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The Confederation of British Industry speaks on behalf of 190,000 businesses. Together they employ nearly 7 million people, about one-third of the private sector-employed workforce. The CBI is a Royal Charter organisation, governed by the CBI Council, which is comprised of all the members of the CBI's Regional and National Councils, Standing Committees, Chairs' Committee, President's Committee and the CBI Board.
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Founded in 2013, the Great British Entrepreneur Awards acknowledges the hard work and inspiring stories of entrepreneurs and businesses in Great Britain. It celebrates entrepreneurs' incredible journeys, regardless of size or turnover. Central to the ethos of GBEA is being more than just 'an awards ceremony' – it's a sense of community, a thriving ecosystem of support all year round, providing opportunities for winners and finalists to connect and showcase.
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How to get a police certificate – Algeria
If you need to give your fingerprints for a police certificate, this isn't the same as giving your biometrics (fingerprints and photo) for an application.
Name of the document you need
Bulletin No. 3
Police certificate and IRCC requirements
You must provide a police certificate when you apply for permanent residence in Canada.
How to apply
You should apply at your local police station or online at the Ministère de la Justice website (in French and Arabic).
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Efficiency and efficacy is every manager's dream.
It's these two things that separate the average joe and a full-fledged professional in the workspace.
One element present in almost every workspace is the spreadsheet — Microsoft Excel is one of the more well-known varieties. Many professionals working in productive spaces deal with them every day.
According to a study by Datarails, a spreadsheet management system, there are over 1.5 billion spreadsheet users worldwide; that's for Excel alone. Suffice to say, every professional working in this day and age should at least know the bare fundamentals of working with spreadsheets as Datarails also found that 70% of a company's budget planning and 80% of a typical organization's financial reports are recorded and analyzed in spreadsheets.
Taking Excel skills to the next level is more accessible than what people often think. To augment a professional's efficiency and efficacy as they work, it merely takes memorizing a few keyboard shortcuts to get the job done.
Disclaimer: For Mac Users, assume 'CTRL' to be 'command,' Alt is 'option.'
Table of Contents
Copy and Paste
These two are the kings and queens of keyboard shortcuts. This is the basics of the basics. It allows users to move data from one place to another by copying an element of a given file and paste it onto a different location. To do this, press CTRL+C to copy and CTRL+V to paste (command+C and Command+V for MAC users).
Make changes to a selected cell.
One of the most common errors that hold excel users back is the constant re-typing of data in an already filled cell. It is often forgotten that it's easier to click on the cell that needs editing and press the F2 button to edit a cell.
Insert the SUM() Function Automatically
Formulas are the bread and butter of every Excel user. Technically speaking, it's the first step a user can take to go from novice to intermediate — and all that starts here: the SUM () Function. This function allows you to shift + click on a couple of other cells and sum them all up in one particular cell in the sheet. To access this shortcut, press ALT + Enter.
Autofit and Resize Cells
This is more of a shortcut sequence. ALT + H + O + I are the buttons to know, and these are not pressed simultaneously. It's ALT + H, followed by ALT + O, then finally, ALT + I.
ALT + H auto navigates to the home tab, ALT + O auto-selects the format menu, then ALT + I chooses the autofit option, which resizes the columns so that it would allow the users to see the entirety of the content in every cell.
Move Between Worksheets
Dealing with multiple spreadsheets could be an absolute ordeal. To move through them quickly, you can press CTRL + PgUp to go to the following spreadsheets. And CRTL + PgDn to go to the previous worksheet.
Insert a hyperlink
To insert a hyperlink, the text you want to link an external source to must be highlighted first. After that, press CTRL + K to open the panel where you can paste or type in your desired URL.
Replace Words
Typically called the 'Find and Replace function, this shortcut will allow you to locate specific words in the spreadsheet and replace them with a different word or element. To do this, press CTRL + H and fill out the mini-window that pops up.
Here are other shortcuts that are sure to help you out in a bind:
- CTRL + Shift + &: Applies border to cells
- CTRL + B: Bold/unbold text
- Italicize/un-italicize text: CTRL + I
- Underline text: CTRL + U
- Remove cell borders: CTRL + Shift + _
- General style number: CTRL + Shift + ~
- Percentage style a number: CTRL + Shift + %
- Number style: CTRL + Shift + !
- Open another workbook: CTRL + F12
- Select the entire column: CTRL + Spacebar
- Select the entire row: Shift + Spacebar
- Select all: CTRL + A
Here are the most used Shortcuts:
- Close a workbook: CTRL + W
- Open a workbook: CTRL + W
- Go to the Home tab: Alt + H
- Save a workbook: CTRL + S
- Copy: CTRL + C
- Paste: CTRL + V
- Undo: CTRL + Z
- Remove cell contents: Delete
- Choose a fill color: Alt + H + H
There are mountains of other shortcuts that make Excel life easier for its users.
The journey towards efficiency and efficacy is a perilous one. Through mastery of spreadsheet fundamentals and learning these key shortcuts, however, it is guaranteed to make the venture a bit less excruciating, at least.
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New sales manager completes the tool manufacturer's new management team
Focus on expanding LUKAS's global presence
28 years of international experience in selling sophisticated premium products, long-standing employment in leading positions in corporate restructuring and change management – nationally and internationally: Since last year, the new Sales Director Timo Winter has completed the newly appointed management team of LUKAS-Erzett Vereinigte Schleif- und Milling Tools GmbH & Co KG in Engelskirchen, in the district of Oberberg.
LUKAS is focussed on continuing its path of modern orientation. With the specialist and sales knowledge he has gathered in numerous positions, Timo Winter will play a key role in the future development of the innovative tool manufacturer. After many years spent in responsible positions at various medium-sized companies both in Germany and abroad, such as at the Gedore Group, Timo Winter will lead an almost 85-strong international, experienced sales team at LUKAS in the coming years and expand the sales activities of the Engelskirchen-based company worldwide.
As the new Sales Director, Timo Winter represents the logical next step in LUKAS's corporate development following the establishment of the new management board and marketing management team. New ideas, innovative concepts and modern structures should carry the great potential of the tool manufacturer from the greater Cologne area into the next era.
Corporate profile
LUKAS at the cutting edge of a global industry
LUKAS-ERZETT Vereinigte Schleif- und Fräswerkzeugfabriken GmbH & Co. KG, based in Engelskirchen, located within the Greater Cologne area, is one of the technological leaders in the market for grinding, milling, cutting and polishing systems that specialises in the production and sale of tools, machinery and accessories, as well as expert consulting. All of the products that we make and sell offer outstanding quality. Powerful, durable and extremely ergonomic, they help deliver excellent results in a variety of high-precision processes.
We aim to combine quality and reliability with the answers to the questions of the future. That is why we always look out for the latest technologies and developments from a range of industries. This focus gave us the lead early on in the market and still does to this day.
We are internationally active, with branches and representatives in Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Oceania. With over 80 years of experience, we produce system solutions for industries ranging from automotive, aerospace and energy to construction and tradespeople.
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The Smurfs
Columbia Pictures
Director: Raja Gosnell
Screenplay: J. David Stern, David N. Weiss, Jay Scherick and David Ronn, based on characters
created by Peyo
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Hank Azaria and Sofia Vergara; and the voices of
Jonathan Winters, Anton Yelchin, Katy Perry, Fred Armisen, Alan Cumming and George Lopez
Rated PG / 1 hour, 43 minutes
Opened July 29, 2011
(out of four)
Eventually, I'm sure every one of the treasured Saturday morning television programs of my
childhood, so long ago, will be recreated in big-screen, computer-animated form, complete with
vomit-inducing 3D. Some have made the jump already; others - notably Captain Planet - have
been announced. (Surely Jem is set to make a comeback by now, no?) (Hey, back off, I had an
older sister.)
