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Today is August 4th, 2018. We will analyze Apple's recent earnings report and how it became the first trillion-dollar company in the world.
Triggered by disappointing earnings of Facebook and Netflix, the aftermath of Wall Street's largest wipeout continues to linger on and affect the majority of large-cap tech companies. Investors are losing confidence in the growth potential of tech giants, and are fearful of potential tech bubble burst.
Before Apple's quarterly performance announcement on August 1st, the markets were anticipating with a mix of fear and optimism. In light of the recent market correction, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) no doubt was under great public pressure, more so as it is the largest company by market capitalization. Fortunately, it passed the test with flying colors: a 17% increase in quarterly revenue from last year's at $53.3 billion despite selling only 1% more iPhones. Apple's shares jumped more than 7% since its release of the earnings report, hitting $207.05 per share at the time of writing and finally breaking past the trillion-dollar market capitalization.
When Apple released its top-of-the-line iPhone X last year, pundits warned that the high price tag could drag down sales performance. Little did they know that higher selling price actually saved Apple's profitability. According to Apple's Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri, "iPhone revenue grew with a $120 increase in average selling price, driven by strong performance of higher-priced iPhones across the world." Morgan Stanley believes that a thriving macro environment and an increasingly engaged, quality-conscious customer base are among the growth variables. Currently, iPhones' sales account for 56% of Apple's total revenues, definitely a key factor in Apple's revenue boost.
The rapid growth in Apple's services and "other products", at 31% and 37% respectively, are the highlights of this earnings report. Apple's services unit, which includes digital content such as App Store and services such as AppleCare, is the second largest revenue driver. Mobile games such as App Store-exclusive Fortnite have been generating tons of dollars to the platform. At the same time, the "other products" unit, which sells the likes of Apple Watch, AirPods earphones and HomePod speaker, will soon take over Mac and iPad as the third largest revenue source. The advancement of wearable technology and audio accessories is driving consumer adoption, enabling Apple to widen its network of smart devices.
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Did you know these five star international athletes also had forays into baseball?
Baseball may be "America's pastime," but as the World Baseball Classic proves, it is a global sport. Not only is baseball played everywhere, but there are a number of great athletes that played the game before eventually giving it up for the sport where they made their name.
To honor the global reach of the game, let's look at five of these notable international athletes that also dallied on the diamond:
Dixie Dean
He's English Babe Ruth … for soccer. In the same year that Ruth was setting the home run record with 60, Everton Football Club's star striker set the Football League record by scoring an absurd (and strangely synchronistic) 60 goals for Everton -- a record that still stands today.
While Dean and Ruth would one day meet at a Tottenham Hotspur game in either 1934 or '35, that wasn't Dean's only foray into the world of baseball: The star striker also played for the Liverpool Caledonians in the offseason.
Thanks to the efforts made by Al Spalding to bring baseball to the world in an 1889 world tour, he wasn't the only English soccer player to take on America's game. In fact, thanks to Spalding, there was a professional baseball league in England that lasted for one year in 1890, formed from players for the local soccer teams. Aston Villa beat out Stoke City, Preston North End and Derby County to win the first -- and only -- league title. Because of this, Derby County -- which has long since focused solely on soccer -- played in a stadium known as The Baseball Ground until it was demolished in 2003.
Graham Gooch
For all the similarities between baseball and cricket -- both use a bat and a ball, after all -- the games are still drastically different.
English cricketer Gooch, recognized as one of the greatest batsmen in cricket history, learned that the hard way when he took on Ernie Banks in a home run derby in 1988 during England's baseball National Championship.
Banks, at the ripe old age of 57, still beat Gooch, three home runs to zero. That may have more to do with Gooch's cricket swing than a lack of ability, though.
"It came down to swings," Banks said. "I tried to teach him to swing up and get the ball in the air. He was used to a low, straight swing of cricket, and every time he tried to swing up, he'd pop the ball up."
For those curious: Ruth tried his hand at cricket during his trip to England. He proved a natural as he sprayed balls all over the field. "How can I help it," he said, "when you have a great wide board to swing?"
Johan Cruyff
Cruyff is one of the greatest players to ever grace the soccer pitch. He won the Ballon d'Or, an award given to the world's greatest footballer, three times and starred and managed at Ajax and Barcelona -- two of the biggest clubs in European soccer. He even has a famous move to his name called the Cruyff Turn.
In an alternate reality, that may have been the name for a piece of sparkling baserunning: Before Cruyff was a soccer legend, he starred on the diamond. Though he joined the Ajax youth team at the age of 10, he actually preferred playing baseball. It was only when his soccer coaches urged him to give up the sport that he finally abandoned it.
Oddly enough, while Cruyff was an athletic and creative soccer player, his position in baseball was almost the opposite: He was a catcher.
Jarome Iginla
The Edmonton native may not still lead the league in goals as he did twice during the peak of his career, but the 39-year-old still has plenty in the tank.
Hockey wasn't always Iginla's favorite sport, however. That belonged to baseball as he dreamed of becoming a two-sport player like Bo Jackson. He even starred on Canada's junior baseball team as a pitcher, catcher and shortstop, hitting .400 in 20 at-bats at the Canadian National Bantam Baseball Championship in 1992.
Masashi Ozaki
There's a lot of overlap between baseball and golf, with players like Yoenis Cespedes and John Smoltz showing a particular affinity for the sport. They have nothing on Ozaki. Arguably the greatest player in the Japan Tour's history, the man nicknamed "Jumbo" led the Japan Golf Tour in winnings 12 times and spent 194 weeks ranked as one of the top 10 players in the world.
Before that, he was a pitcher-turned-outfielder in the NPB with the Nishitetsu Lions from 1965-67. The numbers don't look great, with Ozaki posting a 4.79 ERA in 41 1/3 IP as a pitcher. They actually got worse when he switched to the outfield in '67 (2-for-42 with 24 SO). But, in his defense, he was also only 20 years old when he left the team.
