, including our school leavers, the chance to gain high level engineering skills leading to well-paid jobs that are in high demand.
Doncasters fast paced rail and engineering renaissance has stepped up a gear this year with over 10,000 people employed in the sector and firms having order books in excess of £1.7billion over the next five years. There is also strong interest from companies looking to locate to one of Britains most important railway centres.
The College will enable our rail and engineering companies to build on their success, upskill our existing workforce and help attract new companies to the area who will benefit from being located amongst their supply chain. I want to keep this momentum up and will now be looking to complement the college with other new developments. Having earlier this year secured a new Enterprise Zone at Doncaster Sheffield Airport, which itself has the capacity for 2,000 engineering and manufacturing jobs, Doncaster is well on the way to regaining its reputation as an important centre of industry. I want to see a new generation of engineering and manufacturing in Doncaster, and this major success is a significant piece of the jigsaw in achieving our plan. commented Mayor Jones.
Hundreds of people, businesses and public sector partners including Local Enterprise Partnerships, local authorities, universities and colleges and chambers of commerce from up and down the country backed the bid.
The support we received was staggering and showed how the region came together as one to put their weight behind a project where so many areas would benefit. The backing from as far south as Stevenage and as far north as Scotland, proves Doncaster was the right location. This partnership working was instrumental in the success of the bid, concluded Mayor Jones.
James Newman, Chairman of the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, said: The new HS2 College is good news for jobs, skills and economic growth in Doncaster and the Sheffield City Region.
The Sheffield City Region HS2 College bid brought together local leaders from across the private and public sectors to make the strongest case possible for the college to be located in Doncaster. Together with strong support from all the other LEPs in Yorkshire and the North East, this played a major part in persuading Government to locate the college in the North.
Sheffield City Region has all the elements needed to make the flagship HS2 College a great success, including a reputation and heritage in rail engineering, its location on the East Coast Mainline, an exceptional engineering business base and world-class further and higher education providers.
George Tillier, Interim Chair of CREATE and Managing Director, Unipart Rail T&RS said: This decision is tremendous news for the rail and engineering sector in Doncaster and further afield. There has been incredible backing from so many people to bring this High Speed Rail College to the region and their commitment has been fully justified by the decision. Doncasters rail heritage, connectivity and cluster of leading rail businesses is second to none. As a key hub for Unipart Rail we expect to see significant business benefits from having this world class training centre based here.
Simon Carr, Managing Director of Henry Boot Construction and Incoming-Chair of the National Federation of Builders, said: This is excellent news for Sheffield City Region. Our business and local authority leaders have been working closely with supporters from across the UK to make the case for the HS2 College in Doncaster.
The Sheffield City Region HS2 College will make Doncaster a worldwide hub for future rail engineering training. As one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Europe, the scale of demand for engineering and construction skills from HS2 will be unprecedented.
The new College will have clear benefits for businesses across the Sheffield City Region who will be looking to win contracts and recruit skilled staff as the £42.6 billion HS2 project gets underway.
Phil Harris, Chief Executive Officer, Doncaster Chamber, said: As part of the lobbying activity surrounding Doncasters bid for the Rail College Doncaster Chamber secured the support and backing of all the Chambers of Commerce in Yorkshire and the Humber, The North East and also Cambridgeshire a network that represents around 15,000 businesses. On behalf of all those Chambers and businesses I can say that we are delighted by this announcement.
Doncaster offers great connectivity, links to world class rail engineering businesses and great inroads to outstanding educational establishments. Moreover, positioning the college in Doncaster provides the greatest opportunity for re-balancing the economy and supporting growth in the north which is just what HS2 is meant to be all about. We look forward to working with local businesses, Doncaster Council, HS2 and other stakeholders to now maximise the benefit of this project for businesses and residents in Doncaster and the North of England.
Commenting on the news Wabtec Group Managing Director, Chris Weatherall, said: Wabtec Rail is delighted Doncaster will host the High Speed Rail College. This announcement confirms that Doncaster is one of the leading centres of railway engineering in the UK. The strength of support from businesses across the North has paid dividends and we can now look forward with increased optimism. This decision will support the continuing growth in railway engineering at Wabtec, in Doncaster and across the region. It will also encourage more young people to enter the industry."
The AMRC Training Centre has also played an instrumental part in the bid. Alison Bettac, Director of the Centre said The AMRC congratulates Doncaster in the successful bid for the HS2 National College and are delighted to have been involved with their journey and look forward to being involved in the development and delivery of the project going forward.
The successful Centre for Rail Engineering and Technical Expertise (CREATE) bid was coordinated by Doncaster Council and supported by the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership.
The College will be built on a ready to go 5.1 acre site at Doncasters Lakeside. It will be within walking distance of household names in the rail industry like DB Schenker, Volker Rail and Hitachi and offers easy access for employers and students from across the UK.
For further information about the rail and engineering sector, CREATE and Doncaster as a business location go to: www.businessdoncaster.com


text: So I found something interesting last night. I had tribute running and after raids I went into /buyer to try and see if any nice people would sell me some collectible items I was missing. When I logged in during the morning it says, 0742 tribute has been turned off. So basically it ran all night. I would be nice if tribute auto turned off if AFK in a zone for X minutes. Kinda like the merc passive. Thanks


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Centurion makes a fatal misstep in its very concept. It focuses on a ragtag group of one-dimensional Romans fighting for their lives against the Pictish tribes of Caledonia, when the Picts are the ones depicted as sympathetic and just in their fight. A movie about the tricky gray areas and moral ambivalence inherent in war could have pulled off a story focusing on the Romans, but this is not that movie. For the majority of its runtime, this is a movie about black-and-white heroes and villains, and because the story focuses on the Romans, they become the heroes whether we like it or not.
Take, for example, a scene in which two Roman soldiers flip a coin to determine who will kill a captured Pict. The winner of the toss apologizes to the loser, because that's how much they revel in carnage. Later in the film, one character slices a hole in the leg of his comrade, partly to prevent him from keeping up, partly to distract the wolves on their tails. These are all terrible people, yet the movie expects us to sympathize with them by virtue of the fact that the camera spends more time aimed at them than at the Picts.
Compare the Romans to Etain (Olga Kurylenko), a Pictish scout who infiltrates the Romans, feigns loyalty for years, and ultimately leads the 3000-strong Ninth Legion into a brutal trap. Seems pretty hostile, right? That's before the film reveals that she was forced to watch as Romans tortured and murdered her parents—before cutting out her tongue to ensure she wouldn't say anything negative about the Roman Empire. Suddenly, her actions seem a little bit more just. Similarly, the king of the Picts, Gorlacon (Ulrich Thomsen), sends Etain and numerous warriors to track and kill the goony survivors of the Ninth Legion. It seems sort of petty to send hundreds of troops after a half-dozen men—except for the part where one of those men murdered his 10-year-old son to keep him quiet while they attempted to rescue their general (played by a scenery-chewing Dominic West).
Centurion could have been a good film if writer/director Neil Marshall had any interest in exploring the complexity of wartime behavior. He doesn't, aside from a few treacly, obvious statements about the futility of war in the last half hour. Even those statements are undermined by the borderline-pornographic depiction of war gore. I don't know if Marshall wants us to relish in the carnage or the surprisingly impressive special effects, but this movie is unabashedly, ridiculously violent. Emphasis on "ridiculous"—the violence here makes Kill Bill look like The Deer Hunter.
