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For a change I want to review this new movie in English for added effect. Read along..!!
Thennavan is the ultimate comedy movie from Captain Vijaykanth in recent times. It ranks across such classic comedies from him as Narasimha, Raajjiyam, Thaayakam, etc. For someone who has given good films like Vallarasu, Ramana and Chinna Koundar, the fare that he is dishing out in recent times is very disappointing, to say the least.
The introduction sequence is one of the greatest introductions anybody can ever get in any film. It goes like this: We are shown the death of a very pregnant lady. Then scene cuts to graveyard, where arrangements are being made to cremate the lady.. There somebody notices that the lady is still alive(!!@#$%) and they hurriedly perform an operation and deliver the child.. The camera pans on the child being pulled out of the mother's womb upside down, and as the mother dies, the words, "puratchi kalainjarin THENNAVAN" appear on the screen..!! Now, if you thought the introduction was over, please correct yourself and read along. This boy who was born in the above circumstances goes to school.. In first standard, the teacher is teaching the class about the song, "nilaa nilaa Odi vaa.." This boy gets up and says that nilaa will not come to us, but we only have to go to the nilaa..!! Seeing his 'scientific temperament' at such a young age, he is getting double-promoted to third standard immediately..!!!
There is more to this introduction still coming.. In third standard, the teacher is not interested in holding intellectual conversations with his students. So he warns this boy that he shouldn't be talking unnecessarily in the class.. But the boy replies that only because he talked in the previous class, he has got promoted here. Again this impresses the school management very much for some reason and he gets double promoted to fifth standard. In the next shot, we see Captain fully grown and he is sitting in an office, with the name board saying, "Thennavan IAS, Chief Election Commissioner of India." Now I'm not sure if Captain was promoted directly from the fifth standard to become IAS because it is not clearly shown. But there is a high possibility for that, considering that much of his actions are childish..!! (In fact, one of my friends who watched the movie writes to say that he was initially wondering why they are showing an introduction for Vivek in the very first scene. Only later he realised that it is the introduction of Captain himself..!!)
However, after the great introduction scene (which can give a tough fight to Narasimha introduction), the film becomes more of a Captain's speech based entertainment.. The enjoyment is purely derived from the unbelievable dialogues that he speaks. Examples: "If you stand anywhere below a tree, all the branches will give shade.. Similarly whoever works below me, they all should be honest..!!", "I am not a candle that you can blow off easily.. I am a continuously erupting volcano..!!", etc.. (This last dialogue is the reason for the film being promoted with the caption as "Thennavan - the burning man!!") Another dialogue is "You people go and pelt stones at Ganguly's house if India loses a cricket match.. Why don't you pelt stones at the MLA's house if he doesn't perform properly..??"
As for the storyline, he is the Chief Election Commissioner. The first fight takes place in Mumbai where some undesirable elements are trying to disrupt the election process. He fights in Matrix style flying with unbelievable angular punches and kicks. Then he gets transferred to TamilNadu, his home state. (I don't know how a Chief Election Commissioner of the whole country gets transferred to a state. Please don't ask such logic qiestions..) As he is fed up with the bad ways of the politicians, he wants to implement election reforms. So he announces a five point plan which includes no contesting in more than one constituency, no campaigning by CM or ministers in by-elections, power to call back the elected representative if he doesn't perform well, etc. But there is oppostion from all the Chief Ministers in the country so the PM is forced to stop this plan, even though he personally favours the plan. Captain conducts elections in TamilNadu according to existing methods and one day before polling there is a bomb blast in CM Naasser's meeting and many get killed. Captain gets into the investigation process himself, watches video tape of the meeting and goes and bashes up the suspect and gets the truth from him that CM himself planted the bomb to generate sympathy factor, but the primary suspect has escaped.
Captain stops the election counting process. CM goes to court and there Thennavan reveals the truth about the bomb but says he is yet to nab the primary suspect. CM himself offers to produce this primary suspect (who is kept away by the CM) at court who will refute all such allegations. (So Captain has achieved the objective of getting the culprit to court premises.., do you get that??) This primary culprit is a Muslim gangster. Ha, I forgot to tell you that all through the proceedings, Captain himself is arguing the case like a skilled advocate. There is a big box in Captain's table and the camera shows it often when the muslim gangster is being interrogated. He, however, refutes whatever Captain is saying and even says the Captain has got some mental problems.. Captain then goes to the box and reveals the Holy Quran. He takes it to the gangster and asks him to promise on it that he did not plant any bomb.. After some great acting by thalaivaasal vijay in this scene (who is the gangster) he finally admits his crime and also informs the court that the CM himself asked him to do this. So the court orders imprisonment to CM, but asks the counting in other constituencies to be carried on. As expected, the CM's party has won. So the CM chooses his appaavi wife Urvasi to become the CM, in Laloo-RabriDevi style. This leads to some supposedly comedy scenes where she doesn't know how to interact with governor, officials, etc.