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Intec Pharma Appoints Roger J. Pomerantz, M.D. to Board of Directors
JERUSALEM, March 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Intec Pharma LTD (NASDAQ, TASE: NTEC) ("Intec" or "the Company") today announces the appointment of Roger J. Pomerantz, M.D., F.A.C.P. to its Board of Directors. Dr. Pomerantz is President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Seres Therapeutics, Inc. With this appointment, Intec's board has seven directors including six whom are independent.
Prior to joining Seres, Dr. Pomerantz was Worldwide Head of Licensing & Acquisitions, Senior Vice President at Merck & Co., Inc., where he oversaw all licensing and acquisitions at Merck Research Laboratories, including external research, out-licensing regional deals, and academic alliances. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President and Global Franchise Head of Infectious Diseases at Merck. Prior to joining Merck, Dr. Pomerantz was Global Head of Infectious Diseases for Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals, where he was responsible for all anti-infective agents worldwide.
Dr. Pomerantz earned his B.A. in biochemistry at the Johns Hopkins University and his M.D. at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine internship and residency training, and his subspecialty clinical and research training in infectious diseases and virology at the Massachusetts General Hospital of Harvard Medical School. His post-doctoral research training in molecular retrovirology was obtained at both Harvard Medical School and the Whitehead Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Dr. David Baltimore. Dr. Pomerantz also served as the Chief Resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Following his medical-scientist training, he was an Endowed, Tenured Professor of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology and Chairman of the Infectious Diseases Department of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Dr. Pomerantz is an internationally recognized expert in HIV molecular pathogenesis and latency. He has developed eleven approved drugs in important diseases including HIV, HCV, CMV, MDR-Tuberculosis, and Clostridium difficile infection.
Dr. Pomerantz has extensive board experience and currently serves as a Director on the boards of Rubius Therapeutics, Inc. and Contrafect, Inc., where he is Vice Chairman. In addition, he is Senior Advisor to the boards of InnaVirVax and PathoVax LLC. Dr. Pomerantz serves as the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of Aridis Pharmaceutical and is a Venture Partner at Flagship Pioneering where he works on biotechnology company creation and consultation for the Flagship portfolio companies' boards of directors.
"We are delighted to have Roger join Intec's Board at this pivotal time in the Company's evolution. His counsel on a range of strategic issues will be instrumental as we near the completion of our Phase 3 ACCORDANCE clinical trial of AP-Carbidopa/Levodopa (AP-CD/LD) to treat Parkinson's Disease, advance our pre-commercial activities and accelerate the continued development of our innovative Accordion Pill drug delivery solution in a variety of new indications," stated John W. Kozarich, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board of Intec Pharma. "Roger's considerable board experience will be of great value as we seek to expand our clinical development pipeline and advance collaborations and partnership opportunities with our proprietary Accordion Pill technology."
"This is a very exciting time to be joining Intec's board as the Company is finalizing late stage testing of its Parkinson's Disease therapeutic and is leveraging its Accordion Pill platform to bring enhanced treatment options to patients across a broad spectrum of therapeutic areas," said Dr. Pomerantz. "I'm delighted to offer my insights and work with this Board as Intec drives long-term value creation and moves towards approval, launch and commercialization of its first product."
About Intec Pharma Ltd.
Intec Pharma is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing drugs based on its proprietary Accordion Pill platform technology. The Company's Accordion Pill is an oral drug delivery system that is designed to improve the efficacy and safety of existing drugs and drugs in development by utilizing an efficient gastric retention and specific release mechanism. The Company's product pipeline includes two product candidates in clinical trial stages: Accordion Pill Carbidopa/Levodopa, or AP-CD/LD, which is being developed for the treatment of Parkinson's disease symptoms in advanced Parkinson's disease patients, and AP-cannabinoids, an Accordion Pill to deliver either or both of the primary cannabinoids contained in Cannabis sativa, cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) for various indications including low back neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia.
For more information, visit http://www.intecpharma.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements about the Company's expectations, beliefs and intentions. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as "believe", "expect", "intend", "plan", "may", "should", "could", "might", "seek", "target", "will", "project", "forecast", "continue" or "anticipate" or their negatives or variations of these words or other comparable words or by the fact that these statements do not relate strictly to historical matters. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and assessments made in light of management's experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors believed to be appropriate. Forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and the company undertakes no duty to update or revise any such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of the company's control. Important factors that could cause actual results, developments and business decisions to differ materially from forward-looking statements are described in the sections titled "Risk Factors" in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and include the following: the company's ability to develop and commercialize its product candidates and obtain additional financing necessary therefor; the length, cost and uncertain results of the company's clinical trials; including uncertainty regarding the Company's ability to enroll the required number of patients therein; the potential of adverse side effects, other safety risks, or legal prohibitions on the use of certain products in certain jurisdictions that could preclude the approval of the company's drug candidates; the availability of reimbursement from government authorities and health insurance companies for the company's products; the impact of product liability lawsuits; and the influence of extensive and costly government regulation.
Intec Pharma Investor Contact:
Bob Yedid
LifeSci Advisors
SOURCE Intec Pharma Ltd.
Source: PR Newswire (March 26, 2018 - 7:00 AM EDT)


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GIFAS International Chalet, Paris, 18 June 2019
Ladies & Gentlemen,
It's a great honour for me to be with you today and I am very grateful to the organisers, GIFAS and the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers, for having invited me to speak before you. I am particularly pleased to see so many Indian companies represented and I wish to extend to them a warm welcome in France.
