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Jayson Giorio Thursday 13 October, 2011
Long term goal: Being a pro rider and help coach bike camps in whistler (like summer gravity camps) when possible while still racing and competing Long term racing goals, to ride in pro when able and compete in world cups around the world.
Name: Jayson Giorio
Nickname: that's your choice
Date of Birth: April, 12. 1996
Home Town: Vernon B.C.
Likes: Girls
Dislikes: People who know it all
Favourite food: Fish in anyway shape or form
Least Favourite food: I'll eat anything that you put out in front of me
Favourite movie quote: May the force be with you
Favourite Movie: Braveheart
Type of music I like: Anything, Adele to Redman
People that I look up too: Brendan Fairclough, Danny Hart and Andrew Neethling
About Me,
I was born in Kamloops B.C. and lived there till I was 6, I rode my bike to school. I was oblivious to the downhill bike scene developing right in front of my eyes, I remember seeing little road gaps on the side of the road and numerous bikers hitch hiking for rides up to where I played hockey. There were little rollers by my house and I always enjoyed going out there and getting a little bit of air and making my heart beat! From the age of 5 till 13 I played Rep hockey and one year I decided to quit and start freestyle skiing, I competed for the Vernon Freestyle Ski Club for two years. In the summers when I wasn't skiing or playing hockey I would bike in Vernon with my friends. We dug up our park and built jumps onto the big grass hill. Every week they got torn down but that wasn't stopping us. When the park was finished they put up fences and that was the end to that spot, I took the next step and started riding up our local hill, Silver Star. Four years and 3 new bikes later here I am racing the B.C. cups and Crankworx and taking my biking to a whole new level. I'm going to Excel Fitness in Vernon (check them out, http://www.excelfit.ca/ ) they have amazing programs that help any striving athlete or person trying to get in shape and everything in between! I also go to Bikram Yoga Vernon to help prevent injuries and it also helps your whole body get into the form it's suppose to be.
This past summer I took a volunteer trip to Kenya, it was an amazing experience and I would love to do many more in the off season, I met lots of great people and it has changed my view on life. Paying it forward is a big part of my life and I think that everyone should be given the opportunity to succeed. If you work hard in life you will be given an opportunity, you can choose to take the opportunity or throw it away by not working hard enough. I learned a lot about myself on the trip and it was there that I decided to work hard at biking this off season, so I can compete at a whole new level this upcoming season and ride my bike in every aspect from road biking to 4-cross. The most important thing I learned on my trip to Africa was how lucky I am to have such an amazing family, both my mom and dad always support me by coming to whatever I'm doing at the time and paying for all my expensive hobbies and a special thanks to my sister for coming to my bike trips and supporting me with everything so I can pursue my passion. My trip to Kenya also taught me to do what makes me happy. My other hobbies include anything that that gets my adrenaline pumping! I like to go dirt biking, bungee jumping and skiing. I also like to spend time with my family by hiking and doing as much physical activity as I can with them.
Career Highlights:
- I'll be racing in the U17 expert men
- 3rd in U19 citizen men western open 2010
- 2nd in U16 Air DH whistler Crankworx 2011
- 6th in U17 expert men western open 2011
- 10th out of 20 overall in B.C. series in 2011
Long term Goals:
- To make it to pro rider and help coach bike camps in whistler (like summer gravity camps) when possible while still racing and competing
- To ride in pro when able and compete in world cups around the world
2012 Goals:
- Train really hard to race in the B.C. series
- Win at least 1 race and become top 5 in all races
- Maintain straight 'A's' in school
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Lachlan Wallach, Nidan Roban, 5th December 2009
Aikido is a form of martial art. Form is defined by the dictionary as frame, shape, mode in which thing exists or manifests itself.
All are words heard from Sensei Bob Nadeau but if like me not initially appreciated at the start of my black belt journey. Then comes comprehension as suddenly, one time, a structure/frame forms, you align with Uke and the technique becomes effortless and satisfying, with the feel of a whole body input as your inner structure manifests itself and you move from the centre as a single unit grounded and centred.
Uke recognises good form, feels controlled and part of Nage and also gains enlightenment. Good form will allow you to reach the point where physical size and strength be it in Nage or Uke make no difference to your ability to execute technique. Good form is clearly demonstrated in suwari waza kokyu ho. Correct ma-ai is form, too far leads to poor form.
Riai's logo includes the symbolic sign of Aikido; the triangle, circle and square. Together they create form. However it is one thing to recognise it but a totally different thing to capture, hold and repeat consistently from technique to technique, class to class and within and through a technique.
At my stage of development it floats in and out of my training. I come to class with great intention, step onto the mat and all my great intentions to retain form float in and out of my aikido. I tell myself that I have at least recognised its existence and absolute necessity if I am to continue improving my aikido.
In my travels from 6th kyu through to attempting my nidan grading my aikido has gone through many mutations along the path of improvement. It would be unreal to assume that the path will always be smooth. It will have its frustrations and rough patches but provided the desire and goal is there and you recognise and understand what your teachers are demonstrating, form will arrive through vision and proper training.
Just like fresh concrete, framed by form, will eventually set into a recognisable repeatable shape the difference being – retain flexibility. Not that I pretend to have reached that stage, but I have reached the stage of recognising its essentiality and it now remains for me to polish that observation by repetition.
Good practice supplies the body with the wisdom of experience. The body becomes the reflection and physical manifestation of mind with body and mind working together. Like evolution the study of Aikido is a long slow gradual process and whilst retaining form will come it will not be the end of your journey, just another step forward.


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"There were three three-leaf Clovers. One died. One remains in the cage. And the other... has departed."
Clover Project. A government plan to classify and control all children with sorcerous powers. Those who are too strong to be controlled are placed in confinement, supposedly for the good of all involved. The world's only "four-leaf" Clover has agreed to live her life alone. The "three-leafs" have not.
"In your arms / I will be reborn. For myself I / will be reborn."
One three-leaf Clover has left the cage, abandoning the twin he can no longer bear to live with. The military is alerted- and ordered to find him at all costs.
