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Best 7 Things to Do in Kerala for Honeymoon
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Kerala is one great place that you can go to and enjoy a fabulous honeymoon. This tropical paradise offer s a lot of great options for you to enjoy a fabulous honeymoon experience. You can simply have a spa and massage session or float in the backwaters of Alleppey, with Kerala, the possibilities are endless. Start your search for Kerala Holiday Packages for couples.
These are the most Romantic Things to do in Kerala
Heart Shaped Lake in Chembra Peak
Heart Shaped Lake in Chembra Peak
Well, this is one great place to be on your honeymoon with your partner, it is going to be one great experience proposing to your partner near the heart shaped lake in the Chembra peak where you can also click some great pictures and walk till the peak that is 2100 m above the sea level. You will get some beautiful views from here. Enjoy Kerala Tour Packages from Mumbai.
Spend A Night In A Treehouse
spend a night in a treehouse kerala
It is a great idea to spend some time being in a treehouse with your beloved. You would fall in love with the amazing treehouse that you can live in while being in Wayanad, this is going to be one great experience for you where you will also enjoy the fascinating view of the waterfall that disappears during the sunset.
Sun Bath at Kovalam Beach
Sun Bath at Kovalam Beach
You must enjoy a great time being in the amazing Kerala with your partner, Be in the fascinating beaches of Kovalam. Here, you can have a great time swimming, experiencing some great aromatic Ayurveda massages, doing some yoga and being in the famous catamaran cruises other than sunbathing on the private beaches of luxury resorts. This is one experience that you simply cannot miss during your Kerala honeymoon.
Ayurvedic Massage Treatment
Ayurvedic Massage Treatment
Kerala also happens to be a great place to enjoy some amazing Ayurveda treatments that one can enjoy being here in Kerala. Youcan have some great treatments being here enjoying some treatments for skin, bones and other parts of your body. While having an ayurvedic massages you would experience the magic of a lot of essential and non-essential oils, and herbs used on your body in a variety of combinations in order to rejuvenate the skin, cells and muscles of your body. This is a must try thing with your partner to let go off all the stress that might have accumulated during your wedding.
Must Read: Top 5 Tourist Places in Kerala that You Must Visit
Watch Snake Boat Racing
Watch Snake Boat Racing in kerala
Enjoy some beautiful views of boat racing while being in Kerala. This is a must try thing in Kerala that is more amazing when witnessed with your partner. You will see the snake boats racing in the sparkling waters with a crowd cheering them on across every inch making it a sight to fall in love with.
Experience Bullock Race
Experience Bullock Race
This is also a great experience to witness bullock race where the animals are trained for months to prepare for the race, it is going to be a great experience for you to enjoy this race with your better half.
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Shikara Ride in Backwaters
Shikara Ride in Backwaters
Enjoy a great Shikara ride while being in the backwaters if Kerala with your partner and having a really romantic experience on your honeymoon. This is one of the best experiences that you will have getting cozy on the waters with birds and butterflies to give you company along with some magical views.
Tea Gardens of Munnar
Tea Gardens of Munnar
Munnar is often called as one of the largest tea growing and trading centers in India, this place houses more than 30 tea estates. Apart from that, this place is a beautiful hill station that you will easily fall in love with. This place also houses a lot of spice plantations that grow cardamom, cloves and other Indian spices, this is going to be a treat to your senses to walk around in this beautiful hill station exploring the great tea estates and spice plantations with your love.
Thus, these are the best experiences that one can have with their partner being on a holiday in Kerala and having the time of their life honeymooning in this place. Sort your travel through Sharp holidays having a great time being there.


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Hometown: Cochabamba
Paula Andrea Penarrieta Chage is 21 year old from Cochabamba. A beautiful stand 5'10" was crowned Miss Bolivia Earth 2008 and represented Bolivia at Miss International 2008 contest. She also participated at The Green Fashion Show 2009 in Miami.

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|Visitors watch a competition at Hai Luu buffalo figting festival
Under the ministry's instruction, the organising board has to conform to the festival regulations. The festival is not allowed to be held by any enterprise or individual, except for the organising board.
The organising board has also asked that buffalo owners not to kill the animals after the festival. Ticket sales or collecting fees for participating in the festival is also banned.
In the case of any violations, the festival will be halted by the organising board.
Hai Luu buffalo fighting festival often takes place on 16-17th of the first month of the lunar year which falls on March 3 and 4 this year.
The ogranising of buffalo fighting festivals in Vietnam has been more tightly managed following an incident at Do Son buffalo fighting festival last year when one man was killed after being attacked by his buffalo.
Several traditional festivals in Vietnam have previously faced concerns from the public over violence, including pig slaughter festival in Bac Ninh Province or buffalo hanging festival in Yen Bai Province.
After many festivals, animals are often killed for meat which is sold at high prices.
Following the public's outcry, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has called to end violence at traditional festivals nation-wide.
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Sure, we all know the benefits of moving indoor grow lights. The main advantages include getting a better quality of indoor grow light to more of the leaves. Also, it includes a more intense grow light system to get better results from our grow lamps. Plus, we can cover about 30% more area, variable dependent, and that's for any indoor grow setup. That equals grow equipment savings in upfront costs meaning fewer indoor grow lights to buy and maintain. In addition, the monthly utility savings for our indoor grow setup is significant. And, those benefits exist whether we use a LightRail 3.5 Kit, a LightRail 4.0 Kit and a LightRail 4.20 Kit. So, what about light movers inside grow tents?
Does yield go up in a small indoor grow system when we move our grow lamp? Yields go way up when indoor grow lights are moved with LightRail light movers, no matter the setting. We think of indoor grow lights and LightRail light movers together as indoor grow kits and we see this as a natural, logical fit. So, of course, we move our grow light system. Indoor grow tent details can vary from grow tent to grow tent, but the difference light movers can make is a constant.
Light movers inside grow tents work exceptionally well
The short answer is, well yes! The science stays the same. Light movers inside grow tents work exceptionally well. Yes, it's true that for the number of grow lamps needed in a small grow tent or grow closet, you're not necessarily cutting down the number of those grow lamps. That's because it's likely you only need one indoor plant light, but here's the thing. When you use a LightRail light mover, you might be able to use a slightly smaller grow lamp. A smaller indoor plant light, on its own, will be using less electricity. There's the grow equipment savings in upfront cost and cost of operation.
An LED grow light, as an example, in a small space moved on light movers inside grow tents performs remarkably well. It's much better than a stationary LED indoor plant light for any indoor growing system. That's because the unique focused beam of the LED grow light is now used efficiently on a light rail system.
Getting the indoor plant light to pass over the tops of the plants makes a significant difference
A LightRail light mover is the only way to get that intense beam of indoor grow light to all the plant. That's for maximum grow light system coverage and that includes light movers inside grow tents. And, with that indoor plant light moved just a few feet or less, that results in major advantages. That includes the plants absorbing a better quality indoor grow light to more of the leaves. That's in contrast to an indoor growing system with a larger stationary indoor grow light beating directly down on the tops of the plants only. Take a look at this grow light ppfd comparison chart to see how that looks. So, faster growth and higher yields are achieved when we upgrade our grow light system to robotic lights. Getting the indoor plant light to pass over the tops of the plants makes a significant difference. This is true for any indoor growing system, including the smallest grow tent.
A light mover makes for identical benefits for a small grow tent
Ok, you say, but LightRail light movers come with a two meter (6'6″) Rail. So, how does the light rail system work inside a smaller grow tent? Get ready for it because here's a DIY light mover hack you're going to love. The Rail in the light rail system comes in two slide together sections of 3'3″ each. So, we can use only half a Rail. Using a light mover with a half Rail results in the same benefits as someone with more area who is using a full Rail. It makes for identical benefits for our grow light system. Plus, you now have a Rail half left over which you could buy a LightRail Motor only for. We've just doubled our indoor grow setup.
LightRail will move any grow light and all grow lights should move
The science of light movers with indoor grow light systems is the same no matter the size. So, it doesn't matter if we have small grow light systems, medium grow light systems or if we have the largest commercial grow equipment operation out there. LightRail will move all grow light systems. That's for any indoor growing system, no matter the weight as each Rail holds 75 lbs if mounted properly per instructions. .


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What Happens When Quality Assurance Morphs into PR & Marketing?
By Steven Ferry Chairman, International Institute of Modern Butlers | November 17, 2019
If Quality Assurance had not been taken over by such interests, it would be focused on operational audits and follow-up actions that result in improved service and thus influenced guest perception based on real-world intentions and actions.
This hijacking of QA could explain some very real problems that hoteliers are facing today in their operations and even with guest perceptions....
