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Attention filmmakers! Film submissions for the 2019 SXSW (South by Southwest) Film Festival are now open, providing both established and aspiring filmmakers alike to jump on board! Once again held in Austin, Texas, the 2019 Festival is set to take place from 8-17 March.... Continue Reading
Interview: Ari Aster, Alex Wolff and Milly Shapiro on the making of Hereditary
Just about every horror movie leading up to release is dubbed "scariest. ever" because that's the way hype works. "Scary" is what pulls us into horror movies and often creates unfair expectations which leave us – especially horror buffs – bitterly disappointed. As someone who is fairly well-versed in horror and finds something to love in just about every one he sees, I feel confident in writing that Hereditary is indeed one of, if not the, scariest movies ever made. This isn't an overstatement, and you'll find plenty of pieces across the internet which echo the same sentiment. This is as close to evil as a film I have ever seen, and it's the debut feature from writer and director Ari Aster who has immediately become one of the most exciting in cinema. I write cinema because Hereditary should not be confined to a genre, as horror films usually are; Hereditary is a family drama first, horror film second and, as you'll read below, that is an important distinction to make in order to truly understand just how terrifying the story is.... Continue Reading
The Jacobson Brothers' new film Brothers' Nest is changing the way local productions interact with local cinemas
While the highly anticipated Australian film Brothers' Nest recently premiered at SXSW earlier this year, that didn't stop director/producer/star Clayton Jacobson, writer/producer Jaime Browne and producer Jason Byrne from pushing the boundaries of Australian films by establishing a personal bond with theatres that little have done before. ... Continue Reading
Film Review: Ghost Stories (UK, 2018) is a refreshing and original horror anthology
With high replay value and some clever pacing, Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson have transposed their West End play Ghost Stories to the big screen with a refreshing eye for originality, spinning a grand three-part horror anthology into one thoroughly entertaining and unpredictable film that never stops subtly building towards its tremendous finale. And that's ultimately where the genius in what Nyman and Dyson's project lies, building an engaging central narrative that wraps around these individually fascinating and genuinely terrifying ghost stories; it works both as a horror anthology – a rarity these days, but with homage to classics like Dead of Night and Tales from the Crypt – and as a cohesive film.... Continue Reading
SXSW Film Review: Wobble Palace (USA, 2018) is alt-lit in cinema
You anticipate a film to be vogue when millennial buzzwords and Internet culture forms the first ten minutes. You probably wouldn't expect that film to be any good either. I didn't. But by the time Wobble Palace had reached its epilogue, it had convinced me of a couple of things. The first, that it wasn't the film it seemed doomed to be.... Continue Reading
Interview: Lester Francois on using interactive VR to explore the work of Australia's best-known street artist, Rone
Melbourne-based Director Lester Francois and a team of highly creative individuals are putting together an interactive VR docuseries that'll highlight individuals artists in some very interesting ways. The planned series, titled Kinetic, begins with Rone, the first episode which recently premiered at SXSW in Austin, Texas and showcased an incredibly immersive, interactive VR experience examining the work and context of the famous Melbourne street artist of the same name.... Continue Reading
SXSW Film Review: A Vigilante (USA, 2018) proves an inspiring, powerful debut for its Australian Director
Directed by Australia's own Sarah Daggar-Nickson and starring Olivia Wilde, A Vigilante is a powerful drama that sees Wilde play the titular role – Sadie, a vigilante who helps domestic abuse survivors get out of their situation by literally bringing the abusers to their knees.... Continue Reading
SXSW Interview: Timur Bekmambetov and Shazad Latif on new techno-thriller Profile
During our time at SXSW Film Festival this year, we got to sit with director Timur Bekmambetov and actor Shazad Latif to chat about their new film, Profile. Adapted from Anna Erelle's In the Skin of a Jihadist, the film looks at the complex online relationship that develops between an "undercover" reporter and a jihadist, shot entirely through the reporters computer (and social media accounts, e-mail and Skype).... Continue Reading
First Impressions: Netflix's Rapture examines the power of hip hop with empathy and intimacy
Hip hop, now considered the dominant and most popular style of contemporary music in the world, is one of the most powerful and important forms of art to emerge in the past few decades, and that can be an incredibly hard notion for many to wrap their head around. The fascination with the art and culture has never been more prevalent, and we're seeing that come across frequently with films (like Straight Outta Compton), TV series (like The Get Down) and documentaries (like The Defiant Ones) all of which can be related to one another due to a strong and powerful focus on context. These three works sketch in the reasons behind the rhymes, tethering hip hop's music to the wider contexts in which these artists come from in order to make more people understand what is sometimes a very esoteric art form, one that requires a much deeper understanding of the culture to fully appreciate.... Continue Reading
Interview: Kunichi Nomura on playing the dog hating villain in Wes Anderson's new film Isle of Dogs
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A fireball illuminated the night sky over Missouri and neighboring states, prompting more than 300 reports from witnesses.
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Is she the next Edward Snowden? We'll talk about the arrest of Reality Leigh Winner on charges of leaking top-secret documents detailing a 2016 Russian cyberattack on election software.
Matthew Cole, Richard Esposito, Sam Biddle & Ryan Grim, The Intercept: "Top-secret NSA report details Russian hacking effort days before 2016 election"
The Intercept: "Statement on Justice Department allegations"
Evan Perez, Jim Sciutto & Laura Jarrett, CNN: "Contractor charged with leaking classified NSA info on Russian hacking"
Joe Uchill, The Hill: "WikiLeaks offers $10,000 to get Intercept reporter fired"
Steven Perlberg, Chris Geidner, Jason Leopold, BuzzFeed: "A federal government contractor has been charged with leaking to The Intercept"
David Smith & Jon Swaine, The Guardian: "Russian agents hacked US voting system manufacturer before US election – report"
Department of Justice: "Federal government contractor in Georgia charged with removing and mailing classified materials to a news outlet"
Pete Williams, Ken Dilanian & Tom Winter, NBC News: "Feds arrest NSA contractor in leak of top secret Russia document"
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Liz Spayd, New York Times: "The Public Editor signs off"
Matt Gertz, Media Matters for America: "Liz Spayd's final NY Times column shows why she failed as public editor"
Indira A.R. Lakshmanan, Poynter: "New York Times editing cuts will mean doing more with less. Will credibility suffer?"
Ben Smith, BuzzFeed: "Why have a public editor when Twitter will do it for free?"
Covering another British attack
Katherine Skiba, Los Angeles Times: "Trump strikes a discordant tone in tweets about the London terrorist attacks"
Oliver Darcy, CNNMoney: "Breitbart infuriated by colleagues' 'appalling' comments after London terror attack"
Charlies Riley, CNN: "Theresa May: Internet must be regulated to prevent terrorism"
Nina Mast, Media Matters for America: "Fox contributor and Fox guest float internment after London attack, network later apologizes"
Marina Fang, Huffington Post: "Fox News host disavows internment camps, after panelists suggest rounding up Muslims"
Greg Evans, Deadline: "'Fox & Friends Weekend' clarifies: Internment camps are 'reprehensible'"
Jill Disis & Jackie Wattles, CNN Money: "Trump appears to take his cues from Fox News in tweets on London attack"
Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times: "After London attack, Trump again the center of partisian media combat"
Dropping the pretense of objectivity
Becket Adams, Washington Examiner: "Media drops all pretense of objectivity to bemoan US withdrawal from Paris agreement"
Phil Hornshaw, The Wrap: "Weather Channel site goes apocalyptic after Trump Paris accord speech"
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline: "National Geographic & Weather Channel defiant with climate change website makeovers after Paris agreement pullout"
Caroline Framke, Vox: "The Weather Channel has a hot take on Trump pulling out of the Paris climate agreement"
Elle Hunt, Sam Levin & Tom McCarthy, The Guardian: "Paris climate agreement: World reacts as Trump pulls out of global accord – as it happened"
Tom Kludt, CNN Money: "Trump's Paris decision puts climate change in rare media spotlight"
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Maureen Ryan, Variety: "'Real Time' doesn't need to go, but Bill Maher should be fired"
Jill Reinstein, BuzzFeed: "Bill Maher used the the N-word on his show and now people are calling for him to be fired"
Dave Itzkoff, New York Times: "Bill Maher apologizes for use of racial slur on 'Real Time'"
Laurel Wamsley, NPR: "Bill Maher apologizes after using n-word on his show"
Tavis Smiley, Time: "Bill Maher doesn't know the hurt behind the racial slur he used. I do."
Derek Hunter, The Daily Caller: "Bill Maher apologizes as liberal call for his firing grow"
Wesley Morris, New York Times: "What was Bill Maher's big mistake?"
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: "Bill Maher discovers the wonder of apology"
Todd Van Luling, Huffington Post: "Senator Al Franken cancels Bill Maher appearance amid controversy"
T. Shawn Taylor, Chicago Defender: "The 'N' Word: When to be offended"
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Lauren Duca, Teen Vogue: "On Kathy Griffin, performative outrage and the relativity of shame"
Jonah Engel Bromwich, New York Times: "CNN fires Kathy Griffin from New Year's Eve broadcast over Trump photo"
Sydney Smith & Rhonda Roland Shearer, iMediaEthics.org: "'A mistake' to axe NYTimes public editor, former news ombuds director Dvorkin says"
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: "NYT standards chief on editorial streamlining: 'I'm always worried'"
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Rougned Odor Has Arrived/
When the Rangers signed him as an international free agent in 2011 -- for a measly $425,000 -- Rougned Odor became another face in Texas's middle-infield-rich organization. The World Series tested tandem of Elvis Andrus and Ian Kinsler was among the class of baseball at the time; Jurickson Profar was on the brink of being the top prospect in the game, even though he was only 19 and still playing in Hickory; even Luis Sardinas was on the radar, whom the Rangers gave $1.2 million two summers prior.
Undersized and at the base of a behemoth organizational depth chart, Odor controlled what he could, raking his way through the minor leagues waiting for the dust to clear. And when it did, he somehow found himself as the Rangers everyday second baseman.
That's the TL;DR version, a quick snapshot of a 21 year-old, with a happy ending to boot. It doesn't, however, begin to describe just how great Roogie has been over the last month.
His last 29 games, since June 15th, Odor is hitting a ridiculous .370/.408/.648 (185 wRC+), with 5 HRs, 4 3Bs, 7 2Bs and 15 runs scored in 120 plate appearances. To say he's been the Rangers best player over the last month is an understatement, as Rougned has been one of the best players in all of MLB since his recall, something most of us wouldn't have guessed when he got sent down earlier this year.
All the while, in recent years Texas's once-valuable middle infield logjam has all but disintegrated. Elvis Andrus has been about average the last three seasons, Ian Kinsler was dealt to Detroit in the winter of 2013 for Prince Fielder, and Jurickson Profar -- who was supposed to assume second base after Ian's departure -- has been down for two years running due to a shoulder issue. Even depth prospects like Sardinas and Leury Garcia were moved for short term gains.
Of all Texas's middle infielders over the last 4 years, Rougned Odor is, by default, about the only thing that's gone in the right direction. Everyone else has either been traded, injured, or ineffective.
And now, this side of perhaps Joey Gallo, Roogie is arguably Texas's most valuable asset. When asked what he thinks Odor's ceiling is, ESPN Insider's Keith Law simply responded: All-Star 2B.
Most of us expected Jurickson Profar, the former #1 prospect in MLB, to be the starting second baseman right now. Odor, for whatever reason, has generally been overlooked his entire minor league career. Not necessarily because he hasn't produced -- many Rangers fans including myself have enjoyed following his rise -- but because the franchise already had so much in the bank where middle infielders were concerned, and Odor was superfluous. The better he got, the more value he would bring in a future trade, I thought.
The best part? Rougned Odor is only 21 years old. Over the large sample, it's a safe bet he's not going to consistently generate MVP-caliber triple slash lines -- as he has over the last month -- but at the absolute basement, Roogie is a starting second baseman on a playoff team. Probably hitting at or near the top of the lineup. In all likelihood that isn't going to be in 2015, but with an organization bound to graduate a ton of young talent the next couple years -- from Gallo to Chi Chi Gonzalez to Nomar Mazara to Jorge Alfaro (hopefully) to Nick Williams to Jake Thompson -- there will be every chance for Odor to be a first division 2B on a bunch of very good Rangers teams.


