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Medieval Day
On Monday13th July, Class Three celebrated the end of their summer topic with a Medieval Challenge Day.
Children participated in a range of challenge activities throughout the day including designing and building a medieval castles, complete with defensive features, out of biscuits, cutting and folding a dragon mask, building and testing a model trebuche and performing Kenn Nesbitt's poem entitled, "There's a dragon in the playground". Maths, reading and literacy problem solving challenges were carefully threaded into each challenge activity, allowing children to apply the skills learnt in the classroom to practical problem solving activities.
Children dressed in medieval costume to celebrate the day.

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It's official: Justin Timberlake's new album "The 20/20 Experience" debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 968,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. This is the highest achievement on the charts so far in 2013.
"20/20," released on March 19, is Timberlake's second No. 1 album and logs his best sales week yet. It follows his last release, 2006's "FutureSex/LoveSounds," which arrived atop the list with his previous high: 684,000. Timberlake's first album, 2002's "Justified," debuted and peaked at No. 2 with a 439,000 start.
What's more, with reports that a sequel could be released by Thanksgiving, Justin may need a few tuxedos to go with his "Suit & Tie."
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Tony Cascarino's verdict on the Thierry Henry handball in the Times.
It's a matter of conscience. Don't think I'm ducking the question when I say that it would never have been an issue for me — because I wasn't a cheat. In that split second last night when the ball dropped for Thierry Henry, tantalisingly close but just out of range of his feet, it would never have occurred to me to stick out my hand and guide it back into my control. I wasn't that devious.
Hmmm, a quick flick through our well-worn copy of Cas's fine autobiography Full Time: The Secret Life of Tony Cascarino suggests the big man might well be underestimating himself:
Page 173 – The sequence of events:
- Cas gets fax at Irish team hotel from Virginia confirming she was set to have his baby. A fax, no less.
- Cas shows the fax to Andy Townsend and throws it in the bin. A romantic.
- After the game (1-1 v Norn Iron) wife Sarah recovers the fax. Not pleased.
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- You bastard! She's having a baby!
- Sarah, I can explain…
- Go on Cas
- There is no baby. It's a crazy fan. She's trying to destroy our lives. Arrrggggghhh.
- Whatttt!!! She buys it.
- Cas visits Andy. "I've smoothed it over."
- How the fuck did you manage that, says Andy, licking mental pencil.
- "I told her it was a fatal attraction," grins Cas.
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With the changing realities of media consumption (many video on demand services, both legal and not), one has to wonder how the movie industry will cope. Previously they lived by ticket sales alone, then came merchandise, and now the influx of legal downloads, available increasingly shortly after the release of the movies in theatres.
As such it shouldn't surprise one that ticket prices have been rising over the years. Some cinemas demand more per ticket, some less, but the average almost doubled within the last 20 years. The average for 2017 was just shy of 9 dollar. Thus one has to wonder: when will the magical 10 dollar threshold be broken?
When will the average ticket price in US cinemas hit the $10 threshold?
This question will resolve positive when, a quarter after the respective box office year ends, The Numbers or another credible source reports an average annualised ticket price of ≥ US$10.
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Police are looking to identify more than a dozen children who they say ransacked a Norfolk convenience store on Halloween night.
Local news agencies report that Norfolk police say about 20 juveniles are believed to be involved in the incident Monday night at a 7-Eleven.
Police say the large group of children stormed into the store and ran away with about $300 in stolen merchandise. No one was hurt.
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Have you ever wondered what your favorite rapper's, favorite albums are? We certainly do, and today one of our favorite MC's gives us a look at his favorites. Today we get A Look At Raekwon's Top 10 Favorite Hip-Hop Albums Ever. The wordsmith just dropped off his new project, The Wild, and today he gives us a look at a wide range of classic projects that inspired him.
This includes albums from Slick Rick, himself, Nas, Eric B & Rakim and many more. He also spoke about the difference between The Wild and his last album, Fly International Luxurious Art as well. Check out the list of Raekwon's favorite albums below and speak your thoughts on it after the jump. Stay tuned for much more from Raekwon coming very soon! Be sure to head over to iTunes to get your copy of The Wild immediately!
Slick Rick – The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…
Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
Big Daddy Kane – Long Live The Kane
The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death
Nas – Illmatic
Mobb Deep – Hell On Earth
Mary J. Blige – My Life
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My plans for this summer include a hearty diet of wakeboarding, golf and Blue Jays baseball. Oh and work, lots of work. Summer used to be a time for being care-free and frolicking in the sun with friends. Now for many students, it's a time devoted to working and making money.
We talked to Humber and Guelph-Humber students to hear about their exciting plans for summer '17.
Emma, General Arts & Sciences, Humber College
"Work, i'm a canoe trip guide at a camp, so it's going to be a lot of fun."
Tristan, Media Studies, Guelph-Humber
"I'm going to be working as a photographer for Lavelle Night Club downtown. I also have plans to go to L.A to work on my professional portfolio, and I'm going to doing an internship. So it's a lot of work, but I enjoy it."
Lauryn, Baking & Pastry Arts Management, Humber College
"I want to go to Wonderland! I run around like a little kid there."
Fariya, Journalism, Humber College
"It's going to be a busy summer for me! In my program, we have a course where we are in the North Campus newsroom working on a news broadcast. We also have a 6 week internship, but other than that I'll be working part time for an insurance company. I'm going to try and get away to relax but I don't know where yet."