I would imagine that, in virtually all cases, the transfer will be an unnecessary (though probably
lucrative) one, and the enduring memory of the brand new will remain the original version and
not the decades-later cash grab.
Surely that's the case with The Smurfs, a movie whose motivation
seemed inexplicable when I first heard the announcement, and seems even more so now that I've
seen the movie. Truth be told, even as a kid I tired of the little blue creatures rather quickly; but
not so quickly as the time it took during the movie to tire of them all over again. The Smurfs is
103 minutes long. My fuse was shorter. Let's leave it at that.
That being said, I will confess that there are six or seven good, solid jokes in there - which is six
or seven more than I expected. Beyond that, it's lazily conceived and - but for some strong
production design in the Smurf Village - shoddily executed.
Here's how you know I was uninterested in this movie. I'm about to go into a completely rote
plot description - usually something that, if possible, I avoid, and if not, hold for another few
graphs or so. But here goes: As you probably already know, the Smurfs live a rather carefree and
pleasant existence in their own land, their only threat coming in the form of a bumbling wizard
named Gargamel (played in live-action form by Hank Azaria).
Gargamel craves a potion that would give him dominion over the earth, but in order to perfect it,
needs to harvest the essence of the Smurfs' happiness. Problem is, he can't find them; their
magical village is hidden somewhere in the forest, out of his sight.
Thanks to a smurf named Clumsy (voiced by Anton Yelchin) -
who will ultimately become the co-protagonist of the film - the village's location is accidentally
revealed, allowing Gargamel access for the first time in a long time. While escaping his wrath,
six smurfs - Clumsy, Papa Smurf (Jonathan Winters), Grouchy (George Lopez), Brainy (Fred
Armisen), Gutsy (Alan Cumming) and Smurfette (Katy Perry) - go the wrong direction into the
forest, and get sucked into a portal that spits them out into New York City, with Gargamel close
The smurfs take refuge with a young couple, Patrick (Neil Patrick Harris) and Grace (Jayma
Mays). Needless to say, Grace is extremely pregnant; also needless to say, Patrick has just gotten
a major promotion at work that has thrown his priorities into disarray. He's a marketing
executive for a perfume company headed up by the tyrannical Odile (played by Sofia Vergara).
You're never going to believe this, but once the smurfs come into his life, he's going to learn a
lesson about what's really important - and in the process learn to become a father. (You just
want to hug yourself right now, don't you?)
My theory is that you could replace virtually the entire plotline of The Smurfs with that of this
spring's Hop, but having not seen that movie, that's just a guess. In any case, you get the idea of
what kind of half-baked storytelling is on display here.
This is nothing against the Smurfs as a filmmaking property, or
family entertainment in general. The Smurfs just happens to be a clumsily constructed film.
There are plot threads that are entirely forgotten about or disregarded - like Odile's uneasy
alliance with Gargamel, which in retrospect serves no purpose whatsoever, except maybe to get
Vergara more screen time.
There's nothing lazier than a film that goes back to the same exact punchline after every other
joke - but The Smurfs does just that, cutting to a reaction shot of Gargamel's cat, Azrael, at least
a dozen times. I honestly lost count.
There's really not much more to say, so here's the part where I dial up IMDb on the ol' web
browser, find Smurfs director Raja Gosnell, and take a gander at his filmography. For your
consideration: Home Alone 3; Never Been Kissed; Big Momma's House; Scooby Doo; Scooby
Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed; Yours, Mine and Ours; and Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
Make of that what you will. Here's what I got out of it: The director of Beverly Hills Chihuahua
is apparently still employed.


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Representing the firm since 2021
Recruitment, executive search
Mid to senior-level Strategy & Management Consulting roles
Strategy & Management Consulting into the private and public sector
About me
Nabeel joined Cooper Fitch in 2021 from London where he was working as a consultant at one of the largest international recruitment firms. He joined Cooper Fitch as a Recruitment Consultant and has since achieved promotion to Principal Consultant on the Strategy & Management Consulting team. He specialises in mid-senior level recruitment for top-tier Strategy Houses, Big 4, international and local Consulting Firms, and Commerce & Industry clients. He works closely with a unique talent pool based locally and internationally.
Nabeel started his recruitment career in 2014 bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to his position at Cooper Fitch. He is a bilingual speaker of both English and Urdu and holds a Bachelor of Arts Law Degree from Middlesex University.
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Strategy & Operations – Big 4, KSA
Successfully recruited various appointments for our confidential Big 4 client in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Including; Senior Manager, Managers, Senior Consultants, and Consultants within Strategy. Services provided include; search strategy, market map, headhunting, candidate assessment and analysis.
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As part of a company restructure, successfully recruited key hires within the Strategy & Planning department. Candidates came from Top-tier Strategy houses with a focus on Energy & Oil & Gas.
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Starting as early as Lower spring, members of the class of 2011 have turned to off-campus tutors to prepare for the SAT Reasoning and Subject Tests. Audrey McMurtrie '11 believes that the competitive nature at Andover has driven students to seek tutors in order to enhance their college opportunities. "The environment at Andover puts a lot of pressure on students to do well in order to get into the best possible college. A big part of the college admission process is our SAT scores, so getting an SAT tutor is just another way we can better set ourselves up to get into the college of our choice," McMurtrie said. Will Walker '11 began meeting with his tutor last spring. Walker is working with the same tutor who helped him to prepare for the Secondary School Admission Tests (SSAT), required in the application to Phillips Academy. "I have heard from many people that [a tutor] will help to boost your SAT score," he said. Similarly, McMurtrie hired a tutor at the advice of her older brother, Dan McMurtrie '10. "I don't think Andover does enough to prepare its students for the SATs. If the school even offers tutors, they don't advertise them well enough, and it is often up to the student to take time out of their schedule to find and meet with a local tutor," said McMurtrie. "This test is really important, and I think we should be offered more help in preparing for it," she continued. Many of the students that have turned to SAT tutors have done so because they do not feel the Andover lifestyle allows for independent preparation. "I found it necessary to get a tutor because the amount of information that we have to know for the SATs is beyond the basics that I have been taught. Also, there are certain concepts that I never fully learned, so a tutor offered the perfect one on one opportunity to have these concepts taught to me," said Khadijah Owens '11. Owens will be meeting with an SAT tutor beginning in late October. Owens hopes to become a better test-taker through her SAT tutor. "I feel that it is important to review certain material and have advice on how I can improve my test taking skills," she said.
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A prisoner in a Mississippi jail asked a guard to charge his cell phone. Instead, he got 12 more years behind bars. Now, a debate over the harshness of his sentence - and a push to rehear his case. Plus, Nashville singer-songwriter Katie Pruitt talks about the internal conflicts of her youth and a struggle to be herself on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.
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In defence of the SMSF investor
- On 09/03/2017
Although the SMSF segment only holds 1.1 million (4%) of the 29.7 million superannuation accounts, they represent about 30% of the assets within the superannuation system with around half of these assets in the retirement phase.
The number of SMSFs continues to rise, albeit at a lower rate. Rice Warner projects the market share of this sector to contract slightly over the next 15 years (Rice Warner's Superannuation Market Projections Report 2016) due to lower contributions (more stringent legislative caps) and the outflow of pension payments of those already retired.
The high share of assets held in this segment by a minority of superannuants results in a disproportionate public focus on SMSFs, whether that be to provide SMSF members with information and news to help them manage their accounts or, more frequently, criticism from other areas of the industry on why SMSF members are not suitably qualified to act as their own trustees!
This criticism usually focuses on three claims:
- SMSFs are expensive to run, and fees paid are too high relative to APRA funds.
