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Privacy Policy
The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers recognises that your privacy is very important to you and that it is your right to control your personal information. We know that providing personal information is an act of trust and we take that trust seriously.
Updated May 2018
The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers will never sell, rent or, except as set out in this Privacy Policy, otherwise disclose any of your personal information, including your Email address, to any third party without your consent. Unless you give us specific consent to act otherwise, the following policies will govern how The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers handles the personal information that you provide to us.
This Privacy Policy sets out:
- Collection and use of information
- Information storage
- Information sharing and disclosure
- Security and prevention against loss, misuse or alteration of information
- Your ability to edit and cancel your account
- Changes to this Privacy Policy
- Contact details
This Privacy Policy is deemed to be incorporated into the Rules and Conditions of the association, which you should read together with this Privacy Policy. Capitalised words used but not defined in this Privacy Policy have the meaning given to them in the Terms and Conditions.
Collection and use of information
The information held by the association is collected and collated from your completed membership form. All of this information is collected and used only in aggregate; that is, it is entered into our database, where we can use it to generate overall individual reports.
You will be able to take advantage of all of the features and benefits of the association. The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers collects some or all of the personally identifiable information set out below when you join The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers, when you access and use this Website, the information we collect will vary depending on the individual circumstances.
What we collect
- Name
- Address
- Business Name
- Email address
- Web address
- Telephone number
- Mobile telephone number (optional)
- Payment method: Direct Debit, Standing Order, Cheque, etc.
- Relevant information about your business.
Information you submit for your User Profile
How we use it:
- To communicate with you regarding your membership of The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers
- To contact you about the products and/or services on this Website in which you have expressed an interest
- To display your User Profile to others users of this Website (in accordance with your security settings)
- To email you news and information
- To send you samples of, or marketing materials relating to, third party products or services which we believe may be of interest to you. Such materials may be sent by us separately. Please note that at no time is it necessary for us to provide your personally identifiable information to third parties in order to send you these materials
- To improve services and enhance personalisation. Additionally, authorised CMPE officers may update your registration information to accurately reflect any new information included in any communications received from you.
Communication Preferences
If you do not want to receive emails from us with news and information, you can change your contact preferences at any time by completing the contact form at cmpe.co.uk or notifying the national secretary.
Information storage
All information you provide to us is stored in the UK only on secure servers that are protected in secure facilities including firewall protection and located in those countries that form part of the European Economic Area or are considered to provide adequate protection for personal information under the European Union Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC).
'Cookies' are small text files that are stored by the browser on your computer. Websites are able to read and write these files, which allows them to store things like personalisation details and user preferences. We use cookies for a number of purposes, including to:
- recognise you as a CMPE member;
- provide you with customised content while you are using member services;
- deliver advertisements relevant to your interests when you visit our Website and use our member services;
- provide general internal analytics to conduct research to improve our Website;
- support security measures such as are in place at this time.
In addition to our own cookies, we allow certain third parties and affiliates to set and access their cookies on your computer such as companies providing auditing, research and reporting for advertisers. Those parties' use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not our Privacy Policy.
The Help menu on the menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. Additionally, you can disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by changing the add-on's settings or visiting the website of its manufacturer. However, because cookies allow you to take advantage of some of our Website essential features, we recommend that you leave them turned on. If you do leave cookies turned on, be sure to sign off when you finish using a shared computer.
Information sharing and disclosure
The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers is committed to protecting your personal information. We will not disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties without your consent except:
- where The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers is required by law to disclose information to third parties;
- where the disclosure is necessary for the performance of our operations (eg. mail delivery, protecting us from fraud, and payment of your membership); or
We also may share your personal information with third parties (ie sponsors and advertisers) specifically engaged by The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers to provide services to us, in which case we will require those parties to keep that information confidential and secure and to use it solely for the purpose of providing the specified services to us.
Companies and individuals registered with The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers Affiliate Program receive aggregate information about customers that they direct to The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers through links on their websites. No personally identifiable information is provided to affiliate members; the information collected from our affiliates is used strictly for the affiliates program and will not be used for general marketing purposes.
The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers also provides analysis of our members to prospective partners and other third parties. We do this so that we can understand you better, and so we can keep bringing you first-rate member services. We may also disclose, on an anonymous basis, literal statements made by our members.
Linked websites are not under the control of The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers and we are not responsible for the conduct of companies linked to our Website. Before disclosing your personal information on any other website, we advise you to examine its terms and conditions of use and privacy policy.
Please note that you have certain rights under the Data Protection Act 1998. You have the right to be told what personal information we hold about you, to correct errors in that information and to prevent The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers from using your personal information. Should you wish to exercise that these rights, or if you have any questions concerning The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers privacy policy at the contact details below.
Security and prevention against loss, misuse or alteration of information
The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers has implemented technology and security features, as well as strict internal guidelines, to safeguard the privacy of your personal information from unauthorised access or improper use. We will continue to enhance our security procedures as new technology becomes available.
While we make every effort to ensure that your information is secure on our system, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
Access authorisation is granted only to key Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers members only and to our agents if necessary for the performance of our operations or for them to provide services to us. Any information accessed by those agents is required to be kept confidential and secure and is not permitted to be used for any purpose except to provide their services to us.
Backups are kept to prevent loss of information.
Your ability to edit and cancel your membership
You cannot access your membership online. To update and correct the business and personal details you must contact us in writing through the contact submission form on the website.
If you decide to cancel your membership of the Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers, your membership will be deactivated immediately once any term of the membership has expired. However, we are required to retain your information for accounting, operational and administrative purposes and in accordance with applicable laws.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
From time to time, administrators of The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers will review and may edit this policy in accordance with potential changes to our membership and as required by law. The national officers of The Contractors Mechanical Plant Engineers reserve the right to change its Privacy Policy at any time.
CMPE Privacy Policy Update 25th May 2018
How we use your personal information
This privacy notice is to let you know how CMPE promise to look after your personal information. This includes what you tell us about yourself, what we learn by having you as a member, and the choices you give us about what marketing you want us to send you. This notice explains how we do this and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
Our Privacy Promise
We promise:
- To keep your data safe and private
- Not to sell your data
- To give you ways to manage and review your choices at any time
Data Protection law change – 25 May 2018
This notice sets out most of your rights under the new laws. If need be, we'll update it again should changes come into effect.
Who we are
You can find out more about us at www.cmpe.co.uk. & www.cmpecoc.co.uk
If, after reading this policy you have any further questions, or want more details about how we use your personal information, you can ask us by email: firstname.lastname@example.com with your specific request.
How the law protects you?
As well as our Privacy Promise, your privacy is protected by law. This section explains how that works.
Data Protection law says that we are allowed to use personal information only if we have a proper reason to do so. This includes sharing it outside CMPE. The law says we must have one or more of these reasons:
- To fulfil a contract, we have with you, or
- When it is our legal duty, or
- When it is in our legitimate interest, or
- When you consent to it.
A legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information. But even then, it must not unfairly go against what is right and best for you. If we rely on our legitimate interest, we will tell you what that is.