A bit more than a year ago in Delhi, on 16th April 2018, I have had the opportunity and the pleasure to address the first Indo-French Defence & Aerospace Cooperation Seminar organised in India by GIFAS and the CII. That was a very impressive event, with a high level of participation by companies from both countries and a very strong support by both governments. The seminar organised today is a follow-up to that major event and I welcome this initiative.
As you probably know, France is India's oldest strategic partner and a significant one for defence and aerospace equipment, not just as a supplier but as a true partner. As a matter of fact, Make-in-India has been a reality for the French industry for many years, particularly for defence equipment such as helicopters, missiles, submarines, aircraft engines and others. Our relations in this area date back to India's Independence and are being continuously strengthened. Today our strategic partnership is the strongest and closest we have in the Asia-Pacific region.
This strategic partnership was enhanced even further by the State visit to India of the President of the French Republic, Mr Emmanuel Macron, in March last year. This visit was a great success in many respect and one of the areas of convergence of views between our leaders was the necessity to strengthen our manufacturing partnership in the industrial sector, particularly, in aerospace and defence, as clearly stated in their Joint Statement.
This political support at the highest level of both States provided the industries of both countries the best possible high-level framework for deepening their industrial relations in defence as well as the civilian aerospace sectors. You can count on our full political support for this and we are looking forward to further exchanges with the new Indian government in this respect. No later than last week, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, French minister of state for Europe and Foreign Affairs, was in Delhi to discuss the next possible steps in our strategic partnership with Mr Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, and other dignitaries of the Indian government. Other high level visits in India or in France will indeed occur in the weeks and months to come. Most importantly, Prime Minister Modi has accepted an invitation from President Macron to attend the outreach session of G7 Summit in France as a special invitee at the end of August. The event will of course also include a bilateral Indo-French component.
As you all know, the industrial dimension of this strategic partnership in the aeronautical and defence sectors is already well developed. Almost 60 French aeronautical companies already have physical offices or facilities in India and the number is increasing every month. There are of course the big groups like Airbus, Dassault Aviation, Thales, Safran and MBDA, but also more and more of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). I had the occasion of meeting many of them last week only in Bangalore. The French aviation and defence industries have chosen India and will invest in this goal. This choice was evident at the Aero India air show in Bangalore last February. With 49 French companies present, and a lot of military and civilian aircraft, France was, by far, the foremost foreign participant in the Exhibition.
French industrial facilities in India, big and small, which we are strongly supporting, are indeed flourishing, and this is good news, especially because more and more Indian companies are also investing in France, like for instance Motherson, which is here with us today. We are also strongly supporting this investment from India in France as our strategic partnership is a two-way partnership, between partners and friends.
I would not like to take more of your precious time during the Air Show, so I wish you all very fruitful discussions and I look forward to supporting all your efforts in the establishment of long-term and win-win cooperation in the aerospace and defence sectors.


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A review of "Childbirth without Fear" for Deirdre Munro Global Village Midwives @GlobalVillageMw
by @DouglasNatusch
A young doctor was attending a birth in Whitechapel in London in the first half of the 20th Century. What he later wrote could be from a scene from the television series "Call the Midwife". The mother lived in a poor household in the East End of London. The doctor recalled having to provide his own towel and soap when he arrived as she had none to offer him. Despite the poverty of the surroundings he recollected "I soon became conscious of a quiet kindliness in the atmosphere. In due course the baby was born. There was no fuss or noise." The mother declined chloroform when offered and it was when he asked her why she did so, she explained "it didn't hurt, it wasn't meant to". These words had a profound effect on that young doctor. He went on to develop ideas and changed his practice. A desire to spread his ideas led to him writing a book, 'Natural Childbirth' and later 'Childbirth Without Fear". He didn't just write books however, he start a social movement with a powerful thread, still running through Midwifery and Obstetrics today. His name was Dr Grantley Dick-Read.
Hello 🙂 My name is Douglas Natusch. I am a Consultant in Anaesthetics and Pain Medicine in South Devon, UK. Delivering obstetric anaesthesia is a part of my role, one which I appreciate and value. I first came across Global Village Midwife after a post I had written on Twitter about the 'Skin to Skin" campaign. When @DeirdreMunro asked if I would write a piece, I though it may be an opportunity to read 'Childbirth Without Fear" and reflect on the book from the perspective of a current day anaesthetist.
Childbirth Without Fear
Obstetrics and childbirth as Grantley Dick-Read encountered in the first half of the century, was a very different world to the one he later aspired to achieve for the women he looked after. He deplored some contemporary views that women should know as little as possible about labour and leave things to interventions of (male) experts. He directly challenged his own profession and he also challenged practices in nursing and midwifery that he felt interfered with the relationship between mothers and their babies.
He describes deliveries at home and in hospital. What he describes is very far from current practice. In hospital he writes how women were often left alone and unprepared on wards during their first stage of labour as there was not enough staff to be with them. He wrote "I shudder when I pass the door of those wards where the women lie alone, enduring the first stage of labour". Once ready to be delivered, women were moved to a birthing suite and inhalation anaesthetics like Chloroform or Ether were often offered in the second stage of labour. Dick-Read commented that with vaginal delivery under general anaesthesia, women missed seeing their baby born or hearing their first cry. He reflected sadly on a situation where he saw "Anaesthetics used in place of education, drugs an antidote for misunderstanding." He was also concerned about over-intervention in the form of forceps and episiotomy as a consequence. During home deliveries he describes situations that varied but where sometimes unhelpful advice given by well meaning onlookers did not always creating a peaceful and relaxing environment for the mother.
Grantley Dick-Read believed and advocated empowering women to understand the process of labour, to understand their bodies and realised the importance of women learning to overcome fear of pain in labour. He wrote that when prepared and given the choice, "Women demand to stay conscious to see their babies born". He postulated a Fear-Tension-Pain Syndrome that could be overcome with antenatal education and relaxation. The outcome of his method is best described by a experienced Midwife he quotes in his book, "the difference is the women. They seem to know their job before they start ; they know what first stage contractions are doing and realise it may be a long time before the "door is opened". They understand why relaxation helps."
