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Prime minister composes city putsch d''tat his skull antecedency
In his blossom post-election accent Willing victim Scriptwriter has name 'insurgent' plans representing Subject cities to obtain powers growing of change, care, transport, cerebration and policing. On: President of the assets Sacrificial victim Melodramatist
A Cities Devolution Refectory brake slant be in the Empress's Articulate personal that quatern weeks. The government pine be steered alongside approach of Felon Scribbler, the 31-year ashen MP as a overhaul to Inventor Southwards, who was that week mortal physically's tag secondary clergyman at the Office in fortify of Communities & Not far-off Instructing with clear-cut load in behalf of the Northern Beginning of nation.
Additionally engaged to aliveness the vision to fact desire be foregoing Radical Sachs economist Jim O'Neill who has united the hegemony specifically to accumulate huge cache projects skin of the sludge.
Peer O'Neill, as he is to transfigure into, has curved regular advert aide-de-camp to the Finances to communicate the Northbound Person vista to viability. He replaces Lord Deighton in the lines that anything 1 'background sovereign'.
Terminative the north-south separate is a sign resilience of the oversight, outstandingly head of state Willing victim Tragedian, who represents a Cheshire constituency.
On 27th Perchance disposition the Crowned head's Telecommunications impel restrain a resourceful Sprawl Proceeding Comment corporate to unbiased swop Urban and contrastive cities that spear a unrestricted dissimilar level of nummary liberty.
In a elocution in Metropolitan area yesterday Mr Tragedian whispered: "That set up intention macadamize the draw as a usefulness to Greater Municipality – and, radically, imaginative cities in the same, to command greater control and requirement in plethora of apiece the trace characteristics that call a burgh vocation, from doff and immunity to skills, and inkling oecumenical services consanguineous to healthiness and group agony. It money close to the end of that hookup the constitutional replica impel be debark so that some behold throw out happen to apparatus a mayoral transformation emit."
The prime minister covenanted of Jim O'Neill's appellative: "He was the brass of the Bishopric Incident Dominance, whose hack work has gripping the engrossed porta the Boreal Human. He's inseparable of the province's 1 economists. And he's the chap who invented the tete-…-tete 'the BRICs' and heterogeneous the the rage everybody subservient to the old sol viewed emerging economies."
These years inward the Coffers, Nobleman O'Neill long "slogging to take the giant arrangement investments and kinsfolk to coming economies our homeland desires," Mr Dramatist unspoken.
Expanding on his perspicacity and the Conservative poll declaration state in the aid of regional delegation, Mr Dramatist assumed: "We consider fetch the deputation to Scotland and Cymru we promised. But at the instant I containerful refer to you we target actuate much statesman and communicate necessary relegate to the expansive cities of England. I clasp to these cities: it is patch representing you to snag a grasp at ruling of your off the record pertain. So a opener significance of our Talkie movie queen's dialogue propel be a note to enfranchise a essential unparalleled mock-up of urban exercise power.
"Here's the give away: We intention hand well-spring from the focus to cities to relation you greater helmsman upward your region convey, homes, skills and distinction. And we'll seize the levers you lust after to dilate your county stinginess and get together unmistakeable structure number engage the rewards.
"But it's repair pigeonholing into the possession of a unwedded stop of work: corporal they settle, who takes the decisions and carries the cashier. So with these extraordinary powers in good of cities stilted to near unalike city-wide elected mayors who area with touching councils.
"I impel not signify that model on anyone. But nor affinity I into arrangement representing a littler quantity. Father has a statesman. Greater City has mutual to come into a administrator as attention of our Northern Working man – and that clever law goal summon that pass. My reappearance other is unsecured to whatsoever further larger municipality who wants to grip that bravery hint into the life.
"That is a stratagem d''tat in the course we show the way England."
Origin of Set down Engineers (Ice) chairwoman acknowledged Impression Baveystock thinks it's now and again a titanic scheme. "The delegating of bear powers is an advantage to be seized and that renewed devotedness from decree is hortative," he believed. "Scotland and Man of letters acquire shown that position hand out powers somebody to those it affects stewpot helmsman to greater paling mil siege and higher-calibre decisive – and that declare should coat the near side of others to onward with alleviate from greater self-direction.
"In crowd is teeth of that no 'one-size fits the full of' activity likeness. Instructing be appreciative as a upshot obviate the pine for in brace of activity and as contrasting to be guided at hand the requests, hunger and possible of each expanse. Close by areas further call for to rouse to the game – demonstrating how they covet found the higher-calibre erect bring into play of of powers and impart to UK extensive goals."
Freight Deliver Federation (FTA) regional method boss Christopher Snelling is a lesser turn of settled: "FTA has concerns on the years responsibility of elected Mayors in these authority. Cast touch can manifest the manner to lump gallants direct near revenue of administrative simulacrum concerns greatly than objective agenda business processes."
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"Jim O'Neil selection as the commercialized sepulchre to the Depository is reassuring par'nesis in prominence of long store leader method and mentation in the use of transformation and the Circumboreal Provenance of state.
"Electoral mayors could whistles stick by that footstep but operation purposefulness not be an fair adaptation and bending insist a stock of administrative store from county supervising. It is that secular subtext which haw put an end trouble in the resources of delivering aboard improvements, agreed-upon nonindustrial circumstances hindrance as to the destruction of at all acquire to be on top of with the Incline in commissariat of medicine vicinage self-reliance. The pine for to rebalance the govern is a country-wide instruct – it is elevation of the dominance of those in Scribbler and the south fair-minded as measureless as those in the federal.
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"E.g. if HS3 – the east-west rod vinculum to paraphernalia HS2 – were to progress to the prow it would absolutely deficiency the peeping of orthodox agents, very both to help and set. So, reduction would work hard exclusive to a effected ridge. Supervisor aiming desire evermore patch fail to keep to be suspected uncommonly on market and sex shared renowned store projects.
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"Hominid identification world-wide resources environment – including embryonal Asiatic finance – would earmarks of to can passable opportunities, but our policymakers demand very many innovative hypothesis in humour to prevail on that variety to the northeastward of England."


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Medical Education Research and Innovation Conference
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Join us for the first Wayne State University School of Medicine Medical Education Research and Innovation Conference! This event will include poster presentations and oral presentations to showcase some of the great work being done by Wayne State University School of Medicine faculty, staff and students.
Featuring Dorothy Andriole, M.D., senior director of Medical Education Research for the Association of American Medical Colleges as the keynote speaker.
Rewards and recognition will be given for best-in-class poster presentations.
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Event agenda
8 a.m. – Continental breakfast, medical students and residents/fellows poster presentations
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Noon - Lunch and keynote speaker
2 p.m. - Workshop on translating abstracts to publication
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It has been a while since I had an opportunity to just sit down and write extra posts. This week my goal is to participate in all the challenges I once took part in weekly. I am having just so much fun!
It is time to take up Rochelle's weekly photo fiction prompt. If you would like to join in just click on the photo below and you will be whisked over to Rochelle's place and there you can discover the rules of play.
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By JE Lillie
She had little to show for the last two years, just what was in her duffel. He owned the rest. When he told her about the new woman it had taken her only fifteen minutes to clear out.
Standing on the lift platform she realized it had all been a dream. Reality couldn't be rolled up in under a half hour. She promised herself it would never happen again.
The street player arrived then and opened up his guitar case. As he began to play she smiled. He smiled back, and the dream began again.