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Don't transfer booking documents online; eliminate them!floridarob Jan 6, 2019 6:42 PM
(I typed this up as my response to another thread, but after finishing realized that I didn't want to disrupt that topic so much. But truth be told, disruption is exactly what that topic needs. The whole premise of it is, in my view, the incorrect way to look at things.
With respect to everyone, I think that using any kind of online document signer or PDF file transfer is the completely wrong approach to this.
Why? It is using new technology (the internet) to do things in an old fashioned way (create and transfer paper documents). I truly believe that the correct approach should be to have your entire vacation rental business managed completely online, with the right dedicated vacation rental management system. And the right vacation rental management system is one that would allow you to have your guests complete your booking form, including notes to you, a complete guest list, selected options and their costs, all rental charges and taxes, payment instructions, details of the arrival, departure, etc., and very importantly; separate initials on the form beside your cancellation policy, minimum age of lead guest, and acceptance of your terms and conditions (available to the guest in a linked PDF). And of course, it should do everything else you need your vacation rental management system to do.
As of this year, I will have been in the vacation rental business for a decade, and I only used a paper form for a booking once; my first one, almost ten years ago. Since then, my entire VR administration has been stored securely online, accessible from anywhere, and fully automated. I have remarkably few problems with guests, no problems getting payments (they are all done online, with reminders automatically sent out for me), and my work to process and administer a booking is practically nil. Since programming everything that I want to happen, including providing guests lock and alarm codes to adjusting my thermostats based on my booking calendar, I haven't looked at most of my day to day administration in literally years - it all happens automatically, including letting my PM know about bookings and scheduling cleanings. I interact with potential guests, basically customer service and selling, but once I have the booking they just drop into my management stream and get carried right through until they've left their glowing review online somewhere for others to see. In the meantime, the only thing I ever do with a guest is answer any unique questions they may have - which they rarely do. My system provides them with everything they need to know right when they need it, and if somebody asks a question I just setup the system to provide that info to all future guests automatically, reducing questions and providing great customer service that just gets better over time.
I didn't create this system, although I do have unique expertise and experience in using it. It was created by a tech friend of mine years ago who used to be in the VR business. He built the system for himself and marketed it to other owners. He's a much better coder than salesman however, and it is little known and little used. Which is just fine with me. It definitely gives me a huge leg up on my competition. The truth is, the system is so powerful that it intimidates many people. He has had lots of people sign up for a free version of it but never get into using it, because they get overwhelmed and don't understand the benefits of using it the way it was designed. I have had a hand in a number of features that have been added to it over the years, because I push him - encouraging him to add features to it that I need in my business, which of course have been useful to all of his other customers. And I have figured out ways to do things, and create even more automation with it, than even he envisioned with it. (An example of this is how my quote/response emails to potential guests change content based on how far out the booking is, by analyzing the dates involved and sending one set of payment information if the dates are more than eight weeks away, and a different set if they are less - soooo convenient for me!)
I have recommended this management system for years, but I also have gotten bored in doing so enthusiastically, only to have my enthusiasm met with a big yawn, or that dear-in-the-headlights look by owners who don't understand why they even need this engine powering their business. That's okay... I'm content with my life being easier, and my guests being better served, while others try to do things based on management processes that were suitable thirty years ago.
If any owners are truly interested in learning about this management system, and how to use it properly, I am glad to share the details with you, but I won't post them publicly here. Contact me through the forum (there's some way to do it, although I have never used it myself...) and I will gladly provide you with info. Full disclosure; I don't receive any commission, kickbacks, or any form of compensation for recommending this system. If you sign up for it (I think it's $15 or $20 per month, insanely worth it) all of the money goes to my friend, and he deserves every penny of it.
I realize that this sounds like a sales pitch, but to me, asking how to transfer documents online is like asking how to hitch your car to your horse. That's not what the car is for, and you're trying to use new technology in an old way. If you just invest the time in learning to drive the car, you will get where you want to go much faster, easily and conveniently. But, it does take an investment in time and learning to do things in a better, different way.
The question should not be; how do I get documents signed and transferred over the internet? The question should be; how do I use the internet to eliminate documents, paper, clutter, filing and headaches, and save time in my vacation rental business?
(I realize that I am setting myself up for the possibility of a discussion about one management system vs. another, but I would rather not see that happen here. Instead, if anyone has a question they want to ask about THIS system, post it on this thread, and I'll share the answers here. ie "Does this system do X?" or "Can you do Y? How?" Then the thread can become a repository for information about this online vacation rental management system, and if anyone wants to pursue it further they can contact me later.)