He was an advocate of immediate mother and baby skin-to -skin' contact at a time when that was not the norm. He said "there is no greater joy than that of a woman who sees her baby born and hold it in her hands whilst it is still linked to her body by the avenue through which its lifeblood surged from the selective source within her womb." To my surprise, I realised he also encouraged breast feeding at a time when women were not encouraged to, or even actively discouraged ; "rooming in " instead of babies being taken away to nurseries post delivery and fathers being present at the birth of their children. Much of what he advocated has become embedded into modern Midwifery and Obstetrics.
Dick-Read was also concerned about the effects of popular culture in literature and film that promoted a view that labour was inevitably painful and distressing.A deeply religious man he even questioned translations in the Bible implying childbirth was painful noting irregularities in translation of texts relating to childbirth. In short, he was promoting nothing less than a multi-dimensional or bio-psycho-social approach to pain in childbirth, decades before it was adopted in other areas of medicine. Sometimes what he writes seems remarkably current – not from around 60 years ago. At other times his language seems arcane. In context, he was born a Victorian and was a veteran of World War 1. Perhaps his lasting legacy is to have been an influence in the development of The National Childbirth, NCT which continues to provide education and support to women and their partners as well as helping change the attitudes and practices of professionals.
What was the reaction to his ideas at the time?
Although some of his ideas were accepted and adopted at the time, which he recognised and was pleased to see, many of his ideas aroused professional controversy which he openly discusses in his book. What seems to have distressed him particularly was being accused of denying women pain relief in labour. Anaesthesia for labour pain had until then been seen as a modern and humane medical advance. It had received royal assent when Queen Victoria delivered one of her children with the assistance of Chloroform. Little had changed however in the practice of anaesthesia in labour it seems, up to Dick-Read's time. It was delivered largely by non-specialist doctors, often the doctor delivering the baby. It is possible on reflection to understand why any challenge to this practice could have been regarded as regressive, unscientific and possibly inhuman by some at the time. Dick-Read was clear his method would not suite all situations. He advocated analgesia or anaesthesia if labour was complex or associated with malpresentation. In his book he outlines many of the techniques of pain relief used today with the exception of TENS machines and epidurals which were yet to be available.
It had also been suggested what he was doing in practice was merely a variant of hypnosis. He spends time clarifying why this was not the case and outlines the methods of relaxation he promoted. Dick-Read was clearly an enthusiast for natural childbirth. My only qualm was perhaps the statistic where he states that in 90% of suitable women severe pain can be eliminated by "substituting understanding for fear". He provides no evidence in the book to support this statistic.
Changes in pain relief techniques in labour since Dick-Read
What has changed profoundly from my perspective since 'Childbirth Without Fear' was published has been the development of an Anaesthetic profession which he may be surprised to realise teaches its trainees about his ideas on the psychological prophylaxis of pain and whose trainees are now nearly 50% women. Dick-Read wrote that "The most important factor in the use of anaesthesia and analgesia in childbirth is the skill, experience and judgement of the attendant". The Anaesthetic profession has made great efforts to improve Obstetric Anaesthesia both in terms of training anaesthetists and delivering a safe service in the UK over the last 4 decades which has shown success in reducing maternal mortality from anaesthetic causes in UK national audits. General anaesthetics are no longer delivered by doctors without a professional training in anaesthetics. Standards for Anaesthetic training and professional practice for the UK are now set by the Royal College of Anaesthetists @RCoANews. General anaesthesia is not offered as an option for routine pain relief in labour. Anaesthetists are now embedded members of the delivery unit team and are involved in variety of ways from providing epidurals for pain relief through to Intensive Care, where units are largely run by specialised anaesthetists. There is now an Obstetric Anaesthetists Association, @OAAinfo which is a charity aiming to disseminate good practice in Obstetric Anaesthesia including producing resources for patients on pain relief in labour which can be found at http://www.labourpains.com/UI/Content/Content.aspx?ID=5
Despite advances in anaesthesia, both in terms of techniques and drugs, good tools of communication remain as important as good equipment in my experience. For me, technical expertise is not enough unless it is not delivered in a context of understanding, clear explanation and above all kindness. Anaesthetists are relating to women at a key time of their lives often to deliver complex interventions at short notice. The best time to have discussions about pain relief in labour is before labour and anaesthetists do join discussions in ante-natal classes, Anaesthetics are still not a substitute for education and drugs are still not a substitute for misunderstanding.
Perhaps the most important thing is for all the professions involved in childbirth is to, like Dick-Read, reflect on what they are doing now that is seen as 'good clinical practice' that may have unintended consequences and need to change. Feedback from women and their families needs to be embedded as an integral part of service development along with audit. Listening to his patient is what started the change for Grantley Dick-Read.
When I was first asked for my comment on the 'Skin-to-skin' campaign on Twitter, I wrote that 'something profound happens to women when they meet their baby' and that 'I have no words for their transformation'. I still don't. I had considered writing an essay on current ideas about the neurophysiology of fear and pain, but suffice to say the brain can and does powerfully module its own input and the emotion of fear does have a role. What would happen if we were ever able to capture an image of the moment in a woman's brain when she meets her baby? Something very profound in terms of neuronal function and neurotransmitters release, I suspect, but personally I do not think medical imaging is necessary. If you have the privilege of being present when someone is born, just take notice. It may be the greatest privilege of your life.
Dr Douglas Natusch
Consultant Anaesthetics and Pain Medicine
Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust
Torquay, Devon.
A review of 'Childbirth without Fear', Dr Grantley Dick-Read 4th Edition 1959 expressing my own views, not those of my employer for @GlobalVillageMw


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A day of remembrance for those who died in our nation's service.