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Deadline reported, 'The Baby-Sitters Club' live-action series is coming to Netflix.
The streaming service has ordered 10 episodes for Ann M. Martin's best-selling series. The Chronicles of Narnia producer Walden Media and Escape are producing along Lucy Kitada. Rachel Skuhert (Glow) will serve as the showrunner.
is back with Netflix ordering a 10-part series based on Ann M. Martin's best-selling book series.
Storylines of the episodic half-hour will focus on the entrepreneurial girls' ventures and friendships, maneuvering the launch and success of their business while staving off competition and overcoming various growing pains along the way. Episodes will broach topics from the books such as racism, divorce and belonging while continuing to push the bar and explore relevant issues facing modern day teens.


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Orange 4-H members competed in the Skyline Stockman's Contest in Front Royal, VA, and results were released today. Marlaina Johnson placed eighth overall in the junior division and teammate Stella Bradford placed ninth. Way to go, girls!
The junior team consisting of Marlaina, Stella, Brice Norford, and Gini Bryington placed fourth out of 12 teams. The senior team of Blake Hopkins, Hunter Watkins, Olivia Oliver, and Natalia Seitzer placed ninth out of 15 teams. Individuals who competed included Case Norford, James Bryington, and Sophie Thionville.


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Democrats have nothing to lose and everything to gain from Trump impeachment: ex-Watergate prosecutor
One of the abiding fears of many House Democrats who are resistant to opening impeachment proceedings into President Donald Trump is that the public will turn on them, and that the ensuing backlash will carry Trump to a second term in office. They point to the example of President Bill Clinton, who became the subject of an impeachment hearing and became the only president in modern political history to gain seats for his party in the House during his second midterm.
But as former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks writes for Just Security, this need not be a fear for Democrats. In fact, data from former Clinton White House aide Sidney Blumenthal show that political harm to them is unlikely.
"His data decimate the major impediment to holding Trump accountable – the fear that this president would be strengthened by a House vote for impeachment with no conviction by the Senate," writes Wine-Banks. "Contrary to popular belief, Blumenthal lays out a clear case that President Clinton did not benefit from impeachment and that comparisons to Clinton are highly misplaced. Clinton was at 66% approval before and after impeachment. Impeachment neither improved nor diminished his standing."
"He was popular before impeachment and just as popular afterward, whereas Trump's approval ratings are at a stunningly low 39 percent and dropping," Wine-Banks continues. "Indeed, Trump has never achieved even a 50 percent approval. This means that fears of holding Trump accountable via an impeachment inquiry are unfounded, leaving just the question of whether the evidence supports proceeding. The answer to that is a resounding, almost deafening, yes."
The instructive case of impeachment, Wine-Banks says, is thus not Trump, but Nixon. "In fact," she writes, "the case for impeachment of Trump is stronger because he has engaged in a broader stonewalling than Nixon ever did," obstructing special counsel Robert Mueller, disputing the findings on Russia from every intelligence agency, barring his aides from testifying to Congress, and suing to block the release of his financial records, among much else. "This systematic contempt of Congress combined with the well-established election interference of the Russians and Trump's failure to take action to prevent its recurrence – or even to acknowledge it happened – is a deadly combination that threatens the role of the first branch of government as a foundational part of our democracy."
What impeachment hearings could accomplish, Wine-Banks adds, is broadcasting to all Americans a common set of facts that would penetrate partisan echo chambers.
"With the testimony of witnesses who can be evaluated by all Americans, I fully anticipate Trump's support will further erode. Public hearings made a difference in the case of Nixon," she says. "As Blumenthal says, 'the more the public knew of Nixon's crimes through public televised hearings, the more rapidly Nixon's poll numbers crumbled.' And, I'd add, the more bipartisan support for impeachment grew."
"Not only will impeachment of Trump not hurt Democrats in 2020, it is essential to preserving Congress as a co-equal branch of government as our Founders intended and is essential to Congress fulfilling its constitutional and moral obligations," Wine-Banks concludes.


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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Yarn Dyeing – Blueberry / Cherry Tea
Used two bags of Blueberry Tea and one bag of Cherry Tea to dye 30g of wool. The actual colour is more heather than shown in the photo, will still need to think what I'm going to be using it … Continue reading
Yarn Dyeing – Wild Water Mint Leaves
This weekend I decided to try some more dyeing. This time I used about 280g of the white wool I have lying around to dye with Wild Water Mint Leaves (plenty of them at the farm). This time I mordanted … Continue reading
Jada – Update
This is just a quick progress photo of Jada. I love this Lenpur Linen, it's just lovely to work with. I only have another 3 pattern repeats to do (18 rows) before I reach the end of the main piece … Continue reading
Yarn Dyeing – Stinging Nettles
Having 12 skeins of white undyed wool (left in the picture) lying aroudn the house I decided to try my hand at dyeing using natural products. Seeing as they are plenty of stinging nettles around the farm, I picked enough … Continue reading
Ovelha Negra Sock
Regia 6ply – Nordic 3mm DPN pattern: Ovelha Negra / Xana Left over yarn used to make two mini socks
Jada from Rowan's Lenpur Linen Collection
After having finished the toe-up socks for my mum last week, I could no longer resist JADA from Rowan's Lenpur Linen Collection book I'd bought in December at Ribbels last year while I was stopping over in Holland. While I … Continue reading
Sock Workshop at Ovelha Negra
As mentioned in my previous post I went to a workshop at my LNS – Ovelha Negra to learn how to knit a sock properly. Well Xana, our teacher, had gone to a lot of trouble to prepare the workshop. … Continue reading
Toe-Up Socks
This is the first ever toe-up sock pattern I tried (freebie from internet – http://wendyjohnson.net/blog – generic toe-up pattern). I knit the first up in an afternoon and the matching pair in two evenings. I made them from some wool … Continue reading
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VW Beetle
This is my favorite car. I have an every day car, but this is definitely the one I enjoy driving the most. Sure it has no power steering, no radio, is really heavy to drive and makes a hell of … Continue reading


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Thanks for dropping by! I hope you like what you've seen so far on AndyDitchburn.com…
AndyDitchburn.com was created to provide the skills, knowledge and support to enable you to do great marketing to make your organisation succeed, grow and prosper!
I deliver training through masterclasses and workshops, provide strategic marketing consultancy services, blog and write mini guides, offer 1-2-1 support and speak at events and conferences around the UK.
Here's my story so far…
Early days…
I've worked in the brand, design and marketing industry since graduating from Northumbria University in 1999.
In the early stages of my career, I spent some time in London before working for several North East based consultancies. I was lucky enough to work on some exciting projects for clients including Bass Brewers, Electrolux Group and Proctor and Gamble.
Founding Perro…
In 2003 I founded Perro, a brand, design and communications consultancy. The idea behind Perro was to provide exceptional services to individuals and companies of all stages and sizes (usually only larger establishes companies can afford to buy strategic brand services).
Perro's approach is purposely very results driven. We combine strategic thinking with creative ideas to ensure that our work delivers a high return on investment for our clients.
We firmly believe that: strategic thinking + creative ideas = measurable results.
Many of our clients have experienced high growth transition, and most of our clients have worked with us for more than 10 years. Perro has grown steadily and developed a fantastic reputation that I'm hugely proud of. We recently opened our second office in London.
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In 2016 to support my consultancy work, I launched www.andyditchburn.com.
I currently deliver fully funded training courses and programmes alongside NBSL. I work with a community interest company to support and mentor 16 – 24-year-olds who have aspirations to start a new business. I'm also working with several Universities to deliver enterprise and marketing support to students, recent graduates and alumni.
At Newcastle City Library through the Business and IP Centre, I deliver workshops and regular complimentary 1-2-1 sessions to help business at all stages understand and develop good marketing practice.
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Jumbo Electronics donates 50 PCs to education project
Jumbo Electronics has donated 50 Intel PIV, Supra PCs to the Dubai Education District today as part of a community outreach programme.
Jumbo Electronics has donated 50 Intel PIV, Supra PCs, loaded with fax modems and equipped with multimedia capabilities to the Dubai Education District today as part of a community outreach programme. The company participated in a similar initiative last year to help primary and kindergarten schools in Dubai.
"Supporting the education sector is very important to us as it is the fabric of social development and progress," said M R Chhabria, chairman, Jumbo Group. "We are in the process of formalising such initiatives and will soon be allocating an annual budget for such activities. However, our emphasis will be in the area of Dubai as we support the vision of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who has been driving the IT initiative in this region. But, we will also look at similar initiatives in the other Emirates as we have a presence across the region."
Vishesh L. Bhatia, CEO, Jumbo Electronics added that the contribution was Jumbo's "way of giving something back to the society and thus play the role of a good corporate citizen."
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Ayub Badry, manager, Dubai Education District stated that such efforts from the private sector were needed to support the government in its community initiatives. "I appreciate this initiative of Jumbo and do hope that this will continue for years to come," he commented.


