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A Guide to Insurance for Limited Companies
Given the risks that may befall limited companies, it is of no surprise that there is a huge amount of insurance products available to protect you against pretty much any risk you may be subject to. This guide seeks to help you understand what products may be prudent for your business to have.
Let's start with the most common products that you will likely need for your business, whether legally or practically.
Employers Liability Insurance
This insurance is required by law, and pays out if your staff are injured at work. Even if you only employ temps or seasonal workers you must prove that you have this type of insurance.
There are a couple of exemptions;
- Companies who only employ close family members
- If you are self employed and you own half or more of the share capital
See more here.
Public Liability Insurance
Public liability insurance pays out if any claims are made against you from members of the public. It also covers you for legal representation in the event it is needed.
Examples where Public Liability Insurance would cover you include:
- You leave out some equipment/stock and a customer or passer-by trips over it, then suing you for damages.
- A job you do for a customer fails and damages the customers property (e.g a pipe you fitted was not secured properly and leaks)
- A customer burns themselves on a poorly guarded heater.
See more here.
Professional Indemnity Insurance
PI insurance will protect you in case any advice, services or designs you have provided are found to be inadequate. Regardless of your and your teams experience, the possibility remains that mistakes could be made. PI exists to protect you against any claims for damage by professional negligence.
Many companies, particularly the larger firms will require you to have PI insurance in place before they will hire you.
See more here.
Commercial Combined Insurance
Commercial Combined Insurance is a comprehensive policy encompassing many of the different policies most commonly required. It is the most popular policy as they can be tailored to cover risks exclusive to your business. This kind of cover is primarily designed for smaller businesses and is much simpler as you only have one policy to manage.
This may also be one of the policies that meets regulatory or contractual obligations, securing you more contracts – as well as bolstering your reputation as a solid business.
Features of Commercial Combined Insurance include:
- Employers Liability
- Public liability
- Business Interuption
- Product Liability (injury or damage caused by a product you sell)
- Legal Expenses
- Cover against material damage and theft
- Goods in Transit Cover
- Money cover
- Engineering inspections cover
- Personal accident and/or sickness risks
See more here.
Cyber Insurance
Even though you may try your hardest to protect your business against online attacks, it is easy to miss out details and leave your business exposed.
This is proven by the 875,000 small businesses that were affected by cyber breaches in 2017. Cyber insurance is becoming an increasingly common (and needed!) choice for businesses. There are so many pitfalls you could fall under when storing any kind of customer or employee information online – and the fines for not protecting data properly are vast. GDPR as well as new fines of up to £17m for firms who are found to be lax with their cyber security are all potential risks to your business.
It is obviously up to you how you decide to protect your business, but cyber insurance is likely a prudent measure given the rise in the level of cyber crime recorded.
See more here.
Fleet Insurance
This works by allowing you to insure 2 or more vehicles on a single policy – giving you the administrative advantage of having all your businesses insured in one go. Additionally, fleet policies may work out cheaper than insuring a number of vehicles individually.
In addition, you can arrange the cover so that specifically named employees have cover on multiple vehicles. This has the advantage of making things logistically easier to run.
The biggest difference with a Fleet Policy compared to a standard motor policy is in how your fleet is rated by the insurer. Instead of rating on each vehicle and earning no claims discount, the insurer will rate on the claims experience of your business. There is usually an excess on each claim.
Features of Fleet Insurance include:
- Breakdown assistance
- New vehicle replacement within 12 months of 1st registration
- Courtesy vehicle
- Legal protection
- Windscreen cover on all comprehensive policies
- Mirrored no claims bonus from private car insurance policies
- Travel to the EU
- Cover for radios and stereo equipment
Whether you run a taxi business, have a number of sales representatives in cars – even if you're a large family running two or more cars – fleet Insurance might be a good way to go, offering minimal administration and great value and flexibility.
See more here.
Office Insurance
An office insurance policy can be tailored to your exact needs. Typically, it can include:
Public Liability, Employers Liability and Product Liability Insurance – Protecting your business against negligence claims arising from staff, the public or as a result of an allegedly faulty product.
Buildings Cover – Protecting the physical building itself against accidental damage, for example.
Computer Breakdown – These days, it's just about inconceivable that an office wouldn't have a computer. Computer equipment breakdown can be covered, ensuring your ability to continue to trade.
Business Interruption – If something goes wrong – for example, computers going down – that affects your ability to trade, or means you have no choice but to send employees home, business interruption cover can step in. Up to £500,000 of loss of income can be covered as a result of insured perils. Loss of income due to either a supplier becoming unavailable or due to something happening in your office that immediately prevents you from trading can also be covered.
See more here.
Shop Insurance
Getting the right cover in place is vital for any business. Shop Insurance is quite complex as it usually requires cover for a variety of risks. Typically a Shop Insurance policy will cover:
Public Liability – Because you come into contact with suppliers and customers visiting you at your premises, Public Liability cover is a priority.
Employers Liability – If you employ people in your shop this cover is a legal requirement to protect your business from the costs of claims for work-related injuries or illnesses.
Contents – covers all the contents and stock in your shop for costs associated with their theft, loss or damage.
Buildings – covers the physical structure of your shop as well as its fixtures, fittings and improvements against accidental loss, destruction or damage.
Loss of money – covers your cash in the event that it's lost or stolen from your shop, your home or when it's being taken to the bank.
Goods in transit – if your shops goods are lost or damaged while in transit this will cover you.
Business interruption – If there is an accident at your shop and it stops you trading then this cover will pay for loss of profit and ongoing costs including staff wages.
Loss of license – if through no fault of your own you lose your license to sell alcohol a shop insurance policy will cover the cost of lost sales.
Business equipment – provides cover for the theft, loss or damage to portable business equipment that you use in or outside from your shop.
Legal expenses – if you become involved in any legal proceedings then this will help cover your legal costs.
Terrorism – provides cover in the event that a terrorist act results in damage to your shop or loss of life.
See more here.
If you have a specific business insurance enquiry and want efficient, friendly advice and quotations, simply call us on 01246 575 625 or use our enquiry form.


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From the top of the Chaz Dura lift 2579m go down the piste towards Arnouvaz to reach the Ponteilles valley at around 2100m.
Put on the skins. Go SW, up the Ponteilles valley, keeping mainly to the true right bank, (left side going up,) to avoid little outcrops. Around 2170m go up a steep slope to the left to reach the upper part of the valley, under the summit of Mont Valaisan. Go up to the Grand Glacier col (France-Italy border.) From the col reach the summit, firstly by the narrow S ridge then a SE facing cwm.
By the same route to the start of the climbing, then continue down the centre of the valley. At about 2050m keep to the true left bank of the river and descend to la Joux, through the clearings and by a broad track. From La Joux, after a short uphill section, reach the foot of the Thuile ski network.
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Michigan anti-vaccination case to goes to court
The Michigan anti-vaccination case went back to court Tuesday.
Lori Matheson is fighting her ex-husband, Michael Schmitt, for the right to decide if their two-year-old daughter should be vaccinated.
Doctor Alvin Moss testified in court today about the severity of the vaccinations.
"I think everybody knows that chicken pox is not typically a life-threatening disease and measles rubella those are not life-threatening diseases so I think the application would be that you wouldn't force parents to do something if it's not life-threatening," says Dr. Moss.
Matheson does not want her child to get vaccines.
She said autoimmune disease runs in her family and she believes vaccines lead to Autism.
Schmitt, meantime, wants the court to order vaccinations for his daughter.
Michigan is one of 17 states that allows for exemptions from vaccines based on religious beliefs.
Matheson is citing her religious beliefs as her reason for being against vaccinations.