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Insurers have their work cut out for them. Competition is stiff, and customers are always demanding more. Industries in such environments often turn to IT to improve service and reduce costs. So it's not surprising that insurers are adopting certain technologies more aggressively than some other sectors.
Developing Web mashups, creating new products and services for customers, upgrading desktop productivity software, and deploying web services are some areas where they're ahead of the pack. Many providers also are building self-service portals that their customers can access over the Web. According to one industry estimate, Web transactions cost about 50 cents each to process, compared with up to $8 for those that are paper-based.
The industry also is creating portable personal health records so consumers can track their medical information, even if they switch plans. "Standards will help ensure portability," says Jeanette Thornton, director of health informatics at America's Insurance Plans. The industry wants all providers to offer portable health records by 2008.
As custodians of their customers' personal data, insurers must be careful when adopting the latest IT platform or web service. Perhaps that's why the InformationWeek 500 survey shows that insurers lag other industries when it comes to adoption of some key technologies and processes, including collaborative software, global opportunities, and a global supply chain.
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Steve Blood is a VP, analyst in Gartner Research and Advisory. His research coverage focuses primarily on contact center applications as part of the customer services and support. He also covers unified communications and collaboration as part of the digital workplace. He advises primarily end-user organizations, but also technology and service providers and investors, on market adoption, technology trends and the business value of technology.
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Mr. Blood has more than 25 years of experience in the ICT industry. Prior to joining Gartner, he was product marketing manager at Rockwell Electronic Commerce, where he was responsible for marketing the next-generation contact center portfolio to the EMEA marketplace. Before that, he spent 10 years in the United Kingdom's telecommunications industry in product management, sales and technical support roles for BT, Mercury Communications and NTL.
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A welcome holiday again today , almost at the beginning of the week and more enjoyable as yesterday , the dreaded Monday was spent in travelling to and fro between Mumbai and New Delhi . And considering that the last Saturday was a full work day spent in office and meetings , one will understand how much pressure a lazy middle-aged , delicate has to go through to make a decent living . It actually brings tears to my own eyes. What to say about those who are reading it. Sympathies are surely in order and I will surely appreciate.
Visiting another city for work and meetings invariably causes sleep deprivation added to the change in daily cycle . Catching an early flight after waking up at ungodly hours , completing the morning ablutions and reaching the airport on time is by itself so unpleasant. Returning home at the dead of night after a stressful day of inane meetings and constant touch with office and work over mobile phone adds up to the troubles. At some point of time , you feel like crying out - Oh God ,why me ?
But enough of my tale of woes. These are part and parcel of life and many others are , may be ,already sneering at me for this lack of professional attitude . So let us also look at the positives from these trips. The biggest positive is the complete switching off you experience while the plane is on air. From the family,from workplace,from reminders and tasks. And,if you can catch hold of a good book to read or carry good music to listen , then actually there is nothing like it. Instead of stress, the couple of hours forced shutdown from the life on earth actually helps to de-stress . I always believe that one should play on the strengths rather than try too hard to improve the weaknesses which are genetic traits of a personality. That actually involves faking which means your life is not happening as you were meant to spend it .
So I always try to engage these flight times by covering myself with the chadar of laziness, my strongest trait and embark on my own flight of fancy with a book or music apart from the favourite pastime of unfettered bird watching . Without the presence of wife or the distraction of colleagues around discussing office , this activity sometimes become very interesting if a nice bird happens to be there in the vicinity.
Now before I again ramble into the territory of forbidden delights of the senses , let me change track . Yesterday,I was at New Delhi. It had nothing to do with the LG's decision to call for fresh elections there . Neither it was to take tips on either fitness or foolishness from the Right Honorable Shri Robert Vadra , the untouchable Indian. It was purely a business trip to attend meetings and review office work there. Routine,like all previous visits. But I added a small twist myself , more out of curiosity than anything and tried to connect with Delhi in a different way.
Somehow this time , by some coincidence,which taught me a lesson ; both my arrival and departure flights were to and from the Terminal 3 at the IGI airport. That actually gave me an idea again to explore the Delhi Metro network.
So I decided to do away with the car or taxi and even did not inform the office or colleagues at Delhi fully about my travel plans. Thus almost incognito I arrived at the airport and walked out to the Airport Metro platform which was just about 5 mins walk. That I had almost no luggage to carry helped. My first meeting was at IFCI building which is bang opposite the Nehru Place metro station. That knowledge also helped. I rung up my colleague and told him that I am already in town and will meet him at the venue directly without giving him a chance to ask how ,why etc. so that I was not dissuaded from the mini adventure.
The fare from Airport to New Delhi station by Delhi Airport Metro Express service is Rs 100 and it takes just around 25 mins to reach. Thereafter, it is the domain of Delhi Metro , proper or DMRC with its network of different routes colour coded and popularly known as blue, yellow, purple lines etc. or something to that effect. The journey from the airport to New Delhi is one of the best and one gets the feel of being in some developed country because of the comfort , quickness and the absence of crowds at all. I think this was the quickest and most pocket friendly way to travel from the airport to the city avoiding the traffic on road. For a single traveller or a couple of adults with light luggage this is the best way to reach the city , in my opinion.
But the real India and the problem of urban life hits you on the face with full force once reaching the New Delhi Metro station. The metro station connects the New Delhi railway station , of the Indian Railways . I don't know if it happens everyday but a sea of people were jostling at the ticket counters at the ND station. It was almost like any station on the Mumbai local network ; only difference being the cleanliness and underground facilities of a very high degree . People from different places were thronging the place in long queues with their luggage. From ND metro station I took a crowded metro service to the Central secretariat and here again changed trains on a different route , towards South Delhi . This part of the journey was less crowded , most likely because the direction was away from the city centre during the morning rush hours.
Nehru Place station Metro station has excellent facilities and a wide range of shops and a wonderful food court too . I must admit that barring the crowd at ND station the experience from the Airport till now had been wonderful as the cleanliness , precision, punctuality and easy to understand directions were really great and made you wonder why such experience is not replicated everywhere.
A fter the forenoon meeting my colleague Vivek took me for lunch to the food court . There was an franchisee outlet of the iconic Karim's where we preferred a light lunch of Rumali rotis with mutton seekh kebabs accompanied by shredded onion and a lemon piece . Rounding this off with a chocolate milk shake completed the treat. For the next part of the journey post lunch we travelled by the office car brought by my Vivek before he dropped me at the SBI complex on the parliament street. The afternoon meeting at SBI LHO dragged on and was followed by another meeting with my sales team at Delhi. I had knowingly booked a return flight quite late because from my previous experiences I know how such review meetings go on quite late .
After the meeting when I expressed my desire to again travel by metro to the airport ,my people must have thought that their boss was behaving a bit strange. Refusing their advice and help to call a cab , I asked them to direct me to a convenient metro station. Everybody advised to take the Airport Express from Shivaji stadium station . But getting a cab or rickshaw was taking some time. Then someone suggested that Patel Chowk station was at a walking distance. They were not suggesting it because they did not want me to take the trouble to walk. This actually showed that not all your well wishers give you sound advice. Sometimes people judge you by something else and do not give you the full picture. More so juniors in workplace. Out of respect or seniority often many information are withheld . As it turned out , the Patel Chowk metro station was just five minutes walk away from our Delhi office.
From Patel chowk to New Delhi and then to the airport took only 45 minutes including changeover , ticketing etc. And a very hassle free journey. I am now a great fan of New Delhi metro. Speaking with different people during the day I could realise how the metro has changed the lifestyle of people in Delhi for the better. For an example many people did not visit Chandni Chowk for ages due to traffic jam and parking problems . But now many take metro and visit the place to shop and eat out. Then places like Nehru Place metro station is a good hangout for the young crowd. And for the average office goer , it is just a boon .
Next time I visit Delhi I will plan to have my meetings on Friday and stay over the weekend to explore the lovely city meet friends and definitely have more sheekh kebabs at Karim's. No franchisee outlet , it has to be the real thing.