Did you hear about the case of the incredible disappearing hotel manager?
Well, this is not so much a joke or a detective story as the beginnings of an obituary for the old-time general manager who used to have the time to cruise the lobby, building relationships with guests.
Where is he now?
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Alan Pardew believes Newcastle United have put themselves in a "fantastic position" after capital defeats of two of the standard bearers of the Premier League's supposed London uprising.
He's half-right on that front. For while United's back-to-back defeats of Chelsea and Tottenham – three goals scored, none conceded – gives them the opportunity to maneouvre into a position of strength during the long winter nights they have been here before.
In fact, they are usually here in the Mike Ashley era going on the evidence collected by The Journal. Since the sportswear tycoon arrived on Tyneside in 2007, Newcastle have stood on 17 points after 11 games in three of the last seven seasons. Their average points total for all seven seasons, unsurprisingly, is 17.
And guess what? Chris Hughton – the man who brings his struggling Norwich team to St James' Park in a fortnight's time – had lifted Newcastle to 17 points after 11 games in 2007. He only lasted another four games before Ashley swung the axe, bringing in Pardew – a man who, according to Derek Llambias, would be a bolder and more robust presence in the dug-out.
So while the momentum of those wins offers Newcastle real hope of having a say in the Europa League argument in the coming months, it is worth remembering that their start has not yet crossed the line from pleasing into excellent. That old enemy of Pardew's Newcastle – complacency – can still come back to haunt them if they begin to believe that wins over top-four clubs make them automatic top-four material.
Still, there have been signs in the last fortnight that this is a group of players capable of moving Newcastle forward. From Mathieu Debuchy to Loic Remy – via the inspired heroics of Tim Krul on Sunday – United look on form and confident enough to establish themselves near the top of the mini-league below the likely title contenders.
But they have plenty of boxes left to tick before they can leave behind the uncertainty and inconsistency that was threatening not only Newcastle's season but also Pardew's job prospects.
The first priority for Pardew is to establish some sort of home rule over the next few games – and to do this he needs to do something that Newcastle have rarely done this season: dictate the game.
United's recent wins have come from a counter-attacking strategy that has been played out successfully. Chelsea might have been the away team but Newcastle invited them on, giving them plenty of the ball. It was a similar story at Tottenham, where Newcastle enjoyed just 35% of overall possession. The previous weekend they kept hold of the ball 39% of the time, although they were much more effective going forward – taking 15 shots to Chelsea 13.
Quick, potent counter raids suit this team, which is patrolled perfectly from the centre by Yohan Cabaye. His renaissance in the engine room has been remarkable and the France midfielder has never had a better spell in black and white than the mini-run he is currently on.
Now comes the test that has proved beyond them so far – setting the tone and managing to convince against one of the division's makeweights.
Norwich City may have provided some light relief for Hughton with a defeat of West Ham but their away form is decidedly dire.
True, they have beaten Stoke City but they shipped 11 in two games against Arsenal and Manchester City. Knowing how Hughton worked during his time on Tyneside (and it was this perceived conservatism that ultimately cost him his job), his first priority at St James' Park will be to shore things up and keep things as tight as possible for as long as possible.
This poses Pardew and his Newcastle team a dilemma. They have speed and quickness of thought but do they have the concentration and diligence to unpick a team that sits and waits for them to come onto them? For Newcastle fans filing into St James' Park in a fortnight, memories of Hull City will be too raw for them to take anything for granted.
That day they were picked off by a team that kept it tight and couldn't believe their good fortune when Newcastle's attacking intent gave way to concentration lapses that allowed them in.
Before then, there was West Ham – when Sam Allardyce's negativity defeated Pardew's best attempts to smuggle three points from a frustrating afternoon. It would have been the same against Fulham but for a late, great thunderbolt from the boot of Hatem Ben Arfa (remember him?)
It fuels the idea that Newcastle's maddeningly inconsistent season is arriving at a crossroads. Pardew said over the weekend: "We have two home games coming up and we have got ourselves in a fantastic position."
There is logic to that argument, with United's 2013 programme sprinkled with opportunity. Manchester United, Arsenal and Southampton are the only three teams that they play in the rest of the calendar year who are above them – and indeed they play three of the bottom five in that same period.
But without a plan to unpick resolute opponents they run the risk of frittering away the momentum built up over two excellent and exquisitely planned raids on a pair of London sides.
In the meantime, Pardew will be keeping his eyes trained on events in Paris next week when France's play-off clash with Ukraine could have a major bearing on his plans for the rest of the campaign. The road to Rio appears to have focused wandering minds over recent weeks, with all talk of discontent, dressing room rebellion and revolution having dissolved as Newcastle look united once again.
Didier Deschamps might have done Pardew the biggest favour of the season by dropping Cabaye back in August. It shook the midfielder out of his lethargy and left him in no doubt that he had to start playing again to maintain his international place.
If France head to Brazil, we can realistically hope for more of the same in the run-up to the finals.


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Signs it is Time for New Gas Pipe Installation in Troy, OH
It is better to call the professionals for new Gas Pipe Installation in Troy OH sooner rather than later. Unfortunately, there are many situations where a home or business owner has no idea an underground gas issue is present until the situation reaches dangerous levels. An early indication of a problem that a person can be aware of is sudden increases in their gas bills. Another sign is inadequate furnace performance because of reduced gas pressure.
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Rotten Egg Odor
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Disturbance in Grass or Plants
In some cases, a gas leak results in the grass and plants over the problem area being disturbed. They may look as though they are being pushed around by a light breeze as the pressurized gas comes out of the ground.
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How to Repair a G35 Headlight Fuseby Tara Kimball
If the headlights fail on your Infiniti G35 and you have ruled out the bulbs as the source of the problem, the headlight fuse may need replacement. If a fuse burns out, the circuit is no longer complete so the headlights do not receive the power necessary to function. Change the fuse at home, and your lights may be back up and running in minutes.
Step 1
Turn the ignition switch to the off position and remove the key from the ignition. Confirm that the headlight switch is in the off position.
Step 2
Sit in the driver seat and pull the cover off the fuse panel at the base of the dashboard near the driver door.
Step 3
Locate the headlight fuse. Facing the fuse panel from the driver seat, count to the fourth fuse over from the right side in the bottom row. Grasp the fuse with the fuse puller and pull it straight up out of the slot.
Line up the new 10-amp fuse so it inserts straight into the fuse panel. Push the fuse all the way into place. Snap the cover back on the fuse panel.
Items you will need
- Assorted fuses
- "2008 Infiniti G35 Factory Service Manual"; Infiniti USA; 2007


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Brief backstory, I get a lot of shit from my family because I stopped learning to drive before exams and never got back into it, so they think every time Im trying something new is a diversion to not going back to driving. The backstory to wanting to skate is that I've always thought it was cool and I feel it would help get my mind off of not having an apprenticeship yet dkt nsw . I'm in the UK on a small town, so there's not many skaters at all, can't even recall the last time I saw one. The skatepark is usually filled with complete dicks so I don't think they have a good reputation at all.
I showed him one on amazon and he said that I'm 18, not 12, and should be riding motorbikes instead.
From a UK standpoint, is it considered weird to skate?
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He thinks skateboarding is for children, in a way he's kind of right it's a childs toy. Doesn't mean you have to drop it when you turn 18, I am 32 and have been skating since I was like 13.
He won't be able to dictate what you do your entire life, so start making your own decisions and if you end up paying for the board yourself then so be it.
I am 69 years old and started skating 4 years ago when I was 65 years old.
It's unusual and they (on google) call me "Denmark's oldest skater"
It's never to late to skate.
Getting my driver's license only expanded the spots I got to skate.
"Skateboarding is, was, and always shall be sacred to me...I love it so much I want it to die"-Jason Jessee


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Striking Terror in The Hearts of Amerika's Education Establishment
Fact: Amerika's
Compulsory Government Schools do not deliver the mandated product;
educated individuals.
Fact: The
University of California has discovered that a shocking percentage
of incoming freshmen cannot pass basic math and English skills test.
Fact: Government
schools no longer attempt to instill a basic education in their
students. They're too busy ramming the latest politically correct
theories down the students' throats.
To the Educational
Establishment, the students are a necessary evil. Since the government
pays them based on the student headcount, there is no incentive
for them to reduce the number of students under their power. This
headcount based financing stunt, compels Amerika's educational establishment
to keep student headcount high, by any means necessary. Several
widely supported government school 'improvements' impact a school's
No matter how well educated they are, home schooled kids lower
the head count.