Here is a list of all the ways that we may use your personal information, and which of the reasons we rely on to do so. This is also where we tell you what our legitimate interests are.
What we use your personal information for
- To manage our relationship with you.
- To develop new ways to meet member needs and to grow our services
- To develop and carry out marketing activities
- To study how members' use services from us
- To provide advice or guidance about our services
- To make and manage member payments
- To manage any charges due on member's accounts
- To collect and recover money that is owed to CMPE
- To obey laws and regulations that apply.
- To respond to complaints, feedback, reviews and seek to resolve them
- To run our association in an efficient and proper manner. This includes managing our financial position, capability, planning, communications
Our reasons
- Your consent
- Our legitimate interests
- Our legal duty
Our legitimate interests
- Keeping our records up to date, working out which of our services may interest you and telling you about them
- Developing services, and what we charge for them
- Seeking your consent when we need it to contact you
- Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal duties
- Being efficient about how we fulfill our legal and contractual duties
- Complying with regulations that apply to us
Groups of Personal Information
We use many different kinds of personal information, and group them together like this.
Type of personal information – Description
- Contact – The most preferred method of contacting you.
- Socio-Demographic – This includes details about your work or profession
- Transactional – Details about payments from your accounts with us.
- Contractual – Details about the services we provide to you.
- Locational – Data we get about where you are.
- Behavioural – Details about how you use our services.
- Technical – Details on the devices and technology you use.
- Communications – What we learn about you from letters, emails and conversations between us.
- Open Data and Public Records – Details about you that are in public records, such as information about you that is openly available on the internet.
- Usage Data – Other data about how you use our services.
- Consents – Any permissions, consents or preferences that you give us. This includes things like how you want us to contact you.
Where we collect personal information from
We may collect personal information about you (or your business) from other members within the CMPE from these sources:
Data you give to us:
- When you apply for our membership
- When you talk to us on the phone or in person
- When you use our websites, mobile device apps
- In emails and letters
- Payment and transaction data
- Companies that introduce you to us
- Social networks
Who we share your personal information with
- We may share your personal information with members within the CMPE and these organisations:
- Agents and advisers who we use to help run your accounts and services, collect what you owe, and explore new ways of doing business
- Organisations that introduce you to us
- Companies that we introduce you to
- Companies you ask us to share your data with
- We may need to share your personal information with other organisations to provide you with the product or service you have chosen:
- If you pay by direct debit, credit or charge card, we will share transaction details with companies which help us to provide this service (such as GoCardless and Stripe)
- If you use direct debits, we will share your data with the Direct Debit scheme
We may also share your personal information if the make-up of CMPE changes in the future:
How we use your information to make decisions
We sometimes use systems to make decisions based on personal information we have about you. This helps us to make sure our decisions are efficient and correct, based on what we know. These decisions can affect the services or features we may offer you now or in the future, or the price that we charge you for them.
Here are the types of automated decision we make:
We may decide what to charge for some services based on what we know.
Starting our service provision
When you start using our service, we check that the service is relevant for you, based on what we know. We also check that you meet the conditions needed to use the service.
Your rights
As a person you have rights over decisions. If you want to know more about these rights, please contact us.
If you choose not to give personal information
We may need to collect personal information by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you.
If you choose not to give us this personal information, it may delay or prevent us from meeting our obligations. It may also mean that we cannot perform the services needed. It could mean that we cancel a service you have with us.
Any data collection that is optional would be made clear at the point of collection.
We may use your personal information to tell you about relevant services. This is what we mean when we talk about 'marketing'.
The personal information we have for you is made up of what you tell us, and data we collect when you use our services.
We can only use your personal information to send you service messages if we have either your consent or a 'legitimate interest'. That is when we have a reason to use your information. It must not unfairly go against what is right and best for you.
You can ask us to stop sending you services messages by contacting us at any time.
Whatever you choose, you will receive notification, and other important information such as changes to your existing services.
We may ask you to confirm or update your choices, if you take out any new services with us in future. We will also ask you to do this if there are changes in the law, regulation, or the structure of our association.
If you change your mind you can update your choices at any time by contacting us.
How long we keep your personal information
We will keep your personal information for as long as you are a member of the CMPE.
After you stop being a member, we may keep your data for up to 10 years for one of these reasons:
- To respond to any questions or complaints
- To show that we treated you fairly
- To maintain records according to rules that apply to us
We may keep your data for longer than 10 years if we cannot delete it for legal, regulatory or technical reasons. We may also keep it for research or statistical purposes. If we do, we will make sure that your privacy is protected and only use it for those purposes.
How to get a copy of your personal information?
You can access your personal information we hold by emailing us with reference to Data Subject Access Request at this address:
Letting us know if your personal information is incorrect
You have the right to question any information we have about you that you think is wrong or incomplete. Please contact us if you want to do this.
If you do, we will take all reasonable steps to check its accuracy and correct it.
What if you want us to stop using your personal information?
You have the right to object to our use of your personal information, or to ask us to delete, remove, or stop using your personal information if there is no need for us to keep it. This is known as the 'right to object' and 'right to erasure', or the 'right to be forgotten'.
There may be legal or other official reasons why we need to keep or use your data. But please tell us if you think that we should not be using it.
We may sometimes be able to restrict the use of your data. This means that it can only be used for certain things, such as legal claims or to exercise legal rights. In this situation, we would not use or share your information in other ways while it is restricted.
You can ask us to restrict the use of your personal information if:
- It is not accurate
- It has been used unlawfully but you don't want us to delete it
- It is not relevant any more, but you want us to keep it for use in legal reasons
- You have already asked us to stop using your data but you are waiting for us to tell you if we are allowed to keep on using it
If you want to object to how we use your data, or ask us to delete it or restrict how we use it or, please contact us at. email@example.com
How to withdraw your consent?
You can withdraw your consent at any time. Please contact us if you want to do so.
If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain services to you. If this is so, we will tell you.
How to complain
Please let us know if you are unhappy with how we have used your personal information. You can contact us by email firstname.lastname@example.com outlining your concerns.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office. Find out on their website how to report a concern.
Contact details
By completing the contact submission form on the cmpe.co.uk website.
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2. Re: Subscription dashboard images different than actual dashboardAkram Ebrahim Sep 12, 2019 6:13 AM (in response to . Nardirv)
Hi Nardirv
What is your dashboard layout size? Is that dashboard size is Automatic or fixed.
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What can you say about Jackie Chan? He's not only a great martial artist and a movie maker, but also a very good human being. You just can't not love the man and his antics on screen. A veteran of over 200 movies with an equally impressive number of broken bones in his body, Jackie Chan has transcended language, political and cultural barriers to become one of the most recognised movie stars in the world today. In his own words, he is well known in the remote jungles of Africa as well as isolated islands in the Pacific Ocean (Vanuatu).
But I have a very strong feeling that not much would be known of the man outside the movie. One thing is well known, that he has been injured a lot, judging from the bloopers that he places at the end of his every movie. Some of this injuries have been life threatening. So it is only natural that one would be curious to understand what drives Jackie Chan to place his body under such extreme stress just in order to get that perfect stunt. This book promises to reveal that and much more.