"You must be C. Come with us."
C uses his powers against his wouldbe captors. Moments later, a single man arrives on the scene to take him-- not back to the cage, but to his own home.
"What are you going to do with me?"
For the first time in his life, C has met someone who has only one command for him; 'Do whatever you like.' Still, he knows that this man is from the military, and that his safe harbor can only be temporary. He asks to speak with the council, to explain his actions.
"You know that B is dead."
A betrayal of his brother. A betrayal that will keep the three-leafs from overriding the council and escaping forever. A chance to live outside the cage. He is reminded that outside that place where time has stood still for so long, he will age rapidly. He will be dead in five years. He knows that, but this is the only choice he has.
"Secret Service Unit Commander Gingetsu. Your orders are to protect the three-leaf in your care."
They learn to live together. Gingetsu admires C for his choices, but is moved to compassion due to his sadness. C discovers that to live with another human being who asks for nothing from you but offers support despite this is no bad thing. He could even be happy with this man, his keeper.
"How can you be happy without me?"
Anger. Because of his brother's happiness, the final three-leaf is spurred into action. To find his brother. To kill anyone else who can make him feel that way.
"Why are you here? Is it because of him? So now you don't need me anymore?"
In a rage, A moves to deliver a killing stroke to Gingetsu, but C intervenes.
"I'll kill myself before I let you kill again."
Anger becomes fear. In the face of this ultimatum, A agrees that they must live apart. But he extracts from his brother a promise. They will always be linked, able to feel each other's emotions. If C ever loves anyone else, he will attack again. A departs, and C cries himself to sleep. While he is resting, The Wizards, leaders of the government, council Gingetsu on what to do. One thing is for sure: C will never return to the cage.
"I can keep him here. It is completely secured."
"But you're a two leaf. There's no way I can allow you to coexist with a three-leaf."
In order to keep the boy with him, Gingetsu agrees to implant a 'kill' device within himself. If he or his charge ever cause trouble, the council will have the power to destroy him.
"It's going to put you in trouble!"
C will live with Gingetsu. Gingetsu introduces the boy to his friend Kazuhiko as 'Ran'. He has been reborn, with a new name, a new life, and someone to live it with.
"For you I will be reborn ..."


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Mainichi ID Privacy Policy (Policy for the protection of personal information)
The Mainichi Newspapers Co. (hereinafter the "Company") recognizes the importance of personal information, and in order to thoroughly protect this information, the Company will handle the collection, storage, use and discarding of user information, including personal information, that the Company utilizes in providing the Mainichi ID service (hereinafter the "Services"), according to this Privacy Policy (hereinafter the "Policy"), while also adhering to the laws concerning this information.
Under this Policy, "user information" refers to the information gathered by the Company that can identify individual users, the activity history of the user in communication services, and related information generated or accumulated on the user's device.
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The personal information the Company gathers from users is necessary in order to provide the Company's Services. There is a chance that the Services may not be available to those users who do not provide this information to the Company.
About The Mainichi Newspapers Co.'s handing of Personal Information:
1. Purposes of Use
The Company will collect user information using appropriate methods, and will use it for the following purposes (hereinafter the "Purposes of Use"). If the Company plans to utilize user information for purposes extending beyond the Purposes of Use listed below, then the user will be contacted ahead of time, and the Company will need to receive consent.
User information will be collected for the following purposes:
- (1) To provide the Services to the user and verify the identity of the user when providing the Services.
- (2) To check the registration information for a given Mainichi ID or make changes to that information, and confirm the status of utilization of the Services.
- (3) To confirm applications for the email delivery service and to send each type of email notice.
- (4) To confirm paid service contracts and provide those services.
- (5) To process charges, payments for and delivery of paid services and products, etc., and make relevant confirmations.
- (6) To send gifts and other items related to prize competitions, etc., that the user has entered.
- (7) To send rewards for participating in questionnaires conducted by the Company.
- (8) To confirm the user's application to participate in events such as seminars and send entry tickets to them.
- (9) To provide follow-through services.
- (10) To deal with users who have violated the rules concerning the Services.
- (11) To respond to inquiries and send documents, etc., or for the Company to make inquiries to the user.
- (12) To improve products and the Services and to develop new services and products.
- (13) To analyze user information and service utilization status in order to provide content, advertisements, and other information from the Company or third parties that would be of the most use to the user, and to select users to fill out analytic questionnaires.
- (14) To send information about products, events, and other services offered by the Company.
2. Collected User Information and Collection Methods
Below is the user information, including personal information, collected by the Company through the use of the Services together with the methods used to gather this information. Some of the information listed below may not fall into the category of personal information.
(1) Information collected from users when using the Services
When registering a Mainichi ID, users may be asked to provide the following information:
• Name
• Email address
• Address
• Birth date
• Sex
• Telephone number
• Occupation
• Payment method
(2) Information received from external services when using the Services
When a user utilizes the Services and consents to cooperate with external services provided by third-party operators, the Company may receive the following information from the outside services:
• The user ID utilized by the user on that outside service.
• Information that the user has authorized the cooperating service to disclose through the privacy settings of that service.
(3) Information concerning inquiries
When a user makes an inquiry to the Company about the Services, in order to investigate the inquiry, answer questions, and verify the identity of the user, the following information may be collected:
• Name
• Telephone number
• Email address
• Home address
• Name of device used
• Operating software information
• Other information that is deemed necessary by the Company
(4) Information collected by the Company during the use of the Services by the user
The Company collects information concerning the status of access to the Services and how the Services are used. This information includes the following:
• Usage status for services and purchase history of products, etc.
• Participation status for prizes, events, seminars, questionnaires, etc.
• Device information
• Log information
• Cookies and anonymous IDs
• Location data
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Records of transaction or information concerning payments made between the user and the Company or its business partners may also be collected from business partners.
3. Authorized Handling of Information and Withdrawal of Consent
By agreeing to this privacy policy, the user is consenting to the Company's handling of the user's personal information. The Company handles the personal information with the consent of the user, but the user is free to retract that consent at any time. Additionally, in the case of users who are minors (under the age of 16 for those residing in the European Union), permission or agreement to use the Services from a parent or guardian is required in order to use the Services.