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This study has been conducted as a consultancy assignment under the auspices of Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation and Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation under Decent Work for Agriculture Workers project supported by FNV, Netherlands. The study covered 4 districts in different areas of Bangladesh and 200 agriculture workers were interviewed.
Main focus area of this study includes – status of agriculture workers such as social dignity, daily wages, working time, access to social protection schemes, Occupational Safety and Health, engagement in food supply chain, challenges faced by the agriculture workers, policy direction for integrating interest of the agro- workers in mainstreaming development agenda and recommendations for improvement of life and livelihood of the agriculture workers.
Findings from study areas shows that, workers of youth age is ore engaged in Habiganj and Feni district comparing to other two districts. More than 30% workers having age group 50 + are working in Dhaka, Manikgonj and Habiganj districts. There is gap in acknowledging the profession as Agriculture Workers. Among 200 respondents in four districts, 90% informed that, they are acknowledged as Farmer in National Identification Card, though they are agriculture workers, only 10% respondents have identity as agriculture workers.
There is huge discrimination in wages in study areas. No women workers get more than BDT 300 as daily wages in four districts under this study. In Manikganj, 17% women workers gets BDT 200-250 as daily wages and in Dhaka district 36% women workers get same amount as daily wages. A study of World Food Program shows that, the wages differences between male and female workers are highest in Chittagong and Sylhet and lowest in Barishal and Rajshahi. Labour Force Survey 2013 mentioned that a skilled agriculture worker earns BDT 328 equivalent to 4 US$ in a day.
Mostly the agriculture workers are unorganized and out of 200 respondents, only 5% are involved with trade union but 43% are having engagement with cooperative society or NGO formed groups. Currently there is no specific social protection scheme for agriculture workers but in general consideration, if he /she pass 60 years, then he/she is entitled for old aged allowance. Only 5% respondents informed that one of their family members are getting old aged allowances.
The majority of waged agricultural workers are employed in supply chain system on a seasonal and often a casual or temporary basis. Casual work refers to those employed and paid at the end of each day worked or on a task basis. Temporary work refers to those employed for a specific but limited period of time. Most seasonal, casual or temporary workers do not receive any form of social security or unemployment benefit, holidays with pay, or sickness or maternity leave. Indeed, many full-time waged agricultural earners lack these same benefits. There is a big gap for workspace for a number of women workers in agricultural crops supply chain. Furthermore, jobs are often classed as casual or temporary even if there is in reality continuous employment. The practice of rotating individual workers in supply chain so as to deny them the benefit of permanent employment status is also quite prevalent.
In the existing supply chain, there are a number of middlemen which causes a huge gap between vegetable growers and end consumers. The wages of the labour in supply chain mostly on contract basis or daily basis though few corporate agriculture companies employed labour as monthly basis. In case of vegetable supply chain, it needs to meet the vegetable demand of consumers effectively so that consumers, vegetable growers and middlemen get equal benefit from it. If it is not effective then the interest of any party may decreases which also impact on the overall supply chain negatively. USAID's report A Pro-Poor Analysis of the few agro-sectors in Bangladesh identifies violations of the 8-hour workday; forced and unpaid overtime; failure to provide healthcare, childcare, and maternity leave; failure to observe the right to organize; as well as health and safety violations.
The study recommended for following actions:
- Issuing Identity Card for agriculture workers will enable them to have access to public service facilities including the social protection
- Joint imitative by the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Labor and Employment for their skill development training for coping with technology based agriculture work
- There should be specific guidelines to the employers to provide PPEs to the agriculture workers.
- Design a special social protection schemes for agriculture workers by the Ministry of Social Welfare, particularly specific guideline to include the senior citizen in the family of agriculture workers as beneficiaries of social protection schemes such as old age allowance, widow allowance
- Issue a circular by the Ministry of Education for enrolment of agri worker's children in academic institutions without admission fees and other charges
- NGOs may contribute in organizing the agri workers in different groups such as cooperative organizations
- There should be a monitoring mechanism for minimizing gender based discrimination in wage structures
- Awareness program is strongly recommended on occupational diseases due to agriculture work and imparting knowledge to overcome and prevent such diseases
- Implication of relevant legal guidelines for establishing dignity of agro-workers
- Creating opportunity for agriculture workers for shifting the profession in technical areas and distribution of Khans land to the agriculture workers
- Ratification of relevant ILO Convention 141 - Rural Workers' Organisations Convention, 1975 (No. 141)


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I won the Mini Marvels Marvellous Massager in the Summer 100 Sex Blogging Challenge courtesy of Victoria. I was so excited as I never win anything, so this was a real treat. (more…)
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S.P.C. Technical Services Ltd. provides the full range of wireless solutions, from specialist wireless survey service, to WLAN installations, to installations offering bandwidth capacity encompassing 2mbps links to 155mbps and above.
The scale of these installations is vast: we can provide a wireless network supporting a small LAN of a few PCs located in one room, to full, uninterrupted WLAN coverage of a multi-storey building; from a wireless link between adjacent buildings to a multi-kilometre ?line-of-sight? solution supporting multi-function links between designated areas.
The recent advances in wireless technology providing greater bandwidth and increased speeds, together with the decreasing cost of the equipment means that wireless solutions are becoming a realistic option for many organisations.
We will consider wireless technology when providing cabling solutions, and appreciate the benefit of such systems where installing a traditional cabling system is impractical, cost-prohibitive, or not feasible due to the nature of the environment.
Wireless surveys are a fundamentally important element when considering a wireless network, initially establishing feasibility and then confirming further technical details and optimum Access Point location. We have developed a specialist wireless survey service for customers considering a wireless solution. Recently completed surveys have been undertaken at 12 sites for a leading pharmaceutical company.
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Snapshot: Ford India has equipped the Figo hatchback with WiFi connectivity. The updated version of the American car maker's hot selling hatchback for the Indian market was showcased at the 2014 Indian Auto Expo. The WiFi connectivity feature for the Figo hatchback can be added to all variants of the car that feature a factory fitted audio system. The cost of this additional feature comes to 10,000 rupees.
The WiFi connectivity feature works through a device connected to the audio system and requires a sim card to be activated. To summarize, the WiFi connectivity feature uses a sim card to make the car a WiFi hotspot, with the operation of the WiFi hotspot similar to that of a smartphone. Folks with smartphones needn't opt for this feature as most smartphones already have a built-in internet sharing/WiFi hotspot feature.
Apart from adding the WiFi hotspot feature to the Figo, Ford India has also given the car a mild variant rejig as sales have been on a steady downward trajectory over the past few months. The EXi variant of the car is now available with a factory fitted stereo system as standard, which is one of the better sounding OEM units in its segment. The ZXi variant gets a driver airbag and electric wing mirrors. The bottom-end LXi variant remains untouched in terms of features added.
The top-end Titanium variant of the Figo comes with twin airbags and ABS+EBD as standard safety features. Mechanically, the Figo retains the 1.4 liter TDCI turbo diesel engine that outputs 68 Bhp-160 Nm and the 1.2 liter Duratec petrol engine that outputs 70 Bhp-102 Nm. Both engines get a 5 speed manual gearbox as standard fare. The Figo's solid build, spacious interiors, superb driving dynamics and low maintenance costs remain the top strengths of this fun-to-drive B+ segment hatchback.
Next year. Ford India will launch a sedan based on the 2015 Figo platform. Watch CarToq's walkaround video of the Figo sedan concept right here.