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Square Market & Cafe is the place for office lunches, birthday parties, private parties and catering events.
Our hours are 9am-4pm Monday-Thursday; 9am-9pm Friday; and 10:30am-7pm on Saturday. Specials are served Friday evening. If you're running short on time, stop by our restaurant on the Square to pick up your favorite Square Market dish! We also have a tremendous candy truffle section do not want to miss! Don't forget to make your reservations to have Square Market host or cater your next party!
We also offer a FULL BAR and GIFT CARDS AVAILABLE!
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Do you want to find the perfect pair of earphones? The first step for finding the perfect pair of earphones is identifying what sound signature you prefer. There are a lot of earphones on the market, which all produce their own unique sound. Some earphones have a strong emphasis on the bass, whereas others are focused on reproducing natural sounds. Since each individual have their own preferences, there is no perfect pair of earphones in general, but you need to find out the perfect pair of earphones that fits your preferences!
The sound signatures can be div into 6 basic signatures: Bassy, Balanced, V-shaped, Flat, Bright, and Warm. Complete the quiz to find out which sound signature you prefer and what this means!
The bass should produce a subwoofer bass!
Music should be reproduced as originally intended!
I love sparkling and crispy treble!
All frequencies should be equally reproduced
Vocals in music should be crystal clear reproduced!
Music should be slightly enhanced to make it lively but not too much!
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Posted on: May 03, 2018
Gov. Nathan Deal today signed landmark legislation that creates a regional transit governance and funding structure: the Atlanta-region Transit Link Authority, or The ATL.
The ATL gives local governments the ability to establish or expand public transit service in ways that best fit their communities. Expanding transit options will improve the quality of life for residents and ensure the region's long-term economic competitiveness.
"We are indeed a 21st century state. It's time we had a 21st century transit system," Gov. Deal said during the signing ceremony at the state Capitol. "You will look back on this day as an important turning point for our state."
The ATL is charged with developing a regional transit plan for a 13-county area — Cherokee, Clayton, Coweta, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Paulding, and Rockdale counties — as well as coordinating existing and future transit service.
The legislation also creates new options for transportation funding in the region. Communities may seek voter approval to raise local sales taxes by up to one percent for up to 30 years to pay for construction and operations. Projects funded by these taxes must be included in the regional transit plan, and approved by The ATL board.
The signing ceremony included remarks from several leaders who led the effort to get the legislation passed, including House Speaker David Ralston, State Rep. Kevin Tanner, and Senator Brandon Beach.
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a catalyst for renewal
Arts and culture enhance quality of life and add to the vibrancy of a community. More and more, communities across the state are seeking ways to stimulate their creative economy, developing more robust cultural offerings that expand cultural participation. An active arts and culture scene typically increases civic pride and makes communities more attractive to potential residents and businesses.
The Office of Outreach and Engagement connects the University of Iowa's vast arts and cultural resources to the rest of the state. A wide range of projects - from public art to video travelogues, museum-quality exhibits to marketing initiatives - receive the talent, skills, and energy of university students and faculty through partnerships developed by our office. See the projects below that we've helped make possible.
If you'd like to propose an arts and culture project for your community, please submit your proposal using the form below.


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Oregon loves any occasion to celebrate!
Our area has numerous special and yearly events for you to enjoy, and visitors come from all areas of Illinois to celebrate with us. If you have an event you or your organization would like added to our calendar, please email or call us. We look forward to working with you!


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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Eastcotts like this:
EASTCOTTS, a township in Cardington parish, Beds; near the Midland railway, 3½ miles SE of Bedford. Real property, £4, 594. Pop., 847. Houses, 172.
Eastcotts through time
Eastcotts is now part of Bedford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bedford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Eastcotts itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Eastcotts, in Bedford and Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3491
Date accessed: 11th August 2020
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How do you know if your little one is ready to say goodbye to diapers? With my first boy, I read a lot of books about potty training, I talked to the doctor, and finally I realized no book or doctor could say for sure when he was ready, only my son could!
I was ready before he was and that made the process frustrating for both of us. I was ready… I was… I got the pull ups, the potty, the stickers, the mattress protector… my son just looked at me, smiled, and ran away as fast as he could. I tried a potty party. Have you heard of these? You invite a group of potty trained toddlers to your house, place the potties out on the patio and let them play, have drinks and snacks, then when one of them needs to pee, they all follow… well… except for my kid.
I had a chart with stickers and prizes, he did it for one week, after that he decided he didn't need a new toy after all. He wasn't ready. So I waited, and waited, and waited for a few weeks, and then I started again and he did it! With patience and some M&M's, the potty training process succeeded. It was difficult for me, I'll be honest, but in the end I could see in my son's face the sense of accomplishment he felt and I felt proud, too.
My second child was ready before I was, go figure! He was ready to start preschool and we had just one month to get ready… well, he did it in a couple of weeks and never looked back. He still uses his pull ups at night, but it is just a matter of time before he says thank you and goodbye to diapers.
I think it will be a little sad the day we use our last diaper, I will be saying goodbye to the baby stage I love so much. I don't want to let go of that beautiful time… but don't get me wrong, I do want to see my kids growing, thriving, and becoming good men. So I will be happy. I will be grateful to the diapers for making my mom life easier, I will say farewell diaper phase, till we meet again when my grandchildren are born.
How about you? Are you in the potty training process? How is it going? Will you be happy or sad to say bye to diapers?
Don't forget about the the amazing "Family Trip to a Theme Park" Huggies® Sweepstakes, (from Huggies official rules) :
"NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States, 18 or older. Void in AK, HI, PR & where prohibited. Internet access required. Sweepstakes Period: 7/1/11 at 12:01 a.m. ET – 9/25/11 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Enter by sharing your diapering experience at www.mamasquesaben.com. Grand Prize (1) – 4 day/3 night trip for 4 to winner's choice of a theme park in Orlando, FL OR Anaheim, CA. Approx. Retail Value: $7,000. Trip includes coach air travel, hotel accommodations and resort admission. Sponsor reserves right, in its sole discretion, to award prize as gift card(s) totaling $7,000 in value. Taxes on prize and additional restrictions are winner's sole responsibility. If prize is awarded as trip, travel is subject to availability and blackout dates. Winner to be notified by phone/mail/e-mail. Odds of winning prize depend on number of eligible entries received. Sponsor not responsible for late, lost, garbled, incomplete, misdirected or damaged entries/transmissions; all such entries are void. Subject to Official Rules available at website."
To participate for your chance to win is easy, just share a diapering experience in the following way:
Visit www.mamasquesaben.com and complete the online entry form along with your contact information and your experience in either Spanish or English.
For official rules (in Spanish) and more details please visit Huggies' website here, then click on Sorteo Disney and then on Bases y Condiciones, thanks.
Good luck!
Disclaimer: As one of the Mamas Que Saben bloggers, my participation is compensated. My opinions, anecdotes, and diapers are solely my own.