Ostensibly, the film follows centurion Quintus Dias (Michael Fassbender), who becomes the de facto leader of the survivors after their general gets captured by the Picts. They struggle to make their way to the Roman-occupied territory to the south, but Etain is hot on their trail. That's pretty much all there is to the story. The characters are exquisitely thin, each given a trait that ultimately proves useful—one's a cook, one's a marathon runner, one's an archer—but Quintus lacks even one of those traits. Well, okay—he knows the Pictish language, so he can communicate with them, but that's just not enough. He's supposed to anchor this film, so it would have been nice if Marshall had taken the time to give him a personality. A failed eleventh-hour romance with a peacenik Pict (Imogen Poots) does nothing to solve this problem.
I'll sometimes give a pass to the story and characters in a war film if the filmmakers have something interesting to say about war. Centurion doesn't. It's not much more than a loud, dumb action movie. Despite what it is, Marshall tries to direct it like a sweeping historical epic. Unfortunately, a film needs more than period costumes, majestic music, and well-choreographed battle scenes to make it an epic. It needs fully realized characters, an absorbing story, and some sort of resonant theme.
Centurion lacks all three, but it takes itself too seriously to work as the loud, dumb action movie it should be. The result is simply a good-looking bad film.


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The first partial lockout has been and gone and our Crows, Bombers, Dockers and Eagles players are all locked in. We can continue to play with our teams right up until Thursday at 7:45pm AEDT when our Tigers and Blues are locked.
Make sure you post your team in an easy to read format to that people can easily see your squad and it's positions. Also, it's handy to chuck in there how much cash you have left. See the previous 'My Team' posts on how this has been done in the past.
Please be constructive with your comments. If you expect some advice on your team, make sure you help others! We're a big happy family here at DT Talk!


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Like athletes, the most successful businesses thrive under competitive pressure.
To them, rivals are not obstacles, they're opportunities.
True competition, claims Anita Williams Woolley, associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University's business school, can be very motivating. There are plenty of bitter corporate feuds that illustrate this point: Coke vs Pepsi, Apple vs Microsoft, Visa vs MasterCard.
Here's what accountants can learn from the best business rivalries.
The Rivalry
In the 1970s, Kodak accounted for 90% of film and 85% of camera sales in the US. Then came digital photos and smartphones, which replaced film and cameras. Kodak's revenues fell from a peak of $16bn in 1996 to just $6.2bn in 2011.
Its old rival Fujifilm, meanwhile, transformed itself by switching to digital and developing new business lines. Today Fujifilm's market cap is $19bn; Kodak's $700m.
The Lesson
Adapt or fall behind.
Whether you adjust quickly enough to emerging technologies will decide whether you stay in business or go bust, says Alva Taylor, director of the Center for Digital Strategies at Dartmouth College: "Digital has changed everything." New technology in the bookkeeping sector is having just as dramatic an effect.
Kodak is a picture-perfect example of what you need to avoid.
The Rivalry
Blue Origin and SpaceX's fierce rivalry transcends the boundaries of earthly markets; they're competing for the universe.
The entrepreneurial aerospace outfits are fighting to attract talent, funding, launch the best orbital spacecraft and to make history.
When SpaceX successfully landed the first-stage booster of its Falcon 9, last year, Blue Origin boss Jeff Bezos jeered on Twitter: "Welcome to the club!"
The Lesson
Keep pushing to improve.
Rather than hindering each other's progress, both companies provide fuel for the other's rockets. Blue Orbit reckons it can transport tourists to space by 2018; SpaceX responded recently by saying it would attempt to send an unmanned spacecraft to Mars the same year.
Rivalries can maximize potential. You should use a competitor to test assumptions and explore what is possible.
Life is not a zero-sum game — neither the bookkeeping markets.
The Rivalry
Such is the legendary rivalry between Coca-Cola and Pepsi that media outlets coined the phrase "Cola Wars" in the 1980s.
Worried about losing market share to their arch-rival, the two businesses have matched eachother drink for drink looking for sources of revenue. Today, US soda consumption has fallen flat; it's dropped to a 30-year low. However,Coca-Cola remains America's favourite drink and the company is worth $31bn more than Pepsi.
The Lesson
Target new markets to differentiate.
Accountancy isn't just one market. Small business bookkeeping, for instance, is the new prize for even the biggest auditors; fast-growing start-ups need oversight of their finances but have little time for accounts.
There will always be those looking for the expert services of a bookkeeper, it's just a matter of connecting with them.
The Rivalry
Bear with me!
Marvel and DC Comics compete in both the real world and in readers' imaginations. In 1996, they launched a joint series of duels: Aquaman against Namor, Elektra versus Catwoman.
But more recently, they've gone from rivals to partners. Characters from both comic universes have joined forces; Batman and Wolverine for example, teamed up to become Dark Claw. Some speculate this sporadic partnership may extend to the big screen. Movies have been money printing machines for Marvel — Captain America: Civil War grossed $400m.
The Lesson
Competition can provide fruitful alliances.
By creating partnerships with like-minded companies, you can expand your market, share technology and tools, and better educate consumers. You may even merge or acquire your biggest competitors. Think Uber and Didi Chuxing.
Keep an eye out in your network for other practices with specialities that complement your own and see how you can provide an even better service to your clients.
Competition is a strong motivator and, like athletes, the best companies will flourish under stress. Rivals will push each other to new heights — or planets. But fail to compete effectively and you'll end up like Kodak — fading away, like an old photo.


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You can experience the feeling of true isolation encapsulated within this amazing landscape at the bottom of the world!! It has an amazing bio-diversity where wildlife spotting is just part of daily life whether it be penguins, Whales and seals. The traditional tall ship that you have as your expedition base and means of transport offers an intimate and personal experience by which to experience this fragile and flawless environment. Join an expedition to the Antarctic and be part of the guest crew setting the sails and steering the ship. This active adventure keeps you warm working on deck so you see more wildlife outdoors and the teamwork required to sail a square rigger in the Southern Ocean brings the whole ships company closer together than on a large expedition ship.
What is the sailing like in Antarctica?
The Antarctic is generally windier which allows for spirited sailing and winds can range from 50 knots to zero within an afternoon. The open seas in the Drakes passage on the way from Ushuaia can be utterly wild, open to all that the Southern Ocean has to offer. However, tucked into an anchorage like Nekko Harbour you could be eating lunch on deck in conditions so tranquil you can hear a melting icicle drip. South Shetland itself offers some protection while sailing in Antarctic itself and some great breezy sailing can be had in crystal clear blue skies with mountains and icecaps all around. Larger stretches of water like Bransfield Strait, Gerlache Strait or down the coast of South Georgia allow some fast sailing whilst keeping a 'weather eye' out for katabatic winds coming off the mountains.
On many occasions, Europa our Antarctic specialist has been able to set t'gallants and royals and over 22 sails whilst enjoying the spectacular scenery of the Antarctic peninsula. The ships crew are vastly experienced at ocean sailing and working aloft in high wind strengths, have great faith in this incredibly strong steel ship and never take the elements for granted. There is no requirement to join them aloft but they are happy to encourage you when you feel up to it.