The way to never grow up is to love what you do. I love movies. Making them keeps me young at heart. Most of the time, I forget how old I am!
Although the Chinese version of the book was released way back in 2015, it is only now that the English version is out. And just like the man and his movies, this book is a likeable memoir, honest, unflinching and entertaining. The book starts with his early years in Hong Kong, his initial schooling and his "dark decade" in the famous China Drama Academy (CDA). It was during this decade that his parents had moved to Australia leaving him at the mercy of the infamous Master Yu Jim-Yuen, who ran the CDA. According to Jackie Chan, his parents signed him off for ten years to study and stay at the boarding school. And so the foundation of the man who was to become a world famous martial artist was laid in this school. Luckily, because the school focused on drama, opera and fighting rather than the traditional academic subjects, Jackie Chan found a natural outlet towards the world of movies and acting.
The book traces his initial struggling days as a stunt extra along side other greats, notably Bruce Lee. He was an extra in the blockbuster Enter the Dragon, with a screen time of less than ten seconds. But his intensity and passion towards performing dangerous and risky stunts ensured that people kept in mind his young reckless kid who was good at combining action with comedy, leading to a whole new genre of movies.
The book describes his initial break as a lead actor and his swift rise to become a superstar, first in China and then across the world. Jackie Chan wistfully remembers his godfathers who gave him that break and a free hand in creating action sequences the way he liked them to be.
Jackie Chan also writes about his marriage and his child. This is where the pain is evident. Jackie makes it obvious that he has neglected his family for long, especially his son. From the chapters on his family, it made me feel that there is still an unspoken tension between Jackie Chan and his son. The imperfect portrait of a star who has "more dollars than sense" is kind of heart-breaking. According to the book, Jackie Chan does not know how to read and write. But then after his unbelievable success as an international movie star he hasn't felt the need to.
…I do regret not learning to read and write or do math. When I grew up and went to America to make movies, everyone was using credit cards, but I couldn't possibly. At the time, you had to fill out a credit card slip to pay for things, and I didn't know how to write. Every time I signed my name, it looked different. Store clerks would compare the signature on the slip with the one on the card and didn't believe they matched…Currently, I have an unlimited black card in my wallet and could buy a jet plane with it. It's blank without a signature.
But I did feel that underneath the friendly nature and the ever-smiling face, there is a semi-dark egotistical human being. His extravagant shopping sprees and his seemingly childish revenges (on the sales girl who ignored him when he wasn't well off, and his friend who swindled him of 3million dollars) are just two examples. But does that reduce me love for Jackie Chan? Not a bit. Maybe it is a cultural thing and I'm definitely not the right person to judge him for his flaws.
And what introspection of Jackie Chan would be complete without his jaw-dropping stunts, both for the audience and for him? He mentions in the book that there is probably not a single place in his body that hasn't been wounded during the action sequences of his movies. One of the ugliest ones was his jump onto a tree in Armour of God, where effectively fractured his skull with blood gushing out of his ears and nose. Today at the age of 63, he keeps on making movies and entertaining people through his antics. But deep within, he probably knows that he has abused his body more than he should have.
My ankle joint pops out of its socket all the time, even when I'm just walking around, and I'll have to pop it back in. My leg sometimes gets dislocated when I'm showering. For that one, I need my assistant to help me click it back in.
It is evident that through his journey, initially in the Chinese film industry and then in Hollywood, Jackie Chan has learnt a lot. It is this learning attitude that the book brings out nicely. At the end of the book the veteran Jackie Chan has two pointed appeals. One to the Chinese film industry to keep on learning from the West, and incorporating the best film making techniques into the beautiful tales from the East. The second appeal is for the national treasures of countries to be restored safely into the country of origin, helping preserve the ancient culture and dignity of those relics. Apparently, his movie Chinese Zodiac was an effort towards the same, and it did result in the return of some of such Chinese relics.
The book is peppered with classic Chinese philosophy, right from the way the Chinese prefer to raise their children, to their approaches to work and life. And it is clear that Jackie Chan does not want to be seen as the perfect movie star, husband or father, and he makes it evident that he learnt as he grew old.
I liked the memoir for its honest outlook about a flawed yet likeable human being. After all, who among us is perfect? Pick this book up to find out what lies beyond the two hours of carefully edited screen time of a movie, the pain and the passion that goes into making a Jackie Chan masterpiece.


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Whether you're stuck in a career rutTrottrut, contemplating your next job move or wanting to to branch outsich verzweigen; hier: sich selbstständig machenbranch out on your own, there are many ways to give yourself a professional boostAuftriebboost. We present three tips and case studies to inspire you in your career development.
1. Making the leap
Have you had enough of your job but don't know what to do? Should you to grin and bear itgute Miene zum bösen Spiel machengrin and bear it or to make the leap into sth.den Sprung in etw. wagenmake the leap into the unknown? It might be terrifying to reinvent yourself, but it's certainly not impossible — particularly if you have a helping hand. For example, Richard Alderson started out as an IT consultant before realizing that he was in the wrong job. He now runs Careershifters, a firm that offers workshops, courses and coaching to help people find work they love. One of his clients was Lizzie Fouracre.
Case study: Lizzie Fouracre, founderGründer(in)founder of The Humble Retreat
After university, Lizzie Fouracre's brother asked her to help him run a technology start-up. The company was extremely successful, growing into a team of 60 within the seven years that she worked there. But deep down, Fouracre knew she wasn't living her dream — she was helping her brother.
"I reached a point when I felt I just couldn't do this anymore," she says.
I realized that I needed some peace away from the noise
Fouracre left the company and went walking around the UK for two months, with just a tent, a rucksack and questions about her next move. "I needed some peace away from the noise so I could listen to myself. Then I realized what I was doing was very restorativestärkend, erholsamrestorative and wanted to make this available to others — just walking, being mindfulachtsammindful of yourself, getting back to basics and finding happiness in the humblebescheiden; hier: einfachhumble things in life."
As a result, Fouracre opened The Humble Retreat, a convertedumgebautconverted barnScheunebarn in the Shropshire Hills, offering yoga, walking, homemade food and a place to get back to basics. She has been running the retreatRückzugsort, Refugiumretreat for a year now. "I've never had so much convictionÜberzeugungconviction about anything in my life apart from this. I'm positive that this is a result of me listening to my intuition, which I'd ignored for so long."
Her message to others: "Believe in yourself!"
2. The mother of all jobs
Many of us dream of having it all: combining a fulfillingerfüllendfulfilling career with having a family. But those dreams can to crumble(zer)bröckeln, sich auflösencrumble when confronted with reality. Expectant parents worry that taking an extended breakhier: Auszeitbreak from the workplace might damage their future career chances — not to mention the temporary loss of income.
But those preparing for parental leaveElternzeitparental leave can breathe a sigh of relief. Becoming a parent can actually help you to hone sth.etw. verfeinern, verbessernhone a broad range of skills that can to translate into sth.sich in etw. verwandelntranslate into success upon your return to the office.