- SMSF trustees are not professional asset managers and do not diversify their asset allocation.
- SMSF members cannot beat the professional managers when it comes to investment performance.
In this Insight column, we unravel each of these issues in turn.
Fees for SMSFs vary greatly based on the size of the fund, the investment strategy, the amount of administration that the Trustee is willing to undertake themselves and the level of advice that has been provided. In a report to ASIC¹ Rice Warner estimated a minimum balance of $200,000 – $500,000 was required to make SMSFs cost effective relative to APRA regulated funds.
Our estimate for the total fees paid by SMSFs in the 2016 financial year is 0.99% of assets. This is inflated by including the estimated cost of interest margins on bank deposits as a fee whereas interest margins are excluded in calculating fees for APRA-regulated funds. The average SMSF fee is still lower than the market average for all APRA-regulated funds, showing that the sector has generated some scale benefits from aggregation of administration and software platforms. It should be noted that small SMSFs incur relatively high fees whereas many larger self-directed funds not using financial advice have fees as low as 10 basis points.
Asset Allocation
The aggregate asset allocation of SMSFs has clear biases towards domestic shares and cash when compared to APRA regulated funds. However, it should be noted that estimates of Australian Equities are overstated by the fact that many SMSF members utilise Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) or managed investment trusts to get international exposure – a recent report by Class estimates total SMSF holdings of $11.4 billion in ETFs², more than 40% of all ETF holdings.
Another important consideration is that half of SMSF money is in the retirement phase. Our analysis of the asset allocation for members of APRA-regulated funds in the retirement phase suggests that they hold similar allocations to defensive investments such as cash to meet pension payments. Some of the cash held by SMSF retirees is placed in Term Deposits as a nest egg.
Table 1. Asset Allocation
Perhaps the best indicator of whether SMSFs deliver value is how they perform.
Our analysis of APRA vs. SMSF returns (based on APRA and ATO statistics) shows that SMSF funds collectively have outperformed APRA-regulated funds since 2005, with average compound returns of 8.0% p.a. and 6.2% p.a. respectively. Further, SMSFs outperformed in 8 out of 12 individual years for the period considered. The margin would be greater if fees were deducted from returns!
In our opinion, much of this performance can be attributed to asset allocation, patient long term investing and tax optimisation at the member level. Of course, past investment performance is no guide to the future. However, sensible investment strategies are likely to continue to produce good results over long periods.
Rather than criticise SMSFs, perhaps the rest of the superannuation industry should be challenged to emulate them.
Table 2. Annual Investment Performance – Rice Warner analysis of APRA and ATO statistics
¹ Cost of Operating SMSFs, Rice Warner, 2013 http://download.asic.gov.au/media/1336058/cp216-RiceWarner-cost-of-operating-smsfs.pdf
² Class SMSF Benchmark Report – March 2016, available from https://www.class.com.au/insights-ideas/class-smsf-report/


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Super Furball is a popular family film franchise based on the best-selling book series "Supermarsu" which is created and written by Paula Noronen.
Emilia is an ordinary divorce kid. She goes to school, lives with her mom and sometimes her dad, and her life couldn't be more ordinary. But one day, Emilia's pet guinea pig bites her finger and she gets a secret ability to transform into furry superhero. As the furry hero, Emilia can fly and solve problems with her extraordinary superpowers.


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United to End Homelessness Encourages Community to Participate in 2022 Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
Dynamic schedule of events and educational opportunities from November 12th–20th
Orange County, Calif. (November 9, 2022) – United to End Homelessness, an initiative empowered by Orange County United Way, will continue its ongoing efforts to raise awareness and draw attention to the issue of homelessness in Orange County with a host of events and activities planned with more than 26 partner organizations across the county during Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, which takes place from Saturday, November 12 through Sunday, November 20, 2022.
This year's theme invites individuals to reflect on the following question: What Do You Think – Is Housing a Human Right? The topic will be explored at a variety of in-person and virtual discussions, and advocacy opportunities throughout the week.
"We welcome the opportunity to further engage with community members and bring greater awareness and increased support for those in our community experiencing homelessness," said Becks Heyhoe, Executive Director of United to End Homelessness. "This year's Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week activities create new avenues for conversation, collaboration and innovation amongst the community so that together, we can help end homelessness in Orange County."
The following free events and activities are open to participation from the public:
Community Events
Join the conversation by attending any of the in-person and online events and discussions with prominent leaders about various topics related to homelessness in Orange County.
- State of Homelessness Address
- Monday, November 14, 2022 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
- Location: First United Methodist Church, 420 West 19th Street, Costa Mesa, CA 92627
- Local leaders and homelessness advocates will convene for the second annual State of Homelessness Address hosted by United to End Homelessness. Hear from key community leaders as they share the progress and challenges Orange County has faced in 2022.
- Confirmed speakers include:
- Douglas Becht, Director of the Office of Care Coordination at the Orange County Health Care Agency
- Maricela Rios-Faust, Chair of the OC Continuum of Care Board and Chief Executive Officer of Human Options
- Elizabeth Casillas, Member of the OC Continuum of Care Lived Experience Advisory Committee and Board Member of American Family Housing
- There will also be recorded remarks from:
- Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva
- Supervisor Doug Chaffee, Fourth District Supervisor, Chair of the Commission to End Homelessness and Chairman to the Orange County Board of Supervisors
- Is Housing a Human Right? Virtual Discussion
- Thursday, November 17, 2022 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Hear from prominent faith, health, and housing leaders about the role that housing plays in their sector during this insightful discussion.
- Hosted by Becks Heyhoe, Executive Director of United to End Homelessness
- Confirmed speakers include:
- Christy Wimber, author, international speaker, and former senior pastor
- Zoe R. F. Freggens, ORISE Fellow for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's Office of Minority Health & Health Equity
- Jon Gould, Dean of UCI's School of Social Ecology
- Register here
- Coffee Talk Series: Is Housing a Human Right?
- Connect with your neighbors over a free cup of coffee or tea to discuss the role of housing in our communities and share what "housing as a human right" means to you.
- Central Orange County
- Thursday, November 17, 2022 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Location: Artisan by 7 Leaves and Crema Bakery, 10065 Garfield Avenue, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
- Register here
- North Orange County
- Friday, November 18, 2022 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
- Location: Pilgrim's Coffeehouse, 124 West Wilshire Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92832
- Register here
- South Orange County
- Saturday, November 19, 2022 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
- Location: Ziggi's Coffee, 27525 Puerta Real, Suite 500, Mission Viejo, CA 92691
- Register here
- United to End Homelessness' Faith Leaders Council
- Sunday, November 20, 2022 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Location: Arvida Book Co., 115 W Main Street, Tustin, CA 92780
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Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week Civic Engagement
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With much of China's economy still idled as authorities try to contain an epidemic that has infected more than 75,000 people, millions of companies across the country are in a race against the clock to stay afloat, reported Bloomberg.
A survey of small- and medium-sized Chinese companies conducted this month showed that a third of respondents only had enough cash to cover fixed expenses for a month, with another third running out within two months. Without more financial support or a sudden rebound in China's economy, some may have to shut for good.
"If China fails to contain the virus in the first quarter, I expect a vast number of small businesses would go under," said Lv Changshun, an analyst at Beijing Zhonghe Yingtai Management Consultant Co.
As a group, Chinese banks had offered about RMB 794 billion ($112 billion) in loans related to the containment effort as of Feb. 20, according to the banking industry association, with foreign lenders such as Citigroup Inc. also lowering rates. To put that into perspective, China's small businesses typically face interest payments on about RMB 36.9 trillion of loans every quarter.