4. Shared Use
Personal information acquired by the Company may be shared with The Mainichi Newspapers group companies and the sellers of the Mainichi Shimbun. Shared data includes the following information:
(1) Personal information:
• Name
• Address
• Birth date
• Sex
• Occupation
• Telephone number
• Email address
• Subscription and usage history
• Other information provided by the user themselves
(2) Scope of users of shared information:
• Group companies: The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Sports Nippon Newspapers Co., Mainichi Shimbun Publishing Inc., Mainichi Educational Institute Co., Mainichi Hanbai Kyoei Co., Mainichi Newspapers Osaka Development Co., Daimaikyoei Co., Mainichi Media Service, Mainichi Shimbun Nagoya Kaihatsu Co.
• Sellers of the Mainichi Shimbun
5. Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties
The Company does not provide the user's personal information to third parties without prior consent from the user, excluding shared use, subcontracting of services, and other situations based on the law. Furthermore, when personal information is provided to subcontracted companies or other parties, a separate nondisclosure agreement or other necessary contracts will be concluded to properly protect and manage personal information.
6. Anonymized Information
In accordance with the law, the Company creates anonymized information (information concerning individuals that is processed to remove personally identifiable information so that it cannot be traced back to the owner of that information) and this anonymized information may be provided to third parties in order to improve content, advertisements, and other items. The following are items pertaining to this anonymized information.
(1) Data included in anonymized information:
• Address (up to the city, ward, town, or village)
• Age (Birth date)
• Sex
• Usage history
• Other information gathered from users with their permission, such as family structure and household income.
(2) Provision methods
• Through recording media
• By email
• Through other methods with prior security guarantees
7. Retention Period
In order to provide the Services to users, the Company will retain their personal information as long as that need exists. In the event that retention is no longer necessary, the information will be swiftly deleted.
8. Transfer of Personal Information to Other Regions
In order to meet the Purposes of Use stated above, the user's personal information may be transferred outside of the user's domicile for processing. Including cases involving the transfer of the user's personal information from the European Union, or the receipt of such data, the Company will comply with all laws and related regulations and guarantee that sufficient measures are taken for the protection of the user's personal information.
9. Management of Personal Information and Safety Measures
The Company takes appropriate measures to ensure user personal information is accurate. The Company also has in place measures to prevent unauthorized access to user personal information, and to prevent alterations to that information from external sources, as well as necessary and appropriate measures to prevent leaks, loss or damage of personal information, and to ensure the safe management of other personal information, and continually strives to make improvements in relation to its personal information management system.
10. Disclosure, Correction, Halt of Use, etc. of Personal Information
The Company does its best to manage users' personal information accurately and in an up-to-date manner. Upon receiving a request from an individual user to disclose, correct, stop using, or take other actions with regard to the user's personal information, to the extent that the Company can confirm that the individual is the owner of that information, the Company will respond within a reasonable time period and to a reasonable extent.
11. Inquiries
The Mainichi Newspapers Co. Personal Information Officer
1-1-1 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
12. Disclaimer
The Company is not involved in the management of users' Mainichi IDs. If Mainichi ID registration information is used by a third party due to negligence by the user, it is possible that the registered personal information may be viewed. Thus, when utilizing the Services, while taking full responsibility for use and management, users are asked to pay due attention to the misuse of the Services, or the fraudulent use of information by a third party, etc.
This English language translation has been prepared solely for users' convenience. In case of any discrepancies between the Japanese and the English versions, the Japanese version shall prevail.
13. Revisions to the Privacy Policy
Taking all possible measures to protect personal information in the future, the policy above may be revised appropriately to reflect trends in future business practices. In the event that this policy is revised, the Company will provide an easy-to-understand explanation of the important changes.
Implemented December 1, 2013
Revised May 22, 2017
Revised March 28, 2018
Last updated May 25, 2018
The Mainichi Newspapers Co.


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Jubilee River
The Jubilee River is a hydraulic channel in southern England. It is 11.6 km (7.2 mi) long[1] and is on average 45 metres (148 feet) wide.[2] It was constructed in the late 1990s and early 2000s to take overflow from the River Thames and so alleviate flooding to areas in and around the towns of Maidenhead, Windsor, and Eton in the counties of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. It achieves this by taking water from the left (at this point eastern) bank of the Thames upstream of Boulter's Lock near Maidenhead and returning it via the north bank downstream of Eton, Berkshire.[3] Although successful in its stated aims, residents of villages downstream claim it has increased flooding.[4]
The Environment Agency commissioned the design and construction of the river which cost £110 million.[5] When it was formed, the channel was the most expensive man-made river project undertaken in Britain in monetary terms (i.e. without adjusting for inflation), and the second largest[clarification needed] in Europe. Principal works were creation of the channel, various flow control mechanisms and bridges for road, rail and foot traffic. One of these, Dorney Bridge, takes the channel through a 19th-century Brunel-designed railway embankment, and was built while the railway continued to carry arterial passenger and goods trains between London and destinations such as South Wales, Cornwall and Bristol. The Victorian tall embankment was reinforced by freezing (being "frozen")[clarification needed]; then bored through, creating a large tunnel then a concrete culvert formed-to-fit was inserted.[2]
The channel also had to be taken through Black Potts Viaduct, which carries a branch railway to Windsor. Protective structures[clarification needed] were put in place to preserve the viaduct's structural integrity.
The channel involved complex civil engineering to deal with utility conduits, roads and railways, as well as ecological and social issues, entailing compulsory purchases, community lectures and consultations and a public enquiry. Conception to fruition took about twenty years.