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The report asserts that the basic needs for people with disabilities go beyond what is covered in the official U.S. definition of poverty and that a new definition of poverty could help highlight the financial challenges facing people with disabilities and influence changes in policy.
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"It was not an easy game against a good foe," said Georgia head coach Ron Polk. "I told (Florida State Coach) Mike (Martin) after the game that I am glad we won, but that I am sad when an error determines a ballgame. That is tough."
The Bulldogs (46-19) jumped out to the early 1-0 lead when Andy Neufeld and David Coffey led off the contest with back-to-back doubles. FSU starter Blair Varnes put out the first-inning fire, retiring the next three batters, but the Dogs added another run in the fifth on a Neufeld RBI groundout.
Florida State (46-18) figured out Bulldog starter Jeremy Brown in the sixth to tie the game with two runs on three hits. Georgia answered with a three spot in the bottom half of the sixth, giving the Dogs a 5-2 lead. In the eighth, the Seminoles added their own three-run inning, highlighted by a Nick Rogers two-out, two-run blast to centerfield. The Bulldogs got one back in the bottom half of the eighth and the game entered the ninth inning with Georgia on top 6-5.
The Seminoles led off the top of the ninth with back-to-back doubles by Karl Jernigan and Jeff Probst and used a sacrifice fly by Ryan Barthelemy to take a 7-6 lead. Adam Swann reached in Georgia's ninth inning on a one-out double and scored on Blake Bodenmiller's pinch-hit double. The Bulldogs failed to score pinch runner Lee Mitchell from second and the Foley Field record crowd of 4,290 was treated to free baseball.
Jody Friedman (4-2), who entered for Georgia with no outs in the ninth, issued a leadoff walk in the 10th, but Burchett gunned down Florida State's Rogers attempting to steal second for the first out of the inning. Friedman retired the next two batters.
In the bottom of the 10th, Neufeld reached base on a one-out walk by Seminole pitcher Justin Lord (2-3) and stole second on Matt Cavender's strikeout. Lord intentionally walked Jeff Keppinger, which gave Swann a chance to win the game for the Bulldogs. Swann drilled a 2-2 pitch to third baseman Scott Toole, but the hard-hit ball deflected off of Toole and into leftfield, allowing Neufeld to cross the plate for the winning run.
The win was Georgia's 16th last at bat win of the season and third of the NCAA tournament. It also extended the Dogs' current winning streak to five games.
Georgia and Florida State will meet tomorrow at 2 p.m. for game two of the Athens Super Regional. If necessary, game three of the series will be played on Monday at 3 p.m. at Foley Field.


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Commentary: Be wary of lawmakers' 'informed' decisions
Seth Perlman | AP
Senate President John Cullerton repeatedly said that he wanted to make an "informed" decision about state Sen. Martin Sandoval's leadership role before Sandoval resigned as chairman of the Illinois Senate Transportation Committee.
Sandoval resigned Friday as chairman of the committee amid a federal probe into his dealings with ComEd, Exelon, a video gambling company, a red-light camera company, an asphalt contractor and state and municipal officials, among others, according to an unredacted copy of the search warrant agents obtained to search Sandoval's Capitol office on Sept. 24.
Cullerton had a lot more information than most Illinoisans, but declined to publicly sanction Sandoval in any way. In fact, Cullerton and Senate Democrats went to some length to keep information about the search warrant hidden. Senate Democrats initially released a redacted copy of the warrant. Later, after WBEZ filed a lawsuit to obtain the full warrant, Senate Democrats released the unredacted copy. It was only after that search warrant was released on Oct. 11 that Sandoval submitted a letter of resignation as chairman.
Put another way, Cullerton had a lot of information about what federal agents were looking for and did nothing. After the federal raid on Sept. 24, Cullerton played dumb. A spokesman said Cullerton was concerned. However, the Senate President didn't do anything, even as the concerns of those around him mounted.
It was a week after the Capitol raid when a spokesman for Cullerton said the Senate president wanted to make an "informed" decision about Sandoval.
"Obviously recent developments are concerning," Cullerton spokesman John Patterson said on Sept. 30. "When the Senate President makes decisions, he likes for them to be informed decisions. Right now, we don't have a lot of information. Like everyone else, the Senate President wants to know more about what this is all about."
But Cullerton wasn't like everyone else. He knew a lot more than just about everyone else. He must have been acutely aware of the depth and breadth of the federal investigation into Sandoval because he knew what was in that search warrant.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker called for Sandoval to step down as chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee on Oct. 2. At that time, the governor said Cullerton was aware of his sentiments regarding Sandoval.
Cullerton didn't budge, at least not publicly. By this point, one Republican lawmaker had sent a letter to the FBI seeking more details about the raids, noting that Sandoval had played a role in passing the state's $45 billion Rebuild Illinois construction plan, being paid for by a doubling of the state's gas tax, increased vehicle registration fees, and other new taxes.
On Oct. 9, another Republican lawmaker said he would push to repeal the gas tax hike.
It's still far too early to draw any conclusions about Sandoval's conduct. He has not been charged with a crime. But things don't look good.
In a state that has been plagued by corruption at the highest levels of state government for decades, the Senate President appears to lack the sound judgment needed to run the upper legislative chamber.
At the very least, Cullerton owes the public a clear explanation for his role in shielding the search warrant from public view and his failure to take swift action to reassure taxpayers that their money wasn't going to be misspent.
Brett Rowland has worked as a reporter in newsrooms in Illinois and Wisconsin. He most recently served as news editor of the Northwest Herald in Crystal Lake.


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International Guild of Knot Tyers Tamworth meet up, 2019 photos
THE first meet-up of the International Guild of Knot Tyers in Australia was certainly one knot to miss.
Experts showed off their techniques and best fancy work at the two-day event, the brain child of Moonbi resident Raymond McLaren.
The Moonbi resident made national news when a book he loaned 53 years earlier earned him a $5000 'fine' at Newcastle Library.
The book, Knots, Splices and Fancy Work, led him to the art of knot-tying, Mr McLaren hosted the first Australian meet-up of the International Guild of Knot Tyers in Tamworth at the weekend.
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He reckons there could be up to 10,000 different knots that exist, and created his own multi-million dollar business weaving and plaiting metal string.
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Angelique's New Age Dressing
8 - 10 Servings
1 tablespoon grapeseed oil
1 pound ground turkey
1 tablespoon poultry season, divided
1 – 2 teaspoons sage, divided
1 tablespoon onion powder, divided
1 tablespoon garlic powder, divided
1 teaspoon sea salt, divided
1 large onion, diced
1 large bell pepper, diced
3 celery stalks, sliced
1 cup chopped, parsley - optional
1 cup chopped, parsley - optional
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
1 – 14 ounce bag Pepperidge Farm Cornbread Stuffing
1 – 14 ounce bag Pepperidge Farm Herb Seasoned Stuffing
48+ ounces vegetable broth
Heat the oil in a large sauce pan or wok over medium heat. Add ground turkey and 1 teaspoon each of the following seasonings: poultry, sage, onion powder and garlic powder. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, and mix thoroughly while mashing and separating the ground turkey. Saute for 5 minutes while stirring occasionally, do not let turkey brown.
Add the diced onions, peppers, celery and minced garlic continue sautéing until onions are tender.
Add the stuffing packages, vegetable broth and remaining salt, mix well then add all remaining seasonings and mix thoroughly. If dressing is too dry, add more liquid, ½ cup at a time, taste for flavor. You may have to add more poultry seasoning or sage. Transfer dressing to a baking dish, cover with foil and bake in a 350 degree oven 30 minutes.
Dressing can be made a day ahead then baked or stuffed in the turkey the following day.
For those of you who like to use sausage, never fear! The sage is what gives sausage its taste. So use it generously.
You can also turn this into a vegetarian dressing simply by using vegetable crumbles. Your guests will never know the difference.
If you like it sweeter, trade out the Pepperidge Farm Cornbread Stuffing for a box of Jiffy Cornbread mix.
Just make sure you add a pinch of sage and a pinch of poultry seasoning to the mix before baking the cornbread.