Dealing with toddlerKleinkindtoddlers equips parents with top negotiationVerhandlungnegotiation and diplomacy tactics. Multitasking at home also makes you brilliant at time management. But potential parents need to plan how to to keep in touch with sb.mit jmdm. in Kontakt bleibenkeep in touch with their employer. Having a performance reviewMitarbeitergesprächperformance review before you leave also provides a useful record of your competencies and responsibilities for when you return.
Case study: Jessica Chivers, CEO (chief executive officer)Geschäftsführer(in)CEO, TalentKeepers
Before having two children, Jessica Chivers worked in learning and development for Barclays bank in the City of LondonLondoner FinanzdistriktCity of London. After becoming a mother, she moved into a freelancefreiberuflichfreelance coaching role before writing a book, Mothers Work! How to to get a grip on sth. (ifml.)etw. in den Griff bekommenGet a Grip on guilthier: schlechtes GewissenGuilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work (Hay House).
"I saw this complete incompatibility between being a parent and being a professionalBerufstätige(r) mit qualifizierter Ausbildunprofessional. I also saw a complete waste of talent," says Chivers.
Working for myself has enabled me to be in control of my own diary and combine having a family with doing really interesting work
The process of writing the book combined with her career experience and coaching background inspired her to set up TalentKeepers in 2012. Now, Chivers works with employers to help their employees through the journey out of and back into the business after maternity leaveMutterschaftsurlaubmaternity leave and other extended periods away from work.
Chivers really does appear to have it all. "Working for myself has enabled me to be in control of my own diary (UK)Terminkalenderdiary and combine having a family with doing really interesting work."
3. Masters of their trade
You're never too old to learn. And studying later in life can help you change career direction, learn new skills and develop an entirely new network. Now that you're all grown up, it's time for a grown-up course, such as the Sloan Masters in Leadership and Strategy at London Business School (LBS), with a group of senior managerFührungskraft; leitende(r) Angestellte(r)senior managers aged between 35 and 55.
Case study: Jean-Philippe Verdier, founding partnerGründungsgesellschafter(in)founding partner, Verdier & Co.
Leaving the world of big banking isn't an easy step, particularly after working as an investment banker with well-known firms such as BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank or Greenhill. But taking the master's course gave Jean-Philippe Verdier the confidence and skills to make the leap and set up his own business, the corporate finance boutiquehier: auf Finanztrans- aktionen spezialisierte Unternehmensberatungcorporate finance boutique Verdier & Co., in 2016.
The firm has since grown to have four members of staff and a portfoliohier: Bestandportfolio of clients, including big names.
I wanted to invest in myself and my perspective
Verdier was initially drawn to the course because he wished to broaden his horizons. "I wanted to invest in myself for the following decades, develop soft skillssoziale Kompetenzensoft skills such as team leadership, and equip myself with a broader perspective, for instance understanding key strategic issueFrageissues and how things 'work' in today's corporate world." He also felt he needed to take a step back after 20 years' working in banking and finance and invest in himself for the next 20 years and more.
Verdier's courses included those related to entrepreneurshipLeitung eines Unternehmensentrepreneurship, managing people and managing a growing business. The new knowledge shaped him for his next position and provided him with the self-confidence to start his own firm. Networking with experienced executiveFührungskraftexecutives also helped. "I to recruit sb.jmdn. anwerbenrecruited some of my team via the LBS network and also won my second — and very big — client via the network there."
Verdier cautions anyone considering a master's not to expect to get the dream job immediately after the programme. Also, you need to be honest with yourself. "You can only get out of the course what you put into it," he says. And remember: a master's is not without a cost — it's a big commitmentEngagement, Einsatzcommitment both financially and emotionally.
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It is hard to believe, when we read the explanations of the Company of Heaven, what they say about who we are, where we're from, and what we've come to do.
I again use question-and-answer format here to get as much literature into circulation to assist the newly-awakening as possible.
(Continued from Part 2, yesterday.)
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Ten Things to do in Nice While You Attend The HR Congress
Yes, I know that this isn't exactly related to HR – but after all, not everything in the world of work is directly about HR.
Situated in the heart of the French Riviera, there is certainly no shortage of things to do in Nice. Here's a short list of things (in no particular order) that you might want to check out during your stay at The HR Congress this November!
Local food and wine tours | It should come as no surprise food is an essential part of your time in Nice, as the city has a large selection of formal and informal tours of markets, restaurants, and local culinary specialties available. There are too many options to list here, though we would recommend checking out anything that involves regional wine, truffles, fresh seafood, and as much cheese as you can take.
Vieille Ville (Nice Old Town) | Europeans will be accustomed to the sight of old towns, as they aren't exactly rare. Yet, it's hard to deny the appeal of walking down ancient streets adorned with beautiful buildings and regional architecture. Nice is certainly no different. Strolling around the old town, taking time to enjoy a coffee and local delicacies is more than a passable way to spend a day – especially if that characteristic Mediterranean sun comes out to play.
Musée Matisse (Matisse Museum) | The Musée Matisse is a municipal museum dedicated to the famous French Painter Henri Matisse, who lived in the city from 1917-1954. The extensive collection is made up of a variety of works that span his entire life, and is surely a must-see attraction for anyone interested in Fauvism, Modernism, and the storied history of modern French art.
French Riviera Cruise and Sightseeing | What would be a trip to the Riviera without exploring the oceanic hinterland around Nice? There's certainly no shortage of tours or ways to experience the Riviera, so (weather permitting), it's a great way to experience the beauty and grandeur of the region from a different perspective. Tours can range from one hour in duration upwards and can be booked in advance.
Promenade de Anglais (Promenade of the English) | Running along the Baie des Anges (Bay of the Angels), the primary coastal promenade of Nice is a great place to stroll and enjoy the sun and sea breeze of the Mediterranean. It is named after the many wealthy English people who would visit the location during the 18th century to enjoy the environment. A promenade was eventually built along the coastline, and features a number of sights, including the famous Hotel Negresco.
Place Masséna (Masséna Square) | Place Masséna is the main square of Nice and is bordered by beautiful buildings constructed in an Italian style of architecture. The square is only a few minutes from the Promenade de Anglais and is a frequent meeting place, transport hub, site for cultural events, and public celebrations. It is one of several notable squares in the city including; Place Garibaldi, Place Rossetti, and Cours Saleya.
Castle Hill of Nice | The Castle, which was built on top of a hill overlooking Nice from the 11th to 18th centuries, features a public garden and numerous places to sight-see over Nice, the harbour, the old town, and the surrounding area. There are guided tours available, though it is probably just as much fun to explore in your own time too.
Marc Chagall National Museum | Also known as the Musée national message biblique Marc Chagall (National Museum Marc Chagall Biblical Message), is dedicated to the life and work of the painter and artist Marc Chagall, and is especially inspired by his work on religion. It features a diverse selection of his works in a layout directed by Chagall, including many of his paintings, stained glass, and ceramic pieces.
Opéra de Nice (Nice Opera) | Originally constructed in 1826, based on an existing structure that has dated from 1776, the Nice Opera has had a storied history. It has hosted Kings, various heads of state, and productions of many famous operas with noted musical directors. It currently houses the Ballet Nice Méditerrannée and the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra.