In the meanwhile some romance is going on between Kiran and Captain. Actually, that is because of one great scene in the beginning.. When Captain gets transferred to Chennai, he is coming by train. Kiran's family is also travelling by the same train. Suddenly Kiran's father gets a heart attack.. So Captain rushes to him and says that he knows this type of heart attacks and he has the suitable pill for it. He gives one pill to be kept under the tongue in the mouth. Kiran's father feels better. At next station a doctor comes, and after inspecting the patient, asks Captain what is the pill that he gave that produced such a brilliant result. Captain reveals that what he gave was only ordinary "Gems" mittaay, because at such critical time only confidence is required, not the actual medicinal stuff. Kiran is way too impressed by this terrific behaviour. And after few songs, they get married. Actually Kiran tricks Captain into translating what she says in English to Tamil. In English she says, "I will marry you." When Captain translates that into Tamil and says, he is caught and he couldn't refuse the marriage proposal thereafter,because "madurai-kkaaran sonna sol thavaRa maattaan"..!! Oh My God..!!!!!!!
Some Vivek comedy is there, but it is not very impressive. He traces the growth of an ordinary person who is believed to be a dada due to some of his accidental actions, who goes on to become a politician..
In meantime, former CM has come out on bail and he arranges for Captain to be arrested. In prison, the muslim gangster is killed by the jailor who is the kaiyaaL of former CM. So the case in Supreme Court appeal is lost and former CM is released as innocent. Similar way, they plan to murder Captain in jail, but the present CM (former CM's wife) bowing to people's dharna and road roko agitation, orders the release of Thennavan. This leads to a fight between the CM and her husband and he slaps her. She is very despaired that her husband has lost all love for her only due to this CM post, and so submits the resignation letters of all MLAs that she has with her to the governor, recommending to dissolve the assembly and hold fresh elections. Captain is disgusted by the stupid reason for new election, that is a husband and wife fight. He realises that it is time to campaign for his five point plan again. So, he resigns his post and goes to the people urging them not to vote in the forthcoming elections. Everywhere the people boycott the elections, there is not even single vote polled in entire state. Even the ex-CM and his MLAs are all chased away by people when they come to vote. So all politicians relaise that the people have "awaken" and so agree to have the Thennavan plan. So PM congratulates Captain on his work and takes him back as the Chief Election Commissioner (????!!!!)
In the final scene, Captain is going away in his car, while the backdrop voice announces that 'Thennavan continued his crusades in such manner and due to his personal efforts, the black money of Indian politicians stashed away in Swiss banks were all recovered and it was utilised in developing the country's position in eductaion, health, science and technology, etc and finally India became a vallarasu country, as dreamed by Thennavan.'
I am left with no words to describe such a picture. Although I can say that if you are a person who can do with some laughs, do see his picture. Unlimited entertainment guaranteed..!!


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Red, white and black is in the DNA of Manchester United and Nike has captured the spirit of the club through this season's home kit. The new shirt leans towards a classic look, inspired by the 1970s, and features a collar for the first time since Nike became the team's official kit supplier in 2002. And the chevron design that featured last season is evident in the engineered mesh pattern on the back of the shirt, with the V-shape echoed in the shoulder print detail and in the socks.
Kit-wise, there are three options for the home games: red jersey, white shorts and black socks; red jersey, black shorts and white socks; or red jersey, white shorts and white socks depending on the opponents.