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Angelika New York: Q&A on Saturday 2/22 following the 7pm show with Anya Taylor-Joy
Jane Austen's beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is reimagined in this delicious new film adaptation of EMMA. Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along.
Directed By
Autumn de Wilde
Written By
Eleanor Catton, Jane Austen (novel)
Bill Nighy, Rupert Graves, Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Mia Goth, Gemma Whelan


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Wondering how you too can warn people about the dangers of global warning? Google have created a way to make all of us into mini-Al Gores, by adding an Estimated Climate Change option to Google Earth.
According to Google's official blog,
In collaboration with the Danish government and others, we are launching a series of Google Earth layers and tours to allow you to explore the potential impacts of climate change on our planet and the solutions for managing it. Working with data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), we show on Google Earth the range of expected temperature and precipitation changes under different global emissions scenarios that could occur throughout the century.
The first tour, "Confronting Climate Change," was launched this week on YouTube:
In addition to the Google Earth program, Google has also launched a tie-in YouTube channel to allow people to upload questions and concerns that can be raised to decision makers attending December's UN COP15 Climate Change convention.
Google climate change tools for COP15 [Googleblog] (Via)


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Paris, the City of Light, is the only city I have visited more times than I can count and the city I have also called my home for 2 years. It is a place where I can be brought to tears by the pure beauty of the city. The food, the art, the culture, the streets, the people, the markets, the wine; it always excites me.
One of my favorite times in Paris is in the early morning. When I lived and worked there, I would take the Vélib to teach my first pilates client of the day. Riding to work in the mornings, I am virtually alone on the streets except for the street sweepers. Who, by the way, still open valves of water to clean the gutters with brooms! As I ride my bike, I am immersed by the smell of baking bread and the quiet expectation of a new day. I feel like the city is mine. My daily commute would take me along Canal Saint Martin past République, the Pompidou, Notre Dame and across the Seine to the 7th arrondissement. Definitely beats sitting in LA traffic.
Paris always inspires me to take a moment to reflect on life and how one should be living it. The time spent with friends enjoying an apèro after work or visiting a new exhibition reminds you to live in the moment. There is also the joy of preparing for a summer holiday where people can actually take 3 weeks away. And the joy of having a 3 hour dinner where no one is on their phones or the hostess is not asking you to leave because they need to turn the table for the next reservation.
The French hold a special place in my heart – with all the good and the challenging. Believe me there were many days in Paris when I would have to suck in the tears or the frustration when dealing with them and not knowing the language. But I truly think those are the moments when you become more connected to a city and what it means to be a foreigner. A lesson many of us could use these days.
Each time I visit I always want to explore something new. Paris is changing quite a bit right now and there is much to see. But rest assured I always stop by my favorite boulangerie – Du Pains et des Idées or the most amazing chocolatier – Jacques Genin. This past trip I tried several new restaurants that were superb. For a more rustic, off the beaten path, I tried Vivant Cave in the rejuvenated 10th arrondissement. It is an intimate space with just the chef, Pierre Touitou behind the bar and two servers offering delicious organic wine and "bar" food that blew me away. As we left the restaurant Pierre handed us some dark chocolate out of his pocket to take for the road. And just so you know, it was delicious!
The other notable meal was at Restaurant David Toutain. This young chef is unreal! He was awarded a Michelin star last fall and I have to agree the lunch was exquisite. The space is modern and clean and the service is unparalleled. The creativity of the food and the attention to detail without being fussy was perfect.
For my trip to Paris this July, I was the travel concierge for two of my dear clients from NYC. They asked me to meet them in Paris and create an itinerary including lunch and dinner reservations, museum exhibitions and walks throughout the different neighborhoods. I took great pleasure in showing my Paris to them. It was a blast! They got to explore the city in a way that they never would have on their own.
As you know, travel and discovering a new city gives me the greatest joy. With my fitness concierge service Jette Sette, I can not only provide you with all of your fitness needs, but I can also curate a trip full of adventure just for you. Reach out with any questions you have!
Challenge me to create the best trip for you!
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When Mara Jade is tasked with investigating the possible treason of an Imperial Governor, she finds herself in need of the help of the rogue Stormtroopers she encountered three months prior to her assignment: the Hand of Judgment. No one will have an easy task in front of them, including the Rebellion that happens to find themselves in the same system as the Emperor's Hand.
So… I wanted to like Choices of One. Unlike a lot of other people, I did like Allegiance, even if it was a tad on the generic side; at the very least, it wasn't as bad as the utter atrocity that was Outbound Flight, so that's something. Choices of One also features such epic characters as Thrawn, Mara, and Gilad Pellaeon, our favorite Imperials (or, well, Imperial at this time; let's just disregard your future for this moment, Mrs. Skywalker). Therefore, my excitement and desire to read this book has been steadily climbing as the release has loomed nearer and nearer; Outbound Flight was just a fluke, I've assured myself! Zahn couldn't write something near that level again – no, he wouldn't.
While I wouldn't say it was quite as bad as Outbound Flight, however, I can safely say it's definitely closer to that point than any of the other Star Wars novels I've read so far.
But before I go into a rant about just how many bad things there were, I'll touch on some of the positives. I suppose I can save the complaints on the countless negative points for later.
First, yes, there were lots of really cool characters thrown in. Like I touched on above, no one can deny the fact that people like Mara, Thrawn and Pellaeon are overall really appealing characters, so the fact that they all star in a book is a big thing in Choice of One's favor. It's always good to see these characters in this time frame, when Mara was an Emperor's Hand to be feared and Thrawn was slowly climbing his way up the ranks in the Empire (as was Gilad). Mara in particular was in fact the best part of the whole thing, I imagine because Zahn loves writing her so much (ah, authors with their pet characters).
The action was also very well done, but seeing as how that's always been a strong part of Zahn's writing, that came as no surprise. You'll get a healthy dose of firefights, lightsaber combat, and space battles all wrapped up in one package with Choices of One, definitely satisfying my need for some good action. In fact, it starts pretty much immediately with one of said space battles, and while this certain aspect of combat isn't necessarily my favorite – just check out my X-wing reviews to see my opinion on those – it's still satisfying for the inner space jockey in you.
Honestly though… That's all I got as far as positives go. Really. Everything else was extremely lacking – to say the least. So let's get started with the negativity! Yay!
First off, this is probably the most predictable SW novel I've read in, well… ever. There were two main twists in the book involving a Rebel and Nuso Esva that were supposed to be shocking, but did they actually have that effect? Nope. The betrayal from a certain character was pretty predictable, and the one regarding Nuso Esva… Well, let's just say that I had it called about 150 pages before the big revelation. That's really bad. Also? It doesn't help that you practically give away the biggest supposedly shocking twist in the DP, guys. Avoid that from now on.
Yes, everything about the plot seemed obvious and cliché, but hey – if the execution was good, that could be okay, right? It may even make up for it if you can at least enjoy the ride for what it is. But no; I couldn't muster up any excitement as I read Choices of One because you never feel any urgency in Zahn's way of writing. It all feels very laid back and ho-hum.
Of course, this could be contributed to the fact that every single character you care halfway about you know survives the book; Thrawn, Luke, Leia, Han, Mara, Pellaeon… This is one of the only books where involving characters you know survive in the future actually brings it down a considerable amount. Think of novels such as Luke Skywalker and the Shadow of Mindor or Wild Space; these were fantastic novels, something fans could thoroughly enjoy even if they knew the majority of starring characters were going to live past the book. That's pretty much completely in part due to the fact that those novels were written exceptionally well; you felt excitement at the plot, worry for the characters even though you knew that they would ultimately survive. Not in the case of Choices of One, however; not only was the book itself suffering from the major lull of boredom, but with all the characters being ones you knew would survive… Well, the end result wasn't preferable.
I can't ignore the main characters that we didn't know the ultimate fates of, though: The Hand of Judgment, renegade Stormtroopers who decided in Allegiance to desert their posts in the Empire and deal out their own version of justice to the galaxy when they found people in need. One of the main things I remember about Allegiance (which, admittedly, isn't much; I enjoyed it, but it didn't stick out as anything special whatsoever so a lot of the specific story points are a blur) was that, as many people have complained about, none of the Stormtroopers ever had a unique personality; really, they all could have been the exact same character – they just had different weapons. So a big factor of Choices of One was whether or not this was improved upon, and even though I have a lot of complaints about this book, I have to say that this is one factor that was slightly improved upon from Allegiance. While I wouldn't say that they went all out with making each rogue Imperial their own super unique character, there were certain little quirks I noticed that were specific to one character; like I said, nothing major, but enough to make some difference in that aspect, helping to make their plot one of the more enjoyable ones of the whole book.
Past any painfully predictable moments the novel has, though, and past the extreme boredom you will undoubtedly suffer when you're reading it, there are moments that simply don't make sense, either. Take, for example, the whole freakin' Mara Jade plot. Or, more specifically, her sort-of-but-not-quite meetings with Luke Skywalker, her future husband. First off, stop trying to purposefully stretch the boundaries of canon, authors. It's getting old. Second, did Mara lose a whole level of common sense just so she wouldn't put two and two together and mess up canon? There's someone she's working with who's named Skywalker, but of course, there are apparently a LOT of Skywalkers in the galaxy (no, for real!) so, hey, he might not be the one Vader's hunting. Fair enough, I guess. Way too convenient, but I'll go with it. Then, however, they had to make it REALLY stupid and have Luke use a lightsaber literally right in front of Mara, but for some reason, despite the fact that this is a pretty damn obvious sign that it is, in fact, the Skywalker Vader's looking for, she disregards it anyway because really, what are the chances it's him? So I guess apparently a lot of people with the name of Skywalker have lightsabers. Lulz. Sure, Choices of One. Sure.
Mara was generally the best part of the book, however, often going into major badass territory; sure, a little too badass perhaps (and let's not forget her "skin tight" combat suits. Oh, Zahn, you do love to write her as a shameless sex bunny with how she dresses and looks) but I prefer that over her being lame and powerless, at least.
No one can deny the fact that the Thrawn books were some of the best books that have ever graced the EU, and for that reason alone, Timothy Zahn will have a special place in all of our nerdy, Star Wars loving hearts. But – despite the fact that I hate to say it – he's really losing his touch with his recent works, now being guilty of writing my two least favorite SW books (Choices of One and, well… the other one we won't mention. No, Outbound Flight, YOU GO STAY IN THAT CORNER WHERE YOU BELONG). Would I recommend this novel? Well…. no, actually. I'm usually not that harsh with novels considering how much of a book worm I am (I tend to read anything I can get my hands on), but this is one of the cases where it's necessary, unfortunately. The only way I would say go ahead and read it is if you really, really liked Allegiance and can get a great deal on this one, but don't pay full price for it. Maybe hold out for one of those nifty 30% off coupons book stores have sometimes.