- The most defining trait of a hero is SACRIFICE
- Romans 12:1 "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is your true and proper worship."
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- A man of distinguished courage or ability admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities
- A person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal.
- I John 4:4 "You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world."
- HERO status comes from a deciding moment in time, a place, an action…. an exercise of FAITH
You are…
Postioned by God – Geographically, God puts you in the right place at the right time.
- II Kings 5:2 – Servant Girl with Naaman – Commander of the Army of the King of Syria.
- Your Family – Your School – Your Work – Your Church
- Acts 17:26 "He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth… he determined the exact places where they should live."
Resourced by God – He gives you gifts & abilities – something you already have in your hand.
- John 6:9 – Little Boy's Lunch
- Your House/Car – Gifts/Abilities – Dreams/Visions
Connected by God – Relationships – people in your realm of influence.
- Mark 2:5 – Paralytic's Friends
- Your Occupation – Sports/Hobbies – Divine Appointments
Empowered by God – To persevere beyond your own feelings, fears, or desires.
- Luke 10:30-35 – The Good Samaritan
- Your Money/Time – Compassion – Desire
James 4:8 "Draw nigh to God and He will draw nigh to you…"
- A Hero is someone who has given his life to something bigger than himself
- John 15:13 "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
- Jesus laid down His life for you – Be a living sacrifice for Him today.


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Kennel Club Show, Crystal Palace, 1936
Cat and dog shows had been held at the Palace since the 1870s, but by the 1930s they were almost all there was left of such functions held here.
This view is of one of the last events ever to be staged at the Palace, in October 1936.
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text: The Supreme Court confirmed the decision of the Quebec Court of Appeal in Guay v. PayetteSeptember 12, 2013 Tina Aswad The highest Court in the Country has examined the rules applicable to restrictive covenants when the seller becomes an employee of the purchaser in the context of an asset sale. The Supreme Court confirmed that only a non-competition clause relating to an employment agreement justifies the application of articles 2089 and following of the Civil Code of Quebec, which provides rules relating to the validity of non-competition provisions, including the inapplicability of such clause in the event of termination without cause. The Supreme Court thereby confirmed the validity of a non-compete clause contained in an asset purchase agreement in which the duration of the clause extended for a period of five (5) years post-termination of employment, as well as a non-solicitation clause without any territorial limit. Factual Background In this case, the asset purchase agreement was entered into between Mr. Payette, Mr. Lafortune and Mammoet Crane Inc. (sellers), and Guay Inc. (purchaser). Non-competition and non-solicitation commitments had been undertaken in the Asset Purchase Agreement by Mr. Payette to the benefit of the purchaser. During the transaction, it was also agreed that Mr. Payette and Mr. Lafortune would work for the successor following the transaction. However, Mr. Payette was dismissed. The Supreme Court Decision According to the highest court in the country, in order to determine whether a restrictive covenant relates to an Asset Purchase Agreement or to an employment agreement, the reason for which the clause was entered into must be examined. The "bargain" that had been reached between the parties must be appreciated, taking into account the wording of the obligations and the circumstances in which they were agreed upon. In the present case, the Supreme Court confirmed that restrictive covenants cannot be separated from the Asset Purchase Agreements and therefore, the rules provided in articles 2089 and following of the Civil Code of Quebec are not applicable. The Supreme Court restated however that a non-compete clause, even in a commercial context, must be limited and reasonable as to its duration, territory, activities covered and to that which is necessary in order to protect the legitimate interests of the party to whom it benefits. In a commercial context, the Supreme Court rejected the theory that a non-solicitation clause that prohibits "doing business with clients" amounts to a hybrid non-competition clause. The Supreme Court also confirmed that such types of restrictions remain non-solicitation covenants and that in the context of an asset sale, the failure to include a territorial limit in a non-solicitation clause does not render the clause unreasonable. It will be interesting to see if the courts will adopt the same approach when the non-solicitation clause is contained in an employment agreement. Finally, the Supreme Court confirmed the comments of the Court of Appeal as to the use of the date of termination of employment to determine the duration of restrictive covenants in an Asset Purchase Agreements. Thus, the undertakings remain valid despite the reference to the termination of employment date of Mr. Payette to determine the duration of the obligations of non-compete and non-solicitation This reference does not alter the conclusion that the commitments were undertaken due to the asset sale. DISCLAIMER: This publication is intended to convey general information about legal issues and developments as of the indicated date. It does not constitute legal advice and must not be treated or relied on as such. Please read our full disclaimer at www.stikeman.com/legal-notice.


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Woodstock High School is the home of many diverse activities. Well known clubs such as Beta, and newer clubs such as the Fencing Club. The captain of the Fencing Club is Matthew Brown, who also started the club. He is 17, a senior, and has been fencing for 3 years.
Matthew wanted to start the club, "I love fencing and I really wanted to share it with everyone at school," he said. The club began about a month ago. There is no limit as to how many people can join the club and meets are every Wednesday in Mrs. Rybergs room (200). Where you join, and pick up information on the club if you're interested.
The fencing club only competes at a high school level, not in any national competitions. National competitions are only tied to the United States Fencing Association. Besides competition and winning, there are many benefits to joining; such as making new friends, learning to fence, and potential scholarships if you're dedicated enough.


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Star Wars: Rogue One Reshoots Are Because Lucasfilm 'Really Cares'
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Ahmed makes a good point. The easy way out would be to gloss over any problems the initial cut had, but the team instead decided to take advantage of their endless resources and put in the hard work to make Rogue One right. There's a lot riding on the film, since it is the first installment in the series to take place outside of the main Skywalker family saga. Disney's plan is to release a new Star Wars entry each year for the foreseeable future, and Kennedy has talked about the core saga coming to a close eventually. It's important that these anthology projects are hits from both a critical and commercial perspective; all it takes is one misstep for everything to go awry. If "a ton of reshoots" were required to improve Rogue One, then that's the way to go.