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Course Number: 04-75-100
Course Title: Introduction to Business
Professor's Name: Mr. Tony Mao
Student's Names: Daniel Pineau-103696836,
Kate Stasiak-103137566,
Quinton Rossini-103137500,
Rajpal Sohi-103657079,
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Date Submitted: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Executive Summary
Canadian Natural Resources Limited, incorporated on November 7, 1973, is an "independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, production, marketing and sale of crude oil, NGLs, and natural gas production"(Canadian Natural Resource Limited: TSE:CNQ quotes and news, n.d.). The company is environmentally conscious, very charitable (with projects such as funding the refurbishment and renovation of schools in Africa), is very safety conscious (with an ever-decreasing number of accidents with its employees) and at the same time is very profitable. CNRL had a net income of 688.41 million in 2001 which grew to 1.60 billion by 2010, and from this data, it can be gathered that the net income will only continue to rise and Canadian Natural Resources will continue to strive. The company maintains many projects which provide a stable financial situation for the company. At the same time, CNRL is not content to flat-line as it is aggressively searching out new projects as well as expanding to other continents. Despite all this, they are very financially inconsistent (but always profitable) and thus, very hard to accurately create a 5 Year Projection Plan for the company. Because of the many different projects and its willingness to try different avenues, CNRL will most likely stay a growing financially profitable company. After the large, expected profits over the next 7-10 years, CNRL will have the financial flexibility to begin to explore other energy efficient resources such as solar energy. By owning 100% of their facilities and having short-term, medium-term and long-term projects, they are able to have very liquid cash-flow allowing them to leave sites quickly (saving a lot of money for the company). Adding such operations as refining and producing bio fuel and renewable energies into the corporation's portfolio can help to show it is both environmentally friendly and help provide stable income for years to come.
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1.Introduction (Company History)……………………………………………………4-5 2.Current Situation……………………………………………………………………5-6 3.5 Year Projection of Business Environment………………………………………..6-7 4.Strategic Adaptation to Future Business Environment………………………………..8 5.Business Level Strategy………………………………………………………………8-9 6.Companywide Strategy……………………………………………………………….9-11 7.Analysis………………………………………………………………………………11-13 8.Discussion…………………………………………………………………………….13-14 9.Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………...14 10.References…………………………………………………………………………..15-16 11.Appendices…………………………………………………………………………17-24 12.Peer Evaluation Forms……………………………………………………………...25-30
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According to the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Corporation, it is evident that they take pride in running their business economically and efficiently. Canadian Natural Resources Limited, incorporated on November 7, 1973, is an "independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, production, marketing and sale of crude oil, NGLs, and natural gas production"(Canadian Natural Resource Limited: TSE:CNQ quotes and news, n.d.) Since the company initiated the project of crude oil and natural gas in 1989 in Alberta, they have achieved significant gas drilling and continued to grow into a major gas company in Northeast British Columbia circa 1991. They have gained the titles of "second largest independent gas producer in Canada" and "largest heavy oil producer in Canada" (Canadian Natural Resources Limited Careers and Career Life, n.d.). Although their...
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A Beautiful Friendship
The Gryffindors were all down cast and sullen. The only person who didn't seem to be was Lily Evans. She understood nothing about the sport and wasn't all cut up about not winning the stupid trophy that caused so much rivalry between houses. She'd much rather just not go to the matches. But, she went to be with her friends. Yes, she was a little put out that the Hufflepuffs had the silver trophy? Currently, she was finishing off her Charms homework when she spotted, shaded in the corner, James Potter. Or at least, it looked like James Potter. The only part that she could see of him from his neck up was his dark tuft of jet black hair. He had his face buried in his arms, which were resting on his drawn up knees.
He looked really depressed about losing that cup, it seemed. And why wouldn't he be? He's the captain of the whole team. Lily saw Sirius Black saunter up to him and try his hardest to lighten Potter's mood. But all Potter did was shrug a buried shoulder and make a non-committal jerk of his black hair. Black walked away towards the fire, where sat Remus Lupin and little Peter Pettigrew. A few minutes later, Pettigrew went over to Potter. And again, Potter never moved. She expected Remus to try but he shook his head, knowing his efforts would be faulty.
Lily finished her piece of homework, put away her ink and quills, rolled up her parchment and set off to bed. But as she was passing Potter she thought she heard a sob issue from him. Was James Potter crying? Lily walked over to him, crouched down on her haunches, placed her hands on his arms.
"James, look at me," she prompted.
"No," he said, resolutely.
Lily hardened her voice. "I said, to look at me, Potter." James Potter finally looked up. He had puffy eyes from crying, his cheeks were tear stained and his forehead was covered with blotches of red. "You look awful."
"Well, I feel awful, Lily. So if you don't mind leaving me alone…" he got quiet as he let his sentence trail off.
Lily pulled apart his arms and took his hand. She pulled him to a standing position and led him over to his friends by the fire. "James, your friends have tried their damnedest to comfort you. You'd do the same for them. They're here for you all the time. They're worried about you and frankly I am too." James looked at her with shock at her words. So did Black, Remus and Pettigrew.
"You're worried about ME?"