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New research has questioned the consensus among many scientists that climate change is leading to a global increase in drought levels. The research has wide implications for how we predict the impacts of, and adapt to, climate change, concluding we need to take a much more regional approach to the issue.
The paper, Little change in global drought over the past 60 years, was completed by Dr Michael Roderick from the Australian National University, and Dr Justin Sheffield and Professor Eric Wood from Princeton University. Conducting an extensive review of data, the team found that global drought levels have not significantly increased over the past 60 years.
Roderick says the trend can be seen both globally, and within Australia. "Our new model shows that over the past 60 years, we've got a slight increase in drought in eastern part of Australia and a slight increase in drought in the south-west. However, we also have a very large decrease in drought over much of South Australia, Northern Territory and the top half of Western Australia," he said.
"Under previous research methods, some places in Australia increased and some places decreased, but there were a lot more increases than decreases. Under our method, they balance out."
The research comes to this conclusion through questioning a drought measure used by many scientists called the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI). Named after Wayne Palmer, PDSI was developed as an agricultural monitoring tool in the 1960s to help the United States government allocate aid to drought stricken farmers. PDSI looks at the moisture of the soil (and hence agricultural drought), through calculating a simple balance between precipitation, evaporation and ground run-off.
As global climate change has accelerated, this method has been used by many scientists to calculate the effects it will have on drought levels. However, it was never intended to be used for changes over time. Despite that, it has been the preferred option by many as the data on rainfall and temperature were readily available. Yet, Roderick says that as new meteorological data has become available, PDSI has proven to be inaccurate. He says that it is too simple, in particular in calculating evaporation levels.
"The use of the PDSI has led to a bias in results that indicated an increase in the area of global drought where none has actually occurred," Roderick said. "What they've done that's incorrect is that they've assumed that water would evaporate faster if the temperature went up."
Roderick says there are far more important impacts on evaporation levels than increasing temperature. Their new model takes into account the underlying physical principles of evaporation. In particular, it looks at the impact of sunlight, humidity and wind, which Roderick says are generally more important for evaporation than temperature.
By including these measures, the team was able to conclude that PDSI dramatically overestimated global drought levels, and these levels have in fact not increased in a statistically important manner over the past 60 years.
This doesn't mean however we're out of the woods when it comes to the impact climate change will have on drought. In using their new method, what Roderick and his team found was that changes in drought levels are far more regionalised. This means that in some areas we may see a significant increase in drought, whilst in others we will see the opposite occur, with significant increases in moisture level. This matches the growing consensus in the climate community that while climate change will present a global trend of increased temperature, the drought impacts of this may well be highly regionalised.
For example, in a paper released earlier this year, NASA scientist James Hansen stated that we could already see the impacts climate change was having on what is known natural variability (the localised variations in weather on a day-to-day or month-to-month basis). Hansen pointed towards the European heat wave of 2003, the Russian heat wave of 2010 and the droughts in Texas and Oklahoma last year as examples of the impacts of climate change that we can see right now.
Hansen's conclusion was that while we were seeing a trend of a global increase in temperature, at a regional level this translated into more extremes of both heat, and cold. The Princeton-ANU paper shows that we can see a similar trend when it comes to drought, with little global trend, but significant regional variations.
This makes for a much more complex picture for climate scientists and the community. Roderick concludes this is a challenge we will need to meet in order to get a better understand of climate processes. "It is important that we gain our perspective of the impacts of climate change based on the best physical understanding of processes possible," he said.