Capture Images reminiscent of Frank Hurley on Shackleton's expedition. The sea temperature is still around freezing so if the air temperature drops below freezing the ship can get icing on the rigging, ropes and decks. Luckily in summer there is a lot of sun and the temperature is usually between 0 and 5 degrees centigrade around mainland Antarctica and a lot warmer in South Georgia so icing is rare. (typical Alps ski holiday temperature).
Looking for big waves? Southern Ocean, Weddell Sea, Scotia Sea, Drakes Passage – You have come to the right place and it looks a whole lot bigger from the main deck of a 56m square rigger with the masts rolling in the swell – If you have read books by Ellen McArthur, Pete Goss, Tracey Edwards or other famous round the world yacht racers, they both fear and love the Southern Ocean and the sheer emptiness of the South Atlantic. Nature is very raw, light conditions are forever changing and everybody out there needs to be alert and self-reliant. The wildlife is amazing – both ocean birds and cetaceans.


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Multiple sources have confirmed us that Wateen has fired at least 500 employees, posing recession as the root cause.
This rumor of downsizing at Wateen was in market for several days, until it matured yesterday when company reportedly fired 550 employees in total from almost all departments.
It is anticipated that Wateen has plans to downsize its workforce further in next phase, with equal value. Earlier, Wateen fired at least 200 employees three months ago.
Am employee at Wateen, (requesting anonymity) told us that staff is under high pressure, with no job security at all. He also confirmed that Wateen re-tested its employees through multiple interviews – and those who couldn't justify themselves were fired.
We couldn't arrange official words on this downsizing.
Wateen have poor human resource this is expected lot of fnf culture abt dahbi group companies
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At the start of each year, I have reached out to you to share our Wateen's success story. Alhamodillah, I am delighted to communicate a similar one this year too.
Wateen has again delivered strong growth both in revenues of over PKR 1600 million and profits of over PKR 600 million which are comfortably the best in the telecom industry in Pakistan. We continue to be the largest VSAT service provider, retain our position as the second largest LDI and Broadband Company with Broadband internet connections expected to cross 100,000 shortly, and garnered another feather in our cap as the largest alternative enterprise data network provider in the country. Our ability to manage our costs, focus on revenue generation and continuous investment in technology, has delivered this success. But this achievement could not have been possible without the commendable collective contribution by you and all other Wateenites.
It has been a year of difficult economic conditions, security concerns across the country and the telecom industry facing a slowdown. In light of this we undertook some painful decisions of parting with some of our colleagues for the overall good of the company and held back on some investments that we had planned to venture into new businesses.
As we move forward, we remain optimistic about Pakistan and Wateen. I am absolutely confident, that we have the best of human resource amongst us which will propel us forward, and which we are committed to retaining the same. Our commitment will be to grow our business and sustain our position in the industry. For this we must endeavour to galvanise all our resources effectively to optimize our processes and systems, and ensure that you and Wateen remain the envy of the market and the industry.
I am confident that you and Wateen will add another page to our success story, this year. Inshallah.
I THANK YOU and to your family for your support and wish you the best.
Kind regards,
Chief Executive Officer
Dear Miandad,
This is a regular message or email to employees from CEO. Tell me one thing, shall any CEO say that their company is going down. Its reality that Wateen Telecom is facing financial crises and it is downsizing the staff only and only for cost cutting because Wateen is payng heavy amount to FnF staff who absolutely unprofessionals. I am sure that wateen will no more in market within 1 year due its unprofessional policies.
We have thousands of new graduates being added every year in the market job cuts by company and no further investment by the companies mean we will have a huge talent lost at the same time that is bad
Yeah this news is confirm. Wateen is very bad in term of human resource … many people came and gone just b/c poor HR policies and poor managment. they dont fire people of high salary and high level even thoese who ……
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Not in terms of HR only, also in terms of service.
Services are not that bad. 1 Mbps in 700 Rs is quite attractive. while downtime is constant among all WiMAX and CDMA Broadband Service providers.
I share the feelings for those who ……… :)
Why were Rabis's comments edited? Rabia can you re=phrase what you were commenting about!
Excuse me MISS…. that's the reason to fire 500+ employees but you can't say poor HR…. depends on the people how to tackle customers and i think wateen has made a good decision because some of the employee's did'nt work well and some kind of corruption… so wateen has provided excellent services for customers and there is no doubt in it… HR is the main part of the organization but if the people are not well aware like you then firing of the employee is the right decision…
Dear Zain,
Rabia is absolutely right. You are saying that it depend upon the performance of employees and some employees were not showing good performance that's why they are no more there in Wateen. It is only your opinion.
Rabia said that there are number of people who are there till now and they are not willing with their work and have not any professional worth, even they are involved in corruption. I now number of people who are fired by wateen and they were 100% committed with their work and many from them were there since start of Wateen.
I also will say that it is only and only poor HR and Admin policies and decisions. I think the authorities makes policies on bed in night and implement these in morning very next day.
No doubt that wateen is trying to deliver good services to customer but it is badly failed to achieve their goals………
i also second that it has nothing to do with the performance. as their are many highly paid employees who were left untouched.
At the same Time i believe HR is helpless in this regards. they can not point at FnF (same Sect as the CEO) if they want to continue their job. and above that most of the key Positions were held by the same group so wateen is going no where.
The CEO'S SECT IS WELL RENOWNED FOR SUPPORTING POOR AND HELP LESS PEOPLE AS A TRADE TO ISLAMIC PRINCIPLES AND AQEEDA KHATM E NABUWAT. SO CORRUPTION IS A SMALL WORD FOR THAT
Exact figure is 580.
A Very sad news for those..who were running there kitchens on wateen salary. All those guys who lose their jobs..do not give up and be hopefull. Your Rizq is not in hands of Wateen. Its like you have been tested by the almighty, believe me you will get reward very soon. Just Be hopefull.
Wateen Telecom, should improve their HR Policy and kick out FNF of Abu-Dhabi group from their rows. If they dont then not even a 3 room company will buy your shares. One more thing to add, after this Abu-Dhabi group will sell out wateen's 51 % or some more shares and they will be able to achieve this target only if they improve their HR policies, regarding Salaries, Grading system and hirings.
Its been a sound reality that companies are not run by Longhauls, Access networks etc, it is actually Quality minds which run the company.
I am very much dissappointed by this news. If all of Wateen GM's and CEO just cut there salary by 5% for only 1 year things could be much better. I am sure now people in Wateen will don't see them secure and things will be quiete different in next few months.
It happens every where in the world. when organizations reach crisis they used to make haphazard decisions and this is among one of many that wateen have made so far.
I Agree with Madam Rabia on this. although i have left Wateen last year but i have always been a well wisher.
the thing i have never understood about wateen is their long tier of managers. in wateen they have Senior Executives, than Team leads, than Asistant Managers, Managers, Senior Managers, Regional Managers, than they have country Managers above that they have Head of Departments and above them they have General Managers… i hope i am not missing any one :)
To me for running smooth operation one General Manager and Three Regional Managers and below them multiple Team leaders are enough.