Defects in parts of the engineering emerged in the flood of January 2003, a serious test of the flood-relief main purpose of the channel. The channel saw flows well short of its designed maximum flow capacity, and some intended[clarification needed] weir damage, bed and bank erosion occurred.[6] The event prompted repairs and upgrades costing £3.5 million. The Environment Agency sued their lead design consultants for recovery of the remedial costs, and refunded the owner of the river £2.75 million in an out-of-court settlement.[7][8]
The name used during planning was the "Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme" (MWEFAS). The choice of a name for the river was put to the local population in a poll.[9] The result was a strong preference for 'Jubilee', as it was being completed in Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee year of 2002 and one of the Queen's main residences is at Windsor Castle, in one of the three towns being protected by the scheme.
In use[edit]
On most analyses the Jubilee River looks and acts like a natural river.[10] Its banks have artificially constructed wildlife habitats intended to replace those lost from the banks of the Thames during urban expansion in the 19th and 20th centuries. During construction 38 hectares (94 acres) of reed beds and 5 hectares (12 acres) of wet woodland were laid down and about 250,000 trees were planted.[2]
The river is well used by walkers, runners, swimmers, wildlife enthusiasts and cyclists: a footpath combined with National Cycle Route 61 runs along virtually its entire length. A wide variety of bird life can be seen along the river, including green woodpeckers, cormorants, lapwing and red kites.
During flooding in the early months of 2014, some residents of Ham Island (in Old Windsor) and Wraysbury said that the Jubilee River had increased the height of the flooded Thames in those villages which, along with much of the river upstream of London, saw water levels unprecedented since 1947. Wraysbury had also suffered significant flooding in 2003.[4] The Environment Agency in the 2010s is undertaking a widening and dredging programme of Thames works to assist with downstream flows.[11][12]
See also[edit]
- Tributaries of the River Thames
- Meander cutoff
- List of rivers in England
- Waterways of the United Kingdom
- ^ "Windsor & Eton Self Guided Walk Stage 4- Victoria Bridge to Jubilee River". Travellers Toolkit. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ a b c C. W. Nicol (2 July 2008). "The right way to reconstruct rivers". The Japan Times online. The Japan Times Ltd. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ Environment Agency – A map indicating the location and route of the Jubilee River
- ^ a b "Wraysbury residents say Jubilee River is a 'disaster'". BBC News Online. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ Charles Clover, Telegraph Environment Editor Flood maps show extra 300,000 homes are now at risk 7 October 2004
- ^ Royal Windsor Web Site January 2003 Floods and Jubilee River Bank Collapse
- ^ New Civil Engineer Plus EA sues designers of failed Jubilee River flood defence EMAP Construct 15 June 2006
- ^ New Civil Engineer Plus News EMAP Construct 14 September 2006
- ^ "The Relief Channel is Completed but is it up to it?". The Royal Windsor Web Site. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ UK Rivers Guide Book Guide to the River Thames – Jubilee River
- ^ Sky News 10 February 2014
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jubilee River.
- Discussions and articles relating to the Jubilee River
- Information on the Jubilee River and the floods of 2003
- Information about the habitat of the Jubilee River
- National Cycle Network along the Jubilee River
|Next confluence upstream
|River Thames
|Next confluence downstream
|Clewer Mill Stream (south)
|Jubilee River
|Colne Brook (north)


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Archives and history
The Heritage Service is on the second floor in Redbridge Central library. It is free to use and offers a diverse range of local and family history resources. Many of these general resources including books, historic newspapers and online resources are available during normal Library opening times.
For a specific enquiry, to view historic photographs or archives you must make a booking in advance at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Local and family history resources
We provide a service for local and family history research and hold the largest collection of materials in the Borough on the history of Ilford, Wanstead, Woodford and Redbridge.
These materials include:
- periodicals
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- military resources
- free access to Ancestry library edition
- free access to Find My Past
- free access to British Newspaper Archives
We also have a general collection of books on the history of Essex and the surrounding London boroughs including maps, periodicals and local newspapers.
Materials from the archive service are available by appointment.
Historic walk
Discover the history on your doorstep, courtesy of the Heritage Service.
Download a copy of the Aldborough Walk map (PDF 1004 KB) and take a 60 to 70-minute stroll from Barkingside to Ilford War Memorial via historic sites.
Schools programme
The Heritage Service delivers a wide range of free education sessions based around the national curriculum. Groups can use historic archives, maps, and photographs to learn about the history of their local area and school.
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- birth, marriage , death index for England and Wales (1837-1996)
- census 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871,1881, 1901
- Essex parish census listings for Essex - 1797 - 1831
- international genealogical index (IGI) - 1988 and 1992 editions
- parish registers
- directories and telephone directories
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- Essex hearth tax assessments - 1662
- name index to Essex poor law settlement papers
- return of owners of land in Essex - 1873 "New Doomsday Book"
- civilian war dead of the United Kingdom
- 1939 - 1945 Boroughs of Ilford, and Wanstead and Woodford
- Barking Urban District Council
- St Margaret's Church Register of Graves
- parish Registers of Bobbingworth Essex Appendix printed 1884
- parish registers of Bobbingworth Essex printed 1884
- sepulchral memorials of Bobbingworth printed 1888
- parish Records of Ongar Essex printed 1886
- parish Records of Fyfield Essex 1538 - 1700
- parish Records of Greenstead Essex printed 1892
- parish Registers of Lambourne Essex Printed 1890
- parish Registers of Moreton Essex printed 1890
- parish Registers of Stapleford Tawny Essex printed 1892
- registers of Theydon Mount Essex
- wills at Chelmsford volumes 1, 2, and 3 - 1400 - 1858
- feet of Fines for Essex volumes 1, 2, and 3 - 1182 - 1547
- Essex Wills (England) volumes 1, 2, and 3 - 1558 - 1577
- Essex Wills the Archdeaconry Courts volumes 4, 5 and 6 - 1577 - 1603
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Global developments benefiting business
This monthly publication provides a summary and updates on the latest global developments in research and development (R&D) credits, grants, and other inventive arrangements. More than 50 countries offer specific incentives and this newsletter focuses on identifying and outlining what could be the right incentives for your organization.
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European Union
Promotion of EU agricultural products
The European Commission will provide financial assistance to companies in EU member states to break into or consolidate international markets by supporting actions that explain the standard and quality of EU agri-food products to consumers and importers and highlight the specific features of production methods within the European Union.