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CNN to provide video news clips for AOL
CNN and America Online this week announced that new users of the AOL.com portal will have access to a variety of CNN video news clips. Separately, CNN has begun offering free video throughout its Web site.
CNN will provide on-demand video clips each day for use on the new AOL.com portal, which launched June 21 in beta form.


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The Ardonagh Group Executive Update
02 March 2018
The Ardonagh Group ("Ardonagh" or "the Group") today announces that Mark Mugge will be moving out of his current role as Ardonagh CFO to work across the Group on a series of key strategic initiatives being prioritised during 2018.
Mark will step into this new role during March 2018 and his day-to-day responsibilities will transition to Antony Erotocritou as Group Finance Director. Antony has been Deputy CFO of The Ardonagh Group since February 2017 after eight years spent at RSA as Finance Director of their Personal Lines business.
Commenting on this update today, David Ross, Chief Executive of The Ardonagh Group said:
"2017 was a huge year for Ardonagh, with the creation of the Group providing us with a platform on which to build and grow incredible brands and businesses.
Almost exactly three years since Mark entered the building, we find ourselves entering the next phase of the Ardonagh story, moving out of the fix and formation.
By stepping away from the CFO role, Mark is freed up to lead and advise on strategic, growth acceleration projects as we remain focused on never standing still in a market awash with opportunity."
Mark Mugge added:
"Being able to give my full attention to these value creation projects is crucial to their compressed and ambitious timelines. I have complete confidence in Antony's ability to continue to lead and grow our Finance team to support the Group's ambition."
As part of the change, Antony will replace Mark on the board of the Group Holding Companies. The Group Holding Companies comprise The Ardonagh Group Limited, Ardonagh Midco 1 Limited, Ardonagh Midco 2 Limited, Ardonagh Midco 3 plc, Ardonagh Finco plc and Towergate Insurance Limited.
About the Ardonagh Group
Launched in 1997, the Ardonagh Group is a leading independently owned insurance intermediary in the UK. The Ardonagh Group is an important distribution channel for a significant range of insurance products and a key strategic partner for the UK's largest insurers. The Ardonagh Group's scale, customer insight and distribution relationships make it a unique business and a leader in the markets in which it operates. Its combination of distribution and underwriting gives it unparalleled consumer data and market insight.
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use and enjoyment
By now you, being the astute crowd you are, have probably gathered that I listen to music obsessively. I have speakers in my woods so we can listen to music at the fire-pit. I have speakers in my bathrooms, I wear headphones 40 hours a week at work, I listen in the car, I listen while I cook. I have a Spotify playlist of songs I have listened to 100 times in a row (which can take a couple of days if the song is longer) - this playlist now represents MONTHS of my life.
Chalk it up to (what I perceived as) a music-deprived childhood. My dad doesn't really listen to music anymore, and my mother likes things quiet. We had a limited selection of music available to us, but plenty of classical and Celtic folk, both of which I still enjoy. Instrumentals were vastly preferred, without too much of a beat. My brief foray into Italian pop music (which was okay because we didn't speak Italian) was curtailed when I brought home a disc by Eros Ramazotti, roughly the Italian equivalent of Rob Thomas. This was frowned upon, because if someone glanced at the disc casually, they might think it said erotic! Good heavens. Can't have that. I think he was shirtless on the liner notes too. I got rid of it years later, when I lost interest in bad Italian pop music. This was, however, BEFORE I lost interest in bad French pop music, which is much more fun. I can't remember if that was before or after the trip to the library at age 17 where I surreptitiously borrowed Simon & Garfunkel's "Live in Central Park" and inadvertently left it playing in the car. One of the 'rents got in the car and heard them "SINGING ABOUT MARIJUANA" and then I had to take that CD right straight back to the library. I still love that record, by the way.
Understand: I'm not picking on my parents. Their choices in the music department had partly to do with the church culture we were involved in at the time. Given what my brother and I listen to now... well, they're probably still distressed. We both took music lessons for years - piano and voice for me, guitar and then drums for him. We're both musicians, him more professionally than me, but there's no way around it. Our relationship with music is vastly different from the way our parents relate to it. I mention all this as necessary backstory to the fact that I still have the occasional twinge of "should I really be enjoying this secular music so much?"... I think the short answer is probably yes. For that matter, I love religious music (masses, choral works, liturgical stuff, good hearty hymns - our local Catholic radio station is fantastic), but don't enjoy 99% of the contemporary catalog. These tastes played a big part in me switching to Lutheran, but that's another story.
I still advocate for educating your taste, in all things - food, drink, music, film. It is important to know what is worthy and what is cheap. I'm not saying that only religious music is worthy. I'm reading Augustine's "On Christian Doctrine" and I'm in the part where he gets into the division of use and enjoyment. It's so much to take in. I read Ruskin as a teenager (I didn't have many friends, it's okay) - here's a good overview of his theories on beauty (in painting, mostly, but it applies to all media, I think). This no doubt has a lot to do with why I don't enjoy much of modern art, but I'll stop digressing here and just say, in my opinion, good music is to be used AND enjoyed, let the chips fall where they may, I'll argue with Augustine about it in the resurrection...


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After a few hours of me posting this tutorial, I went back and noticed a much easier way to do this. So I bring to you the new revamped tutorial.
1. Open Rhonna Collage App. Choose the 916 aspect canvas. You can choose an empty canvas or a premade layout of your choice.
2. I picked a premade layout. If you picked an empty canvas make your frames as you like.
3. This step is optional. You can choose to fill your canvas with a background or wait to open your template in Rhonna Designs app to add a design background. I went ahead and filled my canvas with a background in Rhonna Collage app.
4. Fill your frames with your photos of your choice. Once you are done chose open in Rhonna Designs app.
5. Now add designs to your template as you like once you're done save your template to your camera roll.
6. Upload your beautiful template to share with your Snapchat story.