The figure of over 500 suggest that they have cut down their work force employees with lesser salaries. and this huge tier stays as it is.
the most funniest thing is that at one point when i was a young engineer in Wateen. i thought i should take over their HR department and fix every thing by my self as a result i still remember that day when i was setting right in front of their GM HR at that time Mr. Saleem Hussaini he is the most gentle person i have ever meet he communicated me his wisdom and I found out that HRM is not that easy. and HR people can not make every one happy so basically MR. Tariq Malik the CEO is not the one who is taking these painful Decisions rather he and his Friends are making it painful for the HR department to take such decisions.
i hope no one will take these comments seriously; as they have never took it seriously before :)
For those who have lost their Jobs i can only pass my best Wishes and my message is do not stay at home for long time start some small business or go for Teaching Industry. and if you are still young than go for Higher Education. Alhamdullilah every one is well educated and well trained by Wateen Telecom so Inshallah i hope every one will get a better placement.
Best Regards;
Abdul Ali M Iqbal ( Ali Iqbal )
very well suggested!!
very bad news i hope no one will take these comments seriously; as they have never took it seriously before
i must suggest those employees who have been fired forcefully should consult labour court.
Labour Court are use less in Pakistan. try to force your voice infront of these nonscence HR people
what do you think that those HR people who are involved in the downsizing will listen…..
Dear Guru,
People cannot approach there in labour court because they are offering one month salary at termination/resign by labour laws. Due to this action they are save in every constitution. Wateen has played a big game with all them who are fired. They are only and only offering one month salary and also deducting huge amount from their these funds.
The prevailing condition of wateen "disgruntled employees, irritated customers " …..They should NOW pack their bags and return.
The lower level employees are out, what about the major salary holders?
most of fired staff are driver,labor,Cable gaurds and supervisors.
wheres Managers,Assistant managers,Executives ETC ????
Salary of labor 7500rs
driver 9000rs
Cable Gaurd 9000rs
Supervisor 18000rs
what you say about managers .a manager etc who takes salary in lakhs…????
Its more like a family and friends network, nothing more the same for warid check it out and fully justified. from engineering to products , to sales to customer engineering to finance——–> to pockets
Tarik Malik is going to be removed from ceo position soon as there are vast corruption and miss management charges.
i must say that today some more lower staff have lost thier job specially in wop department. It is very sad that one of the guy who got injured on the field and now he is useless for wateen that he cannot perform hard work for his whole life. he has served for the company and company left him alone. It was also observed that those who have been fired were mostly competent and those who are not were incompetent and loved by their bosses.
600 M profit
500+ jobs cut …..
now ITCN ……. minimum 5 to 10 lakh rupees will be showered on that event and all the last ones ……
sharam to ateee heee nahee hogeee …..
aur atee bhee hoge tooo Akram Durrani ko dakh kar bhag jatee hogeee ….. coz gate par joo bethaa hai …..
aur Us ghar mai Faristay nahee hotee jahan kuttay honnnnn
guru is right ….
a tea boy who is deaf and dumb, work also as a photocopier in Centrum …..
could any Manager or Assistant manger tell me what he had done wrong … why he was fired also …
max his salary was 7000 …. 4 to 5 stomach was with him ……
aray kuu gahriboo kee baduaee lainay par tulayy hooo …. khas tor par asay logo kee … jin ko pata bhee nahe kai woo bhe niklay ja saktay hain coz a tea boy work is to serve others…….. but he was served in this style ……
salute to all Wateenites !!!
i feel chootay loogun k sath sach maen bura huwa….
hopeing that the CEO also gets fired with his entire group of friends…..
Mr furrukh i pray your wishes may come true.. but what will happen to those lower and middle managers who had given the names of those who were worth while while fnf still serving…
U r absolutely rite as i was working in centrum and i no the name of that person.. we all called him (bhadai).
but kya karain yaar CEO ko apna khandan bi tu chalana hai……..
do any body know the reasonsss
This is too bad…. I pray for those who have been fired.
Guys (who have been fired), Please 'Tawakel Allah' he is the best and Raziq !!!
Well, its very unfortunate , this sort of problems are everywhere…favoritism and bla bla…
if u just look on the Email from CEO Wateen..he is confessing about cost savings & revenue enhancements…Then where does the chance of firing left????
or on the other side, he is trying to save his self and his buddies from the same wipes in front of BOD (Board of Directors)????
HR is been evolving in Pakistan, and unfortunately, its not been handling very well like it should be handled..i don't know, Such cases remind me of Post World War I & Pre World WAR II conditions for labor rights and bla bla…
this is my request to all of HR professionals , that please behave in a way like u studied the practices and follow your instructions but in a tactful way. if you don't know the solution for this cause then pls dont bother to sit on HR ceat. because HR core function is develop 2 Way relationship among companies and employees.
But favoring Top Mgmnt just for saving your ends will help you in your current situations but will never help you in long term.
i think cost saving initiatives can help companies to lower down the costs they are incurring like
Abandoned the use of following stuff in offices instead of firing :
1. Use of tissues on every employee table
2. only 2 pen for 22 working days i.e. one month
3. lighting sensors to save light for unoccupied areas
4. Strict Office timings i.e. 9 to 5 pm
5. only one writing pad for one month instead of 6 for whole month in which 3 went in drawers of employees.
6. Use of IP phones VOIP techonology , even on the GO
There are lot more you can think and innovate to save the cost instead of disturbing 100 lives without any reason.
Per do you all know what is the problem???
We people left empathy, empathetical practices "put ourselves in other shoes"…Buss this is the reason…
Just start talking about ISLAM…lot of people will give you lot of reasons for stopping stuff..but noone will give you such islamic rules to be practice by us daily , which is been practicing by everyone except Muslims i.e. Us !!!
Please promote empathy…always put yourself in other shoes..like all of the above commenters are doing…
Buddy! The Wateen HR GM Akram Durrani already possess a very bad repute in the coporate world when he fired several people in KESC. I dont believe when he was hired what was the actual criteria of hiring him. Also R.Tariq Malik cant see the lost list of GM in one such small company (15 GMs if i am right) having big salaries and his blunders of wasting huge revenue on some areas. It simply looks that he is hiding his mistakes by firing staff. Every body in wateen knows that how much he has been involved in benefiting his fnf.
Wi-Tribe & Augere can really learn from this.
1. Do not built empires to prove u are a 'big' company.
2. Outsource, develop franchises at no-cost to you. Built relationships (talk to me if u want to)!
3. Outsource Customer services.
4. Out source maintenance of network.
5. Witribe and Augere, without LDI all that you need is 250 people to manage business in 10 cities.
Good Luck Witribe & Augere.
Wateen can still reel back from lost reputation as it has a infrastructure in place. I suggest concentration is needed on F&F factor. Normally in the world F&F at 10% is tolerable, anything above that can be a disaster. It has been observed in multiple cases….
I agree with Tariq J Qureshi. Tariq also add Qubee(new WiMAX) operator.
Well, i am agree with every point except outsourcing of customer services. because, you cannot put service delivery / recovery on outsource shoulders.
They will put you in pathetic mode of customer care. Decline in outsourcing is one proof for the argument.
Qubee is name of Product and Augere is the company both are one and the same. and Augere have acquired Supernet. so it already have all the specialized resources.
well outsourcing Customer Services and Maintaenance of network is always a good idea. because in that case a company will not be paying Number of Employees and a long chain of managers. rather they will be paying a fixed amount in terms of Out Sourced Services
you can always discuss such prospects with companies like AMZ Technologies we will always be their and welcome such offers.