Qualifying activates include:
- Advertising campaigns (press, television, radio, internet)
- Point-of-sale promotions
- Public relations campaigns
- Participation in exhibitions and fairs, and a range of other activities
- B2B or B2C campaigns
Support will be available for at least one year but no more than three years.
European Investment Bank (EIB)
The EIB is the European Union's bank, owned by and representing the interests of the EU member states. The EIB supports sustainable investment projects that contribute to furthering EU policy objectives. Services include the following:
Lending: Mainly through the granting of loans, the provision of guarantees, microfinancing, equity investment, etc.
Blending: Unlocking financing from other sources, particularly from the EU budget, then blending that financing with financing from the EIB to form a full financing package
Advising: Administrative and project management assistance to facilitate investment implementation
Railway transport and logistics
The scheme is aimed at encouraging the following:
- Improving the quality of rail services by increasing reliability and punctuality by as much as 50 percent
- Reducing congestion and CO2 emissions by doubling railway capacity
- Cutting the costs of infrastructure and rolling stock by up to half
- Contributing to a shift to attract users to rail. Rail freight will become more cost effective, punctual, and traceable as a shipment option for freight forwarders and shippers
Each of the above objectives will be detailed in one of about 30 individual calls for proposals.
Medical technology, biotechnology, photonics
Light Cares-photonic technologies for handicapped persons
This R&D scheme focuses on cooperation between companies, handicapped persons, and so-called "makers"* to create innovative solutions that improve the daily life of the disabled:
- Tools manufactured with photonic processing (e.g. 3D-printing, laser cutting)
- Tools based on photonic components
The focus of the R&D project should be on open-access solutions that allow for a customization of the developed tools.
*"Maker" is a term used to describe a person who creates and develops innovative tools in his/her free time
Manufacturing, automotive, lightweight
Lightweight concepts for road and railway vehicles
The scheme focuses on the integration of new lightweight components into road and railway vehicles. Innovative lightweight concepts should be developed for the following modules:
- Vehicle body/vehicle structure
- Support structure, including wheel suspension (including chassis)
- Drivetrain
- Demonstration of the system integration in a prototype is required
With the strong focus on system integration, material development and its production processing are covered by this funding scheme.
Germany/France–security and mobility industry, cities and communities, operators of critical infrastructures
German-French collaboration: New security concepts for urban areas
The scheme focuses on innovative bilateral security concepts to improve civil security in urban areas:
- Innovative security strategies for districts with a quickly changing population, e.g. sharing of best practices on the use of security concepts and models to ensure the inclusion of all relevant actors (e.g. community representatives, residents, representatives of security agencies)
- Innovative security strategies for mobility in urban areas, e.g. using data generated by new mobility concepts, such as car sharing and automated driving
- Innovative security strategies in the event of a break-down of critical infrastructure, e.g. analysis of possible mitigation and emergency treatment strategies using tools provided under the smart city concept
Contact your Germany representative
Isabel Antholz
Senior Manager
+49 (0) 40 32080 4910
Teresa Stahl
+49 (0) 15 15800 3303
Promoting corporate R&D&I
A benefit is available for SMEs and large companies (either as part of a consortium involving SMEs, or independently but sharing benefits/results with SMEs) implementing R&D&I projects in Central Hungary (Budapest and Pest county). Costs of applied research and experimental development are eligible. Projects must be completed within 24 months.
Manufacturing sector
Individual government decision-based scheme (investment grant)
From 31 December 2015, existing investment grant schemes primarily for large companies are available under more favorable terms. The key changes are:
- Only 50 new jobs (instead of 100) and a minimum of EUR 10 million (instead of EUR 20 million) in eligible expense will qualify investments in Vas, Veszprem, and Zala counties
- The job creation requirement can be met jointly by the aid beneficiary and its supplier(s) (previously, the job creation requirement had to be met by the beneficiary)
All sectors
Local business tax credit
As from 1 January 2016, the local municipalities are authorized to amend the local business tax rules and allow companies to reduce their local business tax liability by 10 percent of the direct costs of R&D activities performed. (Local business tax is levied by the municipalities at a tax rate of up to 2 percent. The tax base is the net sales revenue, minus various cost items.)
Contact your Hungary representative
Csaba Márkus
R&D and Government Incentives, Tax & Legal
+36 (20) 947 5043
Viktor Tóth
R&D and Government Incentives, Tax & Legal
+36 (20) 982 5929
Grant incentives to employers engaged in cyber security
A payroll-related incentive is offered by the Office of the Prime Minister to a corporation or partnership undertaking R&D in cyber security or the provision of protection and performance of cyber defence services. The incentive will offer entities within Beersheba's Kiryat Cyber district grant funding to support the employment of one or more employees that specialize in the relevant cyber activities.
Innovative technology to address challenges in the public sector
This program will support projects aimed at improving the quality of service provided by government ministries or public bodies. The program will award grants to projects in two stages:
Pre-R&D projects: Activities can include the design, assembly, and testing of a model/prototype of the idea to demonstrate technological feasibility.
R&D projects: The project may include an element of a trial, demo, or feasibility of the product or service.
Projects should focus on domain challenges in health and digital health, increasing access, connection and operation of various types of databases, digital education, knowledge transfers between public bodies, providing access to information, public procurement optimization, etc.
Grants for employment of workers from the Ethiopian ethnic minority
This grant is for companies in Israel that recently have employed, or plan to employ, Ethiopian ethnic minorities in higher level positions. The grant aims to increase vocational guidance, provide vouchers for vocational training, and financial incentives to employ Ethiopian ethnic minorities in high paying and academic positions.
Extension of royalties exemptions for traditional industry sector
Companies that are funded by grants from the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) must repay the grants in the form of a royalty, at a rate of 3 percent to 5 percent, once revenue is generated. A royalty exemption was granted to SMEs and factories in "traditional industries" (i.e. those outside of advanced technology), that was due to expire at the end of 2015 has been extended to the end of 2016. The exemption will continue to be awarded to SMEs that recently commenced R&D activities. Companies must be approved by the research committee as traditional technology industry projects.