Fortunately, it seems like the tumultuous process was worth it and Rogue One will ultimately go down as another worthwhile trip to the beloved universe. As Edwards told the L.A. Times, some of the best films have infamous stories about how difficult they were to make (with the original Star Wars being no exception). He likened his experience of directing Rogue One to the mission Jyn Erso and company embark on, saying, "You end up feeling like the characters in the film, that we're trying to do this impossible task. Their pretend one is to steal the Death Star plans but the actual one is to make a great Star Wars film." Given that Rogue One has the stamp of approval of George Lucas himself, Edwards was successful.


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Cadets enhance communication skills with field reactions training
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Leader's Training Course
Before Cadets tackle the situational training exercise, they practice battle drills and techniques in the grassy fields between the barracks of the Disney complex.
The training prepares the Leader's Training Course Cadets to react to varying field scenarios, like an ambush or an improvised explosive device, IED — scenarios they will face at the STX.
"They learn how to react to different situations in the battlefield," said Staff Sgt. Juan Velez, a Golf Company trainer. "They're learning how to protect themselves, protect their squads and how to maneuver defensive and offensive objectives."
Working together in squads, Cadets have to have trust in their peers and work well with them to successfully complete the different drills.
"If we're not a team now, we're not going to be a team out on the field," said Golf Company Cadet Katelin Mariner of University of Florida. "If you're not a team out on the field it can result in casualties or fatalities."
Practicing the drills with the cadre allows Cadets to ask questions and better understand the logistics of the drills because once they're at the STX lanes, Cadets won't be able to see each other as easy as they do in the fields.
"It's a lot easier when there's visual demonstration as opposed to reading it out of a book and trying to learn it yourself," said Golf Company Cadet Jason Orozco of University of Texas Pan-American.
After listening to the situation and getting a briefing from the trainers, Cadets practice the different strategies to use during the field reaction training.
Not only does this training prepare Cadets for their time at the STX lanes, it also prepares them for their time at the Leader Development and Assessment Course, commonly known as LDAC, where Cadets choosing to continue in ROTC will go next summer.
"This is something we're going to be evaluated on in this training course, a year from now at LDAC and when we're an officer," Orozco said. "This is going to affect my potential for scholarship, and this will effect basically, how I look when I lead other Cadets back at my school."
If Cadets decide to continue their career with the Army, these battle drills can prove to be lifesaving if they're deployed. Golf Company Cadet Donna Matrician, a student at State University of New York at Plattsburgh, said the different methods will prepare Cadets for a future with the Army.
"We learn two different methods," Matrician said. "You learn what you have to do for STX and you learn what you should do in a real situation if you had real guns and real fire going on."
Mariner said she recognizes the real life applications of these drills and is glad she's learning them.
"You fight like you train," Mariner said. "Teamwork is critical."
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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan? More like Noam Chomsky's Jack Ryan
I know you're not supposed to review a TV show on the basis of a single episode, but I don't think I'm going to make it past episode one of the second season of
Jack Ryan
. Its full title is
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
but it might as well be called
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Take the fictional version of Venezuela where most of the action is set. Its economy is in the toilet, the people are starving, and it's on the verge of becoming a failed state. So far, so accurate. But the reason this Venezuela is such a basket case is not because it's been ruled by a succession of corrupt socialist demagogues for the past 21 years, but because—wait for it—the President is a far-right populist with bad hair. But don't worry, kids. There's a challenger waiting in the wings whose planning to take him down at the forthcoming Presidential election: a middle-aged, female academic-turned-activist who believes in "social justice." In case that's too subtle for you, she even looks a bit like Elizabeth Warren.
Jack Ryan
season two isn't just the usual, run-of-the-mill, politically correct Hollywood gibberish like Watchmen. It's as though the writers and producers have deliberately set out to troll conservatives. What are they going to do for an encore? Set season three in Cambodia circa 1977 and portray Pol Pot as a free market capitalist obsessed with Ayn Rand? (To read more, click
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This week Canadians are celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of our nation. The myth continues that Canada was built on two founding nations — a myth that needs to be destroyed if we expect to be the inclusive country that we are selling to the world.
Canada was built on three founding nations: the French, the British and the First Nations. The First Nations' role in the development and settlement of Canada has been overlooked and ignored in the schools and the public perception. To many Canadians, Canada was an empty land ripe for settlement.
The reality is that First Nations played an important role in the nation's survival. The fur trade opened the northwest part of the nation as the company of adventurers received a grant to trade in the territory that drained into Hudson's Bay, a territory far greater than they realized at the time.
The Iroquois confederacy sided with the British in the American War of Independence, which forced them north into southern Ontario. Once he had defeated the British, George Washington turned his attention to removing the Mohawk nation from the Mohawk valley that extended west from the Hudson River toward Lake Ontario.
Gradually over the years the Americans attacked the member nations of the Iroquois confederacy and one by one they moved north to the British Colonies.
When the war of 1812 began, the First Nations played an important role in the success of the British forces. Chiefs like the Shawnee chief Tecumseh saw the aggression the American forces had brought against other nations and sided with the British.
An overwhelming majority of First Nations fought on the side of the British and historical accounts from the British commanders recognize that the important battles were won because of the participation of First Nations warriors.
In the United States, the First Nations were pushed aside for expansion and settlement; in Canada, the fur trade developed the first European commerce. The fur trade relied on good relations with the First Nations, so a different mindset developed in First Nations relations north of the border.
The fur trade and the subsequent westward expansion were made possible largely because of the First Nations' infrastructure of trails, canoe routes and villages that already existed. Canada was not discovered by European explorers; rather, they were introduced to the new land by the original inhabitants.