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It's hard to stay mad at Kanye West.
Sure, he's done a lot of foolish things lately and gone on a lot of hurtful rants. But he has been like a wayward son who strayed and couldn't find his way back home.
West has finally indicated that he's ready to get off that contentious road he's been traveling and head back to a more familiar path.
He tweeted: "My eyes are now wide open and now realize I've been used to spread messages I don't believe in. I am distancing myself from politics and completely focusing on being creative!!!"
What is interesting about West's latest revelation is that it took another African-American who believes in Donald Trump to make him realize that Republicans have been making a fool of him.
It isn't clear whether West's latest lightbulb moment also applies to Trump. We can only hope so.
What we do know is that he's pretty upset with Candace Owens, the black conservative activist who used West's name on the logo for her Blexit campaign encouraging African-Americans to leave the Democratic Party.
Though Owens later clarified that West hadn't actually designed the logo himself, the whole thing didn't sit well with the rapper.
"I introduced Candace to the person who made the logo," he tweeted Tuesday without identifying the designer. "They didn't want their name on it so she used mine. I never wanted any association with Blexit. I have nothing to do with it."
It is easy to dismiss everything that comes out of West's mouth these days, especially when he's donning that "Make America Great Again" cap. But if you listen closely, some of the things he says might make sense.
You have to understand that most of West's comments aren't meant for white people. He's talking to black people, specifically teenagers and young adults. That's why his message might get more traction as the lyrics of a rap song.
The problem is that his tendency to hug on Trump makes him seem like a buffoon. Any African-American man who would call Trump "my brother" the way West did loses all credibility, especially with other black people.
Still, some African-Americans understood what West might have meant by that controversial slavery remark. Perhaps he wasn't saying that slavery at the time it was legally practiced was a choice African-Americans had. Maybe he meant that the mental slavery some blacks impound themselves in today is a choice.
And when he called the 13th Amendment "slavery in disguise meaning it never ended," some would say he has a point.
This is what the 13th Amendment says: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
Perhaps he meant to say that America's prison system has flourished under the 13th Amendment. Blacks represent only 12 percent of the U.S. adult population but 33 percent of the sentenced prison population. Perhaps one form of slavery has been exchanged for another.
During that outrageous meeting with Trump in the Oval Office, West seemed to be defending racism.
"A liberal would try to control a black person through the concept of racism because they know we're very proud, emotional people," he said. "So when I said, 'I like Trump' to someone that's liberal they'll say, 'Oh, but he's racist.' You think racism can control me? Oh, that don't stop me. That's an invisible wall."
Maybe he wasn't implying that racism isn't a problem. Maybe he was referring to the popular school of thought that some liberals use racism as a rope to keep African-Americans tied to the Democratic Party.
It is obvious how much the Democrats need African-Americans in order to win elections. But what do blacks get in return from the Democrats? The truth is that blacks receive very little benefit from their loyalty.
West's latest tweets shed some light on why Republicans still can't lure more African-Americans over to their side. It's simply because blacks tend to agree with the Democratic Party on many important issues. Most blacks have nothing in common with the ideals of the Republican Party.
This is what West says he actually believes in:
"I support creating jobs and opportunities for people who need them the most, I support prison reform, I support common-sense gun laws that will make our world safer," he tweeted Tuesday.
"I support those who risk their lives to serve and protect us and I support holding people who misuse their power accountable. I believe in love and compassion for people seeking asylum and parents who are fighting to protect their children from violence and war."
On these issues, West likely speaks for the majority of African-Americans. It seems like he's finally back on track.
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On this day in Lewis & Clark history...
Shields is sent up the Yellowstone (Roche Juane) River to explore. Lewis heads down the Yellowstone to explore that river's confluence with the Missouri. Joining Clark and the pirogues, they all camp near the confluence.
From the journals...
Friday April 26th 1805.
At the distance of five miles he passed a large Island well covered with timber, and three miles higher a large creek falls in on the S. E. side above a high bluff in which there are several stratas of coal. the country bordering on this river as far as he could percieve, like that of the Missouri, consisted of open plains.
Charbonneau Creek and Yellowstone River
26th of April Friday 1805
Several of the party was up the yellow Stone R Several miles, & informed that it meandered throught a butifull Countrey
Yellowstone River
Friday April 26th 1805
the bed of the yellowstone river is entirely composed of sand and mud, not a stone of any kind to be seen in it near it's entrance. Capt Clark measured these rivers just above their confluence; found the bed of the Missouri 520 yards wide, the water occupying 330. it's channel deep.


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16 December, 2010
"Successful" is a popular project already; it comprises successful females with attractive looks. The idea of making this kind of project originated several years ago when Lika Kazbegi's group of friends - professionals in their work, and good looking in their 40's, lost their jobs. Women in their 40ies; energetic, self confident and without jobs are directly headed towards depression. To confront this situation, the idea came to Lika Kazbegi, who gave her friends another chance to present themselves. To make the project commercial and saleable, she added well known faces to the project. Thanks to the great motivation on the part of its participants the project is being realized at Merab Berdzenishvili's culture centre "Muza", which had been the principal partner of the project. This year Lika Kazbegi's agency has changed its main partner and "Didube Plaza" and RomPetrol will be the third project's supporters and leading partners. Some people where surprised at the replacement of the project partner. The main reason for the substitution was the size of the space. The problem is now solved because "Didube Plaza" accommodates bigger number of people. "Didube Plaza's" management offered exactly the kind of surroundings which was a priority for the project founder.
The project itself is very motivational and it shows how men discover women and wives during different activities. The non-standard show which is addressed to the women over 30 was realized in a short time.
Demand for the project is increasing all the time; a great number of women want to participate in the show. An incident happened to Lika some time ago, when one of her women partners, who secretly wanted to participate in the show, had an argument with her. The unpleasant discussions ended peacefully; however, this incident influenced Lika Kazbegi so much that now not only good looks and success are the main features she seeks for, but she looks for inner culture of the participant: 'Many people contact me and I respect all of them, but without good recommendations I can't do anything'. Psychiatrist Nino Okribelashvili, a wonderful lady was discovered in Eka Khoperia's TV show; and when Lika invited her, she immediately agreed and took part in the second defile.
In the first project mostly artists participated in the show, the second project became the arena for professors, academicians and scientists; while this year business ladies will saunter on the cat-walk. Tsitsino Shurgaia, one of this year's 20 participants, is a famous plastic surgeon, who is specially arriving in Georgia for this event.
This year, three designers will cooperate with Lika Kazbegi and successful women. They are Tinatin Maghalashvili, Ana Changiani who works with Teka materials, and Patuna Bushyhead.
The highlight of the show will be popular journalist Eka Togonidze.
The past two shows were opened by the performance of ballet dancer Tata Jashi . Ballet wonderfully combined with the subsequent show, but this time Tata Jashi won't be opening the show as she is in Frankfurt and is representing Georgia at an international beauty competition.
Since the fashion world has its own rules, looks are also very important. Though Lika Kazbegi plans to continue her project of after party called "shock defile", which is performed by successful women of non-standard looks. That's why it will be a shock for the audience. The shock defile will be elaborated after the third show, which takes place at Didube Plaza.
Consequently, on the 23rd of December, at 8 p.m. only by invitations, Didube Plaza will host the successful show!


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Congratulations to David Anderson, district sales representative of IWC Food Service, for being awarded the AFDR's September 2018 DSR of the month. According to the AFDR website "David Anderson of IWC Food Service, Cookeville, Tennessee earned top honors as AFDR's September 2018 DSR of the Month placing him in the AFDR DSR Hall of Fame. This award makes him eligible for the 2018 DSR of the Year." This is award presented by General Mills to the outstand DSR – "Honored for Passion, Dedication, and Professionalism in Foodservice Sales. David also received a plaque with is photo on a Wheaties box for recognition with this award.