Carl, General Arts & Sciences, Humber College
"When I'm not working, just going out downtown with friends. Patio season is here!"
Tyler, Civil Engineering Technology, Humber College
"Hopefully I'll be celebrating a Leafs Stanley Cup! I'm a sports guy, so just getting outdoors as much as I can is the plan."
Brandon, Journalism, Humber College
"Tons of concerts my man, Bob Dylan, John Mayer, Gary Clark Jr., Chris Stapleton, Margo Price, going to be a good one."
Adriane, General Arts & Sciences, Humber College
"Working all summer unfortunately, gotta make some money."
Pedro, Sports Management, Humber College
"I'm a Toronto F.C. season ticket holder, so this summer I plan on seeing Giovinco and the boys win the MLS Championship."
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Planning on travelling? Check out our tips on how to travel on a budget and check out our list of places that you must see after graduating from school.
We hope everyone has a great summer and we can't wait to see you here next year!


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On August 5, 2014 – 10 months after announcing an "agreement in principle" had been reached – Prime Minister Harper announced that negotiators had finalized details on a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union. CETA will include longer patents (up to two years) for brand name pharmaceuticals, as well as other new rules that will delay the release of cheaper generic drugs.
A Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study released on October 31 predicts these changes in CETA will add between $850 million and $1.65 billion annually to the cost of prescription drugs in Canada!
This was a one-way cave-in (or a big give-away?) to Big Pharma with no benefits to Canada, whether in the form of promised jobs or new innovation from European drug companies, which stand to make a lot of money from the unnecessary patent changes.
Tell your premier we can't afford (and you won't accept) this type of deal with Europe.
Provinces don't want to pay more for public drug plans
Harper had only just announced his new deal with the EU when the provinces started putting out statements saying they want to be compensated for any increases in drug prices. As it stands now, provincial governments will either have to pay for these increases or offload them to patients.
Instead, provinces are asking for federal money, which is just our tax money when you think about it. No matter how you cut it, the public will be paying for longer patents – with our money going straight into the pockets of rich, multinational pharmaceutical companies.
India stood up to European bullying on patents
The Indian government, which is also negotiating a trade and investment deal with Europe, successfully fought to take out the same drug patent changes because of their high cost. There is no good excuse why Canada, and the provinces, shouldn't take the same position.
Canadians can't afford CETA
In January 2012 the Canadian Medical Association Journal published a new study that showed one in ten Canadians (one in nine people in B.C.) do not fill their drug prescriptions because they can't afford to. Canada's premiers recognized the financial hardship drug prices cause and are in the process of creating a joint purchasing plan for generic drugs. But the savings that will be gained by bulk purchasing a few generic drugs will be wiped out by CETA.
Canadians don't want a deal that raises drug costs
A poll conducted by Ipsos Reid, and released in September by the Council of Canadians and the Canadian Health Coalition, shows that 69 per cent of Canadians oppose a Canada-European Union free trade deal that would lengthen patent protections for brand name drugs.
Why reward Big Pharma?
During the Mulroney government years, Big Pharma agreed that 10 per cent of their sales would be spent on new product development. Today, Big Pharma spends 5.6 per cent, the lowest rate since 1988! And half of the research and development that is occurring is recouped by the firms from the government in tax credits, so it's actually funded by the public!
Take Action!
We can't afford to let the Harper government sign a deal that makes us up to $1.65 billion poorer each year just so Big Pharma can make more money. Our provincial health care systems can't afford it, and Harper shouldn't be promising it to European officials without even discussing the deal with Canadians.
Tell your premier you oppose Harper's billion-dollar bonus for Big Pharma. We need to be thinking of ways to reduce drug costs, not making them more expensive by granting longer patents and more monopoly protections to some of the richest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Send your letter today!


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Oh, I see you are interested in one of our lovely newly designed Hovercrafts! Oh, you're just looking? Are you sure you don't want to buy one? Ok, well it's just business has been kinda not so good lately, and I really need a sale. Oh? Yeah, sure I will show you around! But first, is there any chance you'll change your mind? Ok, great! Follow me!
Well, when you're flying you're going to want to fly in style right? You want to be noticed and all that, right? Haha, of course! Well, we've got you covered.
Although the hovercraft has just been invented, we have already gone into many different designs to give you the freedom to choose how you want to fly. For example, we have, well, we only have one model, but we do have many different colors.
What colors are there? Well, blue, red, black, purple I guess would be in there, and I think there is a green in the back. Well, I guess variety isn't really our forte so to speak, haha, but who needs variety, what is more important is how it goes right? Right.
How it works[edit]
When you buy a hovercar, you're not just buying a hovercar, you're also buying a car! Yes, this baby also can be a car whenever you want, in fact, it functions best as one. But you don't want to hear about that right?
How do these things work? Well, they use an extremely powerful engine to create enough wind power so that it lifts up. It isn't the most convienient way nor technically the safest, but it does get the job done.
Another problem that I should warn you about is that it is extremely loud. Now when it does go, it goes a full 4 feet in the air! And it can remain there for up to twelve seconds! When it does land, though, it does take a few hours to recharge, but still...sounds amazing, doesn't it!
Safety Features[edit]
Well, let's start talking about what really matters right? Safety. You have a kid, right? Well, when you're driving them around...Oh, you don't have a kid...Yikes. Well, if you ever get kids you would want them to be safe, right? Oh...you don't want kids. Well, you still want to be safe don't you? Yeah, of course!