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There is no red button folks no nuclear weapons. Do you think they want to destroy the place they are obsessed with. They want the population 500 million so they can make their own heaven on earth through the A. I. Enslave the people remaining and cheat their way past the creator so they don't have to answer to the karmatic laws
Ahhh but Friday Special, if 2 Billion people aren't vaporized in 60mins or less, then you get your next 1 billion vaporized for free, surely get the ball rolling nearer that 500Mil mark,then the fall out and dust cloud ( which will fix global warming maybe too well ) will quickly get you to that 500Mil mark.
China has already threatened to wipe out Japan with Nukes recently, kinda hope the winds blowing the right way or they'll be wiping themselves out at the same time.
I think he's a great comedy actor, not the same as the previous 1 who actually thought he was in charge, but still he's getting into character the laughs will be back.
When he gets confused and nukes the UK not Russia, ahhh it'll be funny, good times to come.
Few on purpose slips there, he's resisting and trying to warn about the jabs, even in his state, nice!!
The puppet of low puppets:
We are living in the biggest deception ever perpetrated on mankind. Wake up and realise this is the New World Order, being brought in by The Jesuit Order of the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church.
Jesus is King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the time is now to choose! If you do not know God now is the time to find him. If you have eyes to see and ears to hear pick up a King James Bible, ask Jesus for forgiveness of your sins and read and pray. Choose life with our creator.
Hugo you know along with the rest of us on here that this blokes a clown ,but I'm meant to be sharing these videos with the sheeple FFS
,Not a Benny Hill episode , this is serious shit so if you ain't got ain't decent content to put on ,put a lid on it and don't undo the all the good work you have done
My lefty friends (acquaintances) never stopped moaning and whining about Trump, taking the p*** out of him constantly, rambling on about what an incompetent President he is, hoping Biden would win the rigged election. Since Creepy Joes so called Presidency I have not heard one word either positive or negative from any of them about him, nothing, zilch!
Silence speaks volumes
God protect us all, in Jesus Name we pray 🙏


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We cleared out the rooms for the carpet installers and they have started their work today. I am not allowed to post before shots of the rooms with the pink carpet so these before shots show the underpad. Although, if you look carefully, you can see some of the pink on the stairs in the hallway.
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"I have to confess that I was skeptical when Katie said she wanted to do this, but when I saw her previous science rapping and the lyrics, I was convinced," Gillies said. "I think you'll find pretty close to unanimity among physicists that it's great."
- CERN spokesman James Gillies, on the Large Hadron Rap
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Benton Harbor is the new Selma
Hundreds of people gathered in Benton Harbor Wednesday, April 27, to protest the emergency manager law that has stripped power from the local government. Leading the march and rally, Rev. Pinkney decried the hostile takeover of Benton Harbor by the emergency financial manager, intensifying the racist influence by Whirlpool that has grabbed much of the city's priceless lakefront, including a large portion of Jean Klock Park, dedicated in perpetuity to the children of Benton Harbor. He invites everyone to Benton Harbor Saturday, May 7, to protest Gov. Snyder when he comes to town as grand marshall of the Blossomtime Parade.
Hiding Africa's looted funds: Silence of Western media
There has not been any concrete effort to expose the banks that collude and connive with corrupt leaders who are impoverishing the people. No effort has been made by the political elite in Europe and America to force the banks to return these stolen monies to the poorest of the poor.
'Bombing his own people?'
As pro- and anti-government forces battle for supremacy in the cities and deserts of Libya in North Africa, the tenor and tone of U.S./Western reporting puts the lie to the often heard claim of journalistic objectivity.
Global and local people power unites
Crying "Have a Heart, Save Our Homes," a large Bay Area coalition marched in a driving rain from City Hall to the San Francisco Federal Building – Causa Justa/Just Cause, San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness, POOR Magazine/Prensa POBRE and many more.
Tens of thousands liberate state Capitol in Madison
Chants such as "Kill the bill," "Hands off workers! Make the banks pay," "Who's got the power: We've got the power" and many others are echoing off the walls inside and outside the Capitol. Since Feb. 14, tens of thousands of students, workers and other community members have liberated the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison in response to Gov. Scott Walker's "budget repair" bill, which would eliminate collective bargaining rights for 175,000 public sector union workers statewide.
Lucasville hunger strikers' support rally outside Ohio State Penitentiary on MLK's...
Three prisoners sentenced to death for their leadership of the 1993 Lucasville rebellion, now at Ohio State Penitentiary, have been on hunger strike since Jan. 3. An Open Letter that will be presented to prison officials at tomorrow's rally has collected more than 500 signatures from Ohio, many other states and all across the globe, among them many prominent citizens. Buses are bringing supporters from far and wide to the rally.
Prisoners' hunger strike enters second week
"So much energy is coming from all over. I'm just trying to hang on and ride the wave," wrote political prisoner Bomani Shakur Jan. 6, the third day of his hunger strike at Ohio State Penitentiary.
On hunger strike to be on death row
The death-sentenced prisoners I visit are so desperate that they are going on hunger strike, essentially for the right to be on death row. After Lucasville, the state of Ohio decided that a maximum security prison was not secure enough. They built a supermax prison, OSP Youngstown.
Lucasville prison uprising leaders go on hunger strike
Four death-sentenced prisoners, wrongfully convicted of crimes following the 1993 prison rebellion in Lucasville, Ohio, started a hunger strike Jan. 3. They say they would rather die, if they must, on their own terms, rather than on a gurney by lethal injection. They want to strike a blow against confinement conditions so inhumane that they amount to torture.
Scott Sisters to be free on Friday
A spokesperson for the Scott Sisters, Nancy Lockhart, announced Wednesday, Jan. 5, that the Scott Sisters will be released from prison on Friday to start their lives on parole. On Dec. 29, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, possibly a Republican contender for the presidency in 2012, suspended indefinitely the life sentences of Jamie and Gladys Scott.
Hunger strike of the Lucasville uprising prisoners starting Monday, Jan. 3
Siddique Abdullah Hasan, Bomani Shakur (Keith LaMar), Jason Robb and Namir Mateen (James Were) will start a hunger strike on Monday, Jan. 3, to protest their 23-hour-a-day lockdown for nearly 18 years. They were sentenced to death for their alleged roles in the 11-day Lucasville rebellion in April 1993. They are innocent! They were wrongfully convicted! They are political prisoners.
Obama's drug war
Among the very few people celebrating our country's fiscal crisis are criminal justice reformers. Bill Piper of Drug Policy Alliance says, "Next year is probably an unprecedented opportunity to defund the federal drug war." But colorblind cost-benefit approaches leave intact the racial attitudes, stereotypes and anxieties that gave rise to the system in the first place.
Round 2: 3rd Circuit Court panel re-hears issue of Abu-Jamal's death...
The three-decades-long murder case of Philadelphia journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal was back in court Nov. 9 with a three-judge federal appeals court panel. The three judges seemed, in their initial remarks and in their questions, to be leaning towards the defense view.
Taking back homes from the banks: Exercising the human right to...
Foreclosures are soaring. Some housing experts say 4 million foreclosures are possible in 2010. To fight back, organizations across the U.S. are engaging in "housing liberation" and "housing defense" to exercise their human rights to housing. Here are a few examples.
Mumia Abu-Jamal could face death any day now
"Resistance is growing – preparations are in progress," Dr. Suzanne Ross, a clinical psychologist and co-chairperson of the Free Mumia/NY Coalition explained to The Final Call. Ms. Ross said she attended the emergency meeting at the Abiding Truth Ministries church in Philadelphia on Oct. 17, where plans were laid out for the upcoming campaign to get Mr. Abu-Jamal freed.