I agree with Bits.
Outsourcing Customer service is not a better idea. Believe it or not Wateen Operations is the best in the market. Turn over time for resolution of complains and installation is really good and efficient. The bulk of complains and deployment which Wateen operations recieve every day is huge and the way they perform their job is brilliant. So big NO NO to outsource Operations.
what do yousay about the turnover time of consumer complains and installation. consumer customers waits for more than 2 days and even one week to get resolution of their complain buddy and for installations they even have to wait for one month. Ali that seems that wateen is similar in service with ptcl…
Most of you know who I am so let me help built a understanding in these very unfortunate circumstances
So let give you the justification of outsourcing model, from the carriers, vendors and workers prospective.
1. Firstly outsourcing is managed by companies who provide the network equipment and are knowlegable about the equipment, considering learning curves vary from 6-24 months for carrier employees(e.g. Huawei, Motorola, ZTE etc). This way technical staff is on vendors pay-roll instead of carriers payroll.
2. Vendor companies can economize or same set of people are used to service multiple carriers with a small core team on 24/7 standby for each carrier.
3. This allows the cost of service delivery to be reduced, and allows the flexibility to the carrier to manage upswings and down-turns in sales, to avoid drastic lay-offs as happaned in Wateen, Warid, PTCL and Mobilink.
4. One key factor that will evolve in Pakistan is development of domestic applications and support infra-structures, and that will be he new job market.
5. Yes I agree with most of you that Pakistan lacks corporate culture. Except for banking sector, other Pakistan business sectors have not seen professional corporate cultures either, and it was more of a mix of Seth and Corporate culture. Yes F&F is a major issue, but F&F cannot save the company either. Sooner or later experienced people have to be bought in. If you look at Telenor, it does have a robust corporate culture as F&F is not there.
6. CEO's tend to bring in their own team of trusted sub-ordinates, so a weak CEO will develop a weak team, and that is the receipe for disaster. I assume in Telecom sector the top 4 companies are Telenor, Zong, Mobilink & Ufone.
7. Somebody talked about labor laws and courts. I am sure that when employees are hired, there is a contratual letter which says that either party can break the employment contract by giving a notice of 1 month, and I assume all companies who laid off people follow the rules. However all perks promised at time of hire (in written) have to be honored. Some companies give better exit packages to retain employee loyalty even when they are laidoff.
8. Please do understand that layoffs are a disaster for any company. Lot of money is spend on a employee when he joins and when a employee is laidoff or leaves, a valuable asset is drained.
9. The term of layoff also has a legal implication. If the same job is recreated, the person who was laid off has the first right to it. Please understand layoff and getting terminated is NOT the same thing.
TQ is 100% correct. i totally agree.
and i think we are dragging this topic a little too far from possibilities. most of it will never be considered. it is like talking in front of a Wall.
The management of wateen should now realise one thing that 'cost cutting has also some cost' which it has to bear in future. The companies cannot survive only by cutting its cost, this is the revenue which boosts up the companies in the industries and wateen should now think why it is being fail to increase the revenue.
The mostly layoffs are of lower grade employees who are never be involved in policy making, they are just executors of flop policies. The bad thing for wateen is that the wrong policy makers are still there.
hey is there anyone who is or has been employee of wateen telecom ?
pl let me know or send me cell phone contact of someone in HR i want to know about some employee of wateen!!
Now Wireless operation department will be outsourced.
Sajid Dastagr which was the head of Operation divison, currently running his company in side. he is doing work which was outsourced.
next when offically outsourced
CEO Sajid Dastagir
Rabia Azfar will be the Head of that company
Jawaid Miandad so called Manager larkaoo ka faida utahanay kai layaih.
Durrani Assistant Manager …. Bharam marnay kai layaih aur larkoo kai future sai khalnay kai layaih ….
kisi rozz miloooo phar batata hon kai faida kasay uthaya jata hai …..
Hey, i thing this is going way to far… dont mix your emotions in professional life please..
I have confirmed it from my sources that nothing of this sort is hapening.. so please do not drag this topic any further.
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Is Wimax really being outsourced? Thats very interesting. can somebody from Wateen's GM's confirm?
I will be interested…remember its all back to starting point!
We don't have confirmations, however, such rumors are sailing from Wateen's camp lately. Also there is this Australian company interested in buying Wateen or running it on leased basis.
To Sir TQ,
Sir I still work in Wateen an di remember meeting you in 2005 when you were GM in Wateen sitting in EFU Bilding an dyou told me that a novel tech WiMAX is coming. Basically it was your brainchild.
Now coming to the point of outsourcing, I work in Engg div and I am proud that by taking the services in house our department saved almost 89M PKR in one year. Vendour was costing us a fortune for things. We did the same job by using local subcons at 25% cost.
To ALL. FnF culture is not present in Engg and Fianance (two div who work) at all.
Its in marketing and products.
Re. Firing: Firing happened in all cadres, so GMS also fired, Heads too, Senior managers too, Its is obvious that percentage make higher counts on lower cadres, so 30% of 800 executives and 15 GMs has different counts.
To Sana F….are you still at wateen or not?
HR or any department is helpless, its only CEO.
Sir TQ! can you advise a way forward for young professionalz in current telecom market? And wat are the chances that some money would be put in by investors in Pak Telecom.
Thanks for the compliment of Wateen being my brain child. You all are also to be complemented for its creation. Today, Wateen is still not lost. When a war is lost, the General take the blame, when a war is won the glory is shared by the entire army.
In 2005, Wateen had 3 key advantages that were to be used to launch the company. Unfortunately none of them were used. Wateen had (s) Warid cellular as a partner (b) had Warid Distribution channel and (c) Had Bank Al-falah as a internal partner and a distribution channel.
The soft-launch was to last for 6 months for first 3,000 connections, implementing 500 links for Warid franchise channels, and all Bank Al-falah branches in 22 cities were to move to Wateen giving 2500 links.
After 6 months, once the network was stable, we would offer the network to Banks (MCB, UBL, Habib etc .etc), insurance companies, manufacturing companies, small businesses in 22 cities- Total 95000-100,000 connections. The company was to have no more then 500 people. Wateen was to use Warid's distribution channels.
We were to only go to consumer sector in year-2 when we would have increased the number of base stations by 3X as the price of infrastructure was to reduce by 30%. I assume the strategy was changed. Another thing that has changed is that in 2005 PTC, was a sleeping sick giant.
I joined PTCL in January 2007 and Vfone and DSL were launched in in June 2007 with EVDO to be launched in June 2008. PTCL is now fully awake gaint!
It's a million dollar solution. Literally- I repeat a Million Dollar solution, and the company can be profitable in 12 months, and be the competitor to PTCL. It's up-to the Board-of-Directors of PTCL to let it sink or sell it out!
Sir i think Wateen have to do alot to survive. just increasing the coverage cloud will never work in Pakistan… Practically i am not a very big fan of going Wireless whether it is 802.11 or 802.16 non of them can support unlimited clients.
So my Suggestion would be to implement their plans of DSL as quickly as possible. as i know that it is in their plans from a long time.