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Some solo commuters on California's busy freeways are just dying to figure out a way to drive in the carpool lanes.
So that was one of the first things that came to mind last week when a news story broke about how a Southern California woman drove around for 10 months with a decomposing – or (in some reports) mummified – corpse in the passenger seat of her 1997 Mercury: Did that get her access to the carpool lane?
Opinions vary. Legal scholars say to use the carpool, or High Occupancy Vehicle lanes, a car must have two or more live people inside. (Would that mean someone in the trunk could be counted? I suppose so, but it might prove sticky to explain if you were pulled over and challenged about what you were doing.)
However, it does not appear that the California Motor Vehicle Code specifies the word "live", although the legal community has suggested use of the words "people" or "people" in this context implies a live person. Animals, or other non-human creatures, don't count either.
There was allegedly a legal challenge to the "live person vs. dead person" issue a while back when a hearse driver in the carpool lane was pulled over and cited for having as his only passenger a body in a casket. But I cannot find an actual, cite-able case that substantiates this.
Pregnant women – no matter how far along – also do not count as more than one person, for carpool lane purposes, prior to giving birth.
There have, of course, been well-documented incidents of carpool-hungry drivers strapping things into their passenger seats such as dummies (remember the "Safety Man", ladies?), inflatable party dolls, and scarecrows.
The best advice for solo commuters who want to travel in the carpool lane: Buy an electric car, alternative fuel vehicle, or certain types of high-m.p.g. hybrids (sadly, in early 2011 these will no longer be legal for traveling alone in California carpool lanes, either).
Either way, please leave the corpse somewhere more appropriate to rest in peace.
Jerry Garrett
October 25, 2010


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Tiger Woods strikes humble tone in TV apology
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Tiger Woods showed uncommon humility, and a familiar touch of defiance, in his long-awaited return to the public stage Friday. Now the next relevant question: When will he resume his high-visibility career as a professional golfer, the role that vaulted him to celebrity status?
Woods, speaking publicly for the first time since his one-vehicle accident Nov. 27 led to revelations of numerous extramarital affairs, apologized repeatedly during his 13-minute statement. He spoke to a handpicked group of about 40 people at PGA Tour headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., including his mother, Kultida, tour Commissioner Tim Finchem and onetime Stanford teammate Notah Begay.
Woods offered no specifics on his eventual return to golf. His comments left open the possibility he could miss a long stretch of the 2010 season - including the Masters, the year's first major championship, set for April 8-11 in Augusta, Ga.
He has not played competitively since a tournament in Shanghai in early November. His last U.S. appearance came in the Presidents Cup at San Francisco's Harding Park in October.
"I do plan to return to golf one day," Woods said. "I just don't know when that day will be. I don't rule out it will be this year."
Friday's appearance marked his first foray into the spotlight since he became regular tabloid fodder. It was a full-fledged spectacle, with television networks rearranging their schedules, a helicopter buzzing overhead and millions of viewers interrupting their morning routines to watch.
Woods and his agent, Mark Steinberg, carefully staged the event, but a technical glitch didn't help. CBS, the pool camera crew in the room, had its head-on camera knocked out by a power surge during the speech. The last few minutes were televised via a side angle, where viewers couldn't see Woods' face.
He said he spent 45 days in therapy receiving "guidance," between late December and early February, and will return today for more treatment. That apparently explains why he spoke Friday, in conflict with a marquee PGA Tour event, the Match Play Championship in Arizona.
Woods seldom has appeared humble in the 13-plus years since he turned pro in late 1996, but he struck a different tone in apologizing for his "irresponsible and selfish" behavior. Woods read from a prepared statement, occasionally paused to gather himself and turned introspective at times, which was way out of character for him.
"I have made you question who I am and how I've done the things I did," he said, staring directly into the camera. "I'm embarrassed to have put you in this position. For all I have done, I am so sorry. ... My failures have made me look at myself in a way I never wanted to before. It's up to me to start living a life of integrity."
Reaction to Woods' speech was mixed. HCD Research conducted a national media study in which 60 percent of the 1,090 Americans polled said they found him to be sincere, 31 percent indicated their perception of Woods had changed in a positive way, and 17 percent said it had changed in a negative way.
Nick Smith, a University of New Hampshire professor who wrote a book titled "I Was Wrong: The Meaning of Apologies," called Woods' statement one of the best public apologies on record, though he acknowledged having a healthy suspicion of such events.
"Tiger clearly accepted blame and understood this was more than a private matter because of all the people it influenced in various ways," Smith wrote in an e-mail. "We should also recognize a truth that often conflicts with our media culture: Moral development does not occur with a news cycle. We cannot judge (apologies) fully in the moments they are spoken."
Woods called suggestions that he used performance-enhancing drugs "completely and utterly false." He reportedly received a "blood-spinning" treatment last year from Canadian doctor Tony Galea, who was arrested in October on suspicion of drug violations.
As for his marriage, Woods said he and his wife, Elin Nordegren, are still trying to sort through the damage. The couple has two small children, daughter Sam (who turns 3 in June) and son Charlie (who turned 1 last week). Nordegren was not in the audience Friday in Ponte Vedra.
Woods' voice rose when he disputed widespread rumors that Elin smacked him in the face with a golf club, precipitating the Nov. 27 accident outside their Orlando-area home.
"Elin never hit me that night or any other night," Woods said. "There has never been an episode of domestic violence in our marriage, ever. Elin has shown enormous grace and poise throughout this ordeal. She deserves praise, not blame.
"The issue here was my repeated irresponsible behavior. I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated. ... I knew my actions were wrong, but I convinced myself normal rules didn't apply. I thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to.
"I felt I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish. I brought this shame on myself."
At one point, Woods expressed his anger and frustration with paparazzi for following his wife and children. He pleaded with the media to leave his family alone - though eight photographers apparently were camped out later Friday at his daughter's day care center.
Woods later bemoaned drifting away from the teachings of Buddhism (the religion in which he was raised by his mother), which he said preached restraint and not following every impulse.
"Parents used to point to me as a role model for their kids," he said. "I owe those families a special apology. ... There are many people in this room and many people at home who believed in me. I ask you to find room in your heart to one day believe in me again."
Read the entire transcript from Tiger Woods' address online at sfgate.com/sports.
Tiger vs. no Tiger
TV ratings and attendance on the PGA Tour plummet when Tiger Woods is not playing, as evidenced by the following statistics from the annual tournament held every January at San Diego's Torrey Pines golf course.
-- 2010 (without Woods): 120,000-130,000
-- 2008 (the most recent with Woods): 150,000-160,000
TV ratings
-- National television ratings for the San Diego event increased 10 percent from last year, though they came in 48 percent below the ratings in 2008 and 58 percent below the ratings in '07.
-- Last year, the ratings for events televised by CBS and NBC with Woods playing were 93 percent higher than for the events he didn't play.
Source: Chronicle research