Get a grip, vouchers are the Educrat's ultimate nightmare, because
they lower the headcount, plus deduct money from a government's
school's budget.
Rowdy Students:
Can't, it might lower the headcount.
Failing Students to Repeat a Grade:
If schools hold them back, these alleged students might leave
school and lower the headcount.
Headcount explains
why Educrats oppose these - and many other - common sense Educrap
policy changes. This bottom line obsession is the critical data
when it comes to understanding our Educrats. Paraphrasing Bubba's
1992 campaign theme, we realize that: "It's the money, stupid."
Tragically the
government has no quality control system attached to their headcount
payments. Despite their fatally-flawed attempt to impose accountability via the No Child Left Behind edict, the government pays, no matter how miserably the Educational
Establishment fails to teach a student or students. The implications
of this educational quality control void are obvious. Educators
have a free hand to implement every brainless notion that strikes
their fancy. Social promotions? You bet, because Educrats don't
give a flaming rip if Johnny, or Suzy can't read, write or compute.
Now that their usefulness is ended - Ka Ching...$ - get them the
hell out to make room for the next victims. Bilingual education?
Si! All they care about is keeping Juan and Lupe in class - the
headcount must be maintained. Their ability to function in English-speaking
Amerika is so not the Educrats' problem.
The Educational
Establishment's (dirty) laundry list is virtually endless, but the
effect is all too evident: from coast to coast, graduates from government
high schools fail basic skills tests in math and English. What,
you must be wondering, can be done to bring the Educational Establishment
under control? Arguably the most powerful political force in state-level
politics - this is a fact of Mexifornia political life - Educrats
'own' the state legislature, so don't look for meaningful changes
from Legicrats. Since Educrats control all sides of this debate...since
they dictate a state's curriculum, state school financing and determine
school testing criteria, the situation looks hopeless. Perhaps,
but let's take a closer look anyway.
Now that we
understand their bottom line obsession, we might have a weapon to
use against them. Using the sovereign individual's ultimate political
weapon - the voter initiative - we might give these Educrats a wake-up
call by smacking them between the eyes with a financial two by four.
We can't change the way they do things, but we can give them the
proper incentive to make the changes themselves. How? Let the NEA
red brigade graduate whomever they want, no matter how illiterate
the graduating class. Our voter initiative would mandate that some
independent group - The Reason Foundation, the Cato Institute or the
Ayn Rand Institute - would devise an objective test that must
be administered to every government school graduate. The government
would be ordered to demand a refund from each school district, for
every student that fails. Before you call me names remember one
indisputable fact: the government is especially open to such suggestions...in
an election year.
Government school
financing's brave new world would be devastatingly simple to administer.
The independent group administering the test would determine each
failing student's actual education performance level: I.E. if the
student performed at a 9th grade level, the school district would
owe the government 3 years worth of per student, headcount payments.
Independent accountants would calculate each school district's mandated
refund, then deduct that amount from the school's next headcount
funding cycle. It's quite possible - even likely - that many schools
would owe so much that they'd receive no funds whatsoever, in a
given financial cycle. Trust me, that would give them a wake-up
call they won't soon forget.
A vigorously
enforced refund/quality control program would be a win-win situation.
If the Educational Establishment insists on graduating morons, we,
the taxpayers will see a dramatic decrease in our spending for schools.
If the Educational Establishment shapes up and starts to do their
job, teaching basic skills, we would have a good start on a much
better educated populace. Admittedly, that leaves the college mess
to clean up, but that's another story.
T.D. Treat


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They took the sword back from me before I left She-Ra. Did you have to ask to keep it?
At the beginning of the day, the employees didn't realized the swords were part of the giveaway. So if you went back and ask for it, they'll give you the sword (plus more other pins).
Outside the con J.J. Abrams Overlord movie was passing out Overlord band aid packs!
Oh I should also mention the Marvel's Runaways swag. There were people outside the convention center handing out small posters to find Molly, with instructions to share it on social media and tag their account. Later, I got a DM saying I'd won Runaways swag and to come pick it up from the Marvel booth on Sat between 4pm-5pm. The swag included a beanie, small fanny pack, carabiner, flashlight, mulipurpose tool (screwdriver/bottle opener/phone holder), bandana, and phone charger.
Anybody get the free Stranger Things Hawkins Library Card?I got it along with some other stuff. In the package of goodies, one thing of note was a card redeemable for an exclusive free gift at one of 3 It's Sugar stores in NYC. I'm just wondering if anyone redeemed it and what it is. I didn't know about it before leaving town.


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Armando Giovanni Iannucci, OBE (; born 28 November 1963) is a British[1] satirist, writer, television director and radio producer. Born in Glasgow, he studied at Oxford University and left graduate work on a PhD about John Milton to pursue a career in comedy.
Rising quickly through BBC Scotland and BBC Radio 4, his early work with Chris Morris on the radio series On the Hour was transferred to television as The Day Today. A character from this series, Alan Partridge, went on to feature in a number of Iannucci's television and radio programmes including Knowing Me, Knowing You and I'm Alan Partridge. In the meantime, Iannucci also fronted the satirical Armistice review shows and in 2001 created his most personal work, The Armando Iannucci Shows, for Channel 4.[2]
Moving back to the BBC in 2005, Iannucci created the political sitcom The Thick of It as well as the spoof documentary Time Trumpet in 2006.[2] Winning funding from the UK Film Council, he directed a critically acclaimed feature film In the Loop featuring characters from The Thick of It in 2009. As a result of these works, he has been described by The Daily Telegraph as "the hardman of political satire".[3] Other works during this period include an operetta libretto, Skin Deep, and his radio series Charm Offensive.
Iannucci's latest television project is the HBO political satire Veep. In March 2012 it was announced that he is working on his first novel, Tongue International, described as 'a satirical fantasy about a privatised language'.[4]
Iannucci was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His father, also called Armando, is from Naples, Italy, and his mother was born in Glasgow, to an Italian family.[5] His father, who came to Scotland in 1950, ran a pizza factory. Armando has two brothers and a sister. He was educated at St Peter's Primary School, St. Aloysius' College, Glasgow, the University of Glasgow[6] and University College, Oxford, where he read English literature gaining an MA in 1986.[7] In his teens he thought seriously about becoming a Roman Catholic priest.[8] He abandoned graduate work on 17th-century religious language, with particular reference to Milton's Paradise Lost, to pursue his career in comedy.
After making several programmes at BBC Scotland in the early 1990s such as No' The Archie McPherson Show, he moved to BBC Radio in London, making radio shows including Armando Iannucci for BBC Radio 1, which featured a number of comedians he was to collaborate with for many years, including David Schneider, Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan and Rebecca Front.
Iannucci first received widespread fame as the producer for On the Hour on Radio 4, which soon transferred to television as The Day Today. He received critical acclaim for both his own talents as a writer and a producer, and for first bringing together such comics as Chris Morris, Richard Herring, Stewart Lee, Peter Baynham and Steve Coogan. The members of this group went on to work on separate projects and create a new comedy "wave" pre-New Labour: Morris went on to create Brass Eye, Blue Jam and the Chris Morris Music Show; Stewart Lee and Richard Herring created Fist of Fun and This Morning with Richard Not Judy.
Baynham was closely involved with both Morris's and Lee & Herring's work – simultaneously at one point. Lee would go on to co-write the controversial Jerry Springer: The Opera, but perhaps the most famous "alumnus" of this group is Steve Coogan's character Alan Partridge, who first appeared in On the Hour, and has featured in multiple spin-off series. Between 1995 and 1999, Iannucci produced and hosted The Saturday Night Armistice.
In 2000, he created two pilot episodes for Channel 4, which became The Armando Iannucci Shows. This was an eight-part series for Channel 4 broadcast in 2001, written with Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil. The series consisted of Iannucci pondering pseudo-philosophical and jocular ideas and fantasies in between surreal sketches. Iannucci has been quoted as saying it is the comedy series he is most proud of making. He told The Metro in April 2007 "The Armando Iannucci Show [sic] on Channel 4 came out around 9/11, so it was overlooked for good reasons. People had other things on their minds. But that was the closest to me expressing my comic outlook on life."[9]
After championing Yes Minister on the BBC's Britain's Best Sitcom, Iannucci devised, directed and was chief writer of The Thick of It, a political satire-cum-farce for BBC Four.[6] It starred Chris Langham as an incompetent cabinet minister being manipulated by a cynical Press Officer, played by Peter Capaldi and based on Tony Blair's former Press Secretary Alastair Campbell. The series was broadcast in two-parts in 2005 before an expanded cast starred in two specials and a "third" series.