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If any of you own the Matt Nathanson album At The Point then I am sure you are fully aware of his cover of Drivin' and Cryin's "Straight to Hell". Before I owned this record, I had never heard the song. In the interest of comparison, I went in search of it. Holy crap - what a stinker! I would rather paper cut the web between my thumb and first finger than hear the original version of this song. Blech.
Here, give it a listen:
Now what made Matt Nathanson listen to that song and think, "I want to sing that - it'll be awesome!"?? But, believe it or not - he did it! And it sounds awesome. It's a great song when he sings it (so, yeah, it was probably a great song before he sang it, I just couldn't hear it that way).
For comparison:
See?? So much more wonderful.
I have this blog because I love music passionately. I love the progression of a song, the swell of it, the way it permeates a room and fills the spaces. I love how it ebbs and flows and how it can be a tangible thing - how you can move around inside it and it can move around inside you. And I love to talk about it, write about it, experience it.
Monday, November 28, 2011
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You should have been blacklisted for being such a cunt. Aren't Malay women supposed to be "feminine"? Jeez, has feminism ruined even you guys?!
I suppose the problem her is the spreading of the English language, which allowed women (who aren't capable of original thinking like men do; they just do group thinking and parrot the ideas of the Queen Bees) to get in contact with such horrible ideas. That's why I stopped dating English-speaking women. It's always a bad sign.
You gave people the middle finger? Even the photo you used for your blog post… and recommending a book called "cunt"…man.
You people are fucked in the head. You feminists should be raped and executed.
End of story. We men have had enough of this bullshit.
You sad and pathetic little thing. Actually thinking you are speaking for all men when you are really just showing the whole world the workings of that twisted and diseased thing you call a "mind". What did humanity ever do to deserve you? Go ahead and troll me back. It will only make you all the more pathetic.
Men become bolder and more cruel as a group because they are buoyed by the support and approval they get from each other. By and large, men also see it as their role to be the witnesses, judges and enforcers of discipline against women who 'step out of line' to challenge them and this has happened yet again in your case. I am so sorry that you had to go through this horrible experience, thank you for speaking up, and I wish you all the very best.
Thanks for this article cz in some ways I feel like I can relate to it. I think growing up in Malaysia as a female (especially after puberty, wth), we would always be harassed or be 'indirectly' harassed by males, yes, its annoying. No, I am not saying that it ONLY happens in Malaysia, but its definitely common. Sadly, we were always taught not to fight back because some of them like in your case, has a group of friends who would cari pasal with u. So what are we supposed to do?
Not long ago, I did the exact same thing as you, I pointed my middle finger at a bunch of malay guys because they were ogling and laughing at me while I was walking pass them. I just had a bad day and I couldn't take it anymore. They were utterly shocked when I did that. Honestly speaking, it felt good. Its funny how that middle finger gave me a sense of strength and its just showing that I am not weak and that I am sick of these harassment. However, don't get me wrong, it wasn't a wise move since I was alone.
Basically all I am trying to say is, I know how it feels like to be a victim, you're not alone. Who gave them the right to harass anyone they want?
I am truly sorry for the bad/horrific/atrocious experience you had with poorly developed malay man, I hope it will not give you a poor general perception as to how they would normally behave. I was raised in a Malay family and I am as a Malay boy as I can be, and our culture as patriarchal as it may seem actually promotes respect towards everyone regardless of gender for e.g: We are to treat our mothers and elder/younger sisters with utmost respect and failure to do so will have unwanted result.
I however cannot deny there is this certain pre-conceptualise notion on traditional role fulfillment such as women have to be polite, demure and etc. (for fear that their prospect of marriage will be effected). But generally its a culture that is fundamentally base on politeness and respect. It breaks my heart sometimes to see my own race claiming to be a malay but is in no way live up to the principles laid down. I blame their parents for their poor upbringing.
I have no solution to offer, merely well wish that hopefully in the future your life will not be adversely affected with these types of creature. Owh maybe perhaps travel in groups.
Good Luck
i had a similar experience with a road bully.
i was driving on the left most lane on jalan syed putra – not liking to go fast and also because of the limitations of my kancil. the road was full of cars but there was enough room for everyone and it wasn't jammed.
yet a car swerved into my lane dangerously – i could see the bonnet just cutting in, which would have hit mine with just a slight nudge from his wheel and if i hadn't slowed down. the other car started to criss-cross the 3 lanes in an obvious desire to get ahead of the traffic.
i snapped and gave chase (yes, i know that in doing so, i was driving as dangerously as he was; but i wasn't rational then. inconsiderate and reckless driving is one of my pet peeves, alongside other injustices that society allows to happen by not censuring the wrongdoer). furthermore, i was already on the slow lane – what else am i supposed to do to stay safe from the speed demons?
expressing my anger, i honked all the way and continued doing so after i caught up with him near the midvalley exit about half a minute later, shining my headlights at him as well.
i didn't really think how this could end. perhaps naturally when we go our separate ways – the road led to the federal highway/old klang road/north-south highway. but it so happened that he was also headed toward old klang road. he suddenly stopped right in the middle of the flyover on the right lane. i was forced to similarly cause more inconvenience to other road users and braced myself for what could happen.
the driver got out of his car and asked what was my problem. when i pointed out that he was driving recklessly and almost hit me, all he could say was – did he hit me (and this is my beef with all the accident reports – all we hear about is how some drivers lose control of the vehicle. but i'm sure there were details that pointed to bad, inconsiderate driving, esp in pileups).
i was shaken by the whole experience, esp by his threatening stance. so i implored to him not to do that again.
but he too scolded me in reference to my gender – saying he can't believe a woman was behaving like this – and challenged me to go to the police station. i wavered then and that was my mistake. he reached into my car (i had left what i thought was a safe gap in the window in order to talk to him) and grabbed the keys from the ignition hole.
that was when i snapped again. fully enraged now, i quickly grabbed my keys back from him and agreed to go to the police station. he didn't say where and i had assumed he meant the nearest on old klang road. he got back into his car and drove away.
i tried to start my car but that was when i discovered that he had grabbed my keys with such force that it was twisted into two, leaving a bit of the key lodged inside the ignition hole. i managed to insert the other bit of the key correctly and quickly caught up with him. he was driving moderately and i could overtake him a few seconds later on the left lane. i thought he was allowing me to lead us to the nearest police station.
coincidentally, a patrol car passed by just then. i signalled to them frantically and they must have gotten the message because they slowed down and parked as soon as they could, with me right behind them. i thought the other driver would have seen them and followed suit, but he didn't stop and appeared to have gone off.
i got out of my car and told the two police officers what happened, showing them my twisted key. to my surprise, they asked me whether i was the car that stopped back there. i wonder how they knew. perhaps they were among the other drivers inconvenienced by our 'blocking' of one lane!
they could see how shaken i was and calmed me down. one of them was looking at my t-shirt (of the free eo6) but didn't make anything out of it. i don't remember what they said, but i knew there was nothing they could do so i thanked them for stopping and listening to me.
one thing i noticed looking back – none of the other drivers passing by on the left lane stopped during our standoff. this city is too stressed. even if something is not right and someone may need help, i doubt we'd have the time to stop and care.
i haven't fixed my car key. partly because of financial reasons and partly to remind myself of how it got broken so that i can be more zen to the many provocations on the road. it hasn't really worked, though. i still flash at people who don't signal when turning (a relatively minor wrong compared to reckless driving).
so yeah, i know that if i hadn't tried to get even – lautbulan's equivalent of a middle finger – i wouldn't have had to face that subsequent scary shit.
but on the other hand, why can't i express my anger when it's justified? why should those of us who are doing our thing without disturbing others have to put up with the asshole behaviour of others? why are they allowed to get away with it?
I'm so sorry that happened to you! I, too, have A LOT of stories about road bullies. Maybe it's the design of my car (very low) and the way I drive (I like leaving a reasonable space between my car and the car in front), but people LOVE cutting me off. And it's so dangerous 'cos what was a reasonable space turns into oh-shit-I'm-one-inch-from-this-dickhead's-bumper once the dickhead's car gets into the space. And sometimes it's just the car behind me going into the right lane and wants to enter the left lane again, albeit IN FRONT of me, 'cos bastard thinks cutting off one car will solve the whole road jam. It's amazing how shortsighted and impatient people are. I even crashed onto the guardrail once 'cos a car swerved into my lane while I was going really fast and my instinct was BRAKE BRAKE BRAKE 'cos if I hit the car it would become a police case and I'd have to pay a RM300 fine yadda yadda.