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Rishi Sunak will this week attempt to put his recent political troubles behind him when he courts City figures at a Conservative donors' dinner designed to bolster party finances.
Sky News has learnt that the chancellor will speak at the event in central London on Tuesday evening, with guests being charged £10,000 for a 10-person table.
Sources said the dinner had been organised by Malik Karim, the investment banker who was appointed as a Tory treasurer last September.
He is said to be keen to broaden the party's donor base in an industry that has historically provided a reliable source of funding, and wants this week's inaugural City dinner to become an annual event.
Ironically, major Tory donors who are members of the House of Lords will be unable to attend Tuesday's dinner because they have been told to be available to vote in the chamber.
Mr Sunak is understood to have been promoted as the event's guest of honour, with tickets costing £1,000-a-head.
Buyers of individual tickets would not be required to disclose their purchase, although anyone buying an entire table would, because of the £7,500 threshold for declaring political donations to national parties.
The chancellor has endured the toughest month of his political career amid scrutiny of his family's tax affairs and the fixed penalty notice he received, alongside the prime minister, for attending a Downing Street gathering during one of the pandemic lockdowns.
Mr Sunak has asked the government's independent ministerial standards adviser to investigate whether he has adequately disclosed his financial interests since joining the front benches.
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In his 2014 Pitchfork review of Ultraviolence, Mark Richardson described Lana Del Rey's third album as "a Concept Album from a Concept Human." When looking at Del Rey's career as a whole, "Concept Human," sounds like the most apt description.
People have questioned the authenticity of her individual character and persona since she first gained notoriety after the release of 2012 singles "Blue Jeans" and "Video Games," but there's no denying Del Rey has unique lyrical skills on her albums. She creates compelling characters that harken back to a spectrum of old muses, from the likes of the Eagles, Fitzgerald, Lou Reed, and more. She describes her subjects with a sort of full-brushed, vivid style, pointing out their beauty and their faults—as well as those of the worlds she creates—with a satirical wittiness that maintains her self-awareness.
On her newest album, Norman Fucking Rockwell!, Del Rey stays true to what she knows.
"It's about this guy," she explained in a Beats 1 interview with Zane Lowe, "who is a genius, but he thinks he's the shit and he knows it."
NFR! is a case study on the pitfalls of genius and how hubris can destroy not only one's art but all aspects of their life. Her muse is problematic, self-destructive, and irreverent, but, on some level, so is Del Rey's character. "There's things I wanna say to you/But I'll just let you live," she sings on standout track, "Cinnamon Girl," "Like if you hold me without hurting me/You'll be the first who ever did." Del Rey's characters are tragically broken, but also incredibly gripping.
The album's mood is most reminiscent of 2014's Ultraviolence, with its spare, somewhat pulled back sound. Both albums consisted of gut-wrenching ballads, but while Ultraviolence leaned more on the blues as its compass, NFR! is much warmer, grabbing inspiration from Del Rey's often-professed love for California. Production from in-demand producer Jack Antonoff helps to create this soft soundscape with piano and guitar as its backbone.
The smooth, pulled-back production gives Del Rey's voice room to shine. Unlike 2017's star-studded Lust for Life, which featured appearances from artists like The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky, Stevie Nick, and Sean Ono Lennon, Del Rey is all by herself on this album. The change works wonders, leaving ample room for her to shine.
At the core of this album, though, is an ode to California. From the song "California" to the cover of Long Beach band Sublime's "Doin Time," Del Rey has California on her mind. But there's an unusual darkness to it—Del Rey's California is far from what it used to be. Her characters try to chase the feeling of that old life, yet they understand that things can't go back to the way they were. Even outside of California, it seems as if she's looking at how much life has changed around her. On "The greatest," she claims to miss New York and music, specifically rock and roll.
In a recent interview with the New York Times, Del Rey expanded on that point, looking back with nostalgia on her early adult years, when hers and millions of others' experiences were soundtracked by bands like The Strokes and The White Stripes. But things have changed. Kanye West went blond, Trump became president, gun violence became an almost everyday occurrence—not featured on the album but worth a listen is Del Rey's recent single "Looking for America," a somber response to the recent litany of tragic mass shootings. Life now seems so incredibly distant from just a few years ago.
On NFR!, Del Rey and Antonoff create a tragically romantic depiction of life, change, genius, and artistry. Each song builds upon the last, describing characters, landscapes, and experiences with great detail. And just like every Del Rey album, at the center of this fabricated world is Lana, steadfast and hopeful despite her scars and the reality of how messy life truly is. The final line of the album, "hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have … but I have it," is a perfect example of what Lana's been all about her whole career: hope in the face of tragedy after tragedy. Ultimately, NFR! is a wonderful album, and perhaps even—to steal a title from one of the album's songs—"The Next Best American Record."
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Calling it "hillbilly heroin," Kentucky officials have sued the manufacturer of OxyContin, the painkiller abused most famously by Rush Limbaugh. The lawsuit was filed in Pike County Circuit Court as a class action and seeks unspecified punitive damages and the creation of a court-monitored fund, financed by Purdue Pharma, for educational outreach programs.
Kentucky officials blames OxyContin — the brand name for oxycodone —for hundreds of deaths and say that the abuse of the drug is particularly high in Appalachian states such as Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia.
This is not the first such lawsuit based on abuse. A product can be defective due to foreseeable abuse as well as both design and warning defects. The lawsuit is reminiscent of a lawsuit many years ago against a glue manufacturer in Minnesota, whose glue was almost exclusively used by kids in Latin America to get high. H.B. Fuller and Company for its shoe glue that was used for sniffing highs. A case brought on behalf of a Guatemalan teenager was dismissed on jurisdictional grounds.
The event prompting the Kentucky lawsuit was clearly the recent guilty plea of three of current or former executives in May to misleading the public about the drug's risk of addiction. They admitted that the drug was marketed wrongly as less addictive and less subject to abuse than other drugs. They agreed to pay $634.5 million in fines. The company also recently agreed to $19.5 million to 26 states and Washington, D.C., to settle complaints that it encouraged physicians to over prescribe the drug.
Massive funds like the one sought in Kentucky are far more common now than they were only a few decades ago. With the breakthrough cases of Agent Orange by Judge Jack Weinstein, such class actions are becoming routine demands around the country. The company, however, is unlikely to rollover in the Kentucky cases since it would only invite a litigation rush in other states. The drug packaging does warn against addiction, but the jury would have to decide it the warning is sufficient. There can also be design questions and whether addictive elements were necessary for the design. There are also obvious claims of assumption of the risk, though with addictive products this defense can be more problematic. For full story, click here


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It never feels great to start your day by clearing up an icy windshield. It feels even annoying when you're running late for work. Of course, you don't have to face this issue if you have a garage or another covered area to park your car in winter, but not everyone will have this luxury. Luckily, you can try a few simple ways and learn how to prevent frost on windshield. Keep reading and you will know how to resolve this issue and start your day with no cussing and fussing involved.
How to Prevent Frost on Windshield Without Chemical Spray
Using chemical sprays is definitely a way to resolve the issue, but there are other ways for how to prevent ice on car windows. Here's how to do it:
Keep Your Windows Covered at Night
It's simple and effective. Keeping your windows covered will keep you from dealing with icy windows in the morning. A folded sheet, a towel, or even a piece of cardboard will do the trick. Make sure you have placed covers tightly over the windshield to prevent dew from forming in loose spots. You can even use the vipers on your windshield to keep the cover in place.
Remove Covers Carefully
You have to remove them carefully in the morning because they may be wet and throwing them immediately in your trunk will cause damage. You may consider using a watertight barrier – something like a tarp will work just fine.