Based on a format he had used in Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt in 1996 and 2004: The Stupid Version, in mid-2006, his spoof documentary series Time Trumpet was shown on BBC 2. The series looked back on past events through highly edited clips and "celebrity" interviews, looking back on the present and near-future from the year 2031. One episode, featuring fictional terrorist attacks on London and the assassination of Tony Blair, was postponed and edited in August 2006 amid the terrorism scares in British airports at that time. Jane Thynne, writing in The Independent, accused the BBC of lacking backbone.[10]
He created the American HBO political satire television series Veep, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, set in the office of Selina Meyer, a fictional Vice-President of the United States.[11] Veep uses a similar cinéma-vérité filming style to The Thick of It. It debuted in 2012, and four seasons have aired and has been renewed for a fifth. However, beginning with season five, Iannucci stepped down as showrunner due to "personal reasons".[12]
Ianucci's non-television works include Smokehammer, a web-based project with Chris Morris, and the 1997 book Facts and Fancies, composed of his newspaper columns, which was turned into a BBC Radio 4 series. The radio series Scraps With Iannucci, which followed late in 1998, featured Iannucci using his tape-fiddling skills to present a review of the year.
He has appeared on Radio 3 talking about classical music, one of his passions, and collaborated with composer David Sawer on Skin Deep, an operetta, which was premiered by Opera North on 16 January 2009. He has also presented three programmes for BBC Radio 3, including Mobiles Off!, a 20-minute segment on classical concert-going etiquette. He was a regular columnist for the classical music magazine Gramophone.[11]
He directed a series of Post Office television adverts, featuring the actors John Henshaw, Rory Jennings and Di Botcher alongside guest stars such as Joan Collins, Bill Oddie and Westlife.[13]
He has also been working on his first novel, Tongue International, a satirical fantasy about the promotion of a "for-profit language".[4][11]
In January 2009, his first feature film In the Loop, in the style of The Thick of It, was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. It was the first cinema film to be directed by Iannucci, after his contribution to Tube Tales in 1999. The film has been applauded by critics, both in Britain and the US,[14] and was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 2009.[15] The film secured the eighth highest placing in the UK box office in its opening week – despite its relatively insignificant screening numbers. According to the British Film Institute screenonline, Iannucci had previously failed to secure funding for a historical comedy film in 2003.[2]
Iannucci used his BBC press pass to enter the US State Department headquarters whilst researching the film, saying how he just turned up and claimed to be "here for the 12.30". Iannucci spent an hour inside taking photographs which were used for the film's set designs.[16]
Iannucci has won two Sony Radio Awards and three British Comedy Awards. In 2003, he was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.[17] He was also subject of a 2006 edition of The South Bank Show.
In January 2006 he was named News International Visiting Professor of Broadcast Media at the University of Oxford,[18][19] where he has delivered a series of four lectures under the title "British Comedy – Dead Or Alive?".
In June 2011, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Glasgow to recognise his contribution to film and television.
At the 2011 British Comedy Awards, Iannucci received the Writers' Guild of Britain Award.[20]
He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting.[21][22][23] Alastair Campbell's response to his appointment was "Three little letters can have more impact than you realise", to which Iannucci replied, via Twitter, "WMD"[24] (a reference to Campbell's role in preparing the "September Dossier" prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq).
In July 2012 Iannucci received an honorary Doctorate (DLitt) from the University of Exeter.
In 1990, he married Rachael Jones, whom he met when she designed the lighting for his one-man show at Oxford.[25] They have two sons and one daughter and currently live in Hertfordshire, having previously lived in Buckinghamshire.[24]
He is patron of the Silver Star Society, a charity supporting women through difficult pregnancies. In April 2012 he abseiled from the top of the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford to raise money for the hospital's specialist pregnancy unit.[26]
In the 2010 general election he supported the Liberal Democrats, stating: "I'll be voting Lib Dem this election because they represent the best chance in a lifetime to make lasting and fair change to how the UK is governed."[27] After the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition of 2010 was established, however, he expressed doubts over his continued support for the party, saying he was 'wavering' on many issues and has admitted to 'queasiness' over the Coalition's economic measures. He also seemed to contemplate targeting the Liberal Democrats in the fourth series of The Thick of It, rather as the first three had targeted what he perceived as the failings within the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.[28]
In 2004, Iannucci described Woody Allen as his "all-time comedy hero".[29]
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2013 Cadillac ATS | road test
Quick Review
|Sexy looks, Luxurious cabin, Lots of grunt
|Lack of steering feedback, rear interior space
|3.6L, V6, 321 hp @ 6800rpm, 373 Nm @ 4800rpm, 6-Speed Automatic, RWD
|AED 177,000 (as tested)
|Editors Rating
The brawn and the beautiful
Nearly a year ago, Cadillac launched its then new compact luxury sports sedan. With Cadillac's typical Art & Science inspired angular design, it definitely scored high in the looks department. But it was meant to be more than just a good looker. This was America's answer to the BMW 3 series, the Mercedes C- Class and the Audi A4.
Cadillac certainly managed to wow everyone at the launch, however you still don't see as many Caddy's on our roads as you would of its German competitors. We drove the car for a few days to find out how it compares against its competition. Our test car was equipped with the 3.6L, V6 meaning it is in direct competition with the BMW 335i, which we tested and loved. (Click here for the Road Test) Head on against the Beemer, the Michigan based Cadillac does have a few things going for itself. This is so unlike what you would expect of a Cadillac. And we mean that in a good way.
As with all the new Cadillac's, the design on the 2013 Cadillac ATS is absolutely fantastic. The angular edges, LED lights and overall lines make this a piece of modern art. The sharp design elements and the rear deck lid spoiler with an integrated brake light in the back and the pointed nose in the front make it seem a lot longer than it really is. Add to that a generous splash of chrome all around and you have a proper looker.
The 2013 Cadillac ATS is available in 2 engine variants. A 2.5L, inline 4 cylinder engine that makes a respectable 202 hp and 259 Nm of Torque. However, what we tested this week is the bigger, badder and louder, 3.6L, V6 that puts out a mighty 321 hp @ 6800 rpm and 373 Nm @ 4800 rpm. What that means is, if you mash the loud pedal, you will hit the ton in exactly 5.6 seconds. Yup, it is quick. With a curb weight of 1,504 kgs this is a pretty light car and the engine constantly feels like it is on a leash, egging you to let it go for the redline, every single time. As the revs climb, your ears are treated to a beautiful sounding engine note produced by the V6. It is loud enough to tell you it means business, without breaking its sophisticated character with a rowdy rasp. Classy. Just like a Cadillac should be. In all of this, Cadillac seemed to have ignored the transmission and what you get is a standard automatic 6 speed transmission. None of that fancy double clutch business. It is not the best or the smoothest tranny, but it does not give you too much to complain about.
With a weight distribution of 50/50 and short overhangs, front and rear, vehicle dynamics are as good as it can get. And that is not it, the car was developed at the Nurburgring, meaning this wasn't exactly designed to just be a drag strip hero. Our test car was equipped with the magnetic ride control (first made popular on the CTS-V) front and rear that allows the driver to adjust damper settings. The ZF derived variable effort steering is power assisted and can also be adjusted based on drive modes.
There are 3 drive modes. Touring, Sport and Snow. Touring is the equivalent of comfort mode. The steering is light, throttle response is relaxed and the suspension soaks up all the little bumps on the road making sure you don't spill your drink at pretty much any speed. Perfect for cruising around town. Just what Cadillacs were built for. Switch to Sport and the car becomes a lot more edgy. The transformation isn't wild, but the steering becomes slightly more heavier with a more responsive throttle response and eager transmission. The most drastic change however is with the magnetic ride control. The suspension feels like you've just woken it up with a crate of Red Bull. The ride is extremely stiff and even the slightest uneven surface feels extremely bouncy. That said, the steering in either mode is sharp and extremely precise. The ZF steering is extremely accurate and lets you throw the car into almost any corner with a surgeon's precision. Only problem though was the lack of any feedback at all. At times it was so bad, the steering simulator on a PS3 felt like it had more feedback.
18 inch alloys wrapped in low profile rubber, cage the mighty Brembos which show no brake fade and have excellent stopping power. The 2013 Cadillac ATS is tail happy and all it needs is a little push on the throttle mid corner to break free into a slide. The traction control promptly kicks in and everything is soon under control but not without a little bit of drama. Add to that, the not so refined automatic transmission, which almost always downshifts more than a couple of gears and you instantly get a kick in your backside acceleration instead of a smooth gradual acceleration you were aiming for.