Secondly selling Internet is also not a very profitable business they have to focus more and more on local-loop traffic.
lastly i think they should introduce some VoIP Phones which connects directly on 802.16 network. because VoIP is the best use of available bandwidth and the most profitable of all.. only 64Kbps required for uncompressed G.711 and i am sure they will not want to use G.711 as G.723 and G.729 takes much lesser bandwidth as low as 8Kbps … more over mobile Video phones can also be introduce which would be First time in Pakistan H.323 Video or SIP Video traffic takes roughly 128Kbps to 384Kbps so it will be the real business and company can be profitable in 6 to 8 months…
Abdul understand 2 aspects of telecom business….
1. Voice is so cheap on cellular (Rs 2/minute), that unless you give it as unlimited for $2/Month for on-net, it will not sell.
Next what is the cost of Wimax handset for voice Vs cellular handset? Just look at what is being offered on Worldcall on-net CDMA. You will know whether or not voice will sell.
Here is USA two companies are giving VoiP unlimited calling within USA for $1.70/month (That is cheaper then PTCL line-rent). If you take the magic jack and put in on computer with broadband anywhere in the world, you are talking (like Vonage) to USA free of cost.
There is no money in voice…. VoIP with Broadband is only way!
Check out this new way to call for free
I am too young to match any experience but what i am suggesting is 100% practicle 2$/month is 160Rs/month line rent for only 20Kbps of Bandwidth…
Magic Jack of Broadband Internet cost minimum 500Rs/month and consume alteast 256Kbps of Bandwidth… it can be a package of 800Rs/month for 1Mbps on DSL Broadband.. but just analyze following figures
1Mbps is equal to 51 x 20 Kbps.
so if we give a voip connection only for 1$/month which is 80Rs/month for Unlimited calls than we will get roughly 4000Rs/month for 1Mbps…
and offnet call charges will also be applied…
we hv to find vendors who are making 802.16e compatible mobile phone set i am confident that they will not be too expensive…..
dear all:
All higher managements are fail to serving the company now action take a owner of company. they take new intrwiev and geting new hiring and get fresh candidate's .
Sir TQ,
Are you aware of Wateen going IPO?
2ndly any chance of you joining Wateen?
Has anybody contacted you? Professionally
it should'nt be an egoistic problem I can say.
wateen is not a good sarvise. very very bad.
Indeed it is. With Naeem Zamindar as CEO and Zouhair Khalique on top you expect a lot worse. Qubee and wi-tribe have already taken the market. Remember both these chaps are friends from Mobilink.
Ali Imam
How many employees in total does Wateen now have…any idea anyone?
So 580 were fired (as mentioned above), but how many remain?
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After all discussion the things remain the same ….. Wateen absolutely sucks…..
I sincerelyhope that Mr. Naeem Zamindar will have the wisdom to bring Mr. Saleem Husaini back and allow him to run HR the way it is supposed to be run. Poor Mr. Zafar Iqbal has no clue of HR.


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Rhoda Henelde Abecasís: Rhoda Henelde (Warsaw, 1937), was formed in the United States, being Yiddish her native family language. She has a degree in English and Romance Literature, with a specialty in Yiddish Literature; In addition, she has a diploma as an English-Hebrew-English Translator (Bar Ilan University). Her professional career in Spain includes teaching in specialized Hebrew-Spanish translation at the School of Translators of Toledo, and the publication of various articles in the Jewish Culture magazine Raíces, as well as in Isegoría, the journal of the Institute of Philosophy of the CSIC; she has been giving conferences and coordinating seminars on Yiddish language and literature for more than a decade. Since the year 2000 she translates mainly to authors in the Yiddish language together with her husband, Jacob Abecasís.
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Vegan Ginger Snap Cookies
Hello & Happy Saturday!
The past two weeks I've been inundated with projects (nearly 20 scheduled) so there has been fewer posts this week! That being said, this Saturday cookie was much needed! If there is one cooking I'm completely enamored with, is Ginger Snaps! I of course haven't had one in ages, but can recall eating countless Mi-Del ginger snaps once upon a time as the flavor profile is just different and fun. When brainstorming for the perf effortless holiday cookie, it went of like a lightbulb..
I have to make Ginger Snaps!
While I love this cookie, like any vegan concept, I was nervous if you could achieve a good results sans white flour, but you absolutely can! On a scale of 1-10, this cookie came out an 11 and far exceeded my expectations!
What I love about this cookie is, everything! It uses a handful of ingredients, Follow Your Heart vegan egg (I use it in everything!), almond flour, coconut flour, coconut oil, coconut sugar, takes minutes to make and bake, can easily be made in bulk, is fun, festive, non vegan approved, and prob by fave holiday cookie on the block!
If you're looking for that perf vegan Ginger Snap recipe, this is it!
Why this recipe rocks:
Minimal ingredients
Less sugar than most cookie recipes
Can make them crispy or soft
Minimal baking time
Easily can be made in bulk
Great for holiday entertaining
Eat Drink Shrink
Yields 8 large cookies 16 small cookies
30 minPrep Time
15 minCook Time
45 minTotal Time
- 1 1/2 cups almond flour
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp salt
- Pinch of black pepper
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 3 tbsp melted coconut oil
- 1 tbsp Follow Your Heart Vegan Egg Powder combined w/1/4 cup almond milk at room temp
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar and more for dusting the cookies
- 4 tbsp melted coconut oil
- Combine flours, baking soda, ground ginger, cinnamon, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Whisk to remove any clumps.
- In another bowl combine the coconut sugar, vanilla extract, vegan egg, molasses, coconut oil, and whisk until combined.
- Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and whisk until the sugar has dissolved. Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes to firm up.
- In a small bowl place 1/2 cup coconut sugar. Scoop the dough into balls (1tbs for thinner and 2 tbsp for thicker like mine). Roll the balls in the coconut sugar and place on a baking sheet. Lightly press down to flatten them and bake until golden, 13-15 minutes. Rotate halfway through and allow to cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack.


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My four year old LOVES chicken wings. I mean, LOVES them far more than most adults. As long as they're not "too spicy on my tongue", she is all over them. What's not to love? Handheld and just her size.
I like to keep things healthy over here as often as possible, so I never fry my wings. You can totally get a crispy, delicious wing without all the fat that traditional cooking methods bring and without any fancy gadgets.
Every few weeks our supermarket has a sale on chicken and that is when I stock up. This time I tried to save some extra cash and got the full wings and wound up having to break them down to smaller wingettes and totally regretted it. Time is of the essence around here. Unless you have an extra minimum 20 min (depending on your experience and speed here), I'd spend a few extra dollars and get the package that is already separated, it would read "wingettes and drumettes", not "wings".
Anyway, on to the recipe. (Skip to recipe)
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Start by lining a sheet pan with foil and place a wire rack on top. While the oven preheats, make your spice mixture. This is a great stage to get your kids involved if they're around and interested. If my daughter catches me making a spice mix without her she gets pretty insulted. Good problem to have! Truth is, if kids are involved in the cooking process, they're far more likely to be adventurous in trying the foods they create.
In a small bowl, combine the smoked sweet paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper (optional!), dried parsley, and cumin. For now in our house, I omit the cayenne as neither kiddo is into spicy food at the moment. Put your wings into a large bowl, drizzle 1/2 to 1 tsp of olive oil onto the wings, and toss to coat. Now sprinkle that spice mixture all over, tossing as you go to evenly coat each piece.