There won't be much ice to get rid of, but you may still find some icy spots here and there. Make use of a plastic scraper and use it gently to remove small patches of ice. Sometimes, using your car's vipers will be enough to fix the issue – be sure to use some wiper fluid to clear anything that's obscuring your vision.


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Lala Akindoju's Sculptural Dress Is A Red Carpet Must-Have
If you've been following Lala Akindoju's trajectory of late, her show-stopping look to the AFRIFF opening gala won't come as a surprise, as her red carpet M.O. is refreshingly unexpected and modern.
The 'NAKED' actress was sleek and supremely chic in a striking black dress by Zhena Woman. The diamante and origami detailing on the bodice, as well as the tulle detailing on the sleeves and hips could have been a tricky proportion to pull off, but she did so with aplomb.
A cute pixie cut, crystal earrings, and black strappy sandals completed her unforgettable look.


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VIPER Lab @ U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering
Virtual and augmented reality is the future.
Students learn real world skills in a virtual world environment
The Virtual Immersive Portal for Engineering Research, or more commonly known as "VIPER Lab", is a 1000 ft ² room located in Holmes Hall 403. Run and operated by Sebastian Weber (Lab Coordinator) and his team of Software Engineering students, the VIPER Lab is a hub of excitement and intellectual stimulation. Sebastian is a graduate of FGCU and also holds a degree in Computer Information Systems.
The lab provides various computer-generated, three-dimensional environments where students can interact and explore by immersing themselves in multiple virtual reality scenarios. Students are able to understand how this technology is being used in the real world. They will be one step ahead when entering the business world. When bright minds and state of the art technology are brought together, amazing things can happen.
Among current student projects is a virtual-reality model of FGCU's campus being created by software engineering majors for flood simulation "The purpose of a 3-D model of the campus is, if the university wants to add a building, we can add it in 3-D to see how it impacts flood resilience"
The experience and capability in the VR space is high. Documentation and student interests is well established. The VIPER Lab enables applications of both virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Further, "The Cave" by WorldViz is a Showroom VR which provides unprecedented immersion for warehouse-scale, collaborative experiences. It is configured to run multiple 3D projectors for various levels of immersion, on a multi-wall setup.
A Virtual-Reality (VR) based Water-Energy-Food Nexus
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What is Theft?
Anyone who takes another person's property without being entitled to do so with an intention to interfere with the other person's property can be found guilty of theft.
Stealing any type of property including digital information falls under this category. Shoplifting is also charged under this section of the criminal code (334).
The maximum penalty for theft over $5000.00 is imprisonment for 10 years, and the maximum sentence for theft under $5000.00 is imprisonment for two years.
Section 334(b) Criminal Code
The Criminal Code states that a person is guilty of theft when it is proved that s/he took something without a right to it with the purpose of:
depriving the lawful owner of it, or
using it as collateral, or
only returning it to the owner on a condition that the owner cannot fulfil, or
using it in a way in which it cannot be returned to its original condition when the person took it.
What are the Defences to Theft?
There are many ways to defend a charge of theft. One of the main ways is by a person showing that s/he had a right to the property that is alleged to have been stolen. So for an example, if a person takes back property that is rightfully theirs that has been stolen from them, this would not be considered an illegal act.
Additionally being mistaken about certain facts is a defence to this charge. If a person honestly but incorrectly thinks that the property they are taking rightfully belongs to them, this is a defence to this charge. Further, if a person is mistaken of the property they are taking, this would also be a defence.
An example of this would be wearing the wrong winter jacket home after a social gathering. Because the wearer may have never intended to deprive the owner of the property they cannot be found guilty of stealing.
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Lakin Afolabi is a criminal defence lawyer in London, Ontario who has represented hundreds of people charged with theft and other offences. He has had much success in obtaining charge withdrawals for simple thefts, ensuring the accused person does not get a criminal record. If you or someone you know has been charged with theft or any other criminal offence, Lakin Afolabi is an experienced lawyer who can assist you. Call him now.


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Recently, several articles were brought out highlighting the loss of 41 tigers from India's forests over the first 7 months of 2015. A variety of causes were responsible for these deaths, ranging from infighting, to poisoning and killing for skin and bones
by professional poachers.
However, what does this say about the efficacy of India's tiger conservation programme? Wildlife scientists have always held that tiger populations experience high turnovers-they are prolific breeders, but also die young. This may be borne out by the reasonably
high number of annual tiger deaths recorded over the past few years-61(2014), 76(2013), 89(2012), 56(2011) and 53(2010). Intensive monitoring of tiger populations actually tells us that the recorded death figures are actually a fraction of the total number
of deaths. If populations are adequately from adverse factors such as habitat loss, poaching and conflict, then the naturally high rate of reproduction will ensure that tiger populations continue to thrive.
Which is what brings us to the next question- how indicative are these deaths of the effects human-induced adversities on tiger populations ? The likely answer is- that they present a highly incomplete picture. For instance, only 3 seizures of tiger parts
have been made from poachers this year; the figure was 12 in 2014. However, independent investigations indicate that only a small percentage of seizures come to light.
. Official investigations into such deaths are also marked by a lack of transparency. Officials are usually very keen to make it look like as if every instance of tiger death is a result of natural causes, which often causes many instances of tiger poisoning
to be swept under the carpet. Many carcasses are recovered in an advanced state of decomposition; which, coupled with a shortage of adequately trained vets, means that the actual causes of death are determined in only a very small number of cases. Details
of investigations into tiger deaths are still awaited in as many as 33 of the aforementioned 41 cases.
Wild tigers continue to be threatened by innumerable factors ; but tiger death statistics alone cant quantify these threats.
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The beautiful appleorchards in Himachal Pradesh are a popular travel attraction of the state.While in HP a visit to these beautiful apple gardens is
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Long Beard Styles for 2020
As we are living in the 21st Century where the trend of fashion is changing rapidly, it is extremely important to keep yourself updated about the new trend so that you can look good and feel confident.
Your face defines your personality and growing a beard makes your face look more attractive. Beard nowadays has become an essential part of the men's grooming. If you're still shaving off your beard, it is probably the best time to grow the beard.
Only growing beard doesn't make you look good but with that, you need to choose between the different styles of the beard and decide which beard styles look cool and fit well on your face.
Long and thick beards always look good and attractive but the biggest challenge is to maintain it and choose the style according to your face cut. On average it takes about 2-3 months for the beard to grow to the full length.
Now let's have a look at some of the cool long beard styles for the year 2020.
Biker Beard
If you are not into styling your hair often and want a unique and edgy look then a biker beard is the best choice for you. This look involves growing additional hair around your chin area, so be careful while trimming your beard and let it grow long around the chin. There is a misconception that the biker beard looks rough, but if you properly maintain it, it looks as good as any other beard style.
Bushy Beard
If you're looking to grow a long and thick beard that intensifies and magnifies your face shape then a bushy beard is the type of beard you should go for.
It not only adds value to your face but also enhances your jawline by giving texture to it. It is recommended to use beard oil for this beard style as it keeps your beard hair soft and moist.
To look more attractive and elegant in this cool beard style you need to get the appropriate haircut that suits more on your face along with this bushy beard.
Full Beard
This style of beard is perfect for those who are annoyed by shaving regularly. The best thing about a full beard is that it suits every personality and face shape.
It requires very little effort to grow the full beard as you have to do nothing but wait for at least 2 to 3 months for the full beard to grow. A good hairstyle adds value to the full beard as it looks very elegant and is eyecatching.
It gives a rough touch and is best for those who are looking for a rough look. To prevent dryness and keeping the facial hair soft it is advised to use a good quality beard oil that provides nourishment to your beard.