So it looks beautiful and drives like a champ. What about the cabin you ask? The 2013 Cadillac ATS comes with high gloss finishes everywhere. Our test car came with a red leather interior and genuine carbon fibre trim which was an excellent combination. There are a few flaws though. The CUE multimedia system is the same as in all the other new Cadillacs. While it scores full marks in the aesthetics department, functionality is compromised a little with all touch controls on the dash and the screen. The multimedia system can be a little slow at times which can get a little irritating. We also noticed, drivetrain vibration seeping into the cabin at idle which is hardly befitting for a Cadillac. The AC vents look stylish but are not placed perfectly for maximum effect which can be annoying during our excruciatingly hot summers. The placement of the Bluetooth microphone could have been better as it picked up a lot of the background and fan noise from the cabin making conversations a little tiresome. While up front, the sports seats with adjustable side bolsters are extremely supportive and comfortable the same can't be said for the rear. Rear passengers have limited legroom and headroom, so it would be best to avoid long hauls with adults in the rear.
So this goes against everything you've ever known Cadillac to be. The American luxury car maker has shifted its focus from just luxury and have invested a lot of time and effort in improving the drive and handling. So you get the Cadillac luxury along with great driving dynamics. At a price of AED 177,000 this seems like a rather reasonable offer by striking a nice balance between the two.
The point of a sports sedan is to give you a sense of excitement. To inject a shot of adrenaline into your drive even when you do boring stuff like going to the grocery store. Raw power is important, but handling is key. It is the joy you get when you conquer a corner, diving in clean, cutting the apex and catching the exit with a little twitch at the tail. The 2013 Cadillac ATS does all of that in pure luxury and class while looking like an object straight out of an art museum. The only problem is the lack of feedback at the steering. Most new cars have a lot of electronics introduced between the steering and the wheels and as precise as it may be, the feedback is lost. But in the ATS, it felt a bit too disconnected. The ATS could have easily been the best in its class, had it not been for muffled steering feel.


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It's uncomfortable, but science says training in the heat is worth the trouble: Hot-weather workouts teach your body to sweat more (which keeps you cool), increase your blood-plasma volume (which benefits cardiovascular fitness), and lower your core body temp—all adaptations that help you perform better in any weather. But how hot is too hot? "I tell people to use caution when it's more than 80 degrees out, or 90 degrees if you're heat-acclimatized, and if the humidity is high, you need to make even more adjustments," says Douglas Casa, Ph.D., head of the University of Connecticut's Korey Stringer Institute, which studies enhancing performance in the heat. Follow these specific tweaks depending on what you're training for.
If you've penciled in a long run and starting at 4 or 5 a.m. isn't an option, make sure you've had a solid night's rest, which enhances heat tolerance, says Casa. Avoid out-and-back routes (which don't give you the option to bail), and tweak your expectations: "Many of us are around 10 percent slower in the heat," says Casa. Try running for time instead of distance on super-hot days: If an 18-miler normally takes you three hours (10:00 pace), run for three hours at the same effort level.
Prep for postwork races by packing hydrating fruit and veggie snacks (like carrots, cucumbers, strawberries, and cantaloupe) to nosh on throughout the day. And chill a bandanna to wrap around your neck during the run: A recent study found that such cooling tactics during a race are more effective than precooling strategies when it comes to boosting performance in the heat. You'll also want to halve your standard warmup to avoid overheating, says Ben Rosario, head coach of Hoka One One Northern Arizona Elite. So if you typically jog for 10 minutes and do dynamic stretches for 10 minutes prerace, do each for five instead—your muscles warm up more quickly in hot conditions. Set goals depending on how the elements look that day. One idea is to focus on place instead of time: If you know you're among the top 50 in a given race on a cooler day, shoot for the same approximate place when it's hot.
Stay flexible as you cross off your two or three swimming, biking, and running workouts per week: "We ensure we're swimming in the heat of the day and running and biking when it's cooler, and we'll pick bike routes that pass gas stations for ice to put in jerseys and sports bras," says Jeff Bowman, owner and coach at Rev Tri Coaching in Tallahassee, Florida. During warm workouts, experiment with hydration to find the right balance of fluids and electrolytes for your needs, and practice drinking on the bike and on the run. When there's a heat advisory, Bowman's athletes move running and biking workouts indoors, where they can put in an intense effort with workouts such as the compound brick: "It's pretty common for us to have to train inside—we'll do run/bike/run/bike/run/bike (or vice versa) and increase the intensity each subsequent run/bike block," he says. "But we make sure there's air conditioning, fans directed at your face and body, and cool fluids."
If the weather's taking the life out of your workout, change plans: Join a spin class, pop in a workout DVD, or go for an aqua-jog. As long as you're clocking at least three moderate to tough runs weekly (inside or outside), for at least half of your usual weekly volume, you'll maintain base fitness and be able to ease back into your normal schedule as the days become more tolerable. When you're enduring hot temps, trade heat-radiating roads and sidewalks for dirt or grass; run shaded loops where you can re-up on water and ice; and go by feel instead of pace.


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Strike Out Hunger a Great Success
Posted August 26, 2019 in Press Releases
For Immediate Release
August 26, 2019
Contact: Karen Pozna
216.738.2132, Cell: 216.214.9436
Strike Out Hunger presented by Meijer was a Great Success!
Cleveland, OH – The Greater Cleveland Food Bank is thrilled to announce that the 2019 Strike Out Hunger campaign presented by Meijer and in partnership with the Cleveland Indians raised more than $50,000 which will help to provide more than 200,000 meals for people in need in our community.
The Cleveland Indians, Major League Baseball and Meijer all contributed significant gifts to the campaign to ensure its success. Fans got into the action during the Indians vs. Royals series August 23 – 25 by bringing non-perishable food donations to the games, donating to the campaign online, and at the ballpark where they received a player autographed photo in exchange for a $20 donation to the Food Bank on the concourse.
The players helped knock out hunger as well. Jason Kipnis made a $5,000 donation; Tyler Naquin signed autographs for fans on Saturday morning for a monetary donation to the Food Bank; and Nick Wittgren, Nick Goody, Greg Allen and Adam Cimber also supported the efforts by taking photos with fans at the gates for a donation. Greg Allen, Shane Bieber, Mike Freeman, Brad Hand, Jordan Luplow, Kevin Plawecki, Adam Plutko, Franmil Reyes, and Carlos Santana were the players who each signed autographs for the photo exchange.
SportsTime Ohio personalities visited the Food Bank and helped promote the campaign throughout the weekend series.
"We are so thrilled and thankful for the support from the Cleveland Indians, Meijer and the fans!" said Kristin Warzocha, President and CEO, Greater Cleveland Food Bank. "This money will help support thousands of hungry people in our community, many who are making tough choices between food or medicine or utilities. On behalf of them, thank you!"
"We are so thankful to Meijer and our fans for their generous donations to help our hungry neighbors." said Rebecca Kodysh, Executive Director of Community Impact for the Cleveland Indians. "This is our third and best year yet with the Strike Out Hunger Campaign. MLB's new league-wide "Home Plate Project" that has been developed in partnership with the Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids Foundation and Big League Impact has been a difference maker for us, allowing us to donate even more to help fight childhood hunger. We are so grateful to be a part of these combined efforts in our community."
"We're committed to helping end food insecurity and are thrilled the Strike Out Hunger campaign surpassed its goal. Meijer knows the Greater Cleveland Food Bank makes a big impact feeding hungry families throughout Northeast Ohio, and we're honored to help them make a difference," said Cathy Cooper, Senior Director of Community Partnerships and Giving at Meijer.
In honor of the Food Bank celebrating 40 years of fighting hunger in our community, our goal was to raise $40,000.
Additionally, Chobani has teamed up with Meijer to provide an additional donation to local food bank partners near Northeast Ohio Meijer stores.
We are grateful to our community for helping Strike Out Hunger!
About the Greater Cleveland Food Bank
The Greater Cleveland Food Bank is celebrating 40 years of service to the community in 2019. It is the largest hunger relief organization in Northeast Ohio having provided more than 57 million meals in FY2018 to hungry people in Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Ashland and Richland counties. Our mission is working together to ensure that everyone in our communities has the nutritious food they need every day. We do this through both food distribution and SNAP outreach efforts.


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I'm French who lives in Normandy. I'm passionate about the story of the Airborne forces especially for those who fought in the area where I grew up and I lives, in Upper Normandy. In 1942, British paratroopers dropped on the Bruneval radiolocation. And for the D-Day, there was a stick of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion (6th Airborne Division) that dropped in Octeville-sur-Mer airport, near Le Havre.