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There is no better example of today's pawnbrokers than the Harrison family's Gold and Silver Pawn shop on the outskirts of Las Vegas – the modern day Mecca for people in need of quick cash. Three generations of Harrison men clash with friendly camaraderie over items from classic cars to samurai swords. Here, everything has a history, and everything has a price. And you never know what's going to walk through the door. PAWN STARS: VOLUME 4 features 16 episodes never-before released on DVD including a wide variety of eclectic items for the Harrisons to haggle over like Colonel Sanders' suit, a competition dragster racecar and an Abraham Lincoln campaign ribbon.
"The Old Man" is the perpetually crotchety grandfather who knows best and never lets anyone else know otherwise; son Rick, with a welcoming smile and a hearty nicotine chuckle, is the gruff-but-fair owner and the show's main representative to viewers; grandson Corey, who has little patience with anyone around him, is the sour apple of the bunch, rude and annoying in some ways, but in others, refreshing, as he is far from TV-friendly casting. Then there's Chumlee, the official comic relief, stupid and silly but kind at heart.
The fourth volume presents the same ol' situation. Idiots come in to sell their valuables, while I scream at them from viewerland. Sixteen episodes are presented here and I believe this is the first Pawn Stars release not to get bonus footage. I guess that they assume everything gets used from this point on. I was thinking that they just rebrand it for Cajun Pawn Stars or the insane number of genre lifts.
The DVD comes with no special features. You only get sixteen episodes in this volume. The A/V Quality is sharp enough for recent TV on DVD. Yet, the Dolby surround track never ups the ante on anything outside of dialogue. If you love the show, then it's worth a rental.
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- A few noteworthy items about next year's program are:
- Fees will increase slightly this year:
- Yearly fee of $900 per child, to be paid by 9/30/19 OR
- Monthly fee of $120/month per child, to be paid on the first of each month.
- You can choose whether you would like to pay monthly OR yearly by September 30th.
- There is a shuttle from some local schools being offered thru Shuttle Bee.
- More info on the shuttle can be found at: http://www.ourshuttlebee.com
- While we do communicate often with ShuttleBee, we are not affiliated with them.
Please have ALL THREE of the following items ready in order to REGISTER for ASP:
- Participation form for each child with ALL clearances signed
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- $120 non-refundable deposit for each child (via credit card or check, money order made payable to "Northern Liberties AC").
- This non-refundable deposit goes towards the monthly or yearly fee depending on how you would like to pay for next year's program. So, if you are choosing to pay monthly, it will count as September's fee. If you are paying yearly, you will pay the balance of $600 by September 30, 2017 in order to finish paying for the year.
Program Description: Our After School Program provides a space for kids to do homework, interact with each other, participate in activities at the rec center, take a walking trip to various neighborhood destinations, as well as go on an occasional bus trip throughout Philadelphia. Bus trips from recent years have included the Philadelphia Zoo, Scanlon Ice Rink, and the Arden Theater. Walking trips have included Liberty Lands, The Ramonita Rodriguez Library, and Everybody Hits Batting Cages. One of our best features is our clubs. Each staff member runs a six week club of their choosing and the children get to choose which clubs they would like to join. Some of our most recent clubs were Cooking Club, Arts n Crafts Club, Sports Club, and Spanish Club. Each club meets once a week from 4:30 to 5:30pm.
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Uranus conjunct Pluto
Stay Flexible and Creative
As a couple, you'll undergo periods of sudden, deep and intense change that challenge the very structure of your relationship, as well as your ability to adjust together to the changes. Depending on other influences between you, you may react to these changes in a variety of ways: If there are other destabilizing influences at work, one or both of you might feel as if the only recourse is to break up; but if there are plenty of harmonizing and stabilizing influences, you may decide to work together on restructuring your connection in a way that works for both of you. Whatever happens, one thing is certain: You'll need to consciously incorporate flexibility into your relationship if you want things to last.
Ignoring or resisting changes will only lead to upsets on both sides; it could even lead to blow-outs that neither of you will be able to predict or control. Be creative and open-minded as you search for ways to go along with the flow of your connection. If you search for innovative solutions to any problems that come up, you'll find that things tend to go your way, even when they change altogether. Better yet, you'll both learn, grow and deepen in the process.
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Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts: by Dr. Leslie Parrott
Author: Leslie Parrott III
|Seven Questions to Ask Before—and After—You Marry
Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, created by relationship experts Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott, is a comprehensive marriage program designed specifically for today's couples by a couple. And now, in this updated edition, the Parrotts' award-winning approach has been expanded to incorporate ten more years of feedback, research, and professional experience. This is more than a book—it's practically a self-guided premarital counseling course, and it is used by counselors and churches across the country and, now in ten languages, worldwide. Questions at the end of every chapter help you explore each topic personally.
Companion men's and women's workbooks* full of self-tests and exercises help you apply what you learn and enjoy intimate discussions along the way. There is even a seven-session DVD kit (with a bonus session for people entering a second marriage) available that you can use on your own or with other couples in a group or a class that want to grow together. In this dynamic DVD you'll not only hear entertaining and insightful teaching from The Parrotts, but you'll also meet other real-life couples who provide amazing candor and perspective. Relationship experts Les and Leslie Parrott show you the secrets to building a marriage that lasts. · Uncover the most important misbeliefs of marriage · Learn how to communicate with instant understanding · Discover the secret to reducing and resolving conflict · Master the skills of money management · Get your sex life off to a great start · Understand the three essential ingredients to lasting love · Discover the importance of becoming "soul mates" ... and more. Make your marriage everything it is meant to be. Save your marriage—before (and after) it starts.
Publisher: Zondervan
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: October 27, 2015
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Physical Info: 0.9" H x 9.1" L x 6.3" W (0.8 lbs) 208 pages
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A Quiet Place – Film Review
Disclaimer, I am not a horror movie person. That being said, this is a really great film that's excellently constructed. John Krasinski does a wonderful job of putting this contained thriller to the screen, but has such great characters with great acting. The husband/wife duo of Krasinski and Blunt really does help the onscreen portrayal of the husband and wife with them being married in real life to make it believable. The story is pretty tight in it being about a family surviving after an alien infestation by being quiet to not be detected.
This film is very suspenseful and uses tension and jumpscares well that don't feel cheap and are expertly done. Lots of plot points and story elements that are woven in the beginning of the story pay off at the end. Very little of the film was superfluous. The usage of sound was pretty spectacular.. One of the children, Regan, is deaf and that was used effectively in a few places. The switching between silence and the sounds of being in the mind of a person who is deaf was a fun play on screen.
I love you. I've always loved you.
With a lot of high brow horror doing so well as of late in the past few years including, The Conjuring, 10 Cloverfield Lane, IT (2017, Split, and Get Out shows that you can spend little on the film and get a great return on investment if you find the best well told story to put on screen. There has to be the right talent with a strong voice to help make each of these films so well constructed.
Emily Blunt does a great job as the female lead as the wife who is pregnant in the film. There are some horrifying scenes she has to endure that were excellently done. I have to commend Krasinski direction of this film and the shots that were used to reveal the aliens in scenes. The alien design was interesting. It didn't feel overly original but it was interesting how they behaved. I would compare this film to signs but a much better and less silly version to that film. I recommend to go see this film as soon as you can, stay quiet while you watch.


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If you want Lamar out of office, if you want a brighter (but not hotter) future along with immediate jobs as we Energize Texas into becoming the solar/wind capital of America, then Chris Perri is your candidate to beat Smith!
Join Chris and his wife as they share a Sunday Dinner at Pint & Plow Brewing Co. in Kerrville! Your donation of $31 (the number of years Lamar was in office) includes all you can eat pizza, salad, and tea.
You can pre-purchase tickets here or learn more on Facebook!


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I'm On A Boat/
Hey Brick Fans. If it feels like I'm a bit out of touch this weekend, it's because I am. I'm setting sail on the Disney Wonder and I won't have internet, cell phone, smoke signals or semaphore (well, maybe semaphore, but I won't understand it). Speaking of the Wonder, check out this awesome MOC by Shawn Steele. It's now on LEGO Ideas and needs your support. It would make a very cool, very large set.