The HR Congress is proud to come to France for the first time, and we all are looking forward to hosting you on the Riviera this November. If you're thinking like me, it would be a great opportunity to explore a beautiful part of Europe – a place with plenty of things to do! See you there!
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Sri Lanka has decided to scrap proposed casino entry fees while making up the budget shortfall by hiking casino taxes and doubling the cost of an annual gaming license.
The Sri Lankan government unveiled its proposed 2016 budget this week, in which it promised to eliminate the $100 casino entry levy, which the country's gaming halls were required to charge all visitors, both locals and foreigners. The levy, which had been proposed in the 2015 interim budget, had yet to be formally confirmed by parliament.
But before casino operators pop any champagne corks, the government is boosting casino operators' annual levy from Rs 200m (US $1.4m) to Rs 400m. The government plans to amend the Finance Act to make casino directors and shareholders personally liable for non-payment or any act taken to avoid paying this increased levy.
The government has also proposed to simplify its income tax structure by applying one of only two tax rates – 15% or 30% – on businesses, with betting and gaming subject to the higher rate. That's actually an improvement, considering that betting and gaming were previously subject to a 40% income tax, but the government also plans to impose a surtax of 25% of income tax liability on betting and gaming profits.
Sri Lanka's current government, which took power in January of this year, hasn't been overly kind to the country's gaming industry. Its interim budget for 2015 imposed a one-time tax of Rs 1b on the operators of the country's four small-scale casinos, which some owners have suggested makes their operations unviable.
New President Maithripala Sirisena also scrapped the previous administration's approval of gaming licenses for three new large-scale resort casino projects that had been proposed by Lake Leisure Holdings Ltd, Queensbury Leisure Ltd and John Keells Holdings. Lake Leisure was a joint venture of local casino magnate Ravi Wijeratne and Australia's Crown Resorts, whose boss James Packer was told by Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister not to come back "in this lifetime."


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Tour Pantanal Northern/ Mato Grosso
The Amazon may attract more fame and glory, but the Pantanal wetlands is a far better place to see wildlife, with the greatest concentration of fauna in the New World. In the Amazon, the animals hide in the dense foliage, but in the Pantanal's open spaces, wildlife is visible to the most casual observer. In the Pantanal about 242 species of fishes, 650 species of birds, 110 different mammals and 50 species of reptiles have already been identified.
Because of its features and importance, the Pantanal was recognized by UNESCO, in the year 2000, as the Biosphere Reserve, since it is one of the richest and most diversified natural reserves on Earth.
The Pantanal is one of the largest continuous wetlands on the globe. It is located in the central part of South America, in the Upper Paraguay River basin. It extends over 210,000 square kilometers, encompassing the far western part of Brazil and some parts of Paraguay and Bolivia. In Brazil, it covers 138,183 square kilometers, and 65% of its territory is in the state of Souther Mato Grosso, and 35% in Northern Mato Grosso.
The Pantanal is a unique mosaic of landscapes spread throughout the immense floodplain. There is a mixture of typical species of the Amazon forest, Cerrado (savana), Chaco, and even Caatinga. The vegetation is diverse and each species adapts to the seasonal droughts and floods of the region. Depending on the soil and time of the year, the landscape significantly changes, and different formations can be seen.
Broadly, there are four distinct environments, including: 1) grasslands; 2) gallery forests; 3) formations dominated by one or two species, such as the carandazal (dominated by the carandá species – which is related to carnauba, found in northeastern Brazil but typically from Chaco), and paradutal (formations of "ipê amarelo", which is called "paraduto" in the Pantanal); and 4) higher, densely wooded areas called capões and cordilheiras.
Every year, the flood cycle in Pantanal repeats itself. Normally, usually the rains start in November, becoming more intense from December to February. The waters reach their highest level between May and July, turning the large Pantanal plain into a sea of fresh water. The time and size of floods vary from one year to the other. The dry season usually is from August to November. Nowadays floods do not happen in the same months as 20 years ago, sometimes in February everything is dry when a long time ago it was flooded, all depends of the rains that will fall in the region.
Besides being comprised of a large mosaic of different types of vegetation, the Pantanal wetland can be considered a collection of different wetlands, as it has several sub regions and hydrographic basins. These are locally called Cáceres, Poconé, Barão de Melgaço, Paraguay, Paiaguás, Nhecolândia, Abobral, Aquidauana, Miranda, Nabileque, and Porto Murtinho. The sub-region of Càceres, Poconé and Barão de Melgaço are located in northern Pantanal.
The Pantanal region has a tropical climate that is hot and wet, with annual average temperatures of about 25°C. Summer is hot and wet, when high temperatures can reach 41°C, and winter is cold and dry, when temperatures can be as low as 0°C.
Due to the high environmental instability of the Pantanal ecosystem caused by the climate and flood cycles, agriculture becomes virtually impossible. As a result, extensive beef ranching turns out to be the chief economic activity in the Pantanal, and has been carried out for approximately 200 years on native pastures. Horse breeding has been introduced and the horses have adapted to the weather and environmental conditions. Known today as pantaneiro horses, they are sturdy and move easily in the water.
A long time ago, tourism had its start with fishing and soon sport fishing developed in Pantanal. Currently, ecotourism, or ecological tourism, has become significant and represents a new option of livelihood to the local populations, and also to cattle ranchers, who are adapting their ranches to host travelers.
The Northern Pantanal comprises around a third of the total Pantanal area in Brazil. Its notably rich in wildlife, with some areas harbouring what's believed to be the world's highest concentration of Jaguars. A drive along the Transpantaneira is also popularly regarded as one of the best wildlife viewing experiences in South America. Besides wildlife the region has an exuberant culture - with major festivals in Cuiabá, Poconé and Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade.
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The Northern Pantanal boarding gate is Cuiabá, the capital of Mato Grosso State. From 130km from Cuiabá is located Poconé city where begins the Pantanal.
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Depending of the Pantanal's region you choose to visit, you can use your own car or private transfer. Some regions is possible get just with 4x4 wheels truck or by airplane. Our company can organize any kind of transport to Pantanal.
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The best period to visit the Pantanal is from May to November, but of course all depends of the flood season (when will rain). Some times in January the Pantanal is is fully dry because it did not rain in November and December. Before you book the tour check with us how is the environment conditions.
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Continuing my tradition of posts about the four distinct seasons in Japan, I decided that it was high time to write about winter – a season that I surprisingly prefer to the hot and sticky Japanese summer.
After experiencing the beauty that is autumn in Tokyo at the end of last year, I've got to admit that I was nervous for the winter time. Before coming to Japan, I was told that the winters here get frightfully cold and that I better prepare by bringing Heat-Tech clothing and making sure that I have as many layers as possible.
However, even considering the fact that this winter has been unseasonably warm in Tokyo this year, it has not been nearly as cold as I was expecting. To tell the truth, it feels much like the winter in the Eastern Cape: it's dry, cold, and just the occasional hint of frost/snow.