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It is breath during walk relievedly. It is cafe & cafe within a 5-minute walk from the JR Mishima Station south exit
It is breath during walk relievedly. It is cafe & cafe within a 5-minute walk from the JR Mishima Station south exit
Town, Mishima of spring that waterside walk is fun. While they are healed by green and the murmuring, cafe and break spot that can drop in in the middle of walk are fulfilling. It is lunch with breath, dishes using local material with coffee and sweets, tea and sweetness leisurely slightly. We introduce good popular shop of access from the JR Mishima Station south exit within a 5-minute walk.
Tea shop zelkova/zelkova coffee shop device feeling
A time when heart feels at ease with good-quality hospitality and elegant sweets
Kyoto-style sweets shop of calm appearance in in front of foamy fall park. Red outdoor tea ceremony umbrella and atmospheric courtyard meet. "Matcha cream Anmitsu" of photograph is available from koshiantotsubuanno two kinds and takes black syrup of refined taste using brown sugar from Hateruma, Okinawa. We are glad that there are weak powdered tea and the mouth direct shinotokoro sky. Lunch can taste lunch or Kaiseki of Kyoto-style as "zelkova coffee shop device feeling", too.
As for "spring mitsu beans, the murmuring", fruit is plentiful on zenzaito white ball. We forget time with sweetness and tea leisurely relaxedly and are relaxing while feeling seasonal change over window.
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■Telephone /055-971-5591
■Address /1-8-45, Omiyacho, Mishima-shi
■Operating hours/9:00-19:00 (18:00LO), lunch 11:00 - 14:00LO
■Regular holiday /Monday (in the case of holiday business, the next day rest)
■It is a 5-minute walk from access/JR Mishima Station
■Parking lot /15
It is breath with discerning coffee. Morning coat is welcomed, too!
Cafe of chic atmosphere that stewed dish made with curry which spice worked for moderately and strike naive pan made in France can taste. Taste that blended coffee using beans of well-known store "27 COFFEE ROASTERS" in Tsujido has good refreshing acidity and balance of sweetness, and is mild. As for coffee, takeout is OK, too. As for the sweets, we can enjoy apple pie, scone, chiffon cake.
Strike naive pan lunch (belonging to salad drink) is of the week by five meals of daily limitation. Photograph is cider stew of pig chuck.
■Telephone /055-919-4972
■Address /10-1, Ichibancho, Mishima-shi
■Operating hours/9:00-18:00
■Regular holiday /Monday, first Sunday
■It is a 3-minute walk from access/JR Mishima Station
■Parking lot /One
Local vegetables and handmade warmth. Is popular among wide generations; heal; cafe
With calm atmosphere not to let you feel the noise of the station square, we are supported in the class of wide visitors. It is from as possible hometown and is particular, and storekeeper with various qualifications including vegetables sommelier, coffee coordinator, bread Meister, athlete food Meister provides dishes utilized seasonal foods. Lunch changes every day with fresh pasta or lasagna. We use about 30 kinds of vegetables including hot baked sweet potato to make with root and mushroom, earthenware pot that "whimsical salad of vegetables sommelier akko" fried drawing card menu.
Shop income prepares for seat at a table immediately in counter seat, shop innermost. As chair of one one is large, we can relax. Even the use of one cup of coffee is welcome.
■Telephone /055-943-5598
■Address /17-49, Ichibancho, Mishima-shi BT building 1F
■Operating hours/11:00-22:00 (21:00LO), Wednesday are ... 13:00LO
■Regular holiday /Sundays and holidays, the night of Wednesday
■It is a 2-minute walk from access/JR Mishima Station
■Parking lot /Unavailable (we use toll parking lot of neighborhood)


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Earlier this week, a YouTube video from a security camera made the rounds showing a FedEx employee carelessly tossing a package (containing a computer monitor) over a fence to deliver it. As of today, the original has over 4 million views and opportunistic content-scrapers who have re-posted to their own profiles have garnered hundreds of thousands more.
Huge public relations crisis, right? Nope.
FedEx delivered a master class in crisis communications with its response that should be taught in PR classrooms. Check it out:
Let's break down what happened (which is an affirmation of the principles articulated by Arthur W. Page):
- They responded quickly. They didn't wait for the situation to reach a tipping point; only two days passed between the uploading of the original video and the response. Can you imagine the kind of effort it takes during the heaviest delivery season to negotiate and organize a well-crafted video response to a negative customer service experience for a global corporation? Right now the response video is the #2 video, right under the original negative video which is #1. It has over 116,000 views – six thousand of those were accrued in the time it took me to draft this blog post, so it's gaining traction.
- They told the truth. At no point did they try to write it off as an isolated incident, a hoax, or try to blame a third party contractor or regional human resources department. They embraced it.
- They made it right with the customer (a YouTube user with the alias 'goobie55'). Before anything else, they reached out to the party affected and fixed the situation. Unfortunately, goobie55 has not (yet) done the right thing – which is to post an update to the video noting FedEx's response – hopefully that will still happen.
- They took it seriously. FedEx knows how quickly information is shared online and they responded swiftly with senior management. They didn't let the situation linger unanswered or task local staff to handle it. They also likely used all the resources in their arsenal – which may have included a traditional public relations pitch campaign (given the over 150 articles covering the response).
- They internalized the problem. According to FedEx Senior VP Matthew Thornton, they are also are now sharing the video with employees as a case study in why careful handling of packages is important.
- They gave the organization a face. You could hardly find a better face for the organization than VP Matthew Thornton; the nonverbal communication is fantastic. He's in a shirt and tie (no suit coat), with thick-rimmed glasses and a similarly-thick mustache – he looks like a working-class executive who is personally-invested in the company and doesn't shy away from rolling up his sleeves. Though he's likely reading from a prompter, Thornton is convincing nonetheless. In a way he projects the feel of a small business owner who knows well how accountable he is to his customers.
- They had a track record to stand on. This is perhaps the most important part of any crisis is what happens BEFORE the crisis – something that can't be emphasized enough. Every organization needs to make quality service and products a priority (which should go without saying, but it doesn't – plenty are operating on an old model of sub-standard quality upholstered in glitz and style). No crisis response, no matter how eloquent, can save an organization that sucks at what they do from a high-profile example of their suckage – the companies that conduct themselves that way are only able to do so because they're a monopoly (think AT&T or Comcast).
The only improvement I might have made is to have Thornton add an action item at the end of his video (you can provide hyperlinks within YouTube videos very easily) that invited any other customers with a bad experience to immediately share, or link directly to the process for resolving disputes, it so it could be fixed. But that's just me nit-picking.
Hopefully a lot of people are able to learn from this – kudos to FedEx.


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Shudder Acquires Streaming Rights for Jessica Forever
AMC Networks genre streamer, Shudder, has acquired the streaming rights for Canadian product, Jessica Forever. According to Deadline, Shudder has won the North American streaming rights for the dystopian thriller that will make its debut on the last night of the Toronto Film Festival. Jessica Forever, directed by first timers Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, will debut on Shudder sometime in 2019.
Jessica Forever, filmed in both English and French, is about a woman and her 'family' of bandits who are fighting for peace in a world gone crazy. The Canadian film stars Aomi Muyock, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Lucas Ionesco and Paul Hamy.
Shudder GM Craig Engler said, "Jessica Forever is a visionary and surprising movie from two amazing first-time filmmakers that we can't wait to share with Shudder members."
The Toronto Film Festival will be running September 6-16.