Viking Beard
Vikings are traditionally known for their beards as they dealt with their beard very seriously. It is one of the best-looking beards that give a warrior touch and is perfect for those who are looking to get the masculine look.
You need to maintain your beard by washing it daily with shampoo. It involves trimming your hairs heavily around cheeks and less trimming around your chin area. This beard style is ideal for youngsters and is one of the trending styles for the year 2020.


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3.2.1 Political
Political factors affecting the specialist eateries industry are few and consist mainly of minimum wage and employment law changes. Krispy Kreme train their staff who usually have little experience or education; consequently, they pay employees minimum wage or similar and are therefore affected by minimum wage increases.
Other political factors are government actions to reduce obesity; however it is very unlikely that government will legislate against high fat and unhealthy foods
3.2.2 Economic
The continued economic downturn has meant tightened consumer spending, as Krispy
Kreme is a non-essential food item this may pressure sales. Inflation is above the Bank of
England target and there is upward pressure on long-term interest rates as shown by the
UK treasury yield curve. An increase in interest rates will increase the cost of capital and mean more expensive borrowing at a time that they could need to expand to compete with rivals. 3.2.3 Social
UK consumers are becoming more aware about the ingredients in food, e.g. boycotting trans fats, battery farmed poultry and mass farmed tuna. In 2008 this motivated Krispy
Kreme to remove trans fats from their products. Low carb diet trends (e.g. Atkin's) can also have an effect on purchasing.
Going out to eat and drink is a social habit that is unlikely to change in the near future, but consumers can change their habits from eating doughnuts to other sweet foods such as icecream or pastries.
3.2.4 Technological
Due to the nature of purchasing and preparing foods, few technological trends influence the industry. However technology can be used to improve efficiency, production, distribution, and monitor commodity prices in real-time. Some commentators argue that ecommerce will erode visits to physical stores, however the convenience food nature of speciality eateries require strong physical presence to capitalise impulse purchases.


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I have made some progress on my summery Myrtle tee. It is knitted entirely in lace, on US2/2.75mm needles, so the progress has been a bit meandering. Nonetheless, I have finished the body of the top, having shaped the armscyes and neckline, and then used a 3-needle bind-off to knit the front and back together at the shoulders. I think it looks rather pretty.
The yarn is Madelinetosh Merino Light in Pink Clay, Sugar Coat, Librarian's Dreams, Joshua Tree, and Rocinante. I didn't buy this yarn for this pattern, but rather am re-purposing the yarn from a kit I purchased to make a shawl (the Scout Shawl – which I blogged about here). The kit contains two full and three partial skeins of yarn (enough of each to knit the shawl) and this means that I have had to struggle with how I utilise the colours in the Myrtle. I ran out of the Joshua Tree (dark green) colour after knitting 4 pattern repeats; thus, you can see that the top repeat and a half utilise only four colours instead of five. I am very shortly to run out of the Rocinante (the terracotta-rose colour) as well; I am hoping that I have enough Rocinante left for one pattern stripe on each sleeve. The only colour I have an abundance of at this point is the Pink Clay, although I do have enough of the Sugar Coat (white) to finish all of the ribbing.
The top is a bit shorter than I would have wished – if I wasn't worried about running out of yarn I would have added another stripe or two before binding off for the armscyes. And it is a bit on the clingy side as well – having decreased both the stitch count and the needle size after an earlier attempt was turning out too big. However, I am fairly confident that the magic of blocking is going to fix both of these issues. I am still pondering what to do about the sleeve shapings. I plan to knit short sleeves, with two or three bands of horseshoe lace pattern and then some ribbing. However, if you look at the original pattern (by Kate Davies), you will see that the shoulder is dropped, and so the sleeves are formed by picking up around the armscye and then knitting directly in pattern, without any short row shaping to form a sleeve cap. I am afraid that that won't work here as the shoulders are definitely not dropped. So maybe I will need to angle the first pattern stripe or two with some short rows, to bring down the shoulders? I'm not sure yet how to solve this. But such is the fun of knitting. I like these creative fiddlings one must make to bring it all together, especially when one's gauge is off, as mine is here.
Below you can see the back. I completely love these colours together, and note that they are outside of my usual palette, which is kind of fun.
I had an email from Loop this week (the lovely London yarn shop from which I bought this yarn kit). It contained the following workshop announcement: "Liz Baltesz will teach you to knit the Scout Shawl on 3 October. If you can knit and purl you can make this!" I had a good giggle over this. I gather I am not the only one that purchased the kit at first glance, having fallen hard for the shawl, and then had the daunting prospect of knitting it sink in. If I hadn't already re-purposed the kit, I would likely take this course. Not because I couldn't have figured it out myself (I know that I could) but because sometimes it is nice to have companionship on the journey and someone to pat you on the shoulder and say "there, there". If any of you London-adjacent readers take the workshop, do let me know how it turns out.
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Annual Meeting (Nov 6)
Update, Nov 6: The following were elected to the vestry: Ron Barbee, Olivia Delahaye, Bill Gautier, and Victor Talbird.
Join your fellow parishioners at the annual meeting, November 6, between the 9:00 and 11:15 AM services in lieu of coffee hour. In addition to electing the incoming vestry, other parish business and update items will be covered. CLICK HERE FOR BIOGRAPHIES of the candidates. Please take some time before the annual meeting to learn more about the nominees. Hardcopies of the bios are also available in the narthex.


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In the opening pages of Black Skin, White Masks, Frantz Fanon assumes not only a white mask but a white gaze and addresses provocatively his race as "other than human." Consistent with the ambivalent vacillations characterizing the writing of this book, Fanon, however, does not simply interpellate his fellow blacks as either outright "non-human" or affirmatively human. On the very same page, he states that "the black is a black man," which does not necessarily lead to the conclusion that the black is therefore a man-and not only because a sophist or nominalist argument would remind us that a black man is not equivalent to a man. For later in the book Fanon would tell us that he sees "in those white faces that it is not a new man who has come in, but a new kind of man, a new genus. Why, it's a Negro" (116). From our historical hindsight-which has witnessed the weakening, if not the total dismantling, of many a bigotry-this ostensibly difficult and excruciating conception of black in terms of human/non-human would seem to us moot. Yet, Fanon's difficulty lies precisely in the obvious, as he points out: "I am the slave not of the 'idea' that others have of me but of my own appearance"-the fact of his blackness (116). And that is probably why Fanon closes his book with an often-cited appeal: "O my body, make of me always a man who questions!" (232) But why conceive of the black man as "rooted at the core of a universe from which he must be extricated" (8)? How is the readily recognizable black body included, even embedded at the core of the dominant colonialist/racial sociopolitical order, and emphatically excluded from it at the same time? How can the concept/ designation of black invokes diverse and even conflicting designations, ranging from the non-human, the barely human, a subhuman, a renewed human, and, as Fanon affirms occasionally in his text, the unequivocally human? I approach these questions, and similar issues raised in other historical and literary examples, by means of Giorgio Agamben's conception of "bare life" and Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe's notion of "social antagonism." Based on these theoretical insights, I highlight a certain constitutive exclusion that would be pivotal in the representations of the (in)human. I illustrate such a constitutively excluded element by examining the popularity of the term "slave" as trope in post-Bastille social, political, and literary discourses and the figuration of the black body in Fanon's writings.
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|Title of host publication
|Representing Humanity in an Age of Terror
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|Published - 2010
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These Vanilla Oreo Cupcakes are the best Oreo cupcakes for Oreo lovers! Hidden at the bottom of the cupcake is an Oreo biscuit that's baked into them, then they're topped with Oreo buttercream and another Oreo biscuit on top. They're basically Oreo heaven!