"James, it's just a stupid trophy. It's just a stupid game. In thirty years is it going to matter that you won or lost? No. It's not. Quiddich is a dumb game that puts houses in a rift with each other. The Sorting Hat wants us to be friends with other houses, but how can we do that if every three months we're pitting ourselves against the other houses in a game?"
"Lily," Sirius started. "You don't play. You wouldn't understand."
"I understand that Muggles do NOT get THIS appalling come game day. James, you lost. I know you're blaming yourself for losing but, it's not one person's fault. You're a team and there is no 'I' in the word team. You lost, yes. But you'll always be first place to me."
Lily gave them all a smile and bade them goodnight. The next day, James Potter was just as lively as ever. Lily went back to calling him Potter and loathing the ground he walked on. But something happened to both of them that both realized that, with a little help from Quiddich, they had become friends.
And it was the start of a beautiful friendship indeed.
A/N: Yes, I used the "always first place to me" line in IYWG but, I liked it. Think of this as a parallel story to that one! :D


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- 1 bottle of BBQ sauce
Boil chicken until cooked. Chop up when cool. Pour BBQ sauce over the chicken. Refrigerate.
- 4 Romaine hearts
- 3-4 roma tomatoes, chopped
- 1/2 C. cilantro
- 1 15oz. can of black beans, rinsed & drained
- 1 C. frozen sweet white corn, thawed
- 2 limes
- salt & pepper
- 1/2 lb. jack cheese, shredded
- homemade ranch dressing
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We had more cars than the driveway would hold ,so the management allowed us to park at another home a few doors down..the grounds were great, pool was amazing..
The coffee pot was broken, and management had a brand new one sent within 30mins of us notifying them.
Our overall experience was awesome. The house was amazing and the beach was far enough for a morning walk but close enough for my 6 and 3 year old to make it. We will definitely stay here again!!
The only thing I wasn't please with was the Tv in some of the rooms dint work
We had an amazing experience. We did not want to leave.
First, we were greeted with friendly staff upon our arrival and an hour before check-in. I had to take my daughter to the local urgent care due to a fever and not feeling well. The staff allowed us to drop our luggage and for my husband to take our other daughter to the pool. Very nice of them and honestly, that was unexpected!
Secondly, we had a barstool that was wobbly and a couple of door knobs that were wobbly. The management co sent two sweet employees over in the rain! They greeted us with smiles even while they had to carry the bar stool in the rain!
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We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Skip's Retreat. The property was clean and the layout exactly right for several families. The first floor master suite was perfect for my 90 year-old parents. The bedroom furniture is a little tired looking and some of the beds didn't get great reviews but the weather and location made up for a few inconveniences. It is also very helpful that the unit has a laundry room. I only have one major complaint and that is the sound system at the pool was on non-stop. Not everyone wants to be bombarded with music 24/7. All in all we had a great weekend and would definitely consider renting Skip's Retreat again.
This house is in the best location. Right next to pool entrance. Also the beach was an easy 1/4 mile walk. The on sight property manager was very helpful in finding us an additional parking spot as we brought 3 cars. Very clean and we'll maintained. Would stay here again. Our group of 11 had plenty of room at this rental.


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Saturday, 8 August 2009
Why East Africa heads cannot be trusted
TANZANIA is a hard nut to crack. It has trashed some proposals made in a meeting for the unification of East African countries and stated clearly that it would never allow East Africans to enjoy the right of movement and permanent residence on its soil as proposed by other countries in this loose outfit.
To prove Tanzania's muscle, the just-ended summit of East African Heads of State issued a communiqué to the effect that the draft on the Common Market shall not contain provisions which authorise overriding of national policies and laws. The communiqué further stated that 'the granting of related rights to access to land and establishment should not be automatic, but should lay a basis for eligibility.'
This, if anything, is the last nail in the coffin for the right of permanent residence. If anything, this is a slap in the face on Kenya and Uganda that felled the former East African Community (EAC).
Being a Tanzanian, I have always supported some of my country's stances on land matters. Other countries, especially Kenya, must first harmonize their land policies before prevailing upon Tanzania (the only East African country with a vast land) to let go of its land. Kenya (a country with many landless citizens) as well as Rwanda and Burundi have never taken this as a pressing issue!
Tanzania should, however, stop being hypocritical. I have concluded that she is hypocritical owing to the fact that President Jakaya Kikwete has invited Saudis to come and invest in agriculture – with a view of feeding the Saudis!
Why is Tanzania, a country that's portrayed itself as the model of good land policies, cascading into the same sin it's been castigating others like Kenya and Sudan for? What hypocrisy!