I'm starting to think we need a support group, y'all.
If you're Lara Croft with a warship's arsenal of guns, and Grand Master of 20 different types of martial arts moves, by all means, go ahead and take these men on, trash-talkin' and fight it mono a mono. When you're one lone woman, with little to nil self defense technique knowledge/ability in physical strength, use one's brain. Whether we like it or not, Malaysia is generally not safe for women, and our police is useless. The response was not proportionate, and I agree no woman should be subjected to that, but one must always employ caution.
It's not like I haven't middle fingered some miang douchebags before, so let me put it this way, make sure you can walk away from it safely first. There are times when a retort is justified, but one must assess the situation before one leaps, no?
The idea is to make them feel that they are doing something wrong for actually doing that to you, from personal experience, there have been men who apologized immediately or stop to talk to me on other days and apologize, saying they meant no harm for it. That's when you gently tell them it's not okay to do something like that to women in general.
Be the water poured onto the fire, not the fuel to further inflame it.
It is of course your choice to do as you will. I am only sharing my own way of dealing with it. Peace out.
I don't know why you need to use video game examples of fantasy women who take on baddies, because you seem to suggest that flesh and blood women cannot fight off men. There's harm in perpetuating women as oh-so-gentle creatures who are too scared to chip their nail polishes, or just too scared full stop. I've punched a man once for calling me sundal in public many years back, and got a punch back. But hey, being hit was no biggie – not to say that I would encourage anyone to turn to assault in such a situation. In the end I made him cry and regret what he did. True story.
Women can be firm and show anger without resorting to physical aggression. Some people just do not deserve politeness and courtesy. They will continue to do the same to others because they will know that all women and girls are just wimpy pushovers who will never fight back and tell them they're being dickheads.
I quote: "In the end I made him cry …"
This comment may come a bit late in the day, but I, for one, personally think you deserve a standing ovation by us ladies who has ever been a victim of male condescension, victimization and violence.
Hair-flipping to rude and sexist strangers as a strategy to ward off intimidation totally grosses me out. As someone with very short hair and would rather save my flirtations for someone who respects me, I find the "method" rather demeaning and unhelpful. We're talking about feeling unsafe on the streets, knowing that if we stood up against harassers, *male* bullies, and aggressors we may expect far worse repercussions. We don't need to flatter our aggressors.
Seriously everybody, do we as women – both trans and cis, and transmen for that matter, need to put up with the shit self-entitled bullies on the street give us? NO.
If one finds oneself in that kind of situation, above all else, keep a calm head. Having experienced similar 'teasing' myself, I can well understand your actions of telling them off and giving them the middle finger. Such impulse responses is well justified at times depending on the seriousness of the harassment endured.
However, I sincerely believe in being courteous even to those who at times do not deserve it, because how one responds to provocation in a fit of anger reveals the true personality of the reactor, not the initiator. How one responds to aggravation/provocation is the kind of person one is.
Some men, honestly speaking, does not know how to treat women purely because they were not taught to do so by their own parents, or in some cases, they choose to become jerks. It does not make it right, but it does help in seeing things in their perspective, enough to understand that their own lacking self esteem/self respect/insecurity that leads them to take a step further other than trash talking well into threatening behaviour and intimidating you into fearing for your personal safety.
Be above those kind of behaviour, not sink down with it.
Some men harass in subtle ways, by commenting on the clothes you wear, insinuating or expressly saying that you're not good enough (in matters outside the scope relevant to the contention of the day), that you are too opinionated, by telling you that you're a waste of their time, by flaring up for no substantial reason other than their ego is bruised, and/or using an unimaginative repetition of profanities along with it.
My advice is this;
Method 1 (Reserved for strangers):
Witty comeback/reply. (Using humor, part ways with laughter on both sides. You earn their respect, they leave you alone.)
e.g. : Stranger : Hai Cik Adik Manis amboiii….*wolf whistles and cat calls*
Lady : Maaf, manisnya saya untuk suami saya je, ya? *Hair flip. Walks away.*
(Tried and tested)
Method 2 (For the ones worth your time/fighting for especially if you deal with them on daily basis):
1) make it clear to the abuser specifically which behaviour is unacceptable
2) be firm that you don't want the behaviour to continue
3) reason with them, and gently explain why is such behaviour unacceptable
4) refuse to reward them with any positive response via words/gestures unless there is positive change from them
Hope this helps.
I am having serious issues with your super-virtuous and shallow response towards LautBulan's horrifying experience with your "methods". You came across both patronising and condescending. In an insidious way, it feels like you're insinuating that she invited the aggression with her "impulsive" response.
"You earn their respect, they leave you alone."
Are you serious?
Get off your high horse, please.
Perhaps this was well-intentioned; I'm inclined to believe it is. Though I believe good intentions doesn't absolve one of the responsibility of being *part of the problem*. I'm getting the sense that some people think lautbulan deserved the response of physical intimidation and verbal threats because she responded to INITIAL harassment with a "tunjuk fuck", as the police called it. Is that the case? If so, then we, as a society, are in trouble. It seems to play into the entire narrative of "women must behave like _________ or else they deserved whatever came their way".
The point here is that lautbulan responded to harassment with some pluck and courage as opposed to utilising "manners" or "courtesy" which really just escapes me at this point. Hey, stay polite and try to be witty and crack some jokes as some men invade your personal space and try to make you feel like shit. No, I don't see how that advice helps. Furthermore, there is a demand here that women must somehow "pretend" to laugh/be flirtatious/flip their hair/shake their ass/do a high kick and a split/etc. when on the receiving end of harassment from men. What? That's some form of egalitarian gender relations? Men get to threaten/harass, women must employ their charm in response?
I would've felt so much better reading the comments here if people generally agreed on one thing: that the men were being abusive, and they responded in a way completely disproportionate to the situation at hand. (Though for the life of me, I can't figure out what would make their response *proportionate*.)
I'm also alarmed that in a space like Loyar Burok no one has come out in condemnation of how the police behaved. Yes, it's a common occurrence – the police are rarely to be trusted, especially when it involves a woman in trouble – yet the lack of outrage is deeply depressing.
No one's suggesting that men are completely immune from (sexual) harassment in the work place. Regardless of gender, the harassed person needs to be able to go to someone without being scrutinized. Especially when it involves actual or threat of physical attack.
Gender does make a difference in the author's case. Her colleagues suggested that she remain silent about the harassment and to suck it in, cause she's after all female. They even advised her not to challenge men, suggesting that she probably deserved the treatment she got (because she stood up to them).
The issue here is the bullying. The only difference gender makes is that if the author had been male, it would not have stopped at verbal assault.
And if you think something similar would not have happened to a male, I beg to differ.
No one's saying it doesn't happen to men. We should perhaps talk about man-on-man violence, but NOT HERE since this is a FEMINIST WEEK article about what happened to a WOMAN. Jesus fucking christ.
Unfortunately, your story isn't anything new and many women have to go through the same thing in their workplace on a daily basis. Good job on standing up for yourself! Ugh, the proverbial "Ko tu perempuan buat la perangai macam perempuan" statement makes me nauseous. Perangai perempuan tu sebenarnye camne? This is 2011, should we just let men ogle your ass and remain silent about it? And the fact that there were 11 men ganging up on you is even more laughable and errr embarrassing!
Sigh. I think what's more disappointing is that you don't even get that much support from your female colleagues (and even the female police officer). I guess we've all deeply internalized patriarchal values that even kaum perempuan are believing that they are subservient to men and that it is NORMAL to be sexually objectified. I don't think it's solely budaya Barat for female to want respect for themselves and to speak out their minds no?
"Slap instead of a birdie" – ………..
Good luck in finding a job in a hopefully "sexual-harassment-free" environment!
i would have preferred a slap instead of a birdie :) that's my take!


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