Place each piece on the prepared rack, being careful not to overcrowd them. It's a bit of a jigsaw puzzle, so if they seem over crowded to you, feel free to use a second sheet. Bake the wings 45 minutes. There is no need to turn them if you use the wire rack as that lets the air get under them. It's also the secret to keeping them from becoming soggy.
While the wings are baking, make the simple honey mustard dipping sauce. Mix the mayonnaise (I use the lighter type with olive oil.), honey, and mustard in a small bowl and set aside. When the wings are about 5 minutes out from being done, you have the option to brush the sauce on them and return to the oven. It will become a sticky glaze and is delicious! It totally depends on your preference. I like a crispy wing but more importantly, one of the diners is under 1 year old and thus cannot have honey, so a separate dipping sauce it is!
Pull the wings out, serve, and enjoy! I served these with pre-cut steamed veggies, lightly sautéed in a drizzle of olive oil combined with a tablespoon of butter, salt, and pepper. Steaming the vegetables ahead of time allows me to use less fat without sacrificing the flavor the oils add.
Let me know if you try them and tell me what you think! Enjoy!
Winning Wings
- 1 large package of chicken wingettes and drummettes (about 2 pounds)
- 1/2 to 1 Tbsp (eyeball it!) extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tsp smoked sweet paprika
- 1.5 tsp onion powder
- 1.5 tsp garlic powder
- 1.5 tsp kosher salt
- 1.5 tsp black pepper
- 1.5 tsp dried parsley
- 1.5 tsp cumin
- 1.5 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise (I use the type with olive oil)
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/3 cup mustard (I prefer dijon, but yellow works great too!)
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Prepare your pan by lining a sheet pan with aluminum foil (shiny side up!) and place a wire rack on top.
- In a small bowl, combine the smoked sweet paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper (optional!), dried parsley, and cumin.
- Place the wings in a large bowl, drizzle 1/2 to 1 tsp of olive oil onto the wings, and toss to coat. Add seasoning mix and toss to ensure even distribution.
- Arrange the wings on prepared pan, placing strategically to ensure an even layer. Bake for 45 min or until juices run clear and internal temperature is 165 degrees.


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The new Sam Bradford Era kicks off in earnest on Monday night when the
oft-injured quarterback leads the Philadelphia Eagles into Atlanta to
face the Falcons in the season opener. Acquired from St. Louis for
fellow QB Sam Foles in the offseason, Bradford isn't the only highly
publicized new face on Chip Kelly's team, as reigning Offensive Player
of the Year DeMarco Murray (1,845 yards, 13 touchdowns) has shuffled
over from NFC East rival Dallas to take the place of the departed LeSean
Philadelphia allowed free-agent wide receiver Jeremy Maclin to head to
Kansas City, believing that second-year Jordan Matthews can thrive on
the inside while rookie Nelson Agholor can make hay on the outside.
Speaking of wide receivers, two-time Pro Bowler Julio Jones reeled in
104 receptions for a franchise-record 1,593 yards last season en route
to securing a five-year deal worth $71.25 million in the summer. "We
think Julio is an elite receiver in this league, obviously," Kelly said.
"He presents a lot of problems because of his combination of size and
speed. Usually guys that are 6-foot-2-plus, 6-3, 220 (pounds) don't run
as fast as Julio." Matt Ryan (4,694 yards, 28 TDs) will likely look for
Jones on many occasions, but his rebuilt offensive line may have a say
in whether he has enough time to find him.
TV: 7:10 p.m. ET, ESPN. LINE: Eagles -3. O/U: 55
LINE HISTORY: After opening the Giants as 6-point home favorites, sportsbooks have since moved them to -5. The total opened at 49.5 but has risen to 52 as of this writing.
INJURY REPORT: Philadelphia – L. Johnson (probable), K. Alonso (probable), Z. Ertz (questionable), M. Smith (questionable), J. Shepherd (IR). Atlanta – J. Tamme (probable), J. Matthews (probable), R. White (probable), D. Hester (out), B. Reed (IR), J. Asamoah (IR), T. Howard (IR), C. Mooney (IR), L. Holmes (eligible Week 7).
ABOUT THE EAGLES (2014: 10-6, 2nd, NFC EAST): Philadelphia's
defense also features several new faces as linebacker Kiko Alonso was
acquired from Buffalo for McCoy and cornerback Byron Maxwell came over
from Seattle. At 6-1, 207 pounds, Maxwell may be the best candidate to
press Jones at the line, but he'll need help over the top to keep the
speedy wideout in check. Also new to Philadelphia is Ryan Mathews, who
is expected to spell Murray while also platooning with pass-catching
Darren Sproles in the backfield.
ABOUT THE FALCONS (2014: 6-10, 3rd, NFC SOUTH): New
offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan will attempt to figure out a
backfield in flux as rookie Tevin Coleman has been promoted to starter
with Devonta Freeman nursing a nagging hamstring injury. Veteran Roddy
White is dealing with a balky knee following a pair of injury-plagued
campaigns while Leonard Hankerson replaces the departed Harry Douglas
(Tennessee) as the team's third wideout in a pass-happy offense. Atlanta
finished last season second in completions (418), third in attempts
(632) and fifth in passing yards (4,553) while its 372 rushing attempts
were sixth worst in the league.
*Under is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings in Atlanta.
*Falcons are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 vs. NFC.
*Eagles are 3-10-1 ATS in their last 14 games in September.
*Eagles are 9-4-1 ATS in their last 14 meetings.
COVERS CONSENSUS: According to Covers Consensus, 64 percent of wagers are on the Eagles.
Minnesota Vikings at San Francisco Giants (+2.5, 41.5)
Star running back Adrian Peterson is back in the lineup and that alone
is reason for optimism for the Minnesota Vikings, who kick off their
season with a visit to the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night. Peterson
was limited to only one game last season after charges of child abuse
were leveled against him and wound up on the Commissioner's exempt list.
"You hear the name Adrian Peterson, what do you think? The best running
back in the league," Vikings wide receiver Charles Johnson said. "He's
going to draw a lot of attention." Perhaps the only positive to come out
of Peterson's absence was the development of rookie quarterback Teddy
Bridgewater, who lived up to his first-round status over the final month
of the season. The 49ers, meanwhile, entered last season as one of the
favorites to reach the Super Bowl, but they are loaded with uncertainty
after switching head coaches and undergoing massive personnel changes.
Jim Tomsula takes over for Jim Harbaugh, who returned to his alma mater
Michigan, and faces the unenviable task of overhauling a defense that
lost four players to retirement to go with the release of star pass
rusher Aldon Smith.
TV: 10:20 p.m. ET, ESPN. LINE: Vikings -2.5. O/U: 41.5
LINE HISTORY: The pointspread has been on a wild ride in this one, as books are currently dealing San Fran +2.5 after opening them as 4-point faves.
WEATHER: The forecast is calling for partly cloudy skies with temperatures in the 69 degree Fahrenheit ballpark at game time.
INJURY REPORT: Minnesota – M. Pruitt (probable), J. Robinson (out indefinitely), J. Price (eligible Week 3), J. Sullivan (IR), P. Loadholt (IR), C. Matthews (IR). San Francisco – A. Brooks (probable), T. Smith (probable), J. Simpson (eligible Week 7), K. Hunter (IR), D. Anderson (IR), D. Kilgore (IR), D. Smelter (IR).