I write articles about the local history to let known the story of the men who fought here. With my research, a memorial sign was raise to tribute the Rifleman Hugh D. McD. McIntyre who was KIA during the Bruneval raid. I make expositions during the battles anniversaries of my region also where I exposed my collection and my research.
The dropping of Canadian paratroopers the 6 June 1944 in Le Havre is totally known locally. Despite there were two killed in action. I make research about this parachute stick and I write you if you can help for that and make known their action. In the future, I hope there will be a memorial to tribute the only D-Day allied victims killed in action in Le Havre for the 6 June 1944. Le Havre was liberated in September 1944.
Here, the numbers, ranks and names of the Canadians who were dropped in Le Havre:
Lieutenant COTE Marcel (POW)
B/56428 Pte KENDRY W.H. (POW)
B/57361 L/Sgt BREEN John G. (POW)
G/24083 Cpl MILLER Harold S. (POW)
B/131751 Pte MEAROW T.D. (POW)
F/56432 Pte DUNPHY Clyde (POW)
B/135431 Pte WADDELL Don (POW)
C/94256 Pte COBURN John C. (KIA)
D/106002 Pte DUMAS Jean B. (POW)
B/26949 Pte WARWICK Mike (POW)
M/104461 Pte SUMMERHAYS W.J. (POW)
B/26879 Pte NIGH Joseph S. (KIA)
Unit: HQ Coy, Mortar Section (No. 1 Section, 3″ Mortar Platoon)
I'm looking for anything about them and their mission: reports, photos, careers, contact with families, enlistment, life in civilian. Can you help me? Do you have contacts who can?
Best regards,
Nicolas Bucourt
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It has become quite challenging for businesses to keep up with technological advancements, the rise of the world's population needs, and the overall human workforce management. The remote work business model changed the game for millions of employees and employers everywhere, with that number constantly rising.
This rise in popularity of remote work isn't unjustified; it offers a massive convenience to both groups.
As we previously mentioned, millions of workers have already ventured to this business model successfully. According to the infographic below, in the United States alone, there has been an increase of part and full-time remote workers by roughly 159% between 2005-2017.
It is important to mention that none of these people work as a freelancer or self-employed individual. Instead, certified companies employ them because they want to cut office costs and give their workers a range of benefits when it comes to their day-to-day work habits.
These benefits and privileges are numerous but very useful for those workers to enjoy them. As you probably already know, one of the main advantages includes flexible hours. You get to choose when you want to work, sleep, have lunch, or spend time with your loved ones. This especially comes in handy when you're a parent, with your schedule often derailed by your kids' needs.
With your hours being fully flexible, you're able to set a better sleeping, eating, and exercising schedule, raising your overall well-being and health. You will feel less stress, anxiety, and greater productivity, with up to 82% of all surveyed remote employees reporting vast stress relief and better working habits.
In fact, up to two-thirds of all remote employees raised their productivity massively, even when working in teams.
It is also very important to mention that, by some projections, up to 51%, or more than half of America's entire workforce, will become reliant on remote work. This implies millions of dollars saved on office supplies, transportation costs, at-work insurance, etc. These facts are particularly important for employers, who will be able not only to cut these costs but also lower tax increments for years to come.
Overall, being an employee of a company providing bona fide remote work options can be great. However, companies tend to slowly ease into this work model to see if it works for both employers and employees. Oftentimes, it starts with one day per week working remotely, with the number of days potentially rising along with success and productivity rates.
The infographic provided below gives plenty of stats that are useful for everyone, especially for those looking for an endeavor towards remote work, the benefits it brings, and the ease of working without office-induced stress.
Most remote workers would encourage everyone to ditch the old-school 9-to-5 office job and start working remotely, with all the privileges that this model offers. However, it is always important to get as much information as possible before commencing a life-changing journey. That said, let's jump right into the infographic and discover more details.


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Microsoft says, "As we head into the back-to-school season with you, we're adding Flipgrid support to OneNote and updating our OneNote Desktop add-ins this month."
PLCs are most effective when there is an organized way to meet, learn, and grow professionally. Microsoft Teams provides that medium to bring educators together in person or virtually so they can discuss, share, learn and grow professionally all the while keeping resources and communications at the educator's fingertips.
Images are essential for enhancing your blog posts. Visual content is easy to understand and also is more memorable than textual content. With the right images, your content will be more appealing. The main problem that comes with adding images to posts is finding images, even though there are hundreds of websites selling graphics (or even giving them away for free).
We cannot just use someone else's images as it can create legal problems and using tools like Photoshop is not an easy task. When I started my blog, I started finding tools which let me create images for my posts. I had tried my hands at Photoshop and Corel Draw, but the only thing I know how to do is write (not draw). One day while creating a presentation, I found the tool for all my image needs- PowerPoint..
The following blog post was written by Andrew Robertson of Microsoft UK. I work very closely with Leigh Wolmarans, and when Microsoft heard about the great things Leigh is doing with Minecraft they wanted to find out more. Andrew contacted myself and Leigh and arranged a telephone interview to find out about how Lings Primary…
One of the ways that I describe Microsoft Teams to people is as a simplified and aggregated wrapper over things such as SharePoint Teams Sites and Skype for Business. Many may not appreciate however that it is also a wrapper over one of other favourite products, OneNote. When you create a new Microsoft Team you also get a new SharePoint Team Site as part of that. That SharePoint Team Site contains a OneNote notebook which is known as a 'site notebook'. To view it, simply select the link Notebook from the Quick Launch menu on the left of the SharePoint Team Site.
Have you ever been frustrated by a textbook because it is not quite right? Do you have that printed out folder with learning experiences from multiple resources? Wouldn't it be great if you could create your own digital work and textbooks with all of the resources you have found valuable? Well look no further, OneNote allows you to create your own digital textbook.
We really do like using OneNote. If you haven't come across it it's a brand new addition to Microsoft Office that came with Office 365. It's a note taking application that you can use across your devices for free. It's a bit like EverNote but we prefer the functionality and ease of use that it offers. In this blog we're going to talk about our 4 favourite things to do with OneNote.
"My greatest dream for education would be that students will move away from being just consumers of information, but become problem solvers, innovators, producers, global citizens," says Joe Lemaron.To celebrate five years of Daily Edventures, we're sharing some of our favorite posts. This Daily Edventure was originally published on January 17, 2012.
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For John, BLUF: This seems so obvious, but some are slow learners. Nothing to see here; just move along.
From The Wash Post, by Reporter Avi Selk, 4 May 2018.
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Tag Archive for: Volunteer
Nurturing God's Creation/0 Comments/in Biblical, Breaking the Cycle of Poverty, Street Outreach /by admin
Each spring, my wife and I find joy in feeding the birds that frequent our large rural Ottawa backyard. Together we peer out at our many-winged visitors through the kitchen window or separately through the patio doors. Species include beloved cardinals, chickadees, doves and nuthatches. Uninvited, yet equally welcome, guests are feisty red squirrels and their companion, more docile black squirrels.
Our love of nurturing nature in this simple way brings great joy.
While most of us understand the need to nurture God's creation, helping people living on the margins may not always come so naturally. Judgement, criticism and stereotypes sometimes precludes caring for people in need.
Street outreach organizations like Ottawa Innercity Ministries, however, look beyond 'first impressions,' scratching below the surface to the person underneath. They do so by sustaining life on the streets of our fair city and bring great joy to those in need.
Each day of the week, volunteers generously donate a couple of hours of their time to provide food, clothing and words of affirmation to our street friends. The outpouring of Jesus' love and warmth during this brief interaction offers hope, which can enable the escape from the prison that is street life.
OIM conducts drop-ins, a youth art program and advocacy to those who grasp at this hope and seek a better life.
We know that these interventions bring with them joy through faith in a better future.
Isaiah 43 v 1: "Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name, you are mine."
-Peter, Street Outreach Volunteer
Ottawa Emergency Services – Thank You!/0 Comments/in About OIM, Street Outreach /by admin
You never know what to expect on street outreach. Some days are uneventful; others are not.
One chilly Sunday afternoon early in April our team crossed Dalhousie Street at Rideau. There in front of a popular cafe, amidst the hustle and bustle of shoppers, lay a big man.
No one else seemed to notice him.
It was disturbing to see someone seemingly asleep like this, especially for our two new team members. We knew he was in very bad shape. Under-dressed, unconscious and helpless on the cold floor of our concrete jungle, we weren't sure of the cause.
However, our team leader took charge and tried to wake him, as OIM has trained us to do. With few signs of life, his first thought was that the man had over-dosed and was dying. To administer Naloxone or not?
Weighing the odds, our quick thinker dialed 911 for medical assistance. Coincidentally a police cruiser stopped at the intersection and was approached by another member of our team.