This means that our rulers are not eyeing the unification of our countries for the good of their people. How can Tanzania commit such a sacrilege – and still have moral authority to deny other access to its land?
Isn't this racism whereby Africans from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi are regarded as a danger to Tanzania's land but Arabs aren't? Isn't this enough hypocrisy and double standards to let Tanzania go solo with its new Arab partners?
What transpired between Kenya and Uganda over a tiny and barren island of Migingo demonstrates how myopic and short-term minded our rulers are. Who'd think such tail wagging would consume a lot of time and resources?
One would think conventional wisdom would prevail, with one of the protagonists knuckling under and setting a precedent in the interests of unification. But nay! What's all this furore
about if the tax and income obtained from Migingo is not at par with the expenses of bargaining and scheming?
Our rulers are breathing fire to show their 'passion and fire' for the good of their countries whilst they're the same creatures stealing from them.
Why should neighbouring countries live under suspicion and differ over a tiny island? Isn't this an assault on unification and prosperity? How genuine is this unification project?
When the Rwandese were bearing the brunt of genocide, where were these 'good' neighbours? They did not help. They did not even bother to hold to account the current Rwandan regime that's alleged to have perpetrated it. Sadly, East African countries condoned it. And now they've already incorporated those behind it!
Kenya never bothered to ask Uganda's Yoweri Museveni and Tanzania why they supported Rwandan Paul Kagame to ascend to power. Why make noise on unification without enhancing democracy? How can you unite people ruled by dictators and poll riggers?
It is not bad to ape the European Union on unity. But, we should not forget one thing: that union was enhanced by democratic leaderships that listen to the people. We still remember how the French and Dutch voters smashed the referendum in 2005. They did. For, the union is theirs, not their leaders.' Those emulating the EU do not want to face this!
Let us face it. If we need unification of the East African countries, we must play our part instead of leaving all decision-making powers to our failed gluttonous and myopic rulers. Their interest has always been flocking to East African capitals or other cities to get per diem as they do their shoptalking.
The proposed East African Federation will never materialize as long greed rules over concerned partners. Recently, for example, there were rumours that oil reserves had been discovered in the Indian Ocean on Zanzibar's side – and they were enough to threaten to tear down the union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar!
The islanders started agitating for the removal of oil matters from Union jurisdiction.
For over forty years, Zanzibar has been breastfed by Mainland Tanzania. But it now wants to break away from the Mainland on the basis of rumours of oil wealth. If Zanzibar cannot share oil with Mainland Tanzania, how will it share its resources with other East Africans?
If East African countries cannot contain the internal wrangles within themselves, how ca they effectively handle regional matters together?
In a nutshell, either Tanzania should be left to remain solo as the other countries seek advice from their people to see to it that whatever is reached at must come from the hoi polloi instead of the cabal of myopic pretenders.
Source: Business Time August 7, 2009.
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UK construction output fall better than expected
Construction output in the UK has fallen in the second quarter, official figures have shown, although the drop was less than expected.
Output from the sector fell by 3.9% between April and June from the previous quarter, compared with an earlier forecast of a 5.2% drop, the Office for National Statistics said.
Compared with a year earlier, output fell by 9.5%.
A significant fall in new infrastructure projects dragged activity lower.
Mark Farrar, chief executive of the Sector Skills Council said the new figures "show a continuing trend for the construction industry - times are tough and there is no sign of a change in fortunes".
He said the data was particularly disappointing because of a slump in repair and maintenance work.
"With 26 million energy-inefficient homes in the UK, the retro-fitting of green technology to improve environmental performance is a huge opportunity to provide an immediate financial injection to the industry - but this opportunity remains untapped," he said, as he called on the government for more investment in the sector.
However, others saw glimmers of hope.
"The good news is that construction output fell less in the second quarter than had been estimated, which boosts the prospects of a significant upward revision to the second-quarter GDP data," said Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight.
The Bank of England on Wednesday said it expects zero growth in the economy this year.


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Following the WOSA Centennial Registration, everyone gathered in the Quad for the Welcome Dinner hosted by Principal Eleanor Nicholson. The current Woodstock staff were invited to come and interact with the alumni visitors. It was very festive, if a bit chilly.
Dr. Eleanor Nicholson welcoming one and all.
Pandit Ajit Singh performing on the Vichitra Veena with his tabla player from Mussoorie International School. Dan the chela (student).
In two weeks the fall school musical, "Brigadoon," will be performed in Parker Hall. We were treated to a 15-minute sneak preview.