But what's actually great about winter in Japan is that even though it's a small country, you can travel from north to south to find the perfect level of winter for you. If you want to spend some time skiing in crisp, powder snow, then Hokkaido is the place for you. If you want to have at least a semblance of warmth during the winter season, then Okinawa is always open to you. And luckily for me, Tokyo is a nice in-between place.
Indeed, the pale sunny days may not warm you up directly, but you can enjoy the cool scenery almost any day of the week without the pesky snow (as long as you still don your down-coat before going outside). However, if the lack of snow disappoints you, don't worry, every year in Tokyo it snows at least one or two days. And luckily for me, I was awake in the wee hours of the morning to see this. But most of the people living in Tokyo do not rejoice in this news. In fact, for adults, the snow signals train delays and hectic traffic… but , hey, I still had fun building a snowman in Yoyogi Park (and the snow was definitely nothing compared to Mongolia's frozen landscape).
But if you're still worried about the snow, well then have no fear. With Japan's innovative technology, you'll be able to stave off the cold in no time. Even though houses in Japan don't have central heating, the majority of them have air conditioners that double as heaters, while all main buildings and methods of transport are thoroughly heated for you. And of course, if you want to discover the best invention in Japan, then you should check out the kotatsu: a heater under a coffee table that uses blankets to trap in the heat (i.e. a great way to snuggle up and read a book/take a nap). And finally, if you do have to leave the house, then every combini has the product for you! A wearable patch that uses a combination of science and magic to keep your own clothes warm and comfortable.
One thing that I have found odd about winter in Tokyo, however, is that there is a strict rule that everyone seems to follow:
Japanese Rule #3367
If it's winter time, you must wear a big down jacket and a scarf (gloves and beanies are optional).
That's right, even on the unusually warm days this seems to be a regular occurrence. Almost every person on and off the trains are wrapped up tight in warm clothing. I don't know how they can stand it – especially considering the trains are kept so hot that you burn your bum if you sit on the heated seats for too long! Needless to say, I would often arrive at my destination having stripped off my jacket on the train, only to put it back on again because of the chilly out doors.
But the overly heated trains and strange clothing rule aside, winter in Tokyo isn't half bad. I would definitely recommend visitors to come during this season rather than the humid rainy season in June.
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Connor Chapman and Josh Brillante played a full match in the Young Socceroos' 1-0 win over Indonesia last night.
Hunter Ports Newcastle Jets players Connor Chapman and Josh Brillante played a full match in the Young Socceroos- 1-0 win over Indonesia at the AFC U-22 Qualification Tournament last night.
An Anthony Proia goal just before half time gave Australia victory over the host nation in front of a capacity crowd of 45,500 in Pekanbaru.
Chapman and Brillante were key members of the defensive unit that managed to keep a clean sheet.
Fellow Jets players Jack Duncan and Mitch Cooper were unused substitutes in the match.
Speaking after the match, Young Socceroos head coach Paul Okon was very happy with his team-s opening result of the tournament.
"It was a great performance in difficult conditions against a good opponent in front of a huge home crowd. It was also a fantastic experience for our players to play in front a parochial full stadium," said Okon.
"The players played some very good football and we probably could have got a few more goals. The Indonesian team are a very good team and we were playing against players two or three years older.
"We now turn our focus to the next game and are looking to build on this result and put in another solid performance."
Jets forward Adam Taggart was originally selected in the squad, but was ruled out with a groin injury sustained in the Jets- 3-1 win over Broadmeadow last week.
"Unfortunately Adam picked up a groin strain in the trial game against Broadmeadow," Jets CEO Robbie Middleby said.
"While it-s always a tough decision to pull out of a national team squad, Adam-s health and fitness had to be the main priority.
"Travelling to Indonesia and playing five games in 10 days would have been asking too much of him with the injury he had."
The Young Socceroos will play their next match against Macau on Saturday 7 July followed by matches against Singapore (10 July), Timor Leste (12 July) and Japan (15 July).
The top two teams from Group E and the best third placed team of all groups (total 15) will then progress to the AFC U-22 Championship which will be played in January 2014.


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The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website.
AdTheory.com sold for $23,688 at Sedo, and is developed as "a digital advertising company specializing in ad-fraud elimination, precise segment targeting, and increasing brand reach. "
Expekt.gr sold for $21,200 at Sedo, and the domain was picked up by the owner of the .com, which is where the .gr is redirected. It's developed by a Malta-based bookmaker, but I can't access the site because my geographic location is restricted by the site.
Titin.com sold for $20,000 at Sedo, and the domain is an upgrade from TitinTech.com. "TITIN is the world's only weighted compression gear. But what does that mean? Generally speaking, weighted training gear is used for hypergravity training. That is, you use the gear to increase your weight while training in order to increase the aerobic benefits of a workout."
MyLearning.com sold for $14,000 at Sedo, and the domain is redirected to the MyLearning page of the CrossKnowledge.com website. "CrossKnowledge is a leader in cloud-based distance learning solutions. Its full SaaS solutions are based on exclusive learning technologies, delivering the most sought-after content in the world and a range of accompanying services. "
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QRED.com sold for $8,000 at Sedo, and the domain is an upgrade from QRED.se. The Swedish language site provides small business loans.
TradeSolutions.com sold for $7,500 at Sedo, and the domain is an upgrade from the .net. "We provide quality construction personnel to contractors just like you to utilize at your discretion. We cover Workers' Compensation, unemployment and all payroll taxes. Whether you're looking for an electrician, an HVAC tech, or general labor we can help you. "
KitchenDoors.com sold for $7,000 at Sedo, and the owner is Wanna Limited. The domain appears to be an addition for the company other keyword domains which are developed, such as PlasticSheets.com and WoodSheets.com.
MotPlus.com sold for $4,470 at Sedo, and the domain is an upgrade from the .fi. "MOT+ is a next generation learning service for learning and teaching English words with the help of one's native language and the world's best dictionaries"


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Creation and Fall Temptation: Two Biblical Studies
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In this enlightening study, renowned 20th century theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer offers a careful textual analysis of the story of creation (and Fall), approaching the biblical tale with the eyes of a philosopher and the soul of a Christian.
This is Bonhoeffer's lucid, brilliant analysis of the first three chapters of Genesis. Here he discusses the seeming scientific naiveté behind the creation story, God's love and goodness, and humanity's creation, its free will, and its blessedness. Bonhoeffer also tackles difficult questions that are raised from the first book of the Bible, questions about the seemingly redundant second story of creation, about God's own beginning, about the source of the light that was created the first day. The author then expounds upon Adam and Eve's fall from grace: How could they, creatures made in God's image, have thought to oppose God so foully? Where did the first evil come from? How did humanity lose its right to live in paradise?
In "Temptation," Bonhoeffer questions how temptation appeared in the midst of Eden's innocence, and he explores the very nature of evil. Bonhoeffer explains that Jesus Christ helps us to understand and conquer physical and spiritual temptation through His grace and goodness.
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'Cannibal' Teen Accused Of Eating Man's Face Has Message For Victims' Families
A 'cannibal' teenager accused of murdering a couple and chewing on their flesh was interviewed crying and apologising to their family.