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Bank Residential Support Workers
Job Details
We are also looking for bank staff, to flexibly work as part of the team on zero hour contracts. Any hours worked will be mutually agreed in advance but involve working on a rota basis, including sleep-ins, evenings, weekends and bank holidays. The hourly rate of pay is £13.24 per hour inclusive of annual leave allowance for Bank positions.
An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.
Surrey County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all under represented groups.
About the Role
Surrey Residential Homes accommodate children up to 18 years of age. All of our homes are inspected regularly by OFSTED and most have been judged as either 'Good', 'Outstanding' or are working towards this. Therefore we are very proud of the quality of our residential services for children in Surrey. As a result we have invested in our homes and staff and plan to continue to do this, in order to achieve a service that is ambitious, innovative and responsive to the needs of young people in our care.
Holland Close looks after 2 young people usually aged between 10-16 years old on admission for young people in crisis who have experienced challenging and traumatic life events. Holland Close offers short term safe and stabilising placements, where our young people's immediate needs can be identified and addressed through the process of building meaningful relationships, creating and maintaining child focused routines and boundaries that promote their welfare and support their development. Through the use of Restorative Practice and Promoting Positive Behaviour within in our daily practice, the home aims to develop a holistic understanding of our young people to inform long term care planning.
Do you see yourself as a positive role model who can interact with young people on multiple levels?
Do you think you can empower young people to make positive life changes? Are you looking for a challenge?
For the this post you won't necessarily need experience of residential work, but you will need to demonstrate experience of working with and understanding some of the complex issues many children and young people in care may have. You will need to have empathy, resilience and a sense of humour.
You will be enthusiastic, reliable and flexible and be prepared to work some unsociable hours, including evenings, weekends, bank holidays and sleep in's
As a Bank Residential Worker you will:
- Participate in the design, implementation and monitoring of care plans for individual children
- Maintain good communications and continuity of work practice within the home through attendance at, and contribution to regular team meetings
- Undertake responsibility for individual children/young people in accordance with linkworker/keyworker responsibility
- Engage actively in collaboration with others in the residential service in the development of effective practice for the care and containment of young people with challenging behaviour and complex needs
- Be required to achieve a level 3 NVQ/Diploma qualification within 2 years of your start date in this role
To be shortlisted to interview for this position your application will clearly evidence:
- Knowledge of child development
- Ability and preparedness to recognise and deal appropriately with conflict
- Awareness of the existence and effects of social disadvantage and discrimination
- Aspirations to "make a difference" and a view to practice in a restorative way
- A positive, adaptable, confident, resilient and self-aware approach to work
- A committed and flexible attitude
This is a challenging and rewarding role that requires compassion, self-awareness, maturity and humour.
Contact Details
For an informal discussion contact Emma Kamdar-Scarr on 01737 764468 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Please ensure that you refer to the full job description attached at the bottom of this advert and evidence in your application how you meet requirements of the role
We look forward to receiving your application.
Additional Information
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 19th September 2018.
If shortlisted for interview, you will be invited for an informal visit to the home prior to a group interview.


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Learning How to Live
Ann Tan
"He just kept showing up for me."
Ann was a high performing undergrad, got her MBA at Georgetown and went on to a successful career in financial analytics…then her whole world changed. She suffered a massive stroke at age 30. See how she and an unlikely comrade started from scratch to learn how to live. Read Video Transcript


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Review: The Silver Soap on Ms Tantrum's Blog – it doesn't just look beautiful, but works beautifully too
"it doesn't just look beautiful, but works beautifully too"
We love this photo-led piece on The Silver Soap on Ms Tantrum's blog, where she asks, "Is this a Revolutionary Soap?" We have to say, we love her answer! Not only does she make The Silver Soap look fantastic, it's a great piece on benefits of The Silver Soap.
"it doesn't just look beautiful but works beautifully too. Cor Silver skincare products combine natural ingredients with scientific delivery to keep your face healthy, clean and clear."
"This soap takes away all the oil, grime, dead skin and blackheads/whiteheads from the skin and gives me a soft and supple skin without drying it. Regular use helps me keeping my skin clear and I noticed less congestion on my skin lately. I plan to continue using this and invest in a signature size."


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Over the past few months I was too busy to watch anything new. Now I have the time to actually get some use out of the Crunchyroll subscription I've been paying for. Though I've not used it in six months, I kept on with the subscription. I knew I'd want to use it later on, so kept supporting it. Anyway, later on is now and this is a good set of shows.
Cobra the Animation
This is great. The original material and designs come from the 80′s and looked so out of place among the others it called me. Cobra is so 80′s. Cobra don't flee from his manhood like today's man.
He's KO'ed in the hospital and his stogy is still sticking out of his mouth. Cobra is so much of a man that the doctors don't pull it out or hand him an ashtray. Cobra cuts to the chase. First episode is the Christmas episode. There's no Christmas cake. What's even better, Cobra sings. Sings Jingle Bells like he's singing for the Parker family on Christmas day at the Chop Suey Palace.
The deal sealer is of course the white suit, blue shirt, and the red tie. He also doesn't need a parachute when he jumps out planes. I bet he drinks Dos Equis. His weapon is the "Psycho Gun," which apparently drains his mental energy. I bet he's used it a lot.
There are other Cobra series and movies, but it so doesn't matter. Awesome cheese. My second favorite show of the bunch.
I like fan service shows. I'm a dirtbag, I admit. The intro scene before the OP had me wondering if I'd watch it, because of the whole tripping thing in front of everybody. But, I found the show after the OP humorous, particularly when they're on the staircase and the short-chick is trying to gather data with her cell phone camera.
It's so "wrong" and "wrong" in the right hands is funny. Verdict is still out on Chu-Bra and the funny. Episode two awaits.
So Ra No Wo To
The character designs made it visually obvious that staff from K-ON! are involved here. This doesn't bother me, since I've not seen K-ON! beyond some of the promotional artwork, but I really don't mind that or how each character's appearance accurately describes a character's demeanor. It's always like this in any medium. So while it doesn't help, sorta doesn't hurt to me.
What would have been great? If the writers startled expectations a little. If at the end of the first episode, Private Kanata sounded Reveille with grace, that would have been way more effective toward endearing herself to me, because it would feel like I learned something new about her. Who didn't expect her to suck? This was already known before she put the bugle to her lips.
Now, what lures me to the show is the environment. I just love early 20th century military uniforms. The generic euro-setting reminds of simpler times, which is easy to feel romantic for. As far as the premise for an all-girl unit goes, the premise in So Ra No Wo To does its job — they can't all be as good as Simoun in this regard.
In all, I look forward to more.
Omamori Himori
A show that seems to stick to the standards of its genre. It didn't feel like I'd get anything out of it, so stopped after the eyecatch. Looks amusing enough, but I've had my fill of this type of show.
Hanamaru Kindergarten
I fully expected to hate this since the magic of kids is usually lost on me. It also opened with my #1 pet peeve, the "I'M LATE!" opening gambit. If it weren't Gainax, I would have left.
Pleasantly surprised. I thought this would be too kiddy for me to stand or I'd want to throw somebody in jail by the end. Neither was the case, though the mom is a little creepy in an animated comedy from Japan sort of way, which is to say, awesome in a cartoon.
From the word go, the tale is a flashback filled with interesting candy. I love that the first episode is called "Exit 1." Anyway, it's a show to piece together by sort of just taking it in as it comes. The first episode drew me in. Durarara's first episode is funny in a way. You have this noob Mikado all scared about all the things he's heard about the big city and his friend who's been living there, Masaomi laughs at him for believing the nonsense his bumpkin friend picked up from TV and manga. Then they start walking around and he discovers it's crazier than he ever imagined, which he realizes is kind of cool as he stands on the side of the street having just seen something amazing speed by as the world slows down for him.
Durarara reminds me a little of Boogiepop Phantom and there's a few things in the first episode that made me think of it, like how rumors are flying about an angel of death, the Headless Rider on a motorbike. Plus, there was the sentiment of anything can happen in this town.
A lot has been revealed, just, I have no idea what it means. I have the feeling that as soon as the final episode ends, I'm going to want to watch the first episode all over again and see how it changes for me.


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This is an easy to follow, step by step method to move off safely.
P – Prepare. First of all get the vehicle ready to move; clutch down and select the appropriate gear, set the gas (one to one and half revs), then slowly bring the clutch up so that you feel the bite point.
O – Observe. Check it is safe; if moving away from the left hand curb, look in your interior (centre) mirror to see what is behind you. look in your offside (right) mirror to see what is coming from the right, finally look over your right shoulder (blind spot), the area that the two mirrors cannot see. Before moving off look ahead.
M – Move. Signal away from the curb, release the handbrake and keep your feet still.
When you move off safely you will have to judge that you will not slow down or make another road user change direction. (Just like when you cross the road safely) Therefore do not give a signal until you are about to move, otherwise it could be misleading. ('Are you signalling to go? or to let people know that you want to go?)