ABOUT THE VIKINGS (2014: 7-9, 3rd NFC NORTH): Peterson had scored
at least 10 touchdowns in each of his first seven seasons and rushed
for at least 1,266 yards in six of his first seven campaigns, so he'll
provide Bridgewater with a major weapon. Bridgewater, who completed 72.1
percent of his passes and threw for eight touchdowns versus five
interceptions over the final five games, has another deep threat in
wideout Mike Wallace and a big red-zone target in tight end Kyle
Rudolph, who has missed nearly half his games over the past two seasons.
Minnesota's defense improved as the season went on, holding six of its
last 11 opponents to 17 points or fewer.
ABOUT THE 49ERS (2014: 8-8, 3rd NFC WEST):
Quarterback Colin Kaepernick finished with 19 touchdown passes versus
10 interceptions while reaching career highs in passing (3,369) and
rushing yards (639), but he'll be without veteran running back Frank
Gore. Carlos Hyde is expected to take over in the backfield while Torrey
Smith provides blazing speed at wide receiver, but the 49ers could use a
return to form by tight end Vernon Davis, who managed only 26
receptions and a career-worst two touchdown catches. The linebacking
corps took a hit with the retirements of Patrick Willis and Chris
Borland while the losses of Aldon Smith and the retired Justin Smith
weaken the pass rush.
COVERS CONSENSUS: Fifty-seven percent of bets are on the Vikes, per Covers Consensus.
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Senate starts 2019 with confirmations of VA CIO, OSTP director
James Paul Gfrerer was confirmed to the role of VA CIO and Kelvin Droegemeier is now officially the director of OSTP.
New White House Select Committee on AI looks to update the national AI strategic plan
The committee has published an RFI seeking public comment.
White House hosts Google, IBM execs for quantum tech meeting
White House officials are expected to host tech executives to discuss federal efforts to promote research into quantum information science.
OSTP director nominee sails through Senate Commerce
The weather prediction expert now awaits final approval by the full Senate. The job has been open since the beginning of the Trump administration.
Trump nominates Droegemeier as long-awaited pick for director of OSTP
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Pacific Cocktail Haven in San Francisco and The Monarch Cocktail Bar & Lounge in Kansas City, Mo., are adding one more layer to their branding to make themselves even more memorable to their customers: They are branding their ice.
The former stamps its initials, PCH, into large (2-inch x 1.5-inch x 1.25-inch) ice cubes, while the Midwest joint stamps butterflies onto its ice.
"This is furthering our brand," says Kevin Diedrich, owner and partner at Pacific Cocktail Haven. "It's the takeaway for guests. They take away the little details—and all the little details equal the overall experience. It's having these nuances that, if you notice them, they're amazing. If you're not paying attention, you'll miss them. It's what we do; thoughtful service and thoughtful cocktails."
Brocke Schulte, bar director at The Monarch, agrees. "From a marketing standpoint, the more you can present your brand, the better. I want everyone to be thinking of the butterfly, no matter what they're drinking."
Diedrich uses the branded ice in five cocktails—the Leeward Negroni, Ultra Magnus, Extra Fancy, Miso Old Fashioned, and Simple Jack—and brands about 80 cubes a night. "It was about how to make our ice stand out from everyone else's ice," he explains.
To brand his ice, he uses copper branders made in Hong Kong, which are simply pressed into the ice cubes where they leave an impression. After the branders have marked two cubes, they usually need to be run under hot water to get them ready for the next one. His ice cubes are all custom cut and branded on the largest side, right in front of customers. "It's amazing if you let them see it," Diedrich says. "People at the tables don't see it happening and then look down when they get their drink, and see the branding on top."
The ice cubes may be memorable, but social media's helping drive that, too. "It gets us a lot of attention," he says. "It's always been our strategy to have aesthetically pleasing cocktails. There's a lot of thought behind them."
Likewise, at The Monarch. "We can brand the ice cubes pre-service but doing it in front of the guests is a great little show," Schulte says. "The bartenders are always branding the ice before the guests so it's an experience, but you also see their phones come out and they're photographing it and tagging us on social media."
The bar has two different stamps: one features a monarch butterfly and looks very similar to a chandelier that hangs above the bar. This is used to brand ice cubes only for The Monarch Negroni.
The second stamp features a more generic butterfly—similar to the bar's brandmark—and stamps ice cubes for some other drinks that are named after butterflies, such as the Apollo and the Swallowtail. It brands 150 to 200 ice cubes per week.
The Monarch's branders cost $50 to $100. "It depends how much detail you want on them," Schulte explains, "though on a translucent cube, only so much detail can be seen."


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Downtown St Petersburg Condo Rentals Market Report April 2009
May 4th, 2009 categories: Market Updates
Downtown St Petersburg condo rentals – Market Update – April 2009
At the end of April 2009 there were 44 condos offered for rent in the MLS in downtown St Petem according to the MLS , slightly less than the 46 a month before. They range from $750/month for a 1 bedroom unit to $4,800/month for a 3 bedroom unit, showing a decrease from last month.
13 condos rented during April, ranging from $850/month to $3,300/month. The majority were 1 bedroom units. There is currently a 2 month supply of 1 bedroom units, a 3.5 month supply of 3 bedroom units, and a 13 month supply of 2 bedroom units. Condos with the most available units for rent are Bayfront Tower, the Madison, McNulty Station and Parkshore Plaza, with 6 each, and 400 Beach with 5 units offered for rent.
The average rental condo in downtown St Petersburg offered for rent is 1,644 sf at $2,304/month. The average condo rented during April had 1,291 sq ft and rented for $1,569. Just as in condos for sale, it's the lower prices that are moving.


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Vasilisa BerzhanskayaMezzo-soprano
In 2008–2012, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya studied at the Stavropol Musical School in Mineralnye Vody. In 2018, she graduated from the Russian Gnesin Music Academy in Moscow.
In 2014–2015, she was a guest soloist with the Primorsky Opera and Ballet Theatre in Vladivostok. In 2015–2017, she participated in the Young Artists Opera Program of the Bolshoi Theatre under the supervision of Dmitry Vdovin. Since 2017, she has been a soloist with the Berlin Opera. In 2015–2016, she appeared at the Musical Olympus Festival in New York, St Petersburg, Zurich, and Singapore. In 2016, she underwent traineeship at the Rossini Academy in Pesaro under the supervision of Alberto Zedda and performed Marchesa Melibea in Il viaggio a Reims in the framework of the Rossini Festival in Pesaro. In 2016, she also performed Rossini's Giovanna d'Arco at the Moscow International Performing Arts Center under the baton of Dmitry Korchak and made her debut at the Bolshoi Theatre in Mozart's Così fan tutte. In 2017, she participated in the Young Artists Opera Program of the Saltsburg Festival. In season 2017/2018, she performed Angelina in Rossini's La Cenerentola at the Basel Theatre and made her debut as Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia at the German Opera in Berlin. In 2018, she appeared with this role at the Mikhailovsky Theatre and at the Italian Days Festival in Latvia. In 2018, she also performed Marchesa Melibea in a new production of Il viaggio a Reims at the German Opera in Berlin under the baton of Giacomo Sagripanti.
Nowadays, the singer is to perform at the Amsterdam Opera Theatre, Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, at the Salzburg Festival, and at the Rossini Festival among others.