New policy for processing applications to employ foreign experts
This policy targets employers that request work approval for a foreign expert/certified specialist and will have the effect of ensuring that the tax rate imposed on the income of the certified foreign expert will not exceed 25 percent.
Establishing a capital fund to invest in SMEs
This scheme is aimed at providing funding for companies that have annual revenues between NIS 10 million and NIS 100 million. Entities are eligible for funding for all expenses, except property acquisitions and financing.
Stability Law 2016–140 percent super deduction
The Stability Law encourages investment in new capital goods by providing an accelerated rate of depreciation for manufacturing equipment. For certain machinery and equipment purchased between 15 October 2015 and 31 December 2016, depreciation can be claimed at a rate of 40 percent.
Stability Law 2016–tax credit for investment in Southern Italy
A tax credit is granted to companies owning a plant in certain areas of the southern regions of Italy (Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily, Molise, Sardinia, and Abruzzo) that purchase new capital goods and manufacturing facilities between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2019.
Portugal 2020–business innovation and entrepreneurship
Support for projects promoted by non-SMEs or SMEs in all economic activities, particularly those aimed at the production of tradable and exportable goods and services that fulfil the following objectives: (i) strengthen non-SME and SME investments in innovative activities; (ii) contribute to the internationalization of the Portuguese economy, the creation of qualified employment, and the spill-over effect on SMEs; and (iii) promote qualified and creative entrepreneurship.
Incentives for technology R&D (Individual demonstration projects)
Support at rates ranging from 25 percent to 80 percent for individual demonstration projects (IDP) promoted by companies, provided the following conditions are satisfied:
- The IDP concerns advanced technologies and pilot lines
- The IDP falls within the scope of the priority areas of the national and/or regional R&I strategy for a smart specialisation
- The IDP has an eligible investment amount of at least EUR 150,000, among others.
Incentives for technology R&D (Co-promotion demonstration projects)
Support at rates ranging from 25 percent to 80 percent for co-promotion demonstration projects (CDP) promoted by companies and/or research and knowledge dissemination organizations provided the following conditions are satisfied:
- The CDP is engaged in advanced technologies and pilot lines
- The CDP is within the scope of the priority areas of the national and/or regional R&I strategy for a smart specialzation
- The CDP has an eligible investment amount of at least EUR 150,000, among others.
Incentives for technology R&D (Co-promotion projects)
Support at rates ranging from 25 percent to 80 percent for co-promotion projects (CP) promoted by companies and research and knowledge dissemination organizations provided the following conditions are satisfied:
- The CP falls within the scope of the priority areas of the national and/or regional R&I strategy for a smart specialzation
- The CP has an eligible investment amount of at least EUR 150,000
- The leader of the consortium provides at least 30 percent of the eligible investment, among others.
Board of Investment (BOI) measure to accelerate investment
Projects where applications for a corporate income tax exemption are submitted between 1 January 2014 and 30 June 2016 can enjoy an additional exemption of one to four years (subject to an overall cap of eight years when combined with existing corporate income tax exemptions). Projects that already benefit from an eight-year exemption also can claim a 50 percent reduction of corporate income tax for five years following the expiration of the eight-year period.
The project must commence operations by 2017, but may not have generated revenue before 16 November 2015. The number of years of the additional corporate income tax exemption will depend on the actual investment made by the promoted project. BOI promoted projects generally require a minimum of THB 1 million investment (excluding land and the cost of working capital).
Additional eligible activities for investment promotion
Six additional activities have been added to the Board of Investment's list of eligible activities for investment promotion:
- Manufacture of animal food or animal food ingredients
- Manufacture of construction materials and manufacture of pre-stressed concrete for public utilities (except for the manufacture of ceramic roof tiles and floor or wall tiles)
- Manufacture of chemical substances for cleansing such as soap, shampoo, and toothpaste (except for cosmetics)
- Manufacture of plastic products for consumer goods such as plastic containers
- Manufacture of goods made from pulp or paper such as paper boxes
- Building development for industrial factories and/or Cargoes
The project must be located in a Special Economic Development Zone. Tax incentives include an eight-year corporate income tax exemption and an exemption from import duty on machinery and on raw and essential materials used in the production of products for export.
BOI promoted projects generally require a minimum of THB 1 million investment (excluding land and the cost of working capital).
Contact your Thailand representative
Anthony Visate Loh
Tax Partner and Business Unit Leader
+66 (0) 2676 5700 Ext. 5022
Poljun Divari
Legal Director
+66 (0) 2676 5700 Ext. 11231
United Kingdom
APC5: Driving UK productivity through low carbon propulsion innovation
Funding is available on a competitive basis to support collaborative R&D projects that focus on the development of low carbon, low emission automotive propulsion technologies. Projects must demonstrate the development of technologies based on one or more of the following technology areas:
- Internal combustion engines
- Lightweight vehicle and powertrain structures
- Electric machines and power electronics
- Energy storage and energy management
- Alternative propulsion systems
The aim of the scheme is to develop on-vehicle technologies for on- or off-road vehicles. Technologies that primarily reside off the vehicle, such as charging infrastructure, are outside the scope of the scheme.
It is expected that the majority of the technologies will have achieved Technology Readiness Level 5 (TRL5) or higher and Manufacturing Readiness Level 4 (MRL4) or higher before the start of the project. Projects should aim to advance the technologies to TRL8 and MRL6.
Proposals must be collaborative and be led by a UK-based business organization. Consortia must include at least one vehicle manufacturer or Tier 1 supplier and a SME. Projects are expected to be split between industrial research and experimental development, in which a business partner generally will attract up to 50 percent public funding for the project costs depending on the level of R&D involved (70 percent for small companies and 60 percent for medium-sized companies). Projects are expected to last between 18 and 42 months. Project costs should range in size from GBP 5 million to GBP 40 million, although projects outside these ranges will be considered.