Well, there are many features that are equipped on the hovercraft to ensure your safety, so let's move on. So, next we'll...oh, what are the safety features? Oh.... they are there just...yes, I can name one...it's called...*mumbles softly*...what? No, I named one! Let's move along! Yes, I did name one sir! Haha!Let's move along! Come on!
How much gas does this take? Oh I know, I know, high gas prices does put a strain on the wallet doesn't it? Haha. I hear ya. Well, this thing, as powerful as it is, can go a full seven miles to the gallon! A bit much? Oh, well do remember that gas prices are always talked about and have gained a bad reputation. Sure, it's a little expensive, but where you really cash in is on the tire saving.
Remember, you will be in the air for twelve seconds every few hours, so your tires won't be feeling the friction and wearing out from the stress it gets on the roads. And if you land on something spongey, the tires won't take that much damage! And with tire prices going up, oh, you don't know about that, they are off the charts! Believe me...please.
You Want to Look at the Car?[edit]
Oh well, it might be a better idea to buy it first before you look at it...Why? Well, well because...it just is...the rules here! Fine fine, you can look, but don't touch!
Okay here is a lovely craft. This is what we currently have on sale. You can see we model it exactly after the Honda Civic. It is no different then one? Well of course it is! It is WAY different. At the bottom is the super duper air force unit! NO DON'T LOOK UNDER THE CAR! Ok, you did, and...NO! Those are NOT just fans duct taped to the bottom of the car! They are super duper air force units you idiot! Oh I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean idiot, I meant uh..umm...well...
Losing Interest?[edit]
Alright, to tell you the truth I don't really see that sparkle in your eyes that I first saw when we started off. Yes, there was a sparkle in your eyes. Well, it may help you to know that these things are very cheap.
Yes, due to not many people wanting them and them being so new, they only cost about two hundred grand. Wait! Wait! Don't go! I...I...I forgot to tell you about your free gift that comes with it!
Yes, yes, umm it is...umm. HERE see in my wallet is...umm...uhh...oh! Here is a picture of my daughter! Yours free with your purchase!
Come on man, I really need this! I can barely afford my rent, and everything with the house and my wife and my kid, and my dog is sick. I haven't made a sale in weeks and that's only because some rich guy came by and...
Oh, you're in your car now! Well i'm going to have to lay in front of your tires until you give me your sale. Yes, I will. Here I go.
Crap, you backed up...aww...well...shit!


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Good evening, fellow Bookworms!
I was going to do that in French, in honour of it being the 25th anniversary of my club signing my all-time favourite player, but bookworm translates as <<rat de bibliothèque>> or "library rat", which doesn't sound all that flattering, does it?! I know some people actually prefer to be book dragons rather than book worms, even in English, so I shall forego the rodent comparisons!
Funnily enough, on one book-related group on Facebook, earlier this week, someone asked whether any of us have any books in other languages beside their own, and whether we read books in other languages. Yes, I can read in other languages, although I am much slower in French, German or Spanish than I am in English, and I would also need a dictionary or some form of translation technology handy. I guess you can probably Google verb tables for various languages these days? Anyway, back to the books in other languages, and one of my prized books in another language is Un Rêve Modeste et Fou, the original French edition of Eric Cantona's autobiography. I also have the English version, My Story, both of which were signed by the King back in the mid 90s while he was still at United.
I miss those days… when United trained at The Cliff, and it was reasonably easy for a fan to go down there, watch the lads train, and then meet the players afterwards to get their autographs and have photos taken with them before they headed home! Not been the same since they started training at Carrington!
Today and tomorrow, 26th and 27th November, are the significant dates… I always celebrate the Cantona anniversary over two days because the news broke on the 26th, that Thursday evening in 1992, at around 6:30pm our time, and then Eric actually signed for United the following day. I was 19 at the time, a student, in the second year of my degree, at home with my parents and sister, but only my mum and I were at home that particular evening. My sister was at trampolining and I think my dad was away on business. I thought my mum was pulling my leg at first when she called me downstairs to tell me the news, which had just come on the telly. She wasn't, though! It was for real! Manchester United had agreed to sign Eric Cantona from Leeds United for an "undisclosed fee" – later revealed to be a bargain, a mere £1.2 million!
United marked the anniversary weekend with a 1-0 home win against Brighton and Hove Albion yesterday afternoon, amazingly a 3pm kickoff which is pretty rare for United these days, lol, and I don't care what others say, I think Ashley Young SHOULD claim the goal as his, rather than it going down as an own goal! I am totally against the current trend of treating slight deflections as own goals! The defending team's player does NOT want it going against him, so let the attacking team's player claim the goal as his! It should ONLY go down as an own goal if it was bloody obvious that the unfortunate player put the ball in his own net! For example, the then Blackburn Rovers defender, Jeff Kenna, at Old Trafford in November 1997 in a 4-0 win for United around this time 20 years ago! Now, THAT was a definite own goal if ever there was one! He rolled the ball back, thinking his goalie was there. His goalie, however, was at the other side of the net, as I recall, so the ball rolled over the line and into the net at the Stretford End, 4-0 to United, and Kenna stood there wishing the pitch would open up and swallow him!