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14. Only This Is a Truly Good Person
By Moran, Shandong Province
Since I was a child, I always attached a great deal of importance to how other people saw me and their assessment of me. Whenever things cropped up, I never offended anyone or argued with others so that others would have a positive impression of me. For that reason people praised me, saying I was a good person; I also believed myself to be a good person. The people around me therefore praised me as a good person, and I also believed that I was a good person. After I'd accepted God's work in the last days, I continued in this way, carefully and scrupulously maintaining the good image that my brothers and sisters had of me. Some time ago, my leader said that my performance was like a "nice person," and not the performance of someone who puts the truth into practice. I never took it to heart, instead feeling gratified that others saw me as a nice person.
One day, I read this paragraph: "If in your belief of God you do not pursue the truth, then even if you do not appear to be transgressing, you are still not a truly good person. Those who do not pursue the truth certainly have no sense of righteousness, nor can they love what God loves or hate what God hates. They absolutely cannot stand at God's side, much less be compatible with God. How then can those without a sense of righteousness be called good people? Not only do those that are described by worldly people as 'nice people' have no sense of righteousness, they have no goals in life either. They are merely people who never want to offend anyone, so what are they worth? A truly good person indicates someone who loves positive things, someone who pursues the truth and yearns for the light, someone who can discern good from evil and who has the correct goals in life; only this kind of person does God love" ("To Serve God One Must Learn How to Discern All Kinds of People" in Selected Annals of the Work Arrangements of The Church of Almighty God). After reading these words, I suddenly saw the light. Now I saw that a truely good person is not someone who never offends others, who has friendly exchanges with others and doesn't argue or quarrel with them, or someone who is able to give others a good impression and get a good assessment from them. Rather, a good person is someone who loves the truth, who loves positive things, who differentiates between love and hate, who has a sense of righteousness, who can love what God loves and hate what God hates, and who can truly love God and be loyal to God. As for my own actions, whenever I saw a brother or sister talk about how difficult spreading the gospel was, I couldn't help feeling conflicted and starting to complain, feeling that spreading the gospel was not easy, that it really was too hard. Unknowingly I took the side of the flesh of man and no longer wanted to fellowship about the truth and remedy the wrong states of my brothers and sisters. When I saw someone spreading certain notions around, or saw things happen that were disruptive in the church, if they were serious, I would fellowship using tactful words to resolve the issue; if they were not serious, I would pass by the issue by turning a blind eye, fearing that the other person would have an opinion of me if I seriously exposed the essence of the issue. When I saw the sister I worked with doing some things that had nothing to do with the truth, I wanted to raise the issue with her, but then I thought that she might not accept it and it would harm our relationship. So I just thought I'd wait until next time and raise it then. I kept putting it off and putting it off, and the matter remained unsettled.
It was only then that I saw that my thoughts and actions were for the sake of protecting a personal relationship, and were based on the principle of avoiding hurting others' feelings or damaging others' interests. But I didn't take to heart God's requirements, my own responsibilities and my duty, or the work of the church. Even being clearly aware of the truth I still didn't put it into practice. I was really so selfish and crafty! I saw others' assessment and praise of me as more important than the truth. Could their praise of me be regarded as God's praise of me? Could their positive assessment of me show that I had the truth and life? I couldn't help but reflect on myself: Why do I have a conscience with other people, but not with God? Why do I love a person, but not God? What is the real problem? I thought of a passage of God's words: "It may be that in all your years of faith in God, you have never cursed anyone or committed a bad deed, yet in your association with Christ, you cannot speak the truth, act honestly, or obey the word of Christ; in that case, I say that you are the most sinister and malicious person in the world. You may be exceptionally cordial and devoted to your relatives, friends, wife (or husband), sons and daughters, and parents, and never take advantage of others, but if you cannot be compatible and in harmony with Christ, then even if you expend your all in relief to your neighbors or take meticulous care of your father, mother, and household members, I would say that you are still wicked, and moreover one full of cunning tricks" ("Those Who Are Incompatible With Christ Are Surely Opponents of God" in The Word Appears in the Flesh). Wasn't what God's words revealed exactly my state? I always sought to be the "nice person" in other people's eyes, to be friendly and easy to get along with, but I wasn't able to put the truth into practice. I had no devotion to God. Wasn't that just being a two-faced hypocrite? Now I saw clearly that what I always thought of as being a good person wasn't that at all, but was being a slippery, deceitful person. Those whom God saves and perfects are those truly good people who pursue the truth and righteousness. They are not those unreasonable people who cannot tell good from evil, or who are unclear about what to love or hate and who have no sense of righteousness. If I continued to take what worldly people think of as a good person as the criteria for my own conduct, I would be doomed to be an object for God's elimination and punishment.
I give thanks for God's guidance and enlightenment that allowed me some knowledge of what it is to be a truly good person, and that furthermore allowed me to recognize my mistaken presumptions and ignorance and my rebellion and resistance. From today, I wish to take the phrase "pursue the truth and have a sense of righteousness" as the criterion for my conduct, to seek to enter deeper into the truth, to seek a change in my disposition and to strive to soon be a truly good person who is clear about what to love or hate and who has a sense of righteousness.


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Accra, Feb. 13, GNA - Members of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called on government to allocate resources to health activities to prevent non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the country.
They said NCDs were on the increase and identified alcohol and tobacco consumption as major factors to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers, respiratory diseases, stroke among others.
They said for the past two years government had not released funds for agencies and organisations to undertake health awareness creation among the public and that had been the bane for the disease prevention in the country.
The CSOs made the call at the end of a meeting organised by the Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) to strategise ways to scale-up awareness on the dangers of alcohol and tobacco consumption.
It was also to update the members of the CSOs on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the context of health.
The meeting was facilitated by the Framework Convention ALLIANCE, NCD Alliance and the Norwegian Cancer Society.
Mr Issah Ali, the Executive Director of the VALD told the members of the CSOs that the time had come for them to build strong partnerships to make government aware of the challenges they faced as they carried out health awareness creation and to demand resources to fill in the gaps.
He said alcohol and tobacco consumption had increased among the people and major causes of NCDs and poverty, which there was the need for government to make funds available to support agencies and organisations to carry out awareness programmes.
Ms Jane Amedzro of the Non-Communicable Diseases Control Programme (NCDCP) of the Disease Control Unit of the Ghana Health Service at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital who presented a paper on "NCDs Situation in Ghana" said the NCDCP was facing a number of challenges, mentioning some of the problems as funding, transportation and staffing, which had led to erratic implementation of planned activities.
Ms Amedzro called for funding, the improvement of staffing, the review of the Ghana NCD Strategy, training of staff, establishment of NCDCP in the regions and the provision of NCD-related health education materials.
She said the NCDCP was established by the Ministry of Health in 1992 to respond to the growing burden of NCDs and virus and was to design, monitor and coordinate interventions to reduce the incidence and prevalence of NCDS.
Ms Amedzro said: "The NCDCP is to ensure the burden of NCDs (morbidity and mortality) was reduced to the barest minimum so as to render it of little public health importance and an obstacle to socio-economic development."
Mr Labram Musah, the Programmes Director of VALD made a presentation on "Tobacco and Alcohol: A Major NCDs Risk Factor within the SDGs"
He said Ghana was among the first countries to sign the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control treaty (FCTC), which was the first Public Health Law in the world aimed at protecting present and future generations from the consequences of tobacco use and exposure to tobacco smoke.
Mr Musah said there was the need for government to provide funds to raise awareness on health and additional risks and dangers associated with the use and exposure to the smoke from tobacco.
He said that would help in the pursuance of the SDGs goal 3.4 which talked about ensuring healthy life and promoting the well-being of individuals globally.
The Programmes Director said the support for awareness creation on the tobacco products was crucial for the achievement of the SDGs by one-third reduction of premature death by 2030 and a solution to the numerous challenges posed in the areas of health, labour, agriculture and trade.
"Apart from the heavy economic burden that tobacco imposed on the nation and decreased productivity, it exacerbated health inequalities and poverty as the tobacco industry targeted the youth," he said.