United States
Exemption–R&D investment
The Texas comptroller of public accounts has adopted a new rule to implement the sales and use tax exemption and franchise tax credit available for qualified R&D activities as defined under Internal Revenue Code section 41. Taxpayers that carry out qualifying R&D activities in Texas have the option of claiming a sales or use tax exemption or a franchise tax credit.
California Competes Tax Credit–Third application period
The California Competes Tax Credit (CCTC) is an income tax credit available to businesses that create or retain jobs in California. Since 2014, the governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) has awarded USD 223 million to 330 companies projected to create over 42,000 jobs and USD 9.6 billion in investments. For fiscal year 2015/2016, USD 43.7 of the USD 200.9 million available in tax credits was awarded to 89 companies in application period 1.
Connecticut (CT)
Connecticut enacts tax law changes
Connecticut offers two separate tax credits against the Corporation Business Tax for taxpayers with qualified R&D expenditure (QRE) incurred in the state. The non-incremental R&D tax credit is based on the total amount of QREs incurred in CT during the tax year and ranges from 1 percent to 6 percent of QREs incurred in the state. The incremental R&D credit is equal to 20 percent of incremental QREs incurred in the state over a base amount.
A taxpayer that claims a nonincremental credit for any income year must reduce the amount of QREs by the amount of excess QREs, as computed for the Incremental R&D credit.
All states
Federal government enacts legislation to extend employee hiring credits
On 18 December 2015, President Obama signed into law the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (PATH Act), which includes the following modifications to current law:
- Extension of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) through 31 December 2019
- A new target group added to the WOTC consisting of qualified long-term unemployment recipients
- Extension of the Empowerment Zone (EZ) hiring incentives and the Indian Employment Tax Credit (IETC) through 31 December 2016
The above changes are effective retroactively to 31 December 2014.
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Air India Recruitment 2017: According to latest post published on official website of Air India, there are 21 number of vacancies for the post of Staff Employment – Co- Pilot (P2). Applications are invited for these vacancies on or before 11 Jan 2018.
Air India Co-Pilot (P2) Staff Employment:
- Total: 21 Post
- Name of Posts: Co-Pilot (P2)
- Academic Qualification: 10+2 from a recognized Board/University.
Upper Age Limit : 48 years
(Upper age limit is relaxable by 5 Years for SC/ST & 3 Years for OBC Candidates. Ex-Servicemen will be given age relaxation as per rules).
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– Current valid CPL issued by DGCA, India
– ATR 72-600 Endorsement should be valid for minimum of 08 (Eight) months from the date of
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– Current Class-I Medical Fitness Certificate issued by DGCA, India
– Current FRTO issued by DGCA, India
– Current RTR (A) issued by WPC, Ministry of Communication, India
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- How to Apply: Interested candidates are requested to send their applications on plain paper though paper channel containing particulars in the attached Application Format.
- Postal Address: Alliance Air, Personnel Department, Lufthansa Hangar Building, (Alliance Bhawan), adjacent to the Office of ED (NR),Air India Limited, Terminal -1B, IGI Airport, New Delhi – 110037
The envelope must be super-scribed "APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF ATR Rated Co-Pilot (P2) 72-600 .
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Company: Air India
Name of Post: Staff Employment – Co-Pilot (P2) – 21 posts
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Pain in Your Jaw May Be Linked to Your Mind
When people complain of pain in their jaw and surrounding facial area, they are usually enduring temporomandibular joint (TMJ). It is a fairly common dental care condition that was always thought to be caused by problems with the jaw muscles or habits like tooth grinding. But lately, new research has shown that psychological suffering may really cause these physical symptoms.
These research findings were attributed to the physical symptoms of depression and anxiety because these two psychological conditions can lead to increased activity in the jaw muscles, which can cause inflammation and muscle pain throughout the jaw area.
An alternate explanation was that a chemical imbalance in the brains of people with depression and anxiety causes them to process pain in an abnormal way, according to Dr. Stefan Kindler of the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery/plastic surgery at the University of Greifswald. Research has previously associated TMJ with depression, but this study indicated a strong link between the signs of TMJ and the symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Medication or physical therapy, have typically been used to treat TMJ, but serious cases have required surgery. With the revelation that TMJ may have psychological sources, we all may need to completely change the way that we perceive TMJ and how it is treated.
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The vast network of Air India covers 37 international and 69 domestic destinations spanning over four continents. The country is crisscrossed by the airline's domestic network – from Leh in the North to Agatti in the South and Port Blair in the East to Bhuj in the West. International flights are operated on a regular basis connecting the continents of North America, Europe, Australia and West Asia.
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Vitamin C Overdose and all the damage that can be done by this vitamin, is it a myth or is a real potential threat?
Many pundits blame Vitamin C for several of the following conditions or they claim that it is the actual cause of these conditions or diseases.
Kidney stones, Cancer by damages that it does to the DNA, Uric-acid and urinary tract stones and gout, thrombosis, which is abnormal internal blood clotting, and diabetes, just to name a few.
A few other potential causes of an Vitamin C overdose, according to several websites and experts, are oxalate deposits in bone and soft tissues, as well as it causing vitamin B12 deficiency and Copper deficiencies.
So let's examine this wonderful vitamin and fully understand its qualities and how it could cause all of this damage.
Vitamin C is a water soluble vitamin. There are two types of vitamins, fat soluble and water soluble. The fat soluble class includes Vitamins, A, D, E, and K.
The water soluble vitamins include C and all eight of the B class of vitamins.
Fat soluble vitamins will need fat in order to be absorbed into the body, and if absorbed, can and often does end up being stored in your liver and your fat cells.
With these four vitamins there can be some toxic reactions if you take too many, or overdose effects.
However, with water soluble vitamins it is really quite simple. They are water based, and as a result they cannot be stored.
They must be replenished every day, either through your diet or in the form of supplements. If there is an excess in the body, they are excreted through the urination process. It is really very simple.
But there are still the pundits, and even some doctors that insist that Vitamin C overdose can cause these conditions even though it has to be relished daily.