Anyway, never mind my own goal rant, back to books… and we were on for books in foreign languages, weren't we? Besides Eric Cantona's autobiography, I do own a few other books which are not in English, including Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate, by Roald Dahl (I think you can work out the English title from the Spanish one in this instance, lol) and Die Bücherdiebin, by Markus Zusak, and I reckon you could take an educated guess at translating that from German… I bought myself that one when I was in Berlin in 2012. A good tip is to go for books you already know fairly well in your own language!
I don't actually own copies of the books I studied for A-Level French, though. Those were Eccles College's copies, and I never bought my own. Mind you, I didn't want reminding. I found French literature hard to get my head around at the time, and I really went off the language for a couple of years, until United signed Eric Cantona, lol, so no, I don't have my A Level French set texts, even though I do own copies of the books I read at high school for GCSE English Literature. Mind you, I don't have ALL the books I read at uni for the literature half of my degree! I gave quite a few away when we moved house in 2006! If I hadn't read them and didn't think I was going to get around to it, I gave many of them away. My office's charity committee were having a charity book fair at the time, so I gave a lot of books to my colleagues for that.
And now we return to our regularly scheduled look at books in English, lol! The Good People now stands at 37% read, and I am on for page 142 of 380. Over a third read, and I hope to get some more read in the coming weeks. The next book club meeting is on Wednesday 6th December, so there's still time to get more of it read!
Oh, and I got some bargains yesterday! Prior to the match, I went to St Mark's Church in Worsley for their Christmas fair. My niece is at the primary school there, and she's in the choir, so she was performing at the event. Thus I listened to my niece and her classmates, and I also managed to get 4 books for the whopping sum of… wait for it… 50p! Yep! Bargains! It isn't every day you get four books for 50p, is it?! And, unlike in the "Cheap Flights" song by Fascinating Aida, there are no additional extra costs – it genuinely did set me back a mere 50p to acquire the above books, lol! If you have never heard "Cheap Flights", I suggest you look it up on You Tube! It's a classic!
So, I picked up American Gods, by Neil Gaiman, quite a chunky monkey that one, lol, The One Memory of Flora Banks, a YA book by Emily Barr, The Odyssey, by Homer, for no particular reason, and same applies to The Pelican Guide to English Literature, edited by Boris Ford! Just seemed like a good idea at the time, lol! Actually, I'd picked two books, American Gods, and The One Memory of Flora Banks, and handed over my 50p, and the bloke said "You can take two more if you want to" so I chose the other two as well!
Blowing my horn on Friday evening in the Flixton Community Brass Band
Yep, that's me on there, photo taken by my mum, but I took a screen shot when she uploaded it onto Facebook. It was the annual switching on of the Urmston Christmas tree lights, and our band have performed at this occasion since the Community Band was formed in 2014. Usually, it absolutely pisses it down throughout, but we actually had a spell on Friday where it stopped raining for quite a while, so it's the least wet we have ever been, lol! Despite my dental surgery on Wednesday, I was fine playing my horn, as I found out on Thursday evening when I attempted it. Mind you, the teeth which had been removed had been at one side of my mouth, so putting my mouthpiece to my lips and blowing in it did not affect anything.
So, yes, for fairly recent followers, that is one of the other things I do besides reading books, lol! Well, I also work, of course, but I meant things I do in my spare time, when I'm not at Unity House in Swinton working as an admin officer! Oh, and as I've just mentioned my dental surgery from this week just gone, I meant to mention that Mum is now reading I Am Zlatan Ibrahimović – she started it on Wednesday, as she took it along to the hospital with her to read while I was having my dodgy teeth removed! She's certainly enjoying it so far, finding it very amusing!
Well, I think that's about it for now. I have covered a multitude of sins tonight, though, to be fair, lol! Eric Cantona, yesterday's match, own goals, books in foreign languages, the latest progress of my book club book, church fair book bargains, brass bands, Christmas lights, dental surgery and Zlatan! All being well, I plan to get some Christmas shopping done tomorrow after work, so you probably won't be getting a blog from me tomorrow – I'll be mooching round the Trafford Centre, no doubt heading to Waterstone's during the course of the evening, lol! So, until I do present you with the next instalment of vaguely book-related waffle, take care and Happy Reading!
Joanne x x x
Books mentioned in this blog entry…
- Un Rêve Modeste et Fou – Eric Cantona
- My Story – Eric Cantona
- Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate – Roald Dahl
- Die Bücherdiebin – Markus Zusak
- The Good People – Hannah Kent
- American Gods – Neil Gaiman
- The One Memory of Flora Banks – Emily Barr
- The Odyssey – Homer
- The Pelican Guide to English Literature vol. 3 – Boris Ford (editor)
- I Am Zlatan Ibrahimović – Zlatan Ibrahimović


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Today is the day investing platform Swanest announces that Belgian early-stage investor Philippe Gillion has invested €750,000 in the company. I couldn't be more pleased about this news, as I enjoyed an enlightening conversation with Swanest CEO Silvan Schumacher earlier this year.
Swanest is still officially in beta, yet recently received regulatory approval from the FCA. I asked Silvan about the latest funding and how Swanest has evolved over the past year.
What's the background behind the funding, Silvan?
Well, as you know, Swanest was founded in late 2014 with the intention to bring a robo-advisor to the European market. You may think that it took us far too long to raise money in order to do what others are already doing, and we would fully agree that the world doesn't need another robo-advisor. Especially not at the moment, when banks are starting to jump on the hype.
Two years ago, we saw this coming. We knew the market would become bloody. And if everyone is offering the same, then the war moves towards fees, which is a very nasty place to be.