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If you have been asking yourself "What is Personal Development?" then you are likely trying to identify ways that you can develop and improve your own self awareness, talents, skills, or other attributes that will help you achieve your goals and dreams. While the origins are rooted in major religions, today's idea of personal development can be a distinctly secular endeavor. This is not to say that some individuals will not find comfort from religion or discover religious practices that promote personal development; but, many modern applications focus on formal and informal activities, methods, programs, tools, and techniques that support your personal growth as an individual across areas of your life, rather than focusing specifically on your spiritual development.
Indeed, personal development is more than just self-help. Through a process of development you may decide or need to focus on improving self-awareness and self knowledge, developing your identity, expanding strengths and talents, building wealth, improving your employability, setting and achieving personal goals, fulfilling dreams, or building social relationships. As you can clearly see, it involves evaluating various aspects of your life and working to improve in areas such as career, education, relationships, health, and happiness. Without question, it is not a cookie-cutter process that applies to each of us equally; instead, your personal development is a highly refined process that would apply specifically to you and your own life. In fact, this is a broad field of self-help and self-development that also sometimes requires developing others. In your program of personal development you may utilize roles of teachers, mentors, counsellors, or other professional services that may provide assessment, training, or coaching.
In addition, this kind of development is a process of personal discovery that relies heavily on research and practice. As the field of personal development has improved itself, there is a growing body of scientific research that provides various methodologies, learning programs, and assessment tools. Not only it is important for the individual, it is becoming increasingly important for organizations. As members of an organization work individually on their own personal development, the organization as a whole subsequently develops. Because our own lives are so intimately connected with others, all our relationships from family and friends to colleagues and supervisors become integral parts of our personal development.
Personal development today is a robust field that relies on a myriad of tools and techniques. Regardless of the methodology you apply, the ultimate goal is to help you achieve fulfillment, happiness, and satisfaction from your life as a whole. Your physical, spiritual, and mental health are all important components of your development that will likely be evaluated and modified during your journey of improvement.
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Greek sculpture encapsulate greek virtue of sophrosyne, or self knowledge characterized by a belief in inner retrain and denial of excess...it articulates a greater psychological presence.
According to Tom Flynn in The Body in Three Dimensions, the Greeks felt body proportion, balance and equilibrium to be the most elevated expressions of human life. Principles of rhythmos (composition) and symmetria (commensurability of parts) were grounded in mathematical proportions...and comprised the Canon of Polykleitos of Argos also Pheidias of Athens (450-430B.C. - high classical period). The Canon was appropriated in the renaissance by both Leonardo (in his Polykleitan Canon) and Michelangelo (in David).
Polykleitos, Spear Bearer/Doryphoros, ca. 4th century B.C.
Leon Battista Alberti (1404 – April 20, 1472)
Mirroring the Greeks, Italian renaissance architect, Leon Battista Alberti, defines " beauty to be a harmony of all the parts, in whatsoever subject it appears, fitted together with such proportion and connection, that nothing could be added, diminished or altered, but for the worse"-- a controlled relationship among the separate parts creates the ideal.
from Nathan Knobler, The Visual Dialogue
Like most visual artists we were seduced by the amazement of light falling on flesh achieved by the use of contrapposto.
Praxilites, Hermes, 4th century B.C.
We agreed with Rodin: the side view of the ancient Greek sculptures accommodated light streaming down their torsos and limbs, expressing reason and balance above all things.... from Art of Ancient Greece, Claude Laisne (p.185-6)
Alexandros of Antioch, Venus de Milo, ca. 130-100 B.C.
In the Hellenistic period, transgression had begun: Venus de Milo lost classical mathematical proportions and the provocative drape held up by her pubis was decadent.
Despite our proportional transgressions, Flynn encouraged us noting that "the body has moved into sharper focus as a theoretical tool for questioning structures of power, ideology, and identity across a range of visual materials....no longer an unchanging, biological fact, but as a historical and cultural category changing with prevailing social, political and economic forces. (p. 9)


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That's right, there are actually TWO declensions in the Second declension. Weird, eh? So when I talk about Second Declension nouns, they can be either Neuter OR Masculine.
These are the Masculine nouns and adjectives.
Neuter - parvum donum
Nom. - parvum donum (a little gift)
Gen. - parvi doni (of a little gift)
Dat. - parvo dono (to/for a little gift)
Acc. - parvum donum (a little gift)
Abl. - parvo dono (with/by/from a little gift)
Voc. - parvum donum (O little gift!)