It is important to note that it took many in the medical community over 200 years to finally admit that thiamine could cure Beriberi.
Some of these pundits may include people that research for a living and they need to come up with something in order to receive further grants to continue to research.
It also includes the pharmacy and medical technology companies that only care about profits and really don't care about the truth being told.
And then you will have the reporters that have never done any research, to the flat out uneducated that cannot or will not take the time to actually review facts.
They will accept the biased information as reality, not to mention the herbalist's crowd.
So let's examine some real facts.
In 1997, Stephen Larson of the Linus Pauling Institute, the Prestigious Institution on Micro-nutrient Research, published facts about studies where large doses of vitamin C had actually been beneficial in promoting the relaxation of the arteries.
Once relaxed, it benefits patients with heart disease and other coronary factors such as diabetes as well as high serum cholesterol levels.
He further cited large doses of vitamin C as extremely useful in fighting viral infections preventing toxemia in pregnancy, as well as treating other illnesses and conditions.
He also referred to the fact that we still do not know the optimal intake of vitamin C in the body and that several earlier studies had not shown any actual results of an association of kidney stones being caused by high doses of this nutrient.
Another recently published study by Dr. Gary Curhan and colleagues at Harvard, at two Boston hospitals, studied for 14 years a group of over 85,000 women with no prior history of kidney stones.
The effects of both Vitamin C and Vitamin B6 on the development of kidney stones.
They also, in a related previous study, tested over 45,000 men for over 6 years.
The results were that they found significant protective roles for vitamin C use, but none for vitamin B6 against kidney stones.
The accumulative evidence was that Vitamin C, even in large amounts, is a remarkable safe substance, and any facts that Vitamin C contributes to kidney stones is no longer justified.
Remarkably safe is a long cry from being able to overdose on a water soluble nutrient.
Vitamin C is an important antioxidant; it is not a pro-oxidant, in which chemicals induce oxidative stress instead of reliving it.
The Facts on Vitamin C are that this nutrient has proven to lower risk with certain cancers, not cause them.
It helps to improve cholesterol levels, not raise them, it helps increase the white blood cell counts and thus the autoimmune response, and it does not harm them.
Vitamin C also helps to regulate blood glucose levels, not hinder them, it helps in the recurrence of asthma, it does not cause it, and it lowers the risk of cataracts, it does not cause them.
Vitamin C overdose is not possible, as you cannot overdose on a water soluble vitamin, unless of course you have a vested interest to spill myths and half-truths.
This vitamin is also the most researched vitamin on the internet.
The next time someone suggests that Vitamin C overdose is possible, ask them to produce some facts, and then examine their possible agenda very closely.
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Live entertainment provides an experience that cannot be properly delivered through a computer screen. I come from a long line of performance artists, people who made their living by dancing, singing, playing the accordion, or doing all three while taming wild turkeys. Although today's world continues to emphasize ephemeral, impersonal entertainment, it is my family's great hope that, through new advances in technology, we can revitalize our treasured, traditional, yet troubled heritage: the carnival sideshow.
Although much of my family history has blown away like a Twinkie wrapper left at the side of the road, a memoir I recently discovered by my great-great-grandmother Aubrey indicates that her own eldritch and elderly relatives were prime draws at that other London's famous Bartholomew Fair. For over seven hundred years, people from all walks of life would come to the fair to engage in spectacles otherwise undreamt of. Yes, yes, there were merchants galore to peddle their "healing elixirs", their unusual foodstuffs, their artisanal contraptions – toys and paintings and clothings and so on. But the part of the Fair where my family treasures were most valued was far from ordinary. It was here that myth, magic, miracles and madness could finally be brought to the fore.
We were the jugglers, the sword swallowers, the geeks, the freaks, the midgets, the trapeze artists. We told fortunes, through tarot or crystal balls, dressed up in starry cloaks, bedizened in only the finest of tacky jewelry and heavy makeup. True, we weren't all genetically family, but there was certainly less… mingling… going on than most people were used to, even in those days. This was all to our benefit, of course, though it occurred without plan, as it all predated Darwin, and the current knowledge of recessive genetics.
Our best freaks, the ones who brought in the largest gaggles of rubes, came about their talents quite naturally: excessive and uniform body hair; extra fingers and toes, among other body parts; supernumerary nipples and breasts (which could only be presented under strict guidelines, given the Victorian era's rigid snobbery), and even the occasional tail. Oh, how popular the tails were! You can still find people born with those today (like my brother Dan), but they're usually simple clumps of skin, free of hair or bone. Great-great granny Aubrey's gift was a full-fledged tail all her own. Nearly two feet long it was, graceful and playful with a very fine coat of hair, at the tip of which she often added a simple bow. It was a subtle, yet dignified complement to a genuinely exotic dancer.
It was a sad day for my family when the Fair was shut down. Many of us continued on in America with Barnum, the Ringling Brothers and their ilk for the next century; steadier work, though it didn't pay quite as well. Aubrey left the biz altogether to settle down to a normal existence, hooked up with an apothecary and sold bottles of medicinal heroin for 50p a pop. People these days just aren't as interested, for now, in ogling circus freaks in person. We have CGI movies! TV! The Internet! …
But there are hints of a sea change in our "civilized" culture, and my family is preparing to capitalize on it once again. You may have heard of Monsanto, and other bioengineering firms that develop things like rabbits and cats that glow in the dark, or goats whose milk come out like the silk of a spider. Well, we've been working on building a whole new generation of people with equally impressive abilities. Come see us in fifteen or twenty years, and you'll meet the cyclopean midget who can squirt blood from his eye to a target 10 feet away!; a woman whose bones are hollow like a bird's, and can be lifted with ease by the average desk jockey!; and a "mermaid", whose legs are fused together, whose skin can genuinely change color to match her surroundings, and a voice so extraordinary that, in years gone by, she might have easily enticed lonely sailors to their watery doom…
You'll see. And you'll never forget.
My fourth Toastmasters speech. Inspired by "Geek Love", a novel by Katherine Dunn.


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In the first season of The X-Files , creator Chris Carter was uncertain
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