Another big problem that robo-advisors face at the moment are very high acquisition costs. This is especially worrisome, because the revenues these services generate per customer are actually quite tiny. You're likely to spend much more on a music streaming platform, a dating app or a newspaper subscription than your investment service.
For us, it didn't mean that we needed to optimise the business model. Rather, it was a strong indicator that the product itself may not be what people really want. This is why we started the long journey of customer understanding. We tested different value propositions, gathered lots of feedback and talked to our users. Joining the NEST'up accelerator also helped us to fully explore and embrace this customer-centric approach to innovation.
We now believe in building a much stronger product for a certain type of self-directed investor. And because we've done our homework on the marketing side, we've succeeded in raising some money.
So, where do things stand at the moment?
Most importantly, we have received our regulatory approval. This is a big milestone and allows us to move closer to enabling investments through the platform.
We also invested a lot in the development of the product. We're currently evolving Swanest according to all of the insights we gathered. On top of this, we're rebuilding the entire back-end of the service, which will allow us to keep innovating much faster than anyone else in the future.
Current robo-advisors have a very limited vision. In the case of Swanest, you can think of us as "a fountain of ideas". It's a very colourful fountain, though! Each of the founders has great ideas and ways of thinking. We challenge each other, and finding common ground makes us sometimes a bit slower, but it's a very creative process that makes us much stronger in the long-run. In the end, we build an investment service that we would want ourselves, and there's just so much to innovate. We will do it – step by step, inch by inch.
Lastly, we're moving forward on the marketing side of things. Even if you have a great product, the world doesn't automatically know about it. We thought hard about how to bring Swanest closer to investors when they need us, and away from traditional push-driven strategies.
How does Swanest relate to the bigger fintech picture?
Swanest is based on values and built around the customer. This is what a fintech startup should be about. However, the reality looks a bit different. Most importantly, there are lots of fintech startups serving large financial institutions, which make up the majority of fintechs in Europe. Mostly, their purpose is to increase efficiency and to lower costs in order to make an institution more profitable. Or to put it differently, they make the dinosaur look better and run faster, but its purpose remains being built to hunt for more food.
In fact, we're well connected to banks, and quite a few wanted to work with us. Their offers were very attractive, too! However, we realised that institutions don't regard values and customers as highly as we do. Nevertheless, we also understood that it's really not that easy for them. Many of them are trapped in legacy cultures that don't allow them to think outside of the box, even though some individuals actually want that.
Then you have the consumer-focused fintech companies. Also in there, you find a lot of traditional finance people that smell the money and jump into the trend to hunt for more.
Finally, you remain with a few true innovators. We will prove to the world that Swanest belongs in this group, and invite all the rebels out there to think differently with us.
READ NEXT: Interview with Silvan Schumacher of Swanest (podcast)
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The outlook for container shipping may have suggested a softening market, but the current market is surprisingly volatile, with emergency surcharges imposed from 1st June. Here's what you need to do to protect your supply chain………
At the beginning of the year, Asia shipping forecasts suggested a supply and demand balance on the key Asia/Northern European trade, based on an assumed trade growth of 5%.
But protectionist moves by the US and potential retaliation could halve that growth, meaning a 50% reduction in forecasted global container growth, though any slowdown because of these developments will take time to impact on demand.
It is ironic, that while were considering the possibility of the market softening, the immediate reality is last week's imposition of emergency bunker surcharges, an increasingly volatile market and falling service reliability by many carriers.
In addition to the 'emergency bunker surcharges' carriers are preparing a raft of GRI and FAK rate hikes this month and are hoping to underpin these with PSSs (peak season surcharges) as the traditional peak season approaches.
Protecting our customers from the worst effects of this type of market is why we negotiate deals with multiple carriers and alliances, offering our clients current, quarterly, bi-annual and annual rate options. (Subject to volumes and situation.)
It's also why we are recommending that shippers lock in rates now or risk higher prices, as carriers may spend the remainder of the year attempting to claw back revenue, which will create further spot market volatility.
Shippers with bigger volumes may prefer to avoid the spot market and negotiate deals with the shipping line directly. But the danger here is they risk the impact of void sailings and slow steaming as the lines soak up excess capacity and drive fleet utilisation up.
Our advice is to avoid the traditional single-carrier strategy and adopt our multi-carrier strategy.
Our planners are advising that service issues may continue to get worse because cargo booked with a high-service carrier may wind up with a low-service alliance partner, which diminishes service differentiation and leads to a downward spiral.
That is why our contingency planning is so important, embracing alternate carriers, alternate modes and alternate ports of loading.
Even if you have historically dealt directly with the carriers for all your cargo needs, we would recommend considering us and benefit from access to the entire global operating fleet.


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Best chance for rain and snow comes Sunday afternoon and night
The next system set to impact eastern Colorado is parked over the western United States today, and is set to progress eastward impacting Colorado over the next 24 to 48 hours. This has been our system to watch for several weeks now, but, while it looks like it may produce several inches of snowfall for some, the geographic extent of that snowfall may not be all that impressive.
It has at times looked like a good setup for heavy snow across parts of the Front Range and Palmer Divide. Today the trend is lower with totals as the storms speed and track are slightly less favorable. Overall model consensus is that the low will track a bit too fast and too south for a sustained upslope event, so the window for rain and snow may be relatively narrow.