I've made these Vanilla Oreo Cupcakes sooo many times but I've never shared the recipe as I thought there would be lots of other similar recipes online. After having a look I noticed that the majority of Oreo cupcake recipes use a chocolate sponge. I've always made them with vanilla, I'm not sure why but this is the way I like them! It also makes this recipe super adaptable to the other Oreo flavours like mint, strawberry cheesecake, or peanut butter, as vanilla goes with pretty much everything!
How to make Vanilla Oreo Cupcakes...
To make the cupcakes, mix together the butter and sugar, then whisk in the eggs and vanilla extract.
Then add the self raising flour and whisk until smooth. Place an Oreo biscuit into the cupcake cases.
Add the cupcake batter on top of the Oreos. Bake for 25 minutes until golden.
Make the buttercream by mixing butter, icing sugar and vanilla extract together. Then stirr in oreo crumbs. Pipe it onto the cupcakes, then add an Oreo biscuit on top.
How long do the cupcakes last for and can they be frozen?
They will last for 5 days in an airtight container in a cool place, however they are much nicer and fresher when eaten within 3 days of making them. You can freeze the cupcakes, either with the buttercream or without (but do not freeze the Oreo on top). Freeze them in an airtight container, or freeze until solid on a plate then wrap in cling film. Make sure to remove the cling film as soon as you take them out to defrost, otherwise it could ruin the buttercream. You can also freeze the buttercream separately in an airtight container.
More tips for making the Vanilla Oreo Cupcakes:
- Make sure to use an open star nozzle to pipe the buttercream onto the cupcakes. The Oreo crumbs will get stuck in a closed star tip or a very small tip
- The Oreo biscuits will go soft after being in contact with the buttercream for a while, so add them as close to serving the cupcakes as you can
- You can use any Oreo flavour for the cupcakes - mint, peanut butter, strawberry, you decide!
Recommended equipment & ingredients*
- Cupcake tin
- Electric hand mixer
- Cooling rack
- Piping bags
- White cupcake cases
- Ateco 849 piping nozzle
- Oreos
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Vanilla Oreo Cupcakes
For the sponge
- 175 g Butter or baking spread
- 175 g Caster sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 3 Eggs large
- 175 g Self raising flour
- 12 Oreo biscuits
For the buttercream
- 200 g Butter
- 400 g Icing sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2-3 tbsp Milk
- 100 g Oreo biscuits crushed
For decoration
- 12 Oreo biscuits
- Pre-heat your oven to 160C Fan/180C/350F/Gas Mark 4, and line a cupcake tin with cupcake cases and put an Oreo biscuit in the bottom of each cupcake case
- To make the sponge, mix together the butter and sugar, using a silicone or wooden spoon, until smooth
- Add the eggs and vanilla extract and whisk well
- Then whisk in the self raising flour
- Divide the mixture between the 12 cupcake cases
- Bake them for 20 minutes or until they are golden brown and a skewer inserted in the centre of the cupcakes comes out clean. Leave to cool completely
- Make the buttercream by mixing together the butter, icing sugar, vanilla and milk. You can do this by hand or with an electric whisk. You may not need all the milk, or you may need more, it depends on what type of butter you use so add a little at a time
- Crush the Oreos for the buttercream into crumbs using either a food processor, or in a bowl with the end of a rolling pin, then stir them into the buttercream
- Pipe the buttercream onto each cupcake using a piping bag fitted with a nozzle. Or spread on with a spoon. Then add an Oreo biscuit on top. The biscuits will go soft after being in contact with the buttercream for a while, so add the biscuit on top as close to serving as you can
- Store in an airtight container in a cool place, eat leftovers within 3 days
If you like this, check out more of my Cupcake recipes!
NB. This post is NOT sponsored by Oreo, I just love their product!
I'm linking this recipe up with Cook Blog Share hosted by Recipes Made Easy and Fiesta Fridays hosted by Zoale and Angie.


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Empire does not mess around when it comes to filling its parties, studios, and conference rooms with big names from both the acting and music worlds. In Wednesday night's new episode,"Without a Country," a young artist will make the leap between the two when Becky G joins Empire as Valentina. According to the episode synopsis on FOX, the YouTube queen turned mainstream pop star plays a "a hot Latina singer." And that's an identity the rising star should know a little something about by now. What other hints do we have about this new character?
The only balm during Empire 's agonizing hiatus was the constant stream of Season 2 announcements, which confirmed the series' writers were thinking 100 percent bigger and badder for their sophomore effort. The pieces of guest star gossip were especially juicy, and Becky G's casting warranted a little social media celebration. In a short clip posted on Twitter in late July, Bryshere "Yazz" Gray and Becky G spoke to fans from the studio and broke the casting news. That video alone was a hint to where Valentina will fit into the Empire world, as it seemed that her and Hakeem Lyon's stories will connect in some way.
FOX's teaser text for the episode backs up that theory. Valentina is about to be another artist caught in the crossfire of the Lyon family drama. The synopsis reads that Hakeem "woos" her "for the girl group he wants to form." (Look out, Fifth Harmony.) Now, since Jamal is holding back Hakeem's own album, his younger brother seems to be making play for dominance by nurturing up-and-coming talent.
"Woos" is an interesting choice of verb. Will Valentina be a love interest for Hakeem? If she is, their affair will either be over quickly or — more likely, on this show — become increasingly complicated. Showrunner Ilene Chaiken told TV Line that the boy who gave us "Drip Drop" before stealing his own father's girl will be getting involved with Laura, another new character, in Episode 4.
As many wine glasses the twists and turns of these characters' sex lives have made me lose my grip on, I'm angling for Becky G's character to be primarily a business associate of young Hakeem's. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Becky G made it clear that Valentina is no blushing fan girl. She knows what she wants, and she'll do anything to get it. And that puts her in good company. "Let's just put it this way," she said. "They were calling me baby Cookie on set." What an honor.
The singer turned actress was mostly mum on the content of her scenes. She did reveal that she will be exercising those vocal chords on the show (obviously), and that "there will be drama." (Well, I should hope so.) It'll be interesting in and of itself to see how the Lyons handle a music group in their stable; so far, all the Empire artists the show has spent time on are solo ones. I want to see some in-band backstabbing. And Becky G may be just the guest star to introduce some new label conflict.
Forgot what happened last season on Empire? Check out this drunk Season 1 recap video.
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We know school classes are digital these days, but still good handwriting plays an important role in the education system. Many teenagers have bad handwriting and they are constantly looking for ways to improve it. Bad, messy handwriting often affects school work and grades. So to help you in improving your handwriting, here are some ways
- Check grip
The right pencil grip plays a great role in developing good handwriting. The correct way to hold the pencil is, that the thumb, index finger, and middle finger together form the dynamic tripod grip.
- Correct posture
Check your child's posture when they are writing something. Their back should be straight; the feet should be well supported; the hips, knees, and ankles should be inclined at an angle of 90 degrees. The table and paper height should be approximately waist height.
- Use handwriting worksheets
You can use cursive writing worksheets to improve your child's handwriting. These sheets will help in building their confidence, improve their penmanship, and help them write legibly. You can also use lined papers, they help in maintaining consistent letter size and make sure that your child writes in a straight line.
- Practice everyday
Practice makes a man perfect, this quote fits here. Teach your teen to do some handwriting practice every day. Sit with them and make sure they do at least one worksheet every day.
- Strengthen their hand muscles
While writing we use the muscles of the hands, fingers, palm, stamina for writing and prevent the muscles from getting fatigued too soon and wrist while writing. So ensure that you strengthen their muscles as it increases the stamina for writing and prevents the muscles from getting fatigued.
Do these things to improve your teenager's handwriting skills.


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