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Midsummer Bargains 1814 Allenheads Mines The Mines at this place have not been so productive after the last quarter as I expected they would have been, from the appearance they had when I let the Ladyday Bargains. The principal failure has been the leading Forehead in Wentworth Vein, for five fathoms driving the Vein produced no Ore of any consequence but I am glad to inform you the Vein is now much richer of Ore & likely to produce a considerable quantity the ensuing quarter from the flats to the North of the Vein. From the present appearance of the Mines in general at this place I expect there will be as much Ore raised in the ensuing quarter, as has been in any of the previous quarters. Wentworth Vein in the East forehead is richer of Ore than it hitherto has been, & is driving at 32s per Bing by 8 Men, & the length west is wrought by 8 Men at 35s per Bing the 2nd length by 8 Men at 32s per B[in]g & the third length from the forehead raising Ore by 8 Men at 28s per Bing, the back Workings in this Vein are considerably poorer than they were last quarter many being wrought out; there are now 6 Men raising Ore at 38s per B[in]g: 18 Men at 40s. 4 Men at 30s & 8 Men at 42s per Bing. The Workings in the Old Vein are much the same as last quarter & employ 8 p[ar]tner[sh]ips, all at the high price of 42s per Bing & 1 p[ar]tner[sh]ip at 40s per Bing. The Workings in the Old Flatts at West End are very poor, only employing 1 p[ar]tner[sh]ip of 6 Men & the Ore they raise is principally got by opening out old workings and ridding deads. The West End of Diana Vein is very promising, the length driving out of the foremost Sump is wrought by 8 Men at 34s per Bing & after being holed to the next length, & a free communication for Air, I expect will work at a lower price, the length of d[itt]o is wrought by 6 Men at 30s per Bing, the back workings in Diana Vein are poor & wrought by one p[ar]tners[hi]p of 8 Men at 40s per B[in]g & five p[ar]tners[hi]ps of 6 Men each at 42s per Bing. Swinhopehead Level is driving will all speed, we have got 21 fathoms driven last quarter by 8 Men, & had it all to wall, and we now expect the low Level will stand without walling; if so there will be more ground driven this quarter than last. We have tried the Vein in the Little Limestone at the Level head which carries no Ore, the p[ar]tners[hi]p that tried the Vein is now sinking another Shaft before the Level forehead which will be down by the time the Level is driven to hole into it. High Swinhope head is now very productive of Ore having one P[ar]tners[hi]p of 8 Men raising Ore at 35s per Bing, & a P[ar]tners[hi]p of 6 Men driving a drift at 42s per Bing, & have no doubt but in a little time we will be able to employ as many more men in raising Ore. I remain Sir etc. Wm. Crawhall Allenheads July 9th. 1814
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Year Coordinators assist with the welfare of all students within their year cohort. They work with the Connect Teachers to ensure that school is a safe, pleasant and positive experience for the students in that year level. The role of the Year Coordinator is to:
- Develop positive morale, and foster and maintain genuine pastoral care within their respective year level.
- Assist in the development and implementation of whole school pastoral care activities.
- Communicate with parents and maintain contact with parents about student progress, as appropriate.
- Conduct weekly year level assemblies to disseminate important year level information to students.
- Monitor attendance patterns of students and liaise with the relevant year level Deputy Principal on matters of truancy and prolonged absences.
- Lead the organisation of camps, formals and any other relevant year events.
- Communicate to staff any information that may be relevant for the teaching of particular students
- Foster positive relationships between students and staff.
The school also assigns each student to a House (Evans, Kendall, Lawson, Paterson) and, within these, multi-aged Care Groups. These Care Groups meet for key activities during the school year to ensure student to student mentoring is an element of our pastoral program. We believe that this system of pastoral care is a supportive one and in keeping with our statement of values and beliefs as a school community.
Year 7 Coordinator: Oliver MacPherson
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Year 8 Coordinator: Matthew Antoniolli
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the students back to school and to also welcome any new students and their families to Indooroopilly State High School. If there are any issues or concerns please make sure that they or you raise them with a member of staff. I look forward to helping Year 8 students throughout the year and welcome the opportunity to talk with parents about any concerns or issues. I can be contacted on 3327 8382 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Year 9 Coordinator: Michael Powell
At Indooroopilly State High School, Year 9 is the first year where students get to choose specialist subjects and this is the time when students begin to focus their interests and discover new learning opportunities. Allowing students to explore subjects often brings many rewards during their adolescent development. I can be contacted on 3327 8338 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Year 10 Coordinator: Jacinta Johnson
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Year 11 Coordinator: Kate Gamgee
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Sustainable soy in the Cerrado: beyond the 'big five'
It is impossible to talk about the impacts of Brazilian soy production without talking about the Cerrado, the world's most biodiverse savannah. The top traders exporting soy from the Cerrado, responsible for 60% of soy exports from the region in 2015, have come under necessary pressure to do more to protect it. But our analysis demonstrates the need for increased scrutiny of the role of emergent soy traders in the region too.
Cattle and soy production are the main drivers of deforestation in the Cerrado, with over half of the soy produced in Brazil in 2013/2014 originating there. In fact rates of deforestation – which includes the loss of other important vegetation – now exceed those in the neighbouring Amazon, where efforts to combat deforestation in Brazil have previously focused.
Global Canopy's new Company action on deforestation platform assesses the power, policies and self-reported progress of 137 companies producing and sourcing soy and cattle from South America. These assessments reveal the influence of a number of lesser-known soy traders operating in the Cerrado – and the collective exports of these traders are significant.
Who's involved?
The so-called 'big five' soy traders (ADM, Amaggi, Bunge, Cargill, and Louis Dreyfus) dominate soy exports from the Cerrado.
But the next six largest traders were responsible for a significant level of exports, exporting a total of nearly four million tonnes (16%) of soy from the region in 2015, according to Trase data (SEI-PCS model version 2.2).
These six companies – Agrex, Algar Agro (shown on Trase as ABC Indústria et Comércio), Caramuru, COFCO, Granol, and Multigrain – wield significant power in the supply chain, based on their revenue, the volumes of soy they handle, their storage or processing capacity and the geographical scale of their operations.
Efforts to tackle deforestation are lagging
Our analysis shows that the efforts of these traders to tackle deforestation lag even further behind those of the big five. Just two of these companies (Algar Agro and COFCO) have signed up to the Soy Moratorium, which commits them to not source soy from land in the Amazon which has been deforested since 2008. None have a blanket zero deforestation or zero conversion policy to safeguard the other biomes in their supply chain, such as the Cerrado.
COFCO is the only trader of the six to mention land use in the Cerrado, with a commitment not to source from areas of high conservation value in the company's Code of Conduct. This commitment does not apply to a large proportion of the remaining native vegetation in the biome which has not been classified as high conservation value.
Worryingly, several of these traders are linked to sourcing from states in Matopiba, where soy expansion into areas of native vegetation has been particularly high. Matopiba covers the Brazilian state of Tocantins and parts of Maranhão, Piauí and Bahia. According to Trase data, the majority of the soy which Agrex, Multigrain and Algar Agro exported from the Cerrado in 2015 was sourced from the Matopiba region. This suggests that there is a high risk that the soy traded by these companies is linked to areas of soy-driven deforestation.
When it comes to investing in systems to both trace and monitor the land-use impacts of soy production, the progress of many of these companies appears similarly wanting. Only COFCO reports on their use of satellite mapping to monitor the areas from which it sources soy, and this monitoring has so far been limited to the Amazon, leaving activities in the Cerrado unchecked.
The influence of lesser-known traders has grown in the Cerrado in recent years, yet these traders have so far escaped the spotlight of civil society campaigns. The limited scope of their policies to tackle deforestation highlights a need for both closer scrutiny of traders beyond the big five and more ambitious cross-sectoral commitments to protect the region.
Article by Maria Tyldesley, Latin America Researcher at Global Canopy