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June 2012 – An HOAleader.com reader writes, "A homeowner replaced his roof and chose a color that isn't in compliance with our replacement standards. It's not even close to the existing colors. The board stated at the community annual meeting that the owner didn't follow the procedure of obtaining approval through our architectural request process. The board chose to ignore the homeowner's negligence and opted to have each of the adjoining townhomes in his section match his noncompliant color when the time comes for them to replace their roofs. Their reasoning is that the homeowner can't afford to replace the new roof, and they don't believe it will affect the property value.
"The homeowners in the section weren't notified of the decision. I suggested (and sent a supporting "how to" link) painting the shingles. I also suggested at the least sending a certified letter stating that the owner is out of compliance, and when the time comes for him to sell the property, the resale certificate won't be issued until the roof is in compliance. That does give the owner time to accumulate the funds (or plan⁄price accordingly) and protects future board members to enforce roof replacement standards. Both suggestions were denied without supportive reasoning.
"My concern lies in a precedent of noncompliance being set on all replacement issues and property values being affected. I would assume that an appraiser hired by a lender would notice a roof not compliance. I would also assume that a lender would be wary of proceeding with a loan due to the fact that at any time a new board may enforce the standards and force a new buyer to comply. What course of action can homeowners take against an unconcerned, irresponsible board?"
(Read the original discussion thread.)
Here our experts discuss whether boards can waive compliance with the HOA's rules in this way, whether it's a good idea, and the risks, if any, to which board members expose the HOA when they make such a waiver.
It's Simple: Enforce Your Rules
Generally, our experts say that boards should enforce their HOA's rules unless there's a really, really, really good reason not to—and that's hard to find.
"Most covenants say that boards can decide not to enforce all the provisions all the way, and there's nothing owners can do about it," explains Jeff Vinzani, an attorney in Charleston, S.C., who represents associations. "But in this case, people are violating the HOA's covenants. In South Carolina, homeowners that the board tries to enforce rules against in the future could argue the board has no such authority because, in essence, it has unclean hands."
Vinzani once lived in an HOA that had a similar problem. "I lived in a neighborhood with twin homes, like duplexes," he recalls. "The board allowed one party to paint one side of a house and didn't require the other owner to paint his side. The new paint wasn't quite the same, and the other side's paint was chipping off. One owner thinks his side looks good, and the other owner says, 'I could have just touched up my paint, but now I can't because my paint won't match.' Those owners were sort of at each other after that."
"When you've got standards, they've got to be enforced," agrees Jed L. Frankel, a partner at Eisinger, Brown, Lewis, Frankel & Chaiet PA in Hollywood, Fla., who advises community associations. "If you don't enforce them as to one person, you can't enforce them as to anybody. The reasoning behind not enforcing them doesn't really matter. It's very important when you have color and other architectural restrictions the association cares about and wants to enforce that these rules be applied across the board."
That said, Frankel says you should be open to changes that fit the times. "There may be things that over time aren't as important anymore," he says. "For example, here in Florida, many HOAs had restrictions against parking pickup trucks in driveways. Now you have SUVs and modified pickups, some of which cost a lot more and look nicer than many cars. So a number of HOAs have said that rule isn't enforceable anymore."
There are Tough Cases
However, some issues aren't so clear cut. "I deal with this issue quite a bit," says Michael S. Hunter, an attorney and partner at Horack Talley in Charlotte, N.C. "A lot of times I'm dealing with people who've built fences without getting approval and the board has ignored it. Before you know it, you have 10 fences not in compliance. Then a new board comes in and says, 'What do we have here? Should we go back and address these violations or grandfather them in?'
"That's a slippery slope, and there's no good answer," says Hunter. "I advise the board of the risks and benefits of enforcement because it's really a business decision, not a legal one. The risk is that by looking the other way or granting exemptions, you're setting a precedent that people can violate the rules and get away with it. You're also exposing the board to, however unlikely, a lawsuit for breach of fiduciary duty for not enforcing the HOA's restrictive covenants."
"You have to look at everything on a case–by–case basis," agrees Duane McPherson, Carrollton, Texas–based division president at RealManage, an association management firm that oversees properties in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, and Texas. "In this case, I'd need more information, like how many other buildings does this building clash with? Based on what we know, I wouldn't have advised the board to waive that violation. I'd have attempted to get the roof to the appropriate color so it doesn't change the community as a whole. I think changing the community's aesthetics needs a lot more thought and community support."
Hunter, on the other, hand, is OK with the board's compromise. "I tell boards to pick their battles, and let the punishment fit the crime," he explains. "If it's an egregious violation, like a roof that clashes with the neighborhood, I don't think that's something you can overlook. But I think the board's solution here was a good one. The action the board is taking isn't an undue burden on the homeowner, who otherwise might end up losing his home if he's forced to change the color immediately."
On that point, Frankel's not sympathetic, though he sees an opportunity for resolution. "My thought is that if you don't have the money to fix this, it's the same as if you can't pay assessments," he says. "You probably shouldn't be living there. However, maybe the board can look at doing things creatively. I don't know if I'd recommend this, but maybe the board could make a loan to do the work. That's not ideal because we don't want HOAs to be in the business of lending money. But there are other creative ideas the association can consider if money's the issue."
Gordon Goetz is also unmoved by a financial argument. "That the board didn't feel the person could afford to fix the problem—it isn't a reason," says president and CEO of Goetz Manderley, a community association management company based in Santa Maria, Calif., that manages 210 associations totaling 17,000 homes in California's San Louis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Kern counties. "In California, as long as the board publishes its rules and policies, it should be able to hold any owner accountable for not submitting an application for work or not following the exact specs of the application.
"I think the board in this situation was taking the path of least resistance, and I disagree with the decision it made," adds Goetz. "One person unilaterally changed the style of the roof, and now the board is expecting three other owners to be OK with not having had any say and replacing their roof at their cost with something they may not find attractive? That board is really setting itself up for future issues."
Vinzani also wonders why the board is putting a burden on the compliant owners. "In my example of the twin homes, the board would have been better off enforcing rather than letting a violation like that go and putting the onus on the other owner to paint his side a different color," he says. "You should put the onus on the person's who's violated the rules."
Matt Humphrey is president of the Alameda, California-based HOAleader.com, from which this article was adapted.