There will be a number of things to watch with this system, and frankly they aren't all looking all that resolved today:
- Rain/snow changeover. How fast will rain change to snow at varying elevations. Right now it looks like most of the precipitation that falls in Denver will be in the form or rain and or a rain/snow mix – but a quicker changeover means a greater chance for some accumulation in the city. Across the higher terrain west, south, and southeast of Denver look for that changeover to occur quicker, thus a greater potential for accumulating snow.
- Speed. How fast does the low get east... right now it looks like this could happen quickly, leading to a pretty narrow window for rain and snow along the Front Range (6 - 12 hours or so) from Sunday afternoon through Sunday night. A quicker progression of the low will limit rain and snowfall totals.
- Convection! Like our last storm, there will be a convective element to this event, which will likely lead to greatly varying conditions across the region. Heavy rain and snow some places... much less so other places.
- TROWAL All models are showing an area of heavier snow setting up Sunday evening but where this area (TROWAL) ends up is still in question. Most guidance suggests this ends up east/southeast of Denver, and could lead to several inches of snow/a period of heavy rain.
- Bust potential. Greatest BUST-low potential may be the Front Range foothills, where a quick-moving low could greatly limit upslope snow here. The 3km NAM, in fact, showed virtually no snow for the foothills. Greatest BUST-high potential is likely east Denver and points east, where the TROWAL could setup Sunday evening and provide a few hours of very heavy snow – think Watkins, Bennet, The Pinery, etc.
With all that considered, it's a pretty low confidence forecast, despite being a day out or so. For impacts, plan for a period of rain and snow in the mid Sunday to early Monday timeframe. If you live west, south, or southeast of Denver proper your odds of seeing accumulating snow will be higher –– but should changeover occur earlier than expected, areas in and around Denver could even see a couple of inches of wet snow.
Our forecast shakes out like this:
Denver is very much in the grey area... may stay all rain, may see a quick turnover and a few inches of snow. Downsloping should limit rain and snowfall potential north of Denver, with the greatest potential for overachieving appearing to be south Denver, and across the Palmer Divide.
And, if we look at the latest probabilities from the EURO, we see some good confidence in most of the metro area seeing at least a tenth of an inch of precipitation through Sunday night:
But probabilities drop dramatically for seeing more than 0.5" of liquid, with the greatest chance for that happening showing up on the south side of Denver, and then again across the far eastern plains:
And finally, here are the probabilities for seeing more than 3" of snow (at 10:1 ratios) – quite low for Denver, but some 60 and 70% probabilities showing up on the south side over the Palmer:
We'll see if trends continue tonight with lowering rain/snowfall potential and adjust tomorrow if needed. Low-end totals in our forecast above should be covered just fine (0 - 1" across the urban corridor, 2 - 3" west/south), the question is if the higher end totals remain attainable. No matter how you cut it, great to see another chance of moisture on the way! Please avoid travel Sunday evening if possible, as roads will become treacherous where we do see snow, especially Sunday evening as strong northerly winds accompany the rain and snow across northeast Colorado.
Once again not a particularly cold system, but you will feel the change! Lows Sunday night will dip into the upper 20s, with highs in the 40s for Monday with rain and snow clearing. 50s are back in the forecast by Tuesday.


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October 16, 2014 – Los Angeles, CA – This fall's darkhorse record will be arriving on Tuesday, but fans can hear it now! Louisville's explosive avant-garde rock band Xerxes has dropped a stream of their entire new record, Collision Blonde, on fans today in anticipation of its release on October 21st. Fans can pre-order the album now at iTunes and from No Sleep Records athttps://nosleeprecords.com/product/7316.
Stream Xerxes new album now at http://xerxesband.com/.
Xerxes sophomore record is a pivotal, redefining moment for the band as they fully embrace an exciting new sound that conjures intense emotions with an experimental amalgam of contemporary hardcore and goth rock.
Beginning tomorrow, Xerxes will be kicking off a string of tour dates in support of the new record, which include an album release show at No Sleep Records' "No Sleep till CMJ II" showcase in Brooklyn on October 21st as well as a performance at THE FEST in Gainesville, FL on November 1st. All dates are listed below.
Catch Xerxes on tour this fall and follow the band at www.facebook.com/xerxesband for additional updates.
Xerxes Tour Dates:
Oct 17 - Johnson City, TN - The Hideaway
Oct 18 - Charlotte, NC - Lunchbox Records
Oct 19 - Richmond, VA - Strange Matter
Oct 20 - Amityville, NY - Amityville Music Hall
Oct 21 - Brooklyn, NY - No Sleep Records' CMJ Showcase/Collision Blonde Album Release Show @ The Paper Box
Oct 22 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fire (w/Empire! Empire!, Free Throw)
Oct 23 - Lakewood, OH - Mahall's Basement
Oct 24 - Columbus, OH - Double Happiness
Oct 31 - Birmingham, AL - The Firehouse (w/Coliseum)
Nov 1 - Gainesville, FL - The Fest @ The Atlantic (w/Self Defense Family, Frameworks, Rescuer & more)
Nov 4 - Nashville, TN - Stone Fox (w/Coliseum)
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Singapore's founding prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew (李光耀), said on Saturday he would quit the Cabinet to make way for younger leaders after the ruling party's worst performance in an election.
Former Singaporean prime minister Goh Chok Tong (吳作棟), now a senior minister, will also leave the Cabinet, according to a statement he released jointly with the 87-year-old Lee, who holds the special title minister mentor.