The police promptly took over, checked the prostrate young man for vital signs and called for an ambulance.
Once the man was in the ambulance, when asked, one of the paramedics said Naloxone was not warranted in this situation as an (opioid) overdose did not seem to be the issue. We were thankful for their timely response and expert care.
Just as the ambulance arrived, a fire truck pulled up to offer assistance and another could be heard approaching rapidly.
All of this happened within ten minutes. Needless to say, we were impressed with our Ottawa emergency services and thankful that our friend had been well taken care of so quickly.
-Peter, Street Outreach Volunteer
This story is part of A Special Series this month in honour of OIM's 30th Anniversary. We hope to raise awareness, challenge misconceptions, and honestly reflect the lives of those who call the streets their home. As you reflect on these stories, please take a moment to PRAY EACH DAY – just 30 seconds – for our ministry's needs including a permanent location for our OIM Office as of Aug 1 .
Thanks and God Bless.
A "New" Pair of Shoes/0 Comments/in Stories from the Street, Volunteer Homelessness, Volunteer Ottawa /by admin
I will always remember that night out on Street Outreach when I decided to bring a used pair of off-white slip-on shoes that someone donated at the office. These shoes were from a well known brand (I don't remember which one, maybe Tommy Hilfiger). Even though they were a bit dirty, I thought: Who knows? Maybe someone may recognize the brand and be happy to receive it.
The whole night went by and we handed out the usual: sandwiches, socks, juice boxes. Finally, as we were ending our shift, one of the last persons we saw that night (if not THE last) asked if we had a pair of shoes. I said: "Yes! Here you go," showing him the famous shoes. To my surprise, not only did he recognise the brand right away, but he was so happy that he couldn't stop jumping with joy and thanking us, again and again. Even though these "new-ish" shoes were a bit dirty and a bit too big for him, he was full of joy. (I noticed that his current pair was too small for him and the laces were missing).
It struck me, in that moment, how some of the things that we take for granted can mean so much to someone in need.
– Sophie, Street Outreach Volunteer
30 Days of Prayer, 30 Seconds Each Day, In Honour of Our 30th Anniversary
This story is part of A Special Series this month in honour of OIM's 30th Anniversary. We hope to raise awareness, challenge misconceptions, and honestly reflect the lives of those who call the streets their home. As you reflect on these stories, please take a moment to PRAY EACH DAY – just 30 seconds – for our ministry's needs.
Thanks and God Bless You.
A Passion To Serve/0 Comments/in Volunteer Homelessness, Volunteer Ottawa, Volunteering /by admin
Why do you volunteer at OIM?
It's a question that I have been asking our volunteers lately. The answers that have come back have had one thing in common: a big passion for serving.
Working with OIM volunteers has been a privilege for me. It's encouraging to meet people that find the time to share a part of their busy lives with our guests with the only objective being to give love and support to the most needed here in downtown Ottawa.
Let me tell you about a few of our wonderful volunteers:
Beth comes every Wednesday all the way from the outskirts of Ottawa to the downtown core, where she has been volunteering at the Office "Stop In" for 7 years. Our guests can always expect her to be here each week where she greets people with a ready smile, a cup of coffee, and a chat.
Sacha is a busy university student, but she comes every Thursday to the Office "Stop In." She's always ready to play a game of "spit" with Harold or learn from the guys how to play bridge.
Kirk and Hamish go on Street Outreach every Wednesday morning. Kirk comes early to get coffee going and when Hamish comes with special sandwiches that he made especially for the regulars they see that morning, they hit the roads ready to serve!
Our volunteers are loving, passionate servers with big compassionate hearts. It's amazing to see a community that really cares about one another.
In spite of all the difficulties that individuals struggle with all around us, I am so encouraged by the people I know who are out there really trying to make a difference.
Gaby, OIM Staff
A Humbling Experience/0 Comments/in About OIM, Christmas, Drop In Services, Homelessness, Mental Illness, Personal Experiences, Volunteer Homelessness, Volunteer Ottawa /by admin
Recently, a few of us were talking about people we had met through the drop in and where they were. I talked about John, a man that I had met over 15 years ago when we ran our drop in out of another location downtown. John was a homeless man who had his challenges being homeless with mental illness issues. He was a flamboyant individual, colourful, always had an opinion and was willing to discuss any current topic and extremely political. (If he could have found a way to control his mental illness, I do believe he would have made an attempt to become a politician. But that is another story.)
John's colourful dress reflected his mood and his outlook. I had once told him he reminded me of a peacock because he always had feathers in his hat and he was brightly dressed. I didn't mean it as an insult and he didn't take it that way. It sparked a friendship that has lasted many years…
During Christmas of 2005 my father died, predeceased by mother in 1994 and both in the month of December which makes the period of Christmas hard for me.
In May 2006 I am outside the drop in and in a real depressed mood. We had just put dad in the ground and I am dealing with a lot of emotions; guilt, everything associated with the loss of your last parent. With no close family nearby to talk to I am isolated, with my only siblings in British Columbia. John comes up to me pushing his grocery cart filled with his worldly possessions and sees that I am depressed and asks me what is wrong and I tell him. No one else has picked up on this, or if they have they haven't asked.
He leans over and very quietly says to me, "I have been there brother. I know exactly what you are going through. I am here for you if you need to talk." He reaches out, squeezes my shoulder, looks me in the eye and something passes between us that can't be expressed in words. Tears flow and I mumble 'thanks.'
Every week I give up my time for the homeless, the marginalized, to support them. And, here, it took a homeless man to recognize my pain and hurt and to provide me the one thing I needed: unconditional love. I was humbled, I was loved and I learned a lesson that I have never forgotten.
Love comes in all sizes, shapes and forms. We just need to learn to recognize it and accept it.
Ken B, Volunteer
What if it was you?/0 Comments/in About OIM, Biblical, Community, Dignity, Drop In Services, General Poverty, Homelessness, Justice, Justice Canada, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Miracles on the Streets, Our Services, Passion for Youth, Poverty, Poverty in Canada, Recovery, Respect, Social, Stories from the Street, Street Outreach, Street Youth, Street Youth in Canada, Street Youth Ottawa, Systemic Poverty in Canada, Volunteer Homelessness, Volunteer Ottawa, Volunteering /by ken
Valentines Day Week – just passed. Kudos to all of our volunteer outreach workers in all capacities: street outreach, drop in, office drop in, prayer partners, donors, those who cook for our event dinners, the ones that donate sleeping bags and all kinds of other goodies that we use as tools to make connections with those who live and breathe on the streets of our city.
Sometimes, just sometimes, our street outreach volunteers might walk their routes in minus 30 degrees, and come back feeling somewhat disappointed because on this cold night, they only saw a couple of street friends. Then the thoughts come, "I wonder if I am making all that much difference anyhow. It doesn't feel like it tonight at least."
Stop. Pause.
What if it was you?
You on the streets, maybe even on that one cold night when no one much pays you any attention really, and you feel invisible, forgotten, neglected, and abandoned. Then the recurring thoughts from your past come: thoughts of 'no good', you'll never amount to anything, you are not really worth the effort…
Then an outreach worker shows up with a sandwich, a juice box, but more importantly, a smile, an inquiry about your week, a reminder of something that you said last week or time when you last connected, and some random (or planned) word of encouragement that really lifted your spirits…
How would that make you feel?
For the one's and two's and groups on the streets, and the teams of two or three volunteers walking and watching- add these together and you have two: one, a great deal of difference in someone(s) life; and two, 'everything' (and all that entails) to our those who call the streets their home.
A small thing for us maybe, but what if it was 'you?' I know it would mean a lot to me.
Ken MacLaren
Imagine A World With More HOPE/0 Comments/in Advocacy, Biblical, Breaking the Cycle of Poverty, Dignity, Editorial, Innercity Arts, Justice, Justice Canada, Reflection, Respect, Social, Street Youth, Street Youth in Canada, Street Youth Ottawa, Uncategorized, Volunteer Ottawa, Volunteering, Warm the Streets /by admin
This is George Frederic Watts 1886 painting, "Hope." Hope is sitting on a globe, blindfolded, clutching a wooden lyre with only one string left intact. She sits in a hunched position, with her head leaning towards the instrument, perhaps so she can hear the faint music she can make with the sole remaining string.
This painting, inspired a scene from a (1922 film) of the same name and it is thought by some that it had an influence on Picasso's early 'Blue Period' paintings.
Nelson Mandella reportedly had a print of the painting on the wall of his prison cell on Robben Island..
After Egypt was defeated by Israel during the Six-Day War, the Egyptian government issued copies of this painting to its troops.