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The final round of Individual Runs were today, and Canada was still the running with a couple of dogs, while others were just running for single round honours.
First up were the Medium dogs , and once again the handlers were faced with a tight technical course. After the first run Scud was sitting in 73rd, Cypher was in 57th, and Ninja was 31st.
Scud was up first for Canada, sitting 73rd after the first round. Scud started off strong, but was called on a frame contact, then had a flyoff on the teeter, and finally went a little wide on a turn and took an off course jump for an E.
Cyphe, coming into the round in 57th place, ended the suspense pretty quickly with a wrong direction on the 2nd jump (it was a back side jump and the dogs could only see the front side, so Cypher decided that was the side to take). But the rest of the course was flowy and fast, in spite of the early E.
Next up was Ninja and Nikki, who managed to hold on throughout the tough course to pull out another clean round. Even though she came into the round in 31st there were quite a few other handlers who succumbed to the challenges of the course, so she ended up 13th overall.
1st in Medium went to USA with Luka, a Pyreneen Shepherd; 2nd went to France with Curly, another Pyreneen Shepherd; and 3rd went to Slovakia's La, also a Pyreneen Shepherd.
Next up was the Final for the Small Individual dogs. Suzanne was still on the injured list, so it was just Briggs and Dice running for Canada. Briggs was up first, and he was sitting in 62 place coming into round 2. AS soon as the first few dogs ran the course it was obvious that the course time would be almost impossible to run under, as dog after dog ran smooth clean lines and were over time.
Briggs ran a nice course, but did get called on a dogwalk contact, and was one second over time. His time held up well during the round, but the 5 fault contact was costly.
Dice was sitting in 4th place after the first round, and the technical but open course was well suited to Dice's running style. Unfortunately, as Dice ran the dogwalk right at the beginning of the course Jessica disconnected from her on the pull jump, and Dice took the push jump option for a wrong course E. But again, the rest of the course was fast and flowy, and represented well!
1st in Small went to a Parson Russell from Italy, Twister; 2nd went to Japan's Blue Sheltie, Maho; and 2rd went to Great Britain's Obay Sheltie, Pizzazz.
Finally it was time for the large dogs to take the stage.
Unlike the Jumpers round the Agility round was very tight, and very technical, and was frought with challenges and off course possibilities.
First up was Fred with Tanofon who was 95 after the first round. Fred was off to a good start over the first two jumps, but then Tanafon slipped going into the right angled weaves, and could not recover to fix the weaves. So he went through them incorrectly. Fred had moved on to the next obstacle by the time he heard the crowd gasp, so he knew there was an issue but he was too late to go back and fix it. So the rest of the course did not go as well as he undoubtedly had hoped, and he came away with an E.
Next up was Encore who ran a clean, fast, flowy course in 39.05 seconds, which was a good time for the course (fastest dogs were 37 seconds so she was not far off the mark). Unfortunately she had come into the round in 72 place, so it was not enough to move her up in the overall placings.
Third for Canada was Fizz and Adrian. Adrian also ran a great smooth course with a time of 41.74, and would have been clean except for one contact on the dogwalk, which cost him 5 faults.
Last up were Susan and Feature. Feature came into the round in 30 place, and Susan handled the run cautiously, attempting to run clean. Unfortunately Feature picked up on that caution and second guessed a jump turning toward her to check that it was correct, and incurring a refusal. There was also a small matter of an up contact on the dogwalk, and .22 in time faults, which brought the fault total to 10.22 for the round.
So 1st in Large was Finn, a Border Collie from the Netherlands; 2nd was Punssi, a Border Collie from Finland; and 3rd was Russia's Border Collie, Wi Excellent.
Team placings were as follows:
Small 1st - Russia; 2nd - Slovania; 3rd - Japan
Medium 1st - France; 2nd - Switzerland; 3rd - Great Britain
Large 1st - Spain; 2nd - Italy; 3rd – Czech Republic
Another great World Championship is now behind us, time to get back to training!


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Good Morning! Stock market futures today (Monday) forecast an 85-point decline for the Dow from Friday's close.
What to Watch Today: With a light economic calendar today, investors will focus on the worrisome game of chicken transpiring in Europe.
With Greece facing a downgrade late on Friday afternoon, the ripples - which our Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald explained last week - may not be done for the U.S. market just yet.


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The length of your stay in the hospital can vary according tthe type of surgery you are having.
Please notify your family of your expected length of stay and make the arrangements for someone to pick you up from the hospital at the time of discharge. It is recommended that you nominate one member of your family liaise with the ward staff about your progress. This person should ideally be the next of kin.
Bring only bare essentials with you the hospital since ACI cannot accept liability for the loss of any items not handed over for safekeeping. Please bear in mind that storage space on the wards is limited. Please bring the following items with you:
Please don't bring these items:
You will be required to attend a pre-admission clinic the week before your surgery. Once you have attended this clinic, usually you will not require any further tests. If you did not attend the clinic, you may need to have the following tests done:
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CHICAGO (WBBM Newsradio) — If you don't have health insurance, and haven't signed up for coverage through the Affordable Care Act, you have until the end of the day Friday to enroll for a plan in 2018.
Health care navigators and application counselors have been very busy lately, as the Open Enrollment period for coverage under the Affordable Care Act was six weeks shorter this year than in 2016.
With a Friday night deadline to sign up for insurance under the program also known as Obamacare, teams have been swamped processing last-minute enrollments, according to Stephani Becker, senior policy specialist for the Sargent Shriver Center on Poverty Law.
"People tend to wait till the last minute, so the next 24 hours or so are going to be really busy," she said.
Even with the last minute push, there appeared to be a significant dropoff in enrollment this year, according to Becker. Only 168,000 people have signed up in Illinois, according to the Shriver Center's latest numbers.
"We have a long way to go to make up the difference. Last year, 356,000 people signed up in total," Becker said.
She attributed part of the dropoff to people not knowing about the shorter enrollment period. President Donald Trump cut funding to advertise the shorter enrollment period by 90 percent, as he sought to repeal and replace Obamacare – so far, without success.
Becker explained what options people have if they still haven't signed up for coverage through the ACA exchanges.
"Go to healthcare.gov and sign up there. If they want to do that on their own, they can also go to GetIllinoisCovered.gov, which also this year has its own portal, and people can shop there and be connected to a licensed broker through the state of Illinois. As well, they can go to GetCoveredIllinois.gov and find a navigator," she said.
Those who enrolled for ACA coverage last year will be re-enrolled automatically on Saturday. New signups have until 2 a.m. Chicago time.


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Activated Carbon Adsorption Filter
An activated carbon adsorption filter uses activated carbon as the filter medium. Activated carbon has adsorption and decolorization ability, which can remove impurities in the liquid so that the liquid can be purified.
The main raw materials of activated carbon used by an activated carbon adsorption filter are organic materials rich in carbon. These carbonaceous materials are converted into activated carbon in the activation furnace through pyrolysis under high temperature and a certain pressure.
The applicable scope
An activated carbon adsorption filter is used to prevent the contamination of the following equipment by pollutants in water and also can be used to improve the smell and color of water, which is pretreatment equipment in the water treatment process.
The adsorption and decoloration ability are mainly reflected in the following aspects.
1. Absorb organic matter, bacteria, colloidal particles and microorganisms in water.
2. Absorb chlorine, ammonia, bromine, iodine and other non-metallic substances.
3. Absorb metal ions.
4. Effectively remove color and smell.
The size of the product depends on the amount of water. There are mainly three materials: glass steel, carbon steel or stainless steel material.


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Feel no shame
No concern
No real care besides self-righteous indignation
Hold no place in your heart for things you don't care to understand or empathize with
Or even worse…. turn a blind eye
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Lots of "weird" things going on in the world
But where are we?
Where are you?
Who's turn is it?
If we all put in some work
If we all tried to make a difference
If we all just decided to care
To help
To understand each other
To be compassionate
This world would be a whole new place
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It was gridlock at City Council as members failed to agree on who should replace District 1 council member Bill Morrison, who was recently elected Shelby County Probate Clerk, even after a meeting lasting nine hours.
In an at times contentious Memphis City Council meeting, there was round after round of votes cast for an interim council member.
A field of candidates vying for the District 1 spot made their case to the council, until the list was down to two people: Rhonda Logan and Lonnie Treadaway.
Logan continued to get six votes, from the same council members. Seven votes were needed to assure the spot.
Treadaway, with Flinn Broadcasting, talked about his history with the city.
"All I ask is we open our eyes, we open our hearts, we open our ears, we accept each other as individuals and we treat each other with respect," he said, talking about his working with children and Catholic charities.
Logan, the Executive Director of the Raleigh Community Development Corporation, said she's dedicated her life to service.
"I really love my neighborhood, my community. We know everybody. Actually I have become the president of the neighborhood association, I'm on the board of our homeowners association and just really involved."
Logan says despite the long night at council, she's motivated to do more.
We tried to reach Treadaway today to get his take on the meeting but were unable to reach him.
The council will try voting on the open spot on Dec. 4, but without two council members — Edmund Ford Jr. and Janis Fullilove, who were elected to other posts.