Austin Harrouff, a student at Florida State University, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder of John Stevens, 59, and his wife Michelle Mischon, 53, at their home in Tequesta, Florida.
Police found the then 19-year-old student in his underwear at the scene, 'grunting and growling' as he bit off chunks of Steven's face before he was stunned with a gun and taken to hospital.
Harrouff allegedly used a pair of scissors, a corkscrew and a knife to slaughter the couple, in his killing spree.
Before Harrouff's court appearance, he spoke to TV psychologist Dr Phil McGraw.
Despite the footage being filmed in October last year, a judge ruled that the 22 minute video link was not allowed to be made public until now.
In the video link, Harrouff said:
I felt terrible. I really, really don't have words to explain how I feel. It's like a nightmare.
It's the hardest thing I've ever gone through. I never imagined this would ever happen and I am deeply sorry to the family that was affected and I hope something like this never happens again.
I didn't ever want to consciously want to do something like this. I never planned it, I didn't want to do it.
The university frat boy and body builder began the evening of the incident on August 14 2016 in a restaurant with his family before he stormed out after an argument, the Mirror reports.
It is not known whether Harrouff is severely mentally ill or had taken some sort of drugs, but it is reported that he believed he had 'superpowers' and that his house was possessed by 'demons' forcing him to move his bed to his garage.
FBI toxicology reports show Harrouff had no drugs in his system, except for a trace of marijuana, despite the County Sheriff suspecting he had been under the influence of either flakka or bath salts.
Harrouff's father revealed he had been acting strangely prior to the incident. Wade described his son's 'manic behaviour' in the days leading up to the attack, claiming the 19-year-old's personality had changed drastically about two weeks before the killings.
He described a dinner with Austin and his sister at a restaurant during which the teen stormed off to his mum's house where he attempted to down vegetable oil.
Harrouff begged the victims' family for forgiveness:
I'm sorry for their loss and I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me.
I'm so sorry and I never wanted this to happen. I'm so sorry. It's like a nightmare. I just don't know how to say, how to put it into words. I never wanted this to happen.
I just want [the families] to l know I'm sorry. I can't imagine how it must feel.
Harrouff has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first degree murder, and was also charged for stabbing the couple's neighbour Jeff Fisher who tried to help the couple before calling the police.
If he is found guilty, the 'cannibal' could receive the death penalty.
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Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross. (Hebrews 12:2)
What faith performs is sometimes unspeakably hard.
In his book Miracle on the River Kwai, Ernest Gordon tells the true story of a group of POWs working on the Burma Railway during World War II.
At the end of each day the tools were collected from the work party. On one occasion a Japanese guard shouted that a shovel was missing and demanded to know which man had taken it. He began to rant and rave, working himself up into a paranoid fury and ordered whoever was guilty to step forward. No one moved. "All die! All die!" he shrieked, cocking and aiming his rifle at the prisoners. At that moment one man stepped forward and the guard clubbed him to death with his rifle while he stood silently to attention. When they returned to the camp, the tools were counted again and no shovel was missing.
What can sustain the will to die for others, when you are innocent? Jesus was carried and sustained in his love for us by "the joy that was set before him."
Grace does signify that its objects are undeserving. So I won't say that Jesus put his hope in grace. I will simply say that he banked on future blessing and joy, and that carried and sustained him in love through his suffering.
Whenever we follow him in this, which we should, that blessing and joy for us is grace — future grace. As a man, modeling for us how to take up our cross and follow him on the Calvary road of love, Jesus entrusted himself to his Father (1 Peter 2:23) and banked his hope on the resurrection and all the joys of reunion with his Father and the redemption of his people.


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If you're familiar with our work, you probably guessed that this is NOT our space, and you're correct there -- this is the gallery's showcase, right by the front entrance. It's always gorgeous -- well worth the price of admission.
Here we are -- full of cubbies and industrial objects this month, in addition to some great folk art pieces, like this funky handmade real estate advertising piece.


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text: News Joint effort by northern colleges attracts hundreds of Southern Ontario students SHARE ON: Rocco Frangione, contributor, Monday, May. 13th, 2019 Photo credit: Supplied Banding together to attract post-secondary students from Southern Ontario has worked out well for the North's six community colleges including Canadore College and College Boreal. Including Cambrian College, Sault College and College Boreal. Four years ago the schools got money from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation to undertake a collaborative effort to bring southern students north. The project, dubbed the Study North Initiative (SNI), has paid off in spades. During the first four years of the five-year project, combined, the colleges have attracted 542 students from Central and Southern Ontario. Based on relocation costs of $15,755 per student and whether the students took a two-year or three-year program, they helped generate between $17-million to $25-million to the North's economy over the past four years. "These new students have had a significant economic impact on Northern Ontario communities," said Shawn Chorney, Vice-President Enrolment Management, Indigenous and Student Services at Canadore College in North Bay. Chorney adds the financial impact the students have had, more than quadrupled the amount of money that was used to attract them north. Something else the study revealed was that prior to SNI getting started no student in the GTA could name any of the North's six colleges. Doctor Ron Common, the President of Sault College, says this is no longer the case. During the first year of SNI, the collaboration only attracted 14 students. The second year the number jumped to 187. The highest number to date was achieved in Year 3 when SNI brought 195 students north before dropping to 146 students during Year 4.


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Angkor Wat is a Hindu temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and part of his capital city. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation — first Hindu, dedicated to the god Vishnu, then Buddhist. The temple is at the top of the high classical style of Khmer architecture.
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As Amit Shah, Jaitley visit Chennai, BJP denies spying on Jaya
BJP president Amit Shah and senior leader Arun Jaitley were set to visit Apollo Hospitals where Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is undergoing treatment.
"Hon'ble BJP National president AmitShah Avl honb Union minister Arun jaitley Avl to call on Hon'ble TN CM in Apollo Hospital around 5pm tomorrow," BJP state unit president Tamilisai Sounderrajan said on her Twitter page on Tuesday.
Quoting sources at the Chennai airport, reports said the two leaders were likely to arrive from Delhi, proceed to Apollo hospital and return the same day.
Meanwhile, reacting to opposition parties' comments on Jayalalithaa's health status, Union minister of state for road transport, highways and shipping Pon Radhakrishnan, said some even went to the extent of accusing the Centre of "spying" on the CM by deputing doctors from the AIIMS.
"This is absurd. They should desist from making such unsavoury and objectionable comments," he said.
Jayalalithaa, 68, was admitted to the hospital on 22 September after she complained of fever and dehydration.
A stream of high-profile visitors, including Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao and P Sathasivam, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and Chief Ministers of Kerala and Puducherry Pinarayi Vijayan and V Narayanasamy have visited the hospital.


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It may be hard to believe, but that pesky fruit fly checking out the ripe bananas in your kitchen is, in the words of Indiana University scientist Thom Kaufman, "a genetic workhorse."
For more than 100 years, scientists have been using the humble fly as a critical tool to study heredity, human biology, and disease.