The painting was the subject of a lecture by Dr Frederick G. Sampson in Richmond, Virginia, in the late 1980s, who described it as a study in contradictions. The lecture was attended by Jeremiah Wright and inspired him to give a sermon in 1990 on the subject of Hope. He said:
…with her clothes in rags, her body scarred and bruised and bleeding, her harp all but destroyed and with only one string left, she had the audacity to make music and praise God … To take the one string you have left and to have the audacity to hope … that's the real word God will have us hear from this passage and from Watt's painting.
Barack Obama attended this sermon, and later adopted the phrase "audacity of hope" as the title for his 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address as well as the title of his second book. Obama's speech instantly catapulted him to a national stage, both as a star within the Democratic party and set the stage for the day that he would become president.
Imagine a World with more Hope.
Rom 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in your faith, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may overflow with hope.
Ken MacLaren
Ottawa Home and Garden Show. Why?/0 Comments/in About OIM, Art Show, Artistic Expression, Arts Program, Breaking the Cycle of Poverty, Creative Arts, Editorial, General Poverty, heARTfelt Thursdays, Homelessness, How To Help, Injustice Ontario, Justice, Mentorship, Miracles on the Streets, Passion for Youth, Personal Experiences, Poverty, Poverty in Canada, Social, Stories from the Street, Street Youth, Street Youth in Canada, Street Youth Ottawa, Strengths Based Program, Systemic Poverty in Canada, Volunteer Ottawa, Volunteering /by ken
OIM has been given a booth at the Ottawa Home and Garden Show, March 20 to 23 at the Ernst and Young Centre. Why?
A friend of the ministry donated this 10' x 20' exhibitor's space so that people who are thinking about renovating, redoing and re-fixing their own homes might take a moment and consider people who don't have any home at all.
Our booth will have an area where visitors can see some of the art work that our Passion 4 Youth artists have created; we will be showing the 7 minute OIM DVD and also another shorter DVD featuring interviews from three of the youth from the program; we will have a visual aid of a home (on Bristol board) where visitors can buy a brick for a donation of any amount, and we can collect funds for new space (which we desperately need).
Then we'll top it off with not one, but two (and maybe three) surprises that you can only discover if you come by and have a visit with us.
The Ottawa Home and Garden people are expecting over 20,000 visitors to the show this year, and it is a privilege to represent OIM there. We have scheduled volunteers and staff for the entire weekend, and you will want to see how this works!
Please consider this your special invitation: 'Come on down' and visit us!
The Small Things Guy…/0 Comments/in ABCD, Assets Based Community Development, Breaking the Cycle of Poverty, Community, Core Values, Dignity, Drop In Services, How To Help, Justice, Justice Canada, Miracles on the Streets, Our Services, Personal Experiences, Poverty, Poverty in Canada, Reflection, Respect, Social, Stories from the Street, Systemic Poverty in Canada, Volunteer Ottawa, Volunteering /by ken
Following from last week, my friend 'Jesse', the 'small things guy'.
So last week at the drop in, I had to call the police and ask them to remove Jesse as he would not cooperate and leave when I asked him. The reason? He was drinking (no surprise) openly (not allowed) and blatantly (not allowed) and was not showing respect to the church where we house our drop in (the biggest offense), neither did he respect the staff and volunteers who make things work.
I was hurt – OK, so I know it's not about me – but it pained me that my 'friend', who in his last letter from jail called me his 'Best Friend' walked and stomped all over me (not literally) and our friendship (I thought).
He left the premises last week only when Ottawa's finest escorted him out – no problem.
So my week goes on and I think about Jesse a lot, and our friendship, and wonder how badly it's been violated. Then I'm looking through my shirts and I find one that I think Jesse would like and bring it to the drop in, thinking I would meet him there today.
On the way it struck me that Jesse would not remember even one of the details of our encounter last week. Nothing.
Staff called to tell me he had arrived at the drop in and I came shortly afterwards.
We connected. I gave him a shirt. He liked it. I told him I loved him, and he knew that. I told him he was not respectful last week and I had to call the police. What?? he said. Didn't remember a thing. Truly. We hung out for a while and he said he would help me with the memorial service to come later that day. It was a new day. Fresh start. My Best Friend. Again.
So what to do? Life goes on. Hold things lightly. Hold others with a firm grasp. Never let go of hope. Never give up on people. Love unconditionally – people need to be loved.
Question: What about the seventy times seven plus one? Does love ever draw the line?
PS (and unrelated): It's not too late to join our Urban Intervention Training for new volunteers: next session Feb 6. 2014
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Everything you need to know: Green and white ballot papers as Limerick voters go to polls
The count centre will be at Limerick Racecourse, Patrickswell
MORE than 140,000 people across Limerick are eligible to vote in this Friday's presidential election and constitutional referendum.
Voting will take place in both the Limerick city and Limerick constituencies between 7am and 10pm.
County Registrar and local returning officer Pat Wallace is advising voters that ballot papers for the presidential election are white in colour and will feature the name and photo of each of the six candidates which should be numbered in order of preference.
The ballot papers for the blasphemy referendum are green in colour with voters being asked clearly indicate their preference by marking the 'yes' or 'no' box.
There is no obligation on people to cast votes in both the presidential election and referendum and they are free to vote in just one if they wish.
Following the closing of the polls on Friday, a major operation will kick-in to bring the ballot boxes to the count centre at Limerick Racecourse, Patrickswell.
Count staff will begin sorting and collating the ballot papers from 9am on Saturday.
Because there are two separate votes, the process to separate the ballot papers is likely to take until lunchtime when the count proper will get underway.
The votes cast in the two Limerick constituencies will be counted separately and the results will only announced once they have been ratified by the national returning officer.
While there is some flexibility at a local level, it is likely the votes cast in the referendum will not be counted until the overall result of the presidential election has been announced.
Those on the register of electors should have received their polling cards in recent days.
An information booklet from the Referendum Commission – which is chaired by Limerick woman, Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy - has also been distributed.
- Stay with the Limerick Leader for updates as voting begins and the count takes place on Saturday


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Thanks for the Memory
Istanbul: Memories and the City
In the Western imagination, Istanbul, alias Constantinople, was once identified with decay, corruption, and imperial decline as well as with voluptuous pleasure. Flaubert longed to visit and buy himself a slave. During the nineteenth century, the city was the capital of a shrinking Ottoman Empire, the "Sick Man of Europe." After World War I, it lost its political importance and became a provincial outpost when the capital was moved to Ankara. Turks complained that very few people came to visit. In the following decades, Istanbul grew less exotic as the result of accelerated Westernization and the radical measures of the Republic of Turkey's founder and first president, Kemal Atatürk: the banishing of the sultan, the closing of the famous harem, the introduction of Latin script, the prohibition of Islamic head coverings, the burning or deliberate demolition of many ancient wooden mansions.
After World War II the city was periodically torn by anarchy, civil strife, and brutal military coups by generals who claimed they wanted to "restore democracy." In 1960, Adnan Menderes, an elected prime minister, and two of his ministers were put on trial and subsequently hanged on charges—later challenged—of instigating a pogrom against the city's Greek population in 1955. The decline continued into the 1980s, a period in which there were fears of imminent economic collapse. I remember landing at Istanbul airport on a cold winter morning early in 1981, shortly before yet another brutal military coup. The terminal was unheated and unkempt. One of the great glass windows was smashed; an icy wind blew in and drove loose rubbish across the stone floor. Because of the scarcity of fuel, there were no taxis. Turkey was said to be on the verge of national bankruptcy. The headline in one of the local papers claimed that currency reserves were down to $9 million, less than the daily cost of maintaining Turkey's scarce fuel supplies.
In the city, electricity was turned off intermittently during the day and night. That evening I met with a foreign diplomat at his home high up on a cliff overlooking the Bosphorus. From his veranda there was a magnificent panoramic view, across the straits to the Asian coast. In the west, towering over a panorama of flat roofs, Hagia Sophia and the great mosques were in full view, surrounded by pointed white minarets, slim and elegant as daggers. They were dramatically illuminated against a darkening sky. I can think of no other great city with so magnificent a setting, whether approached from the glimmering Sea of Marmara, as the armies of the Fourth Crusade did when they sacked the Byzantine city in 1204, or from the nearby Asian coast across the narrow straits, as the Turks did two centuries later. "There are places where history is inescapable, like a highway accident," Joseph Brodsky wrote about Istanbul; its "geography provokes history."1
Dusk is often gloomy in Istanbul, especially in winter. Below us, down in the straits, thin wisps of smoke rose from a ferry boat,…
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