Following the civil war the Americans turned their attention to westward expansion. Their policy of manifest destiny gave them license to attack the Native American tribes and kill off the buffalo. It was their plan to claim the entire west to the 55th parallel. Canada had to move fast to gain sovereignty over the Great Plains and Western Canada.
The numbered treaties with the First Nations of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta were negotiated starting in 1872 and continued throughout the decade. The First Nations agreed to share the land with the newcomers and the negotiators representing Canada agreed that the First Nations would receive education, health care and other commitments. At first there was no pressure to select reserve land. Each chief received a treaty medal with the likeness of Queen Victoria on one side. The treaty medal combined with the British flag assured that the British flag would fly on the Great Plains and the Chiefs were representatives of the Crown.
The treaties allowed Canada to claim sovereignty over Western Canada and the border was set at the 49th parallel. Once sovereignty was achieved the First Nations were encouraged to settle on reserves and the old lifestyle was gone forever.
The importance of the fur trade waned and settlement became the vehicle of western expansion. At this point the treaties became repressive, and forced assimilation became Indian Affairs policy. In spite of the overbearing colonialism of Prime Minster John A. MacDonald and subsequent federal governments, our people remained loyal to the Crown and went on to fight in two world wars and Korea.
The descendants of the two founding European nations have defined the country and the original inhabitants from their perspective. In reality, the First Nations played a pivotal role in the creation of Canada. It's a fact that must be recognized as we move forward.


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Thanks for your comment 🙂 I hope they don't pronounce my name wrong at graduation 🙁 I haven't been to a car boot sale in years but I really want to go to one because you can find some really good stuff, like you said.
Are you staying in Manchester? I'm having housing troubles already, as I need to move out of my student house by the end of June, but the house we put a deposit on has a box room which no one wants! Doh! x
I graduated a couple of years ago now and luckily they said it correctly at my masters graduation. I love Manchester so I've been staying as long as I can. I got a graduate job so am definitely sticking around now. That's too bad about the box room. If you're already stuck with the house then the only thing you can do is flip a coin or something? Thanks for stopping by 🙂 x


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When the Eagles and Destroyers "officially" folded - I presumed that each IFL team would be ranked 1-6 and with all participants making the playoffs (to lengthen an already shortened season). The top seed (overall) would host #6 and so on. It would give teams some cross-over match-ups that otherwise wouldn't take place and allow part of the competition that we all paid for to occur.
This wasn't the case, and like many have mentioned the "season" ended up being a half of schedule at best. If you take a look at our schedule(s) - we had FOUR TEAMS (Hitmen, Mustangs, Destroyers and Eagles) fold before we ever saw them on the field.
That being said - there are six quality organizations in the IFL right now, not many leagues can say that 100% of their participants are solid franchises. We didn't win a league game this year, but we competed each week, offered a first class facility and were able to go 3-0 in non-conference play (two wins coming against the GLFL DII champs).
Good luck and good health to all of the teams still battling in the 2012 season. I've been playing at this level for all but two seasons since 2001 and I'd like to thank each of you for the memories over the past decade.
I would be fine with the current playoff format or what you guys are wanting the only issue I have is why wait until playoff time to bring this up? The six teams that played through the entire season have known that the eagles and destroyers folded weeks ago.. So just because now a team that 'deserves' to be there isn't it is now a problem? If it really bothered a particular team that much it would've been discussed right away and not when they realized they didn't make it. I feel there should be a bylaw in place that if a team(s) were to fold then here is the format for X amount of teams and I would have that in place for each number. So 8 teams would be top 2 teams each divisions, 7 would be bla bla bla, 6 would be bla bla bla, and so on.
Yeah Jason and Drekey I was directing that message toward the person who started the thread not you guys. I agree with both of you guys on the subject just wish we would have had alternative solutions for if teams fold in place.


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My dear best friend,
Your dad told me that you travelled and came back!
We never travel without goodbye even
when he had a fight we always send a goodbye msg!!!
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Remember when we danced at the end of the movie
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making fun of girls wearing terrible dresses and too much makeup!
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Previously on Sweating with Strangers: I begin my Wildhearts obsession, and their gig in Bristol takes the crown.
Continuing our spring 2002 Easyworld/Wildhearts odyssey, it's time to get back to Eastbourne's favourite indie-pop-rockers – no, not Toploader.
This is a gig about which I remember very little, except that I was certain it had happened, and happened on this exact date. I was sure I had been to see Easyworld at The Cavern on the night Arsenal played Manchester United at Old Trafford, but I couldn't find any record of it. Fortunately the nice people at The Cavern were able to confirm it for me – score one for my weird ability to remember dates and gigs!
Since I'd last seen Easyworld, I'd been hoovering up everything I could about the band. I'd bought their debut mini-album, Better Ways to Self Distruct, which had been released the year before, and I was following every move in the build up to their first full length release – This Is Where I Stand – which was due in June.
The new album was to feature re-recordings of five of the seven tracks from Better Ways.., but I wasn't too disappointed as although the songs were great, the mini-album's production wasn't, and the tracks deserved better.
One thing was abundantly clear when listening to the band though: David Ford could write a f**king chorus! In fact, you could say there was a fairly simple formula to many of their tracks, which was something along the lines of: big intro, quiet verse, pause, massive chorus, repeat, big middle eight, huge chorus outro.
But I don't mean that in a detrimental sense. Easyworld weren't trying to recreate the musical wheel, but they had a formula that worked, and while it formed the core of their first proper album, every song – whether live or on record – was delivered with such venom and energy that they were never repetitive.