Now Kaufman, distinguished professor of biology, and nine other IU scientists are among the authors of a new study of Drosophila melanogaster [the common fruit fly] that identified 1,468 new genes. "The genome [the genetic material of an organism] of the fruit fly has been completely sequenced. We thought we knew all the genes," he says, "but we discovered hundreds more."
The scientists studied the flies at different stages of development and exposed adult flies to "insults" like heat, cold, heavy metals [such as lead and mercury], caffeine, nicotine, and insecticide. They showed that the flies experience interesting — and sometimes surprising — changes as a result of these environmental stresses. In the heavy metals experiment, for example, "a known set of genes turned on, but other genes turned on as well," Kaufman says. "We don't know what all of them are doing and if there are human counterparts."
Kaufman tells the story of a man who was being treated for cancer for a number of years but was getting sicker. The genetic origin of the cancer was known, so a scientist in New York created a model of the man's cancer in a fruit fly. He then took all of the available chemotherapy drugs and treated the fly with them to see how it would react. Based on the response of the fly, the scientist found a chemical cocktail to treat the man, whose condition improved. The whole process took only a few weeks. "You could do it very quickly with a fly," Kaufman says. "You also could do it with a mouse, but that could take months."
IU has long been an important center of fruit fly research. Its Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center raises flies — more than 50,000 mutant lines — and distributes them to laboratories around the world.
The new study was published in the journal Nature. Kaufman says scientists will take what they have learned and "will now look at a human disease model. What does a diseased fly look like? Are there genes being turned on that we don't know about, as happened when the flies were exposed to heavy metals? Today's technology using the fruit fly is so developed that if you can imagine an experiment, you can do it. We've only just begun."


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Maryland finally wises up
Maryland finally did the right thing. It grew a conscience.
On Wednesday, the Terrapins fired head football coach and raging lunatic D.J. Durkin, just after announcing that he was returning to the sidelines.
It just took football players walking out of a team meeting and protesting on social media along with a massive public outcry for common decency to register in the Terrapins' heads.
Back in August, I wrote a column about the terrible behaviors that were committed under the Durkin regime and let's just say, it was like a dictator was in charge of the program.
Practices would be scheduled during the hottest parts of the day and a crazed coach named Rick Court allegedly delivered his form of justice by throwing weights at players and emotionally abusing them. Other terrible acts included poor eating habits and using food as a punishment. All of that is bad enough, but the most serious atrocity was that a player named Jordan McNair died on Durkin's watch.
Earlier this May, McNair, a lineman, was put through some strenuous 110-yard sprints and eventually reached the point where he almost passed out. Less than an hour later, McNair suffered a seizure and when he arrived at the hospital, he had a body temperature of 106 degrees. Fifteen days later, McNair was dead from heat stroke, epitomizing the toxic culture at Maryland.
The university suspended Durkin along with athletic director Damon Evans and school president Wallace Loh for 10 weeks as it tried to conduct an external investigation into the Terrapins' culture. A copy of the investigation released last week said that there was "no toxic culture" in the football program, but found some of the things under Durkin's reign to be worrisome.
After lots of speculation, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents said earlier this week that the Terrapins should bring back all three men. According to an article by the Washington Post, Loh didn't want to bring Durkin back, but was reportedly told that he would be let go if he didn't bring back the coach. According to ESPN, Board Chairman James T. Brady even had the gall to say "We believe that Coach Durkin has been unfairly blamed for the dysfunction in the athletic department. While he bears some responsibility, it is not fair to place all of it at his feet."
When he found out that Durkin was returning to potentially continue his reign of terror, McNair's father Marty said in a press conference, "I feel like I've been punched in the stomach and somebody spit in my face."
Maryland offensive lineman Ellis McKennie slammed the school on Twitter for not having the courage to hold Durkin accountable and his thoughts were echoed by fellow Terrapins Tre Watson and Adam McLean.
It's honestly mind-boggling that none of the regents considered what the players wanted to happen and some of the Terrapins made their thoughts blatantly clear on Tuesday.
When Durkin addressed the team Tuesday, multiple players walked out of the meeting. Sports reporters, columnists, students and fans lit into the university on social media. Even Maryland Governor Larry Hogan weighed in, saying "I am deeply troubled by the lack of transparency from the Board of Regents, and deeply concerned about how they could have possibly arrived at the decisions announced yesterday."
When you even have the governor jumping in and saying you screwed up, it's a pretty clear sign that you did.
On Halloween, Durkin got a "trick" pulled on him and was sent packing as Loh defied the board's recommendations and told Evans to fire Durkin, which he did. In a statement, Loh said that he originally accepted what the board said and told them that he was going to retire next June.
However, he said after meeting with leaders of the Student Government Association, other organizations, faculty members and others, he learned how heavily opposed they all were to Durkin returning as coach. This should've been clear to him already, but Loh eventually concluded that he needed to fire Durkin.
After Durkin was given his walking papers, some of the players rejoiced on social media, most notably McKennie and Watson. McKennie tweeted, "It's never the wrong time to do what's right" and Watson said "Pressure bursts pipes doesn't it?" That was definitely the case for Brady, who announced he was stepping down Thursday.
When he found out Durkin had been fired, Marty McNair was quoted in an ESPN article saying, "It's a step in the right direction to try to put some closure to this."
It'd be great if everything started moving in a positive direction, but on Wednesday, the Baltimore Sun reported that after Durkin had been reinstated, Terrapins punter Matt Barber was harassed and physically assaulted by some teammates at practice. According to the article, Barber said that those players believed he had spoken to investigators and began practice by taunting him and hitting him with footballs.
Once practice was over, Barber said one player tried to punch him in the face and while they scuffled, other teammates pinned his arms behind his back while the original assailant continued to pummel his face. Barber said he had a black eye, multiple stitches to his forehead and a dislocated shoulder and when he spoke to the Sun, he had a bandage on around his head and his arm in a sling. The punter then capped off the story by saying, "My jersey was bloody. I had blood all over my hands." If that isn't the definition of a toxic program, I don't know what is.
Some of Barber's teammates have now disputed his account of what happened and the University of Maryland Police Department has obtained a video of the fight that they are investigating. No matter what the department concludes though, the fact that there was a fight on the field shortly after Durkin returned says that this team still has a long way to go in fixing its problems.
So let's sum up this week. The board recommends Durkin comes back and threatens Loh that he'd be fired if he didn't. The maniacal coach returns to the team and some of his players walk out of a meeting. In the following practice, a punter claims he got the crap beat out of him for trying to enlighten people about the horrors of the Durkin era, while at the same time, some of his teammates denied that. Then to cap it all off, Loh goes against the board's decision and does what should've happened weeks ago, and that's tossing Durkin out the door.
On Saturday, the Terrapins hosted Michigan State and lost handily, but a new era has begun. A bully of a coach, who compiled a record of 10-15 in two years, was thrown into unemployment (although he'll be sitting pretty with $5.53 million coming his way). A board chairman had enough common sense to read the room and go away and the family of a deceased student-athlete can finally start to feel some much-needed closure.
All because Maryland finally grew a conscience this week, something that it should've had from the beginning.
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