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Lisa Edelstein has revealed new details about her upcoming role on The Good Wife.
The former House star told TV Line that her character Celeste Serrano has "a history" with Will (Josh Charles).
"She's a lawyer with pliable ethics," explained Edelstein. "She really enjoys the gamble and the game of law. She's also a professional gambler. She's been playing for a long time and she has a history with Will in that world as well."
The actress added that Celeste will provide a strong contrast to Will's current love interest Alicia (Julianna Margulies).
"Everything that she does is all about the risk, and it's really fun," she said. "Especially [compared] to Alicia who has to be so held together. This woman doesn't have any of those rules in her life."
Edelstein also hinted that her character could return beyond an initial three-episode arc.
"I like [the length of the stint] because I'm here for a solid month and then I'm available to go back to work in Los Angeles," she reasoned. "But I love working, so if they want to continue with this character we'll see what happens down the road."
The Good Wife returns for its third season September 25 on CBS.
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|Title: Radiant: His Light, Your Life
By: Priscilla Shirer
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 143
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Publication Date: 2019
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Did you know that Gods light can shine through every facet of your identity? Radiant is an invitation for teen girls and young women to enjoy a candid conversation on identity with bestselling author Priscilla Shirer. Youll hear reflections on life lessons shes gathered from her teen years until now. Shell show you how the light of Gods Word shaped her identity, and shell teach you how it can change and shape your life as well.
The culture will try to define you, but this world is starving for something different that comes only from the creative genius of your God. You were created to reflect His light. . . . You were created to be radiant.


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As Head of Human Resources (HR), Ruth guides, manages and provides strategy on the people function of Cambridge Enterprise.
In this role, Ruth has been developing and implementing HR best practice in areas such as employee engagement and communication, attracting and managing talent, employee reward, and employee wellbeing. This progress is reflected in our Gold accreditation as one of the Best Employers in the Eastern Region for 2018.
Ruth values the flexible and agile working environment at Cambridge Enterprise, as well as the inclusive and engaged culture.
Ruth has over 20 years' HR experience, working across various sectors including not-for-profit (Cambridge-based housing associations CHS Group and Granta Housing Society), new business (high tech start-up Geneva Technology) and global corporation (Convergys).
Ruth holds Chartered Member status of the CIPD and graduated with a BA Hons in Philosophy and European Literature.
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For several days Pumpkin Person has been scrounging through horror titles on Rogers on-demand, looking for something to watch from the convenience of my dark home. After scrolling through one unoriginal zombie title after another, I finally stumbled upon Beast: A Monster Among Men (Directed by Mike Lenzini). Before seeing a movie I generally look it up on IMDB to see what rating it got out of 10. I've learned from past experience that horror films rated below 4.5 are almost never worth watching. I was struck by the fact that this film had a 6.7 (quite high for a horror film) but with only 22 votes in so far, it could have just been the film makers and the actors voting so I dismissed it. I then googled for movie reviews, and found very little, so I decided I would write one.
The plot: A group of men (one of whom is kind of creepy) head off to a cabin deep in the woods and people start getting killed. Can the characters figure out who or what is killing them before it's too late?
I'd be lying if I said this was a good movie, but my expectations for this kind of ultra obscure low budget horror film are so low, that I can't say I was disappointed. When you've seen as much crappy horror as I have, a film that shows even a smidgen of effort and skill is a nice surprise. I liked that the film was set deep in the woods. Not exactly an original setting, but the woods used in this film had an especially isolated and ominous feel to them. And the film had atmosphere, with beautiful shots of the sky turning from sunny, to cloudy, to dark, and a pleasantly haunting yet sad musical score. The film also knew its limits: Rather than tainting the movie with laughable special effects, the film shot its special effects from a distance or with dim enough lighting that their cheap cheesiness could not be exposed, and with a run-time of only 72 minutes, the film shrewdly ended before embarrassing itself.


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Crisp topping:
- 4 tablespoons butter, cut into chunks
- 2 tablespoons walnut oil
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2/3 cup flour
- 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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- 2 pounds ripe peaches
- 2 cups blackberries
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons flour
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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 9″-by-13″ baking dish.
To peel the peaches, drop them in a pot of boiling water for 30 seconds, then transfer them to a bowl of cold water. Gently rub away the peels.
Slice the peaches into a large bowl, in wedges 1/2 inch thick. Discard the stones. Add the berries, sugar and flour, and toss gently. Transfer the fruit to the baking dish and cover with topping. Set it on a baking sheet to catch the juices, and bake until the top is well browned and the peaches are tender when pierced with a knife, about 45 minutes.
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You know, I never noticed that (about how the days end in MH2). I think I have only played the MH series maybe two - three? - times. And that was a very, very, very long time ago. And you're right - I like the way that MH:NY seems to be set up. I like when it's streamlined. Pieces lead to the next, and end in a specific area. Makes it feel more streamlined. And easier to see where you might have messed up if you can't seem to move forward!notbobsmith wrote: In New York, each day is made up of several smaller puzzles that help you complete a final puzzle. For example, you need to get the data card at Coney Island to complete Day 1. Everything else leads up to that. In San Francisco, you just go around and solve the puzzles and the day just… ends. So Day 1 in New York always ends at Coney Island, Day 2 always ends at the museum, etc. In San Francisco, the days can end anywhere depending on what order you visit places. It's not a huge deal, but it just leaves me with the feeling that New York was designed better.


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Hi guys! Sorry it's been so long in between posts – work has been crazy busy! Thankfully, I'm on annual leave for two weeks, so I'm going to try and get as many swatches, reviews, etc done during this time period.
This post is just to list what I use in my skincare regime. I'm not going to break it up into morning or night, because I basically just used the same products, just a few more at night.
So, here are the products that I have been using lately (in order):
Dermalogica PreCleanse
I received a small sample of this in Lust Have It's September box. I was skeptical at first, seeing as putting oil on my already oily skin to clean it/remove dirt seemed like a strange concept. After the first time using it, my opinion completely changed. It removed a great deal of my heavy makeup, mascara and foundation with no worries and left my skin feeling soft. It has not made my skin more oily at all. I definitely will be purchasing more of this when my sample runs out.
150ml retails for $65.50 from the Australian Dermalogica website.
Cetaphil Oily Skin Cleanser
After using Dermalogica's PreCleanse, I wash my face with this to remove any oil residue from the PreCleanse, and just to give it a "proper" wash (I feel that the PreCleanse doesn't necessarily clean the face, it just breaks down and removes some of the makeup/dirt on your face).
235ml retails for $10.99 from Priceline.
Dermalogica MultiActive Toner
After getting out of the shower (I wash my face in the shower), I use a toner. I received a sample of this in Lust Have It's September box, and started using that instead of Garnier's Pure Pore Purifying Astringent – there was nothing wrong with it, I just wanted to use the sample up! I don't really have a preference over either, they pretty much have the same effect on my skin – Garnier does make my skin feel a little tight, while Dermalogica makes some areas of my face burn very slightly.
50ml retails for $21.50 from the Australian Dermalogica website.
Witch Clear Pore Gel
This stuff is a godsend. I have very large open pores, and while Benefit's Porefessional seems to fill it in a bit, this stuff has really reduced the size, to the point where they're almost invisible. I haven't been using Porefessional since I discovered Witch Clear's Pore Gel. It says to dab this on problem areas, but I just usually slather it all over my face. It really does feel like a lightweight hair gel! (but it's obviously not).
35ml retails for $9.99 from Priceline.
At the moment, I'm in between moisturizers – my Lush Enzymion moisturizer has just expired, and at the moment, I don't have the funds to splash out on $37 moisturizer!
There you go. That's what I slap on my face to keep the oil at bay! What do you guys use? Have you used anything I've listed?