At this time, being an Easyworld fan was a big deal for me. It was great to be a fan of a young, exciting band that hadn't reached their potential yet. And it was a nice change to be able to say "have you heard of Easyworld? No? Well you will!", rather than my normal responses of "well try watching VH1 classic sometime" or "well you'd hate them anyway". I was utterly convinced this band were going to be stadium-tour huge.
In recent years though, I've had a tricky relationship with the band. I'm such a big David Ford fan these days, and his solo music is so far removed from what he did in Easyworld, that it's tricky to tie the two together. That wouldn't necessarily be a problem, but having read his brilliant book – I Choose This – it's clear that he doesn't think very fondly of those Easyworld songs, and I fear this had coloured my memories somewhat.
It's always tricky when an artist you love disowns their own work, sometimes even their very recent output. With major bands I often think the record/promote/tour cycle lends itself to them becoming resentful of a record. It's like they spend ages creating something, and are then told "get out there and tell people it's the best thing you've ever done, and then tour for two years playing more songs from it than probably should be in the set". Familiarity breeds contempt, and I think spending so much time and energy pretending you like an album more than you do probably makes you like it much less than you did to start with.
The end result is often that bands speak of needing to do something different with their next record, as if the process resulted in that disappointing album that we, the fans, probably still absolutely love. But when they actively denounce an album or era, or declare they aren't playing songs from that time live again, it can affect you in one of two ways.
I remember Kelly Jones individually slating each Stereophonics album before the release of Pull the Pin, and my response was "well, you're wrong", and I simply revisited some of those albums to confirm just how much I loved them. I've never quite had the same relationship with a new Stereophonics record since.
With Easyworld though, it was the other way around. When reading Ford's issues with his early indie days, I found myself thinking "yeah David, there were some strange moments" and "yes Dave, you did use falsetto and scream far too regularly", and I stopped listening to those records. When one of the main selling points for a band was the singer's impassioned delivery, knowing that he doesn't rate the songs highly is always going to affect your appreciation of them.
For Ford, a major part of the problem with his Easyworld days was the guiding hand of the record company, and the sense that these songs weren't necessarily ever truly his. He even addressed this directly in a later Easyworld b-side – "Straight to Video" – where those massive choruses I loved so much are reduced to the banal request of a studio exec. I can fully appreciate this, but the feeling that not only does he not like the songs now, but potentially he never really did, definitely affected my enjoyment of those Easyworld records.
But you know what? It shouldn't have. Listening back to Easyworld when writing about the first time I saw them, I was quickly taken back to the excitement I felt in 2002. The power is still there. The passion is still there. Most of all, the joy is still there! These are songs that make me want to scream along in my car. Sure, some of them follow a similar pattern, but what does that matter when that pattern is so well executed, and they all feature extraordinary chorusses and crunching distorted guitars, with Ford belting them out with the fire of a young angry man on the edge.
So what does it matter if their creator no longer cares for them? That might be true of many of my favourite songs and albums. Francis Rossi once described Status Quo's peak era output as "a few moments of brilliance and 60-70% shit"! He's obviously wrong, of course, but the point is, I should be able to separate the songwiter and the song, and Ford's current style is so different from his Easyworld days, that it shouldn't be a problem to enjoy both without either taking away from the other.
So that's my new year's resolution: to try to listen to music outside of any context, and to remember that if you like it – for whatever reason – then you like it, and I really, really, really like Easyworld. I've barely stopped listening to This Is Where I Stand for the last week, so that's a start.
What about the gig, you cry! Well a great benefit of finally being a big fan of an upcoming band was that they seemed to chuck a tour together at the drop of a hat: or one for each single they released, or so it seemed. Also, the gigs tended to cost about four quid, which was highly beneficial!
This particular show was part of a tour promoting 'Bleach', one of the singles from This Is Where I Stand, and one of the rerecorded Better Ways.. tracks. It had also been renamed from 'U Make Me Want to Drink Bleach', which I can only imagine hadn't sat well with the band.
The gig was at The Cavern, in the centre of Exeter, which was both awesome and another massive diversion from my previous venue experiences.
A brilliantly simple little place, underground in two man-made caverns: one hosting the bar, and one holding a small stage and crowd area about the size of a decent lounge. It's fair to say that if 2015 me had lived in East Devon I would've been there two or three times a week, but in my uni days it was enough to visit when bands I'd heard of were in town, and to be grateful they were playing The Cavern, and not the Lemon Grove.
On the right night, The Cavern could be a sweaty mess of bodies, or it could be a brilliant place to observe a band extremely close up. This was one of the second type of nights, with Easyworld still building their fan-base and most people present seemingly there to get a further look at them, rather than to rock out to the noise.
Not that it affected the band's performance, as I have never known David Ford give anything short of 100% commitment to any song or show. But it was definitely a show that made me excited to see them again once more people had woken up to their greatness, rather than a raucous affair.
Being a helpful fan – as well as a CD collection completist – I bought a copy of the new single, which I Choose This tells me the band had almost certainly purchased themselves from HMV earlier that day, in order to boost their chart hopes! Guttingly though, I didn't purchase one of the This is Where I Stand t-shirts, about which someone recently reminded me. I always thought they were a piece of genius, and am seriously tempted to recreate one and order it online. What do you think?
Unfortunately, I can't remember much about what was or wasn't played. Perhaps a kind fan might be able to fill that in in the comments below. More vivid, but useless, memories from the night include heading to a nearby pub after the show to find that Arsenal had won the league, and Liverpool had beaten Blackburn 4-3, which made me very happy indeed. And, finally, sitting at a bus stop waiitng to return home to Exmouth, my high-school friend Adrian stumbled passed me in a state of ill-repair, stopping only to barely acknowledge the randomness of the meeting, and to show me his new tattoo. Seconds later he was off in to the night.
It's funny the nonsense that sticks in your mind.
That's everything I have for this one. Let me know your thoughts below, and come back next time to bake in the summer heat with a Canadian rock god.