Nom. - parva dona (the little gifts)
Gen. - parvorum donorum (of the little gifts)
Dat. - parvis donis (to/for the little gifts)
Acc. - parva dona (the little gifts)
Abl. - parvis donis (with/by/from the little gifts)
Voc. - parva dona (O little gifts!)
You can see that the Neuter Plural nominative, accusative, and vocative look suspiciously similar to the First Declension singular forms, don't they? This is why it is SO IMPORTANT to memorize not just the word, but which declension it is.
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China's utilization of recycling resources in significant progress in recent years, due to its late, low, over the past 20 years in the basic low level. Another event has been repeated media exposure of environmental pollution, about the negative social impact is very large. Adverse business environment, many companies for further development, investment enthusiasm is low, also inhibited the growth of enterprises. Due to certain conditions in the field of renewable resources, and the terms of use does not mean that the same environment, image has been without effective improvement. This is reflected in a dynamic private sector. Due to the secondary recovery waste of resources, individuals set up collection points, for instance, there are situations where, for manual labor table corner-cutting machining-oriented, dominated by open management open job, labor intensive and lack basic safety and health conditions. At the expense of the natural ecological environment and human health, harmful waste water, waste gas, the cost of waste acid. Fake and poisonous products, market chaos, had had a negative impact. To suburban or rural and urban junction based on establishment of recycling and dismantling processing, to the city's environmental protection work is a big influence. In recent years due to increased regulation, and general increase in environmental awareness of the whole society, national advocacy environment encourage the recycling industry, completed initial accumulation of some enterprises in the industry. A number of good management, advanced equipment and operating large-scale enterprises, formed a professional Park in some areas.
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Big data integration business, Talend, has introduced Talend Data Preparation, a simple self-service application aimed at end-users rather than data scientists, that enables users to cut-out much of the complicated and laborious data wrangling, data manipulation and analysis tasks that are often performed using spreadsheets.
The free download, is an open source desktop application that allows users to explore, cleanse, enrich and combine data from different sources in minutes instead of hours using a combination of drag-and-drop tools, smart guides and automated processing functions.
Talend Data Preparation's web-based interface and workflow tools provides users with assistance as they import, structure and transform data and unlike many of the available business analytics tools avoids having to create complicated formulas, write code, or complete the same tasks over and over again.
Key features include auto content discovery or identification, smart suggestions, cleansing and enrichment functions, as well as data visualisations to allow users to identify outliers or other data problems. The product also allows key "recipes" or formulas to be saved and reused, further speeding up future projects.
"Extracting value from data has historically involved a lot of time and effort - especially when it is disparate and from multiple sources. And far too much of that time and effort has been spent just getting the data ready to be analysed rather than in the analysis process itself," said Philip Howard, research director at Bloor Research. "With self-service tools like Talend Data Preparation, organisations can cut the time to actionable insight by a significant margin - some estimates are as much as 60 percent - making the remaining time and effort far more rewarding."
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September 24, 2014
JEFFERY WILLIAMS, # 147343, Petitioner,v.LEON FORNISS, et al., Respondents.
WALLACE CAPEL, Jr., Magistrate Judge.
This case is before the court on a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 filed by Alabama prisoner Jeffery Williams ("Williams"). See Doc. Nos. 1, 2 & 5. Williams contends he was denied due process and equal protection in a prison disciplinary proceeding that took place while he was incarcerated at the Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore, Alabama. For the reasons set forth below, the court finds the petition should be dismissed.[1]
Williams was serving a lengthy state sentence for various counts of rape, sodomy, kidnapping, and robbery, when a disciplinary action was initiated against him for violating Alabama Department of Corrections disciplinary Rule # 911, sexual assault against another inmate. The hearing officer found Williams guilty of the charged infraction. The sanctions imposed upon Williams for violating Rule # 911 were loss of visitation and store privileges for 45 days and referral for classification review. See Doc. No. 5 at 1. Williams lost no good-time credit because of the guilty disciplinary finding.
Williams challenged the hearing officer's decision by filing a petition for writ of certiorari in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama. That court dismissed his petition in November 2013. Williams appealed to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, which affirmed the circuit court's judgment. He then filed a petition for certiorari review with the Alabama Supreme Court, which was denied. He filed the instant 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition on September 3, 2014.