The surprise move by Lee, popularly known as "LKY" and Goh, who turns 70 next week, came after general elections on May 7 revealed deep resentment against the People's Action Party (PAP), which has ruled Singapore for over half a century.
Lee's son, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (李顯龍), 59, took over from Goh in 2004, but kept his two predecessors as his closest advisers to tap their experience and international connections.
"After a watershed general election, we have decided to leave the Cabinet and have a completely younger team of ministers to connect to and engage with this young generation in shaping the future of our Singapore," LKY and Goh said.
The pair, who will remain in parliament, said the time had come for "a younger generation to carry Singapore forward in a more difficult and complex situation."
"This decision reflects the first major steps toward serious reform of the PAP, a generational transformation," said Bridget Welsh, a political science professor at the Singapore Management University. "The retirement of LKY was long overdue, as he has been seen as disconnecting from contemporary Singaporeans."
Although PAP won 81 out of the 87 elected seats at stake, the opposition scored its best performance since Singapore became a republic in 1965.
In the most telling result, the PAP's share of all votes cast — the equivalent of an approval rating — fell to an all-time low of 60 percent from 67 percent in 2006 and 75 percent in 2001.
Ahead of the May 7 election, thousands of Singaporeans joined opposition rallies and vented their anger on issues including high living costs, the large intake of foreign workers in recent years and the PAP's perceived arrogance and aloofness after many years in power.
Ordinary Singaporeans used the Web, particularly social -media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, to air their gripes and bypass the pro-PAP mainstream media, while former PAP activists and civil servants ran as opposition candidates.
Kenneth Jeyaretnam, the head of the opposition Reform Party and son of the late pro-democracy campaigner J.B. Jeyaretnam, was cynical about the departure of the two former prime ministers, who will both remain in parliament.
"It's a public relations exercise to show renewal, but it's up to the voters to say what they think of the move," Jeyaretnam said.
Opposition politician Chee Soon Juan (徐順全), who served jail terms and paid fines after losing libel suits filed by LKY, said the former prime minister should "completely retire from the political scene."


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Taiwan resumed talks on a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with the US in Washington on Monday after a six-year hiatus.
It is expected that some breakthroughs may emerge during the sub-Cabinet-level trade consultations, especially in fields of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and opening of the nation's pharmaceutical market, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Issues to be discussed in the two-day meeting also include agricultural trade and further liberalization of Taiwan's telecommunications market.
If all goes well, the US may remove Taiwan from its Special 301 "priority watch" list for IPR violations monitoring next spring, the ministry said.
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"As we know, the USTR is still in the process of collecting responses from US copyright holders before reaching the final decision," Tsai said. "Since we have made so much effort in cracking down on commercial piracy and in IPR protection, the US agreed to resume TIFA talks this year ... But they never said they would agree to take Taiwan off its Special 301 `priority watch' list this fall or next spring."
The Taiwanese delegation is led by vice minister of economic affairs Steve Chen (
Meanwhile, Minister of Economic Affairs Ho Mei-yueh (何美玥) will arrive in Washington on Dec. 8 to attend an international seminar and meet with US trade and economics officials, business sources said Monday.
Ho will attend a seminar to be organized by the Institute for International Economics, a US think tank, and deliver a speech to American business executives at the invitation of the US-Taiwan Business Council which also called for the resumption of TIFA negotiations.
During her stay, Ho is also expected to meet with Bush administration officials from the US Trade Representative Office and the Department of Commerce, the sources said.
As US President George W. Bush is still organizing his new administrative team for his second term, Ho said she is not sure at the moment which US officials she will meet during the visit.
While her itinerary is still in the works, Ho said the main purpose of her visit is to conduct direct dialogue with representatives of major US business groups, briefing them on improvements in Taiwan's investment climate and lobbying US high-tech companies, particularly those in the biotechnology, digital content and semiconductor industries, to use Taiwan as their regional operations hub.
Ho's visit is yet another breakthrough in the high-level Taiwan-US economic exchanges following the resumption of TIFA talks.
The two nations held TIFA negotiations in 1994, 1997 and 1998. But the talks were broken off by Washington in late 2002 after both sides failed to produce movement toward resolving a number of trade disagreements, which in effect suspended all high-level economic contacts between Washington and Taiwan.


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Four CD sets and four DVDs of Met productions to be released in February.
In a new partnership, Sony Classical is releasing a series of recordings (audio and video) recorded live at the Met in New York. The four CD sets are drawn from the famous Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts dating from between 1947 and 1962.
"Opera lovers should be very pleased to have these historic gems available, as well as some of our most recent high definition transmissions," commented Peter Gelb, the Met's general manager. "We are committed to serving our public with the greatest possible range of operatic artistry." While Sony Classical's president Bogdan Roscic said "The Met broadcast archive is one of the ultimate treasure troves of recorded music. We're happy to be able to make some of its most legendary tapes available for the first time in the way they should be presented. Today, the Met's work of course gets preserved in a much different way, and so we also look forward to releasing some of the most spectacular recent productions in glorious HD video."
Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia was recorded on December 16, 1950 and features Lily Pons as Rosina, Giuseppe di Stefano as Almaviva and Giuseppe Valdengo as Figaro. Other members of the cast include Salvatore Baccaloni (Don Bartolo) and Jerome Hines (Don Basilio). Alberto Erede conducts. Puccini's La bohème was recorded on February 15, 1958 with Thomas Schippers conducting. Licia Albanese is Mimì, Carlo Bergonzi Rodolfo, Mario Sereni Marcello and Laurel Hurley Musetta. The earliest recording dates from February 1, 1947 and finds Jussi Björling as Romeo and Bidú Sayão as Juliette in Gounod's opera. Emil Cooper conducts. Leontyne Price sings the title-role in Puccini's Tosca from April 7, 1962. Franco Corelli sings Cavarossi and Cornell MacNeil is Scarpia. The conductor is Kurt Adler.
The video releases all date from the past few years and draw on productions already seen in cinemas as part of the "Met Live in HD" series: John Adams's Doctor Atomic in Peter Sellars's production (2008) with Gerald Finley as J Robert Oppenheimer and Alan Gilbert conducting. Puccini's Madama Butterfly is seen in Anthony Minghella's production (2009) with Patricia Racette as Cio-Cio San and Marcello Giordani as Pinkerton. Patrick Summers conducts. From October 2008, Karita Mattila appears as Salome in Richard Strauss's opera. Patrick Summers is, again, the conductor. And the most recent releases finds Plácido Domingo in the title-role (as a baritone) in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra with Marcello Giordani as Gabriele Adorno, James Morris as Jacopo Fiesco and Adrianne Pieczonka as Amelia. The Met's music director James Levine conducts.
All eight Met operas will be released on February 7.
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Back to work in clothes that don't touch me anywhere!
Yesterday's jeans lasted about 10 minutes after the photo was taken and I was back into my trackie pants and on the sofa! So to get back to work today, I knew I had to do nothing other than reach for pants from the hand-me-down section of my wardrobe, yes it's "Friends of Man Pants". Being even bigger and even softer, they were the easy choice. Then I took a train to work so no seatbelt will touch my stomach.
This is a whole new fashion direction I'm taking … Fashion by medical necessity! All these things I didn't think I would need to take into consideration at the start of the year when I embarked on this project! But probably not for long … And I have been known to dress for comfort before today!
Oh so what am I wearing – Esprit Argyle knit jumper – actually kind of Man Jumper too! It always makes me feel like a male teacher from the 1930s or like I should be taking my automobile for a spin and a spot of fresh air. It has hot pink stripes though so perfect with my hot pink desert boots and lots of girlie.
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Day 151 – Friends of Man Pants
Back to work in clothes that don't touch me anywhere!
Day 150 Recovery Day
After yesterday (Day 149 – undocumented) being a medical day, I now have a definitely never before seen outfit courtesy of my hospital tights – mine for 2 days and so fetching with my spotty ballet flats. After a day in paper booties this all feels very glam! Needless to say, all is well and I got the all clear from my doctor so feeling relieved though post-anaesthetic as well as jet-lagged! A morning coffee is it for me now before a day of DVDs on the sofa in my fancy white tights!
Day 148 – From this distance, can you tell I was a plane the last 27 hours?!
Goodbye Texas warmth and hello Bris-Vegas chill!
You all know how much I love getting my jeans on on a school day … Well it's a few more days till I'm back at work and it's too many degrees cooler than Austin to be in anything else. I love a long-sleeved black T-shirt in Winter so I may have to break the shopping ban to update that part of the wardrobe. Just putting that out there!
With the main goals of the day being to stay awake and to stay warm, this cardi is perfect. It was my one big splash out purchase in HK to buy a Shanghai Tang silk lined jumper. It is a joy to wear.
Oh and part of my super bargain shoe shop in the USA – they are not on the ban list! – please welcome my new black spotty ballet flats!
And I couldn't resist this snap from the supermarket car park of the typically gorgeous Brisbane day welcoming me back. Love ya Brisbane!
Day 147 – Remashing the weekend blue & white
Last day in the USA.
Had some time outside before heading onto the plane. I wore this shirt with these shorts a few weeks ago tucked in with belt and ballet flats – the much more chilled out version was perfect for today: a trip to The Natural Gardener. What a beautiful place, I feel like I have been on a whirlwind tour of world gardens.
We got home and planted all the plants and had our last slice of Homeslice Pizza. Now all that's left is shower and head to the airport. So long Texas and thank y'all for having us!
Day 146 – Icons of SoCo
Second last day of holiday and time for an explore on South Congress.
It was a really hot day so shorts and t-shirt was my only option and a hat, of course, because I come from Queensland. These are my Zara shorties and another Target special stripy T!
Checked out a couple of fav stores and then had my last lunch at Gueros.
Day 145 – That Thursday T-Shirt Feeling
The only problem with chronicling everything you wear is that you realise patterns like for the three Thursdays I have been in Austin, I have worn this stripy t-shirt. Now everyone knows how much I love a stripy t-shirt but it must really be time to get back to Brisbane, out if my suitcase and into some winter clothes! Although I would like to thank Target for their fabulous stripy t-shirt sale at the end if last year – what would I have done without it?
I think I forget how gorgeous and casual things are in Austin and I don't think I do casual very well. I have a tendency towards extreme casual at the weekend/on holiday and just go the shorts and t-shirt route every time. I packed flowing tops to wear over little shorty shorts and probably just forgot that I would be spending most of my time at music class, swim school and sitting on the floor having fabulous tea parties with a bear, a dog and a scrumptious 1 year old!
It's been a fabulous holiday and I'm not wishing away my last few precious days but really just apologising for the monotony of the Thursday Stripy T-Shirt while I was trapped in the prison of my own dodgy packing! OK off to swim class.