Williams contends he was denied due process and equal protection in his prison disciplinary proceeding. See Doc. Nos. 1, 2 & 5. However, his claims are not cognizable in a federal habeas action. The central purpose of the writ of habeas corpus, whether under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 or 28 U.S.C. § 2241, is to provide a remedy to prisoners challenging the "fact or duration" of their physical confinement and are seeking immediate release or an earlier release. Preiser v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 475, 484 (1973). "[T]he common-law history of the writ, ... the essence of habeas corpus is an attack by a person in custody upon the legality of that custody, and... the traditional function of the writ is to secure release from illegal custody." Id. The only relief that can be gained in a habeas action is an immediate or speedier release from custody. Id.
Here, Williams is not challenging the fact or duration of his confinement. He is not attacking the state court judgment under which he is in custody. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a). He lost no good-time credit because of the guilty disciplinary finding. Therefore, his allegations are not consistent with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
Although Williams's allegations are typically presented in an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, [2] this court is not inclined to construe his petition as a civil rights complaint through which he could challenge the conditions of his confinement in connection with the disciplinary case. The required filing fee for a civil rights case is $350.00. More importantly, any attempt by Williams to proceed, or refile his suit, under § 1983 would be frivolous. Williams's loss of visitation and store privileges and referral for classification review do not implicate the protections of the Due Process Clause.
In Sandin v. Connor, 515 U.S. 472, 484 (1995), the Supreme Court recognized only two instances in which a prisoner may claim a constitutionally protected liberty interest[3] that implicates constitutional due process concerns: (1) when actions of correctional officials have the effect of altering the inmate's term of imprisonment, and (2) where a prison restraint "imposes atypical and significant hardship on the inmate in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life." Sandin, 515 U.S. at 483-84. The Court in Sandin specifically rejected the contention that any action taken by correctional officials as a punitive measure necessarily encroaches upon a liberty interest protected under the Due Process Clause. Id. at 484. "Discipline by prison officials in response to a wide range of misconduct falls within the expected parameters of the sentence imposed by a court of law." Id. at 485.
Williams's loss of visitation and store privileges for 45 days is neither "atypical" nor a "significant hardship" under the Sandin analysis. The restriction of privileges is not a dramatic departure from the ordinary conditions of confinement, nor is it a major disruption in a prisoner's environment. Sandin, 515 U.S. at 485. See also Overton v. Bazzetta, 539 U.S. 126, 136-37 (2003) (providing that temporary withdrawal of visitation privileges for disciplinary purposes was "not a dramatic departure from accepted standards for conditions of confinement"); Moore v. Pemberton, 110 F.3d 22, 23 (7th Cir. 1997) (prisoner suffered no liberty loss when he received as disciplinary punishment a verbal reprimand, two-week loss of commissary privileges, and a suspended, 15-day disciplinary segregation sentence). Therefore, Williams suffered no deprivation of a liberty interest when his privileges were restricted.[4] Moreover, referral for classification review "though concededly punitive, does not represent a dramatic departure from the basic conditions" of the sentence imposed upon Williams. Sandin, 515 U.S. at 485. See Lee v. Thomas, 2011 WL 624486, at *9 (M.D. Ala. Jan. 21, 2011); Gay v. McGhee, 2009 WL 3063331, at *5 (M.D. Ala. Sep. 22, 2009). Because the sanctions levied against Williams failed to "impose[] atypical and significant hardship on the inmate in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life, " Sandin. 515 U.S. at 484, they cannot trigger constitutional due process protection.[5]
Williams also fails to set forth sufficient facts to support a claim of an equal protection violation regarding the disciplinary action taken against him. To establish a claim cognizable under the Equal Protection Clause, "a prisoner must [at a minimum] demonstrate that (1) he is similarly situated to other prisoners who received more favorable treatment; and (2) the state engaged in invidious discrimination against him based on race, religion, national origin, or some other constitutionally protected basis. Jones v. Ray, 279 F.3d 944, 946-47 (11th Cir. 2001); Damiano v. Florida Parole and Prob. Comm'n, 785 F.2d 929, 932-33 (11th Cir. 1986). "[O]fficial action will not be held unconstitutional solely because it results in a... disproportionate impact.... Proof of... discriminatory intent or purpose is required to show a violation of the Equal Protection Clause." Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp., 429 U.S. 252, 264-65 (1977). Williams fails to present evidence, probative or otherwise, that race or some other constitutionally impermissible factor constituted a motivating factor in the actions about which he complains. Other than his conclusory allegation that correctional officials violated his equal protection rights regarding imposition of the disciplinary, Williams's pleading is devoid of any evidence that correctional officials acted in an intentionally discriminatory manner. The allegations presented by Williams warrant no inference of